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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pernell Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerry Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pernell Karl has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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171 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pernell Karl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerry Khan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karl lunges at Khan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khan's hand.
Karl misses the jab.
Karl takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karl has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Victory Gym and Spa in the buildup to the fight.
Khan throws a leg kick but Karl checks it.
Khan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khan is rocked!
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karl.
Karl connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khan is still on wobbly legs! Can Karl finish him?
Khan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Karl checks a leg kick nicely.
Khan seems to have recovered his senses.
Gerry Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan throws an off balance right hand
and Karl counters with a nice uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khan.
Karl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Karl takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karl misses with a wild body shot.
Karl has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karl looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Khan misses.
Karl throws a body shot but no joy.
Khan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Karl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
Karl lands a really nice looking cross but Khan seems unphased.
Karl throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Karl connects with a looping right hand.
A combination from Karl does no damage.
Karl looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Karl looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Khan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Karl throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks to land a left hand but Karl moved out of range nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Khan. Karl shrugs it off though.
Khan avoids the body shot from Karl.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karl has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khan.
Karl throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
Karl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Karl stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khan.
Karl closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Khan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Karl wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Karl avoids the head kick by Khan.
Karl lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a leg kick.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan throws a body punch but Karl moves out of range.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Karl moves away and avoids it.
Khan scores with a jab.
Khan throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Karl to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Khan walks into a jab.
Khan tries to work over Karl's front leg with a kick but Karl checks it.
Khan throws the left hand but Karl avoids the punch easily.
Karl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Karl.
Khan throws out a counter right but Karl avoids it with no problem.
Khan lands a leg kick that knocks Karl off balance momentarily.
Karl lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karl takes one to the chin there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan works Karl's body with a nice hook.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karl has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khan finds it's way round the side to connect with Karl's head.
Khan takes one to the chin there.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karl.
Karl throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khan counters with an outside leg kick.
Khan throws a nice head kick!
Karl lands a body shot.
Karl connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Karl works Khan's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan throws a head kick that half lands.
Khan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A head kick misses from Khan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pernell Karl will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Karl swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Karl is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khan with a hook.
Karl with a nice cross.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
Khan misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karl. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from Khan lands.
Karl takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan motions for Karl to come forward. Khan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karl was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Karl's shoulder, as Karl tries to avoid the shot.
Khan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karl counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl lands with a hook. Khan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khan connects with a leg kick. Karl looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karl swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan connects with a leg kick. Karl looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karl throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Karl looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karl on the side of the head.
Good exchange - Khan coming out on top.
A jab from Karl misses.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
Karl looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan tries a quick counter leg kick but Karl is wise to it.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Karl.
Khan is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karl throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Karl slips under a jab.
Khan throws a hook but Karl avoids it easily.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karl misses with a hook
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karl throws a poor cross that misses
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karl's calf.
Khan moves out of range as Karl strikes.
Karl lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karl.
Good leg kick by Khan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Karl misses with a lunging right hand
and Khan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Khan lands a high kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Karl does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Karl misses the target.
Karl swinging wildly here.
Khan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Karl's sensitive parts.
Pernell Karl is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan throws a chopping leg kick but Karl manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Karl takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan swings for the body but Karl moves out of range.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Karl slips the punch.
Khan tries to land a leg kick but Karl saw it coming and moves away.
Nice shot by Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Karl does it's job there.
Karl cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karl misses with a hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Karl blocks the leg kick.
Karl dodges the punch combination from Khan.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan wants to slow Karl down by chopping away at his legs.
Khan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Karl uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
A big right from Karl misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerry Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Karl takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karl moves away.
Khan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Karl misses with a hook
and Khan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karl swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Khan is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Karl tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khan throws a good cross that connects.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karl.
Karl chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khan can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karl throws a chopping leg kick but Khan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Karl throws a lazy uppercut
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Khan counters with an inside leg kick.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick
and Karl counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan throws a leg kick but Karl sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Karl was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Khan throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
Khan scores with a leg kick.
Karl throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khan lands a head kick. Karl smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
Karl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan defending well as Karl loads up on a big left hand.
Karl takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Karl lands with an uppercut that bounces Khan off the cage and back into range.
Karl misses with a straight right.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karl.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a leg kick that knocks Karl off balance momentarily.
Khan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khan slips a jab from Karl.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Khan got wobbled bad by a big combination! Karl presses forward with punches and knees until Khan stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Khan closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pernell Karl!
Pernell Karl bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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