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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Karelin (ranked 602 p4p, 23 weight class) and Laverne Mazzola (ranked 1166 p4p, 29 weight class). Mazzola has chosen Il Canto Degli Italiani as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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282 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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162 lbs
22 - 10 - 2 |
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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Laverne Mazzola!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Karelin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karelin.
It looks like Laverne Mazzola has been cut.
Karelin throws a hook but Mazzola blocks it.
Vitaly Karelin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazzola tries to move into range but Karelin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mazzola drives through and clinches with Karelin against the cage.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Karelin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karelin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mazzola tries a body shot but Karelin blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Karelin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Karelin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mazzola misses with a knee strike.
Mazzola lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Mazzola.
Mazzola tries to land a knee to the head but Karelin blocks with his arms.
Karelin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzola looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzola fails to land.
Mazzola working aggressively here.
Mazzola working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mazzola misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mazzola misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin misses with a punch on the inside.
Mazzola wants to stall.
Mazzola struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelin controls his hands.
Karelin has clasped his hands together around Mazzola's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Karelin working the ground and pound but Mazzola is defending the strikes.
You can see the frustration on Mazzola's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Karelin wants to control but Mazzola is keeping him busy.
Mazzola is trying to control Karelin's posture but Karelin avoids it.
Karelin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mazzola is avoiding damage well.
Sloppy strikes there by Karelin.
We've been hearing that Karelin has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Karelin lands a nice forearm strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola struggling a bit here.
Karelin advances nicely into full mount.
Karelin punching from mount but Mazzola doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Karelin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Karelin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mazzola is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mazzola is still in real trouble! Can Karelin finish him?
Mazzola takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Karelin's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitaly Karelin!
During a confident post fight interview, Vitaly Karelin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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
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