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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miron Karoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Axelsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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176 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Miron Karoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gustav Axelsson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karoa gets a takedown into half guard.
Karoa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Karoa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Karoa is trying to work for a kimura but Axelsson is defending well.
Karoa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karoa seems to be working for a kimura but Axelsson defends the submission attempt.
Karoa is trying to work for a kimura but Axelsson is defending well.
Karoa seems to be working for a kimura but Axelsson defends the submission attempt.
Karoa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Axelsson sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karoa is looking to advance position but Axelsson won't allow it.
Axelsson tries to get to full guard but Karoa has control of the leg.
Axelsson gets back to full guard.
Karoa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Axelsson's head.
Karoa passes into half guard.
Axelsson has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Island Premium CT. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The fighters are battling for position here. Axelsson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Karoa throwing strikes but missing.
Karoa stands and throws Axelsson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karoa has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Axelsson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Karoa yanks on the arm and Axelsson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Karoa.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miron Karoa!
Miron Karoa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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