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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Cain (ranked 625 p4p, 93 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 603 p4p, 88 weight class). Karelis has chosen Sail - AwolNation as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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12 - 6 - 0 |
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222 lbs
19 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Cain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelis lands a nice hook to Cain's body. Cain takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Karelis looks to score with a jab to the body but Cain is just out of range.
Karelis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cain is able to avoid easily.
A lazy body kick from Karelis
and Cain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick misses from Cain.
Cain cracks Karelis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Karelis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cain blocks the body kick.
As Karelis backs away, Cain returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Karelis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cain tried to counter with a leg kick but Karelis avoided it.
Karelis looks to score with a jab to the body but Cain is just out of range.
Cain walks into a stiff left hand from Karelis.
Cain swats away the attempt to clinch by Karelis.
Cain punishes Karelis's body with a nice straight punch.
Karelis misses the body punch
enabling Cain to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Kostas Karelis has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis throws a jab but it's blocked by Cain.
An attempted straight right counter from Cain misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain slips under a jab.
Karelis just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCain.
Cain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karelis manages to avoid it.
Karelis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cain.
Cain connects with a leg kick. Karelis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karelis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cain.
Cain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karelis.
Cain moves out of range of the body kick.
Karelis throws a sloppy head kick and Cain moves out of range easily.
Karelis tries to land a body kick
and Karelis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karelis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cain rather than just go for the knockout.
Karelis throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Cain counters with a leg kick.
Karelis misses with a hook to the body
letting Cain counter with a right hand.
Karelis is rocked!
Cain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cain throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cain looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelis is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karelis lands an uppercut.
Karelis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karelis lands with a left to the head.
Cain is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A short uppercut from Cain.
Karelis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karelis lands with a light punch inside.
Cain misses with a body punch.
Cain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cain pushes Karelis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cain backwards.
Cain misses with a punch on the inside.
Karelis blocks an uppercut.
Karelis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Cain's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Karelis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cain working aggressively here.
Cain misses with the head strike.
Karelis working Cain over with knees to the body.
Cain is breathing heavily.
Karelis tries a knee to the head but Cain blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelis lands a nice uppercut.
Karelis lands a shot to the body.
Karelis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cain seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Karelis can turn it around.
Karelis lands a knee to the head.
Cain is rocked!
It looks like David Cain has been cut.
Cain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karelis has a couple of punches blocked by Cain.
Cain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karelis blocks an uppercut.
Karelis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Cain.
Karelis throws a head punch that misses.
Karelis blocking some punches.
Karelis misses with a knee strike.
Cain lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karelis backwards.
Karelis misses with a knee to the head.
Karelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cain misses with a punch on the inside.
Karelis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cain lands a hook that snaps the head of Karelis backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cain backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Cain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cain managing to block the knees to the body from Karelis.
Karelis misses with a punch on the inside.
Cain makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Karelis.
Cain blocks a body shot from Karelis.
Karelis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cain avoids it.
Karelis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karelis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cain makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cain lands with a light punch inside.
Cain lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Cain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cain has a couple of punches blocked by Karelis.
Cain blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kostas Karelis will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Karelis. Cain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karelis lunges at Cain with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cain's hand.
Karelis lands a brutal head kick. Cain looks out on his feet and Karelis throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Kostas Karelis!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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