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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Heinz Bauser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Palmer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Karl Heinz Bauser's chin.
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212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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208 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Karl Heinz Bauser!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer tries to clinch but Bauser moves out of range.
Bauser unleashes a big counter combination but Palmer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bauser connects with a high kick.
Palmer tries to clinch up.
Bauser throws a sloppy head kick and Palmer moves out of range easily.
Bauser swats away the attempt to clinch by Palmer.
Bauser throws a head kick but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bauser throws a fast counter high kick but Palmer manages to duck under it in time.
Bauser fakes the leg kick and cracks Palmer in the body.
Palmer clinches up with Bauser and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer throws an elbow that misses.
Palmer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Palmer connects with a knee to the head.
Bauser managing to block the knees to the body from Palmer.
Palmer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bauser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bauser, pushing him back against the cage.
Palmer trying to land knees to the body.
Bauser wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bauser.
Palmer tries a knee to the head but Bauser blocks it.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bauser.
Bauser is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bauser tries to circle away but Palmer has him pinned against the cage.
Bauser has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bauser is defending well for now.
Our sources have told us that Palmer has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bauser is defending well for now.
Bauser has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
Palmer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bauser's efforts to push away.
Bauser is trying to push Palmer away but Palmer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bauser wants to get back to striking at distance but Palmer won't allow it.
Bauser has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Palmer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bauser can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bauser's efforts to push away.
Palmer landing knees to the head.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bauser is defending well for now.
Bauser blocks an elbow strike from Palmer.
Bauser on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Palmer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bauser looks winded!
Palmer trying to land knees to the body.
Bauser is trying to break the clinch but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Bauser avoids the damage to the body.
Palmer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bauser wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bauser blocks an elbow strike.
Palmer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bauser is defending well for now.
Palmer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bauser's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Palmer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Palmer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bauser tries to break the clinch but Palmer is controlling the position.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Bauser avoids the damage to the body.
Palmer scores a nice knee to the body.
Bauser can't break the clinch.
Bauser takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bauser is trying to break the clinch but Palmer is controlling him.
Palmer lands a knee to the body.
Bauser is trying to push Palmer away but Palmer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Palmer lands an elbow inside that Bauser shrugs off.
Palmer scores a nice knee to the body.
Palmer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bauser dodges an elbow strike from Palmer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bauser avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palmer lands a nice elbow.
Palmer pushes off an throws an elbow but Bauser leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bauser tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bauser.
Bauser blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bauser avoids it.
Palmer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Palmer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bauser has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Bauser avoids the damage to the body.
Bauser working hard to break the clinch.
Palmer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bauser's defenses.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bauser avoids it.
Bauser is looking to break free of the clinch but Palmer has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Palmer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Palmer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bauser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bauser.
Palmer tries to clinch up but Bauser circles away and keeps his distance.
Bauser is looking for the big counter here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bauser.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bauser - that will leave a mark!
Bauser fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Palmer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Palmer doesn't manage to clinch there - Bauser circles away.
Palmer moves in looking to clinch but Bauser pushes him off.
Bauser lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Mario Palmer has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bauser throws a low kick, looking for Palmer's leg but Palmer calmly moves out of range.
Palmer gets a clinch.
Bauser is trying to break the clinch but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Palmer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bauser can do to turn this around?
Bauser has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer has Bauser pressed against the cage, preventing Bauser from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palmer trying to land knees to the body.
Bauser blocks the elbow strike.
Palmer crunches a lovely knee into Bauser's ribcage.
Bauser is breathing heavily.
Palmer lands an elbow inside that Bauser shrugs off.
Palmer scores with a knee to the head.
Bauser is looking to break free of the clinch but Palmer has double underhooks.
Palmer misses with a knee strike.
Palmer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Palmer lands a knee to the body.
Palmer trying to land knees to the body.
Bauser avoids a wild elbow strike from Palmer.
Bauser is trying to break the clinch but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Bauser avoids the damage to the body.
Bauser wants to break the clinch but can't.
Palmer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bauser in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bauser is defending well for now.
Palmer lands an elbow inside that Bauser shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Palmer missing with knees to the body.
Palmer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Palmer lands a knee to the body.
Palmer lands an elbow that stopped Bauser in his tracks for a moment.
Palmer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Palmer looking to throw knees to the head but Bauser is blocking nicely.
Bauser lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Palmer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bauser's brow.
Bauser is trying to break the clinch but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Palmer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Palmer lands an elbow inside that Bauser shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer trying to land knees to the body.
Palmer misses with an elbow over the top.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bauser avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Palmer throws an elbow but misses.
Palmer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bauser breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palmer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bauser.
Palmer seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bauser tries a head kick but it misses.
Bauser circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palmer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bauser pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauser goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bauser goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Palmer moves into the clinch.
Palmer misses with an elbow strike.
Palmer working Bauser over with knees to the body.
Palmer lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bauser is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mario Palmer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Palmer crunches a lovely knee into Bauser's ribcage.
Bauser avoiding damage as Palmer throws knees to the body.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the head but Bauser blocks with his arms.
Bauser wants to break free but Palmer has control.
Bauser is trying to break free.
Palmer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bauser on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bauser on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bauser managing to block the knees to the body from Palmer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Palmer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mario Palmer's cut.
That's time! Palmer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A bone on bone clash there as Palmer blocks the leg kick.
Palmer wants to clinch up but Bauser keeps it at a distance.
A head kick by Bauser misses
and Palmer counters by moving into the clinch.
Palmer missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Palmer.
It looks like Karl Heinz Bauser has been cut.
Palmer tries a knee to the head but Bauser blocks it.
Palmer keeps control of Bauser as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bauser avoids it.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the head but Bauser blocks with his arms.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bauser avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer prevents Bauser from breaking the clinch.
Bauser blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bauser wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Palmer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Palmer misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bauser avoids a wild elbow strike from Palmer.
Bauser avoiding damage as Palmer throws knees to the body.
Palmer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bauser blocks it with crossed arms.
Bauser breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Palmer darts in trying to clinch
and Bauser counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bauser tries a head kick but it misses.
Bauser lands a head kick. Palmer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bauser with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palmer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauser lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bauser scores with a leg kick.
Palmer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bauser.
Palmer drives through and clinches with Bauser against the cage.
Palmer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bauser blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bauser is defending well for now.
Palmer missing with knees to the body.
Bauser looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Palmer misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws an elbow that misses.
Bauser pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bauser manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mario Palmer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bauser lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bauser throws a head kick that misses.
Palmer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer tries to clinch up but Bauser circles away and keeps his distance.
Bauser scores with a head kick. Palmer tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Palmer is looking to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bauser.
Bauser thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Palmer if he has to take too many more of those.
Bauser throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Palmer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bauser connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid body kick from Bauser.
Bauser throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bauser.
Bauser fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Palmer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bauser throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bauser misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palmer blocks a head kick by Bauser.
Palmer clinches up with Bauser and pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer trying to land knees to the body.
Karl Heinz Bauser has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mario Palmer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bauser throws a punch but it's blocked by Palmer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Heinz Bauser comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Palmer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Palmer!
A pretty intense looking Mario Palmer took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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