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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Karwoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirk Karwoski has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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250 lbs
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287 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Dantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirk Karwoski!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes scores with a hook.
Karwoski throws a leg kick but Dantes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dantes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Saboteur's Playground in the buildup to the fight.
Dantes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Karwoski just misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes ducks under a wild hook from Karwoski.
Karwoski tries to keep at a distance but Dantes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karwoski pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Karwoski pushes off an throws an elbow but Dantes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karwoski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Dantes.
Dantes can't find room to land a body shot as Karwoski controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karwoski.
Dantes tries to work over Karwoski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dantes has a couple of punches blocked by Karwoski.
A shot in the inside from Karwoski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karwoski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dantes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dantes avoids a wild elbow strike from Karwoski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.
Karwoski takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dantes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
Karwoski lands a hook that snaps the head of Dantes backwards.
Dantes blocks an elbow strike from Karwoski.
Dantes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dantes throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Karwoski as the two fighters clinch.
Karwoski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karwoski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Karwoski misses with a low kick as Dantes jumps back.
Karwoski just misses with a punch to the body.
Karwoski moves out of range of the body kick from Dantes.
Karwoski misses with a low kick as Dantes jumps back.
Karwoski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good standup being displayed there by Karwoski as he connects with a hook.
Karwoski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski tries to work over Dantes's front leg with a kick but Dantes checks it.
Dantes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Karwoski misses with a lunging right hand
and Dantes counters by clinching up.
Dantes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karwoski or not.
Karwoski stalling.
Dantes scores with a hook to the body.
Dantes dodges an elbow strike from Karwoski.
Karwoski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karwoski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dantes's defenses.
Dantes lands with a short shot to the head.
Dantes scores with a hook to the body.
Karwoski lands an elbow inside that Dantes shrugs off.
Dantes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karwoski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karwoski lands a damaging elbow.
Dantes digs a right hand underneath Karwoski's ribcage. Karwoski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Karwoski looks winded!
Karwoski is trying to break the clinch but Dantes has him pressed against the cage.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dantes.
Dantes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dantes tries to throw a body punch but Karwoski avoids it by throwing Dantes back against the cage.
Dantes lands with a right to the head.
Dantes lands a nice uppercut.
Karwoski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dantes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karwoski stalling in the clinch but Dantes improves position.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karwoski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karwoski has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dantes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Karwoski can turn it around.
Nice body punch from Dantes - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short body shot lands from Dantes as the two fighters clinch.
Dantes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dantes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
Dantes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dantes.
A body shot lands from Dantes.
Dantes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dantes lands a left hand.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karwoski's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karwoskis head.
A short left from Dantes.
Dantes misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karwoski's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Dantes.
Dantes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karwoski or not.
Dantes scores with a hook to the body.
Dantes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karwoski or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dantes.
Dantes lands a left hand.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dantes presses Karwoski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dantes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dantes lands a hook that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
Karwoski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dantes lands a right hand.
Karwoski misses with an elbow over the top.
Dantes scores with a shot to the side of Karwoski's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Dantes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dantes tries to close the distance and clinch but Karwoski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dantes tries to clinch up but Karwoski circles away and keeps his distance.
A leg kick checked by Dantes.
Dantes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Karwoski.
Karwoski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dantes here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Karwoski moves out of range of the body kick.
Dantes rushes Karwoski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Karwoski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dantes lands with a right to the head.
Dantes tries to work over Karwoski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marcus Dantes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karwoski.
Dantes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karwoski blocking some punches.
Dantes misses with the head strike.
Dantes can't find room to land a body shot as Karwoski controls the action.
Dantes blocks a body shot from Karwoski.
Karwoski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karwoski blocking some punches.
Dantes swings wildly with an uppercut but Karwoski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dantes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karwoski has Dantes pushed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dantes.
Karwoski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dantes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
Dantes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes swings wildly with an uppercut but Karwoski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dantes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
Dantes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dantes struggles to land a body shot inside as Karwoski controls his hands.
Karwoski misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karwoski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dantes's brow.
Dantes works on Karwoski's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Karwoski.
Dantes misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski blocks a body shot from Dantes.
Dantes lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dantes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Karwoski.
Dantes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Dantes.
Karwoski is breathing heavily.
Karwoski blocks a body shot from Dantes.
Dantes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karwoski has a couple of punches blocked by Dantes.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karwoski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dantes's brow.
Dantes tries a body shot but Karwoski blocks it.
Karwoski misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dantes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karwoski can't break the clinch.
Karwoski can't find room to land a body shot as Dantes controls the action.
Dantes misses with the head strike.
Dantes pushes Karwoski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski blocks a body shot from Dantes.
Dantes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karwoski can do to turn this around?
Karwoski has a couple of punches blocked by Dantes.
Karwoski misses with the head strike.
Dantes lands a hook that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
Karwoski misses with a punch to the body.
Dantes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
A shot in the inside from Dantes.
A short right from Dantes.
Karwoski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dantes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karwoski's elbow.
Dantes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Dantes as the two fighters clinch.
Dantes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dantes tries to throw a body punch but Karwoski avoids it by throwing Dantes back against the cage.
Karwoski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dantes's elbow.
A short left from Dantes.
Dantes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karwoski throws an elbow that misses.
Dantes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karwoski backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Dantes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karwoski is rocked!
Nice body punch from Dantes.
Karwoski is still on wobbly legs! Can Dantes finish him?
Dantes lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Dantes.
Dantes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dantes lands a body shot.
Dantes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dantes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dantes lands a nice shot to the body.
Dantes digs a right hand into Karwoski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karwoski's gas tank.
A short left from Dantes.
Dantes pushes Karwoski against the cage. Dantes is working some dirty boxing. Dantes pushes off with a quick right hook! Karwoski goes down! Karwoski tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Dantes moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Dantes!
After the big win, Marcus Dantes made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Milwaukee's Best 160 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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