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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Karelis (ranked 1622 p4p, 236 weight class) and Roland Begovic (ranked 3086 p4p, 404 weight class). Karelis comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - AwolNation. Begovic has chosen Cavoglave as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
20 - 17 - 1 |
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210 lbs
15 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Begovic!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Begovic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Karelis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Karelis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Begovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Karelis checks a low kick from Begovic.
Karelis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karelis tries to clinch up
and Begovic counters with a two punch combo.
Karelis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Begovic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The fighters circling - Karelis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karelis walks into a straight right hand from Begovic.
Begovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Begovic has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Karelis is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Begovic scores with a nice strike.
Begovic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karelis is out of range.
Karelis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Begovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karelis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Roland Begovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Begovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Begovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karelis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karelis misses with a left hand
and Begovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Karelis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Begovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Begovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karelis swings widly with a right hand
and Begovic counters with a left to the body.
Begovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karelis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Begovic thinking.
Begovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karelis. That did some damage!
Karelis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Begovic sizes up Karelis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice cross by Begovic.
Begovic throws a push kick but Karelis slaps the foot to one side.
Karelis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Karelis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Begovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Begovic takes a swing at Karelis's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelis misses with a wild body shot.
Karelis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Begovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Karelis.
Karelis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Begovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karelis tries to land a front kick but Begovic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Begovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Karelis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Begovic.
Begovic lands a leg kick that knocks Karelis off balance momentarily.
Begovic throws a leg kick
and Karelis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Begovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Begovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Begovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Karelis lands with a hook. Begovic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelis swings away with a body shot that misses
and Begovic counters with a three punch combo that has Karelis backing up. Karelis nods at Begovic to acknowledge the strikes.
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Begovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Begovic lands with an overhand left.
Begovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karelis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Karelis throws a lazy uppercut
and Begovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Karelis moves away from the strike by Begovic.
A telegraphed right hand from Karelis misses the target.
Begovic slips under a jab.
Karelis walks into a jab.
Karelis is looking to clinch.
Karelis throws a leg kick but Begovic moved away.
Begovic lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch but Begovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Begovic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Karelis momentarily.
Karelis throws a poor cross that misses
and Begovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karelis swings for the body but Begovic moves out of range.
Karelis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Begovic.
Karelis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Begovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karelis.
Karelis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Begovic.
Good leg kick by Begovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Begovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Begovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Begovic sizes up Karelis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Begovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roland Begovic dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Begovic misses with a looping left.
Begovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Begovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karelis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Begovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Begovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Begovic scores with a head kick. Karelis tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Karelis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Begovic swings for the body but Karelis moves out of range.
Begovic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Begovic tries to land a leg kick but Karelis saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Begovic throws a hook but Karelis blocks it.
Karelis misses with a hook.
Begovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelis is just out of range.
Begovic throws a leg kick
and Karelis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Begovic jabs at Karelis's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karelis misses with a hook.
Roland Begovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Begovic.
Karelis throws a head kick that misses
enabling Begovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Begovic throws a shot from downtown. Karelis moves away and avoids it.
Karelis misses with a hook. Begovic ducked under it nicely.
Karelis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Begovic.
Karelis lands a big head kick that sends Begovic tumbling to the mat! Karelis takes a step backwards and waves Begovic back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Begovic is rocked!
It looks like Roland Begovic has been cut.
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!
Begovic misses with a hook to the body
and Karelis counters with a right hand from hell and Begovic is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kostas Karelis!
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hype
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RATING
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