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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Samson Falkner (ranked 4678 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Karasik (ranked 4687 p4p, 0 weight class). Falkner comes to the cage accompanied by That's My Jam. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Samson Falkner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Karasik!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karasik lands a jab to Falkner's midsection.
Falkner tries to clinch but Karasik moves away
enabling Karasik to counter with a crisp jab.
Karasik connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Karasik displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Falkner tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karasik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Falkner looks to throw the jab but Karasik is out of range.
Falkner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karasik connects with a looping right hand.
Karasik lands a nice hook to Falkner's body. Falkner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falkner throws a combination that misses
and Karasik counters with a stiff right hand.
Karasik scores with a jab to the head.
Falkner moves to clinch but Karasik breaks away
enabling Karasik to counter with a crisp jab.
Karasik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Falkner tries to clinch up but Karasik circles away and keeps his distance.
Falkner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karasik counters with a right hand to the body.
Falkner tries to clinch but Karasik is having none of it.
Falkner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karasik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karasik looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karasik lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab lands there for Falkner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falkner closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Karasik to counter with a crisp jab.
Falkner moves to clinch but Karasik breaks away
and Karasik counters with a stiff right hand.
Falkner darts in trying to clinch
and Karasik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left lands for Karasik.
Nice uppercut lands for Karasik. That snapped Falkner's head back.
Falkner moves in looking to clinch but Karasik pushes him off.
Karasik throws a one two combo.
Falkner misses with a body shot
and Karasik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Falkner thinking.
Falkner throws a combination that misses
and Karasik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good standup being displayed there by Karasik as he connects with a hook.
Falkner is looking to clinch but Karasik is avoiding it.
Karasik scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falkner throws an overhand right that lands on Karasik's shoulder, as Karasik tries to avoid the shot.
Karasik digs a good body shot into Falkner's ribs.
Falkner misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Karasik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Samson Falkner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karasik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Falkner momentarily.
Karasik lands with a right hand.
Karasik lands a jab.
Falkner misses with a body punch
and Falkner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Falkner misses with a right hand
enabling Karasik to counter with a crisp jab.
Falkner misses with an uppercut
and Karasik counters with a stiff right hand.
Karasik lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Karasik circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karasik lands an overhand right.
Karasik jabs at Falkner's body.
Karasik lands a glancing blow to the side of Falkner's head.
Falkner misses the shot to the body.
Falkner throws a body shot but no joy.
Karasik catches Falkner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karasik connects with a single shot there.
Falkner throws a body shot but no joy.
Karasik lands the left hand.
Karasik scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Falkner doesn't seem bothered though.
Karasik scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Karasik tries to keep at a distance but Falkner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Falkner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Falkner as Karasik tries to tie him up.
Falkner digs a right hand into Karasik's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karasik's gas tank.
Karasik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Falkner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Falkner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Falkner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Falkner lands an elbow just above Karasik 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falkner tries to throw a body punch but Karasik avoids it by throwing Falkner back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Falkner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karasik takes an elbow to the temple.
Falkner lands a nice elbow.
Falkner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Falkner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falkner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Karasik presses Falkner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Falkner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Falkner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Falkner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Falkner tries a body shot but Karasik blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Falkner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karasik misses with the head strike.
Falkner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Falkner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karasik takes a knee to the side of the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Falkner lands an elbow inside that Karasik shrugs off.
Karasik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Karasik dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Falkner misses with a right hand
and Karasik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karasik blocks a jab.
Falkner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Falkner looks to clinch
and Karasik counters with a straight right hand.
Falkner throws a lazy uppercut
and Karasik counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Karasik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Falkner.
Karasik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karasik stuns Falkner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Falkner wants to clinch but Karasik slips to the side
and Karasik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karasik lands a nice hook to Falkner's body. Falkner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Falkner looks to clinch
and Karasik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Falkner thinking.
Falkner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karasik keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karasik circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karasik moves out of range as Falkner strikes.
Karasik swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Falkner misses with a left hand
and Karasik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Falkner thinking.
Karasik cracks Falkner with an open hand slap.
Karasik sizes up Falkner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Falkner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karasik counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falkner just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karasik! But no joy.
Karasik lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karasik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Falkner.
Karasik lands a nice looking body shot.
Karasik connects with a looping right hand.
Alex Karasik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, jab by Karasik - just one landing.
