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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sanford Fanning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sail - AwolNation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
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216 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sanford Fanning!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelis lands the left hand.
A swing and a miss from Karelis.
Karelis misses with the body kick
and Fanning connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karelis gets tackled into the cage by Fanning. Fanning maintains the clinch.
Karelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Our sources have told us that Karelis has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Karelis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Fanning.
Fanning tries to work over Karelis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fanning is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karelis lands a right hand.
Karelis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fanning has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karelis working aggressively here.
Karelis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karelis lands a right hand.
Fanning throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kareliss head.
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!
Nice body punch from Fanning - that landed with a thud.
Karelis misses with some punches.
Fanning tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karelis's elbow.
Fanning misses with a punch to the body.
Karelis throws a punch but it's blocked by Fanning.
Karelis throws a head punch that misses.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Karelis fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fanning blocks a body shot from Karelis.
Fanning tries a body shot but Karelis blocks it.
Fanning struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelis controls his hands.
Karelis throws a head punch that misses.
Karelis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fanning blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Fanning.
Fanning is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fanning lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Karelis misses with a knee to the head.
Karelis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karelis landing knees to the head.
It looks like Sanford Fanning has been cut.
Fanning is working Karelis over against the cage.
Fanning working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fanning swings wildly with an uppercut but Karelis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Karelis fails to land.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fanning displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karelis up against the cage.
Fanning lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fanning takes a shot to the head.
Karelis misses with a punch on the inside.
Fanning lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fanning can't find room to land a body shot as Karelis controls the action.
Fanning blocks a body shot from Karelis.
Fanning struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelis controls his hands.
Fanning presses Karelis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fanning lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Fanning uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karelis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fanning stalls.
Fanning lands a left hand.
Karelis tries a knee to the head but Fanning blocks it.
Karelis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fanning lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fanning misses with some punches.
Fanning misses with a body punch.
Fanning misses with a body punch.
Fanning is working Karelis over against the cage.
Fanning lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning tries to throw a body punch but Karelis avoids it by throwing Fanning back against the cage.
Fanning fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fanning lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karelis blocks an uppercut.
Karelis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karelis lands an uppercut.
Fanning lands with a left to the head.
Karelis cracks Fanning with a nice body shot.
Fanning lands a shot to the body.
Fanning goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karelis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fanning is defending well for now.
Fanning scores with a hook to the body.
Karelis is breathing heavily.
Fanning tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Fanning on the inside.
Fanning lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karelis or not.
Fanning lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fanning blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Karelis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fanning pushes Karelis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fanning.
Karelis tries a body shot but Fanning blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Fanning.
Fanning lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fanning working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Fanning.
Fanning lands a right hand.
Fanning is struggling to control the position.
A short right from Fanning.
Karelis is rocked!
Fanning working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Karelis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fanning lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Karelis to his knees! Fanning keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sanford Fanning!
Sanford Fanning is the new light heavyweight champion!
Sanford Fanning thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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