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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karelin Pripyat (ranked 102 p4p, 14 weight class) and Iain Tower (ranked 218 p4p, 29 weight class). Tower has chosen Kanye - Power as his entrance music. Iain Tower will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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265 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
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275 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karelin Pripyat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iain Tower!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pripyat scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tower throws a right hand that misses
and Pripyat counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pripyat.
Pripyat won't allow Tower to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tower is controlling Pripyat's posture.
Pripyat looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tower controls Pripyat momentarily but Pripyat frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pripyat wants to control from the top but Tower keeps moving.
Tower trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tower keeping moving, preventing Pripyat from controlling successfully.
Our spies down at at AK Beasties inform us that Tower has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Pripyat might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pripyat controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pripyat shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Pripyat was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pripyat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tower keeps working.
Pripyat working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pripyat looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tower is avoiding damage well.
Tower can't do much from the bottom here.
We've been hearing that Pripyat has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Pripyat throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tower sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Tower is staying active underneath Pripyat, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pripyat prevents Tower from standing back up.
Tower has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pripyat is working away from the top position though.
Pripyat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pripyat lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pripyat lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tower controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Tower trying to control here.
Pripyat is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tower is not content to let Pripyat control the position.
Tower is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pripyat scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pripyat content to control rather than advance.
Pripyat trying to control from half guard but Tower is working away.
Pripyat throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tower is holding on to half guard well.
Pripyat content to control rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tower looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karelin Pripyat dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pripyat fails with the takedown.
Pripyat fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Tower drops Pripyat with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Pripyat looks back up at him and smiles so Tower waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Karelin Pripyat has been cut.
Pripyat misses with a takedown
and Tower counters with a huge right that knocks Pripyat out cold! Tower is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iain Tower! Iain Tower retains his heavyweight title!
After the big win, Iain Tower made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors IniTech Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves 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
RATING
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