Falkner wants to clinch
and Karasik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Falkner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karasik scores with a hook to the body. Falkner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Falkner tries to clinch up.
Karasik slips under a jab from Falkner.
Karasik lands a jab to Falkner's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falkner throws a series of punches but Karasik avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falkner looks to clinch
and Karasik counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karasik cracks Falkner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karasik throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Falkner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Falkner throws a jab when Karasik was well out of range.
Karasik connects with the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Falkner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Falkner takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Falkner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the body from Falkner misses
and Karasik counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Karasik.
Falkner misses with an uppercut
and Karasik counters with a series of strikes. Falkner will be more careful next time no doubt.
Falkner tries to clinch but Karasik moves away
enabling Karasik to counter with a crisp jab.
Karasik listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Karasik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karasik connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Karasik gets tackled into the cage by Falkner. Falkner maintains the clinch.
Falkner lands a nice elbow.
Karasik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Falkner backwards.
Karasik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falkner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Falkner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Falkner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Falkner pushes Karasik back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Falkner lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falkner.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Falkner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falkner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Falkner scores with a knee to the head.
Falkner can't find room to land a body shot as Karasik controls the action.
Falkner blocks a body shot from Karasik.
Falkner has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short uppercut from Falkner.
Karasik misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karasik trying to stall but Falkner improves his position.
Falkner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Falkner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karasiks head.
Falkner with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Falkner.
Karasik is rocked!
Falkner crunches a lovely knee into Karasik's ribcage.
Karasik is still on wobbly legs! Can Falkner finish him?
Falkner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Falkner.
Falkner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Karasik.
Falkner lands an elbow just above Karasik 's eye.
Karasik wants to stall.
Falkner lands a damaging elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karasik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karasik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Falkner's elbow.
Karasik throws a punch but it's blocked by Falkner.
Falkner scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Falkner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Karasik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nice jab there from Karasik.
Alex Karasik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karasik's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Karasik duly obliges.
Falkner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karasik seems to have recovered his senses.
Karasik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Falkner is looking to clinch.
Falkner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karasik moves away.
Karasik stalks Falkner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Falkner's face. Falkner staggers backwards, shaken.
Falkner is looking to clinch.
Falkner throws a shot from downtown. Karasik moves away and avoids it.
Falkner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Falkner tries to clinch but Karasik moves away
and Karasik counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falkner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karasik.
Falkner misses with a hook
and Karasik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Falkner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Falkner doesn't manage to clinch there - Karasik circles away.
Falkner swings away with a body shot that misses
and Karasik counters with a straight right hand.
Karasik connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Falkner's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karasik circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Karasik to counter with a crisp jab.
Karasik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karasik lands with an overhand left.
Karasik cracks a nice hook into Falkner's ribs.
Karasik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Karasik cracks Falkner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Falkner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Falkner doesn't manage to clinch there - Karasik circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Karasik scores with a four punch combination!
Falkner tries to bum rush Karasik with a series of wild strikes but Karasik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Falkner rushes Karasik and presses him up against the cage.
Falkner landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falkner misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karasik blocks an elbow strike from Falkner.
Falkner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Falkner struggles to land a body shot inside as Karasik controls his hands.
Falkner presses Karasik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Karasik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Falkner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karasik or not.
Knees to the body from Falkner.
Falkner connects with a knee to the head.
Karasik holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Falkner tries to throw a body punch but Karasik avoids it by throwing Falkner back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falkner misses with a punch to the body.
Falkner misses with a knee strike.
Falkner throws a head punch that misses.
Falkner lands a knee to the head.
Karasik has a couple of punches blocked by Falkner.
Falkner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karasik takes a knee to the side of the body.
Falkner lands a nice elbow.
Karasik takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falkner tries a knee to the head but Karasik blocks it.
Karasik blocks a body shot from Falkner.
Falkner misses with a punch to the body.
Falkner misses with a punch to the body.
Samson Falkner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karasik gets through Falkner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Falkner lands an elbow that stopped Karasik in his tracks for a moment.
Falkner landing knees to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falkner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karasik's elbow.
Falkner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Falkner lands an elbow just above Karasik 's eye.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alex Karasik.
I've got Karasik winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight for Alex Karasik!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Alex Karasik!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Alex Karasik!
Alex Karasik wins by unanimous decision!
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