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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 251 p4p, 35 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 384 p4p, 58 weight class). Karelis is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sail - AwolNation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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184 cm
37
206 lbs
43 - 14 - 0 |
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182 cm
26
222 lbs
19 - 12 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
43 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kakoullis misses with a low kick.
Karelis misses with a lunging right hand
and Kakoullis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Kakoullis throws a body shot but no joy. A looping hook to the body misses from Karelis. Kakoullis does a little dance to reset his feet. Karelis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Karelis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut. Kakoullis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Kakoullis scores with a push kick. Kakoullis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karelis. That did some damage! Karelis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Kakoullis connects with a crisp jab. Karelis tries a head kick but it misses.
Kakoullis just misses with a punch to the body.
Kakoullis is looking to slow Karelis down with leg kicks. A head kick misses from Karelis. Kakoullis looks to land a right hand but Karelis moved out of range. Karelis throws a body kick that misses. Kakoullis avoids the body shot from Karelis.
It appears Kakoullis was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Karelis throws a looping overhand right but Kakoullis ducks down to avoid it. Kakoullis pushes Karelis away with a front kick. Karelis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kakoullis. Karelis looks winded! Kakoullis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kakoullis, right into the meat.
Kakoullis lands a big right hand that sends Karelis crashing to the mat! Kakoullis stays standing though and waves Karelis back to his feet!
Karelis is rocked!
It looks like Kostas Karelis has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Kakoullis scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Karelis is still on wobbly legs! Can Kakoullis finish him? Kakoullis ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Karelis out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sotiris Kakoullis! An out of breath Sotiris Kakoullis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
92% |
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