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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Skovgaard (ranked 629 p4p, 97 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 1336 p4p, 203 weight class). Skovgaard comes to the cage accompanied by Second Reality. The crowd seem to be enjoying Karelis's choice of entrance music: Sail - AwolNation. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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210 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
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30
222 lbs
21 - 17 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valentin Skovgaard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skovgaard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karelis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Skovgaard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Skovgaard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Skovgaard throws a leg kick but Karelis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Karelis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Skovgaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skovgaard throws a body kick that misses.
Karelis scores with the left hand. Skovgaard knows he should have avoided that one.
Karelis throws a poor cross that misses
and Skovgaard counters with a stiff right hand.
Karelis throws a sloppy body shot
and Skovgaard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karelis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Skovgaard.
A good leg kick by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Skovgaard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karelis throws a shot from downtown. Skovgaard moves away and avoids it.
Skovgaard throws a nice head kick!
Skovgaard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skovgaard connects with a crisp jab.
Skovgaard punishes Karelis's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skovgaard plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Karelis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Skovgaard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Skovgaard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Karelis scoring well with a low kick there.
Karelis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karelis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Skovgaard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karelis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Skovgaard lands a nice shot to the body.
A left lands for Skovgaard.
Karelis slips a jab from Skovgaard.
Skovgaard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skovgaard misses with a hook to the body
and Karelis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Karelis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Skovgaard misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard lands a body shot.
Skovgaard lands with a good body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Skovgaard.
Karelis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Skovgaard scores with a body shot.
Skovgaard is looking to wear down Karelis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Skovgaard punishes Karelis's body with a nice straight punch.
Skovgaard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karelis's calf.
A jab lands there for Skovgaard.
A good leg kick by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Karelis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Karelis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skovgaard was well out of range. Poor timing from Karelis.
Skovgaard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Skovgaard.
Karelis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Skovgaard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Skovgaard moves out of range of the body kick from Karelis.
Skovgaard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Skovgaard, as that shot connected.
Skovgaard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Skovgaard jabs Karelis right on the nose. Karelis blinks but takes it well.
Skovgaard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Skovgaard slips a straight right by Karelis.
Skovgaard is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Karelis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karelis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skovgaard.
Karelis feints a counter leg kick.
Skovgaard tries to land a leg kick but Karelis saw it coming and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Skovgaard.
Skovgaard works the jab nicely.
Skovgaard fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Karelis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skovgaard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Karelis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skovgaard cracks a nice hook into Karelis's ribs.
Karelis lands with a hook. Skovgaard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Karelis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Skovgaard can pounce on him.
Skovgaard fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skovgaard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karelis.
A head kick misses from Skovgaard.
Good shot there by Skovgaard.
Nice straight punches there by Skovgaard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Skovgaard.
Karelis clinches up with Skovgaard and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skovgaard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karelis backwards.
Karelis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Skovgaard defending well as Karelis loads up on a big left hand.
Skovgaard feints and then cracks Karelis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karelis down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valentin Skovgaard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Karelis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Karelis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skovgaard lands a nice shot to the body.
Skovgaard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Karelis checks it well.
Skovgaard throws a poor cross that misses
and Karelis counters with a nice uppercut.
Karelis gets a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Skovgaard throws an elbow but misses.
Karelis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skovgaard blocks it with crossed arms.
Skovgaard breaks from the clinch.
Skovgaard takes a swing at Karelis's ribcage but misses.
Skovgaard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Karelis on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skovgaard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karelis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Skovgaard swats away the attempt to clinch by Karelis.
Skovgaard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karelis doesn't seem bothered though.
Valentin Skovgaard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skovgaard jabs Karelis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Karelis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Skovgaard counters with a stiff right hand.
Valentin Skovgaard is winning the standup battle so far.
Skovgaard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Skovgaard lands a high kick!
A low kick from Skovgaard misses
and Karelis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karelis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Skovgaard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Skovgaard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Karelis takes a swing at Skovgaard's ribcage but misses.
Skovgaard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karelis.
Skovgaard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Skovgaard connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karelis misses with a hook. Skovgaard ducked under it nicely.
Karelis slips a jab and a cross from Skovgaard.
Karelis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Skovgaard.
Karelis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Skovgaard lands a nice shot to the body.
Karelis looks to score with a jab to the body but Skovgaard is just out of range.
Karelis misses with a body kick.
Skovgaard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karelis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Skovgaard lands with a hook. Karelis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Karelis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karelis misses with a head kick.
Skovgaard lands a body shot.
Skovgaard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Both fighters circling a little - Skovgaard finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A big right from Karelis misses.
Skovgaard works Karelis's body with a nice hook.
Karelis is breathing heavily.
Karelis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelis throws a lazy body kick
and Skovgaard counters with a slapping leg kick.
Skovgaard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karelis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karelis misses with a hook. Skovgaard ducked under it nicely.
Skovgaard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Skovgaard stuns Karelis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Skovgaard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Skovgaard lands with a good body shot.
Skovgaard connects with a body shot that sends Karelis's belly button to the back.
Karelis misses with a left hand
and Skovgaard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Skovgaard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice defenses there by Skovgaard.
Skovgaard looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelis is just out of range.
Skovgaard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelis can do to turn this around?
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 uppercut lands for Skovgaard. That snapped Karelis's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skovgaard circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Karelis drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Skovgaard follows Karelis to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Valentin Skovgaard!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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