PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Egon Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toresten Flink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toresten Flink is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Karlsson
vs
Flink

185 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egon Karlsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toresten Flink!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flink fails with an attempt to clinch.

Karlsson darts in and clinches Flink up against the cage.
Karlsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Karlsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Flink looking to slow down the pace here.
Flink avoids a wild elbow strike from Karlsson.
Flink scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Egon Karlsson has been cut.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Karlsson takes an elbow to the temple.
Flink throws an elbow that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Flink takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Flink comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Flink lands a nice elbow.

Egon Karlsson's cut is getting worse.
Flink misses with an elbow strike.
Flink misses with a knee to the head.
Flink connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karlsson's face.
Flink tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Flink lands an elbow just above Karlsson 's eye.
Flink managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Flink avoids the damage to the body.
Flink pushes off an throws an elbow but Karlsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flink lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Flink leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karlsson takes an elbow to the forehead.

Egon Karlsson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Flink leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karlsson is looking to control Flink's arms but Flink gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karlsson has his back to the cage.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.
Flink lands a good knee to the midsection. Karlsson won't want to take too many of those.
Karlsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Flink.
Flink lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flink creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karlsson's defenses.
Flink stalls.
Flink lands a knee to the head.
Flink lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Egon Karlsson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Flink lands an elbow that stopped Karlsson in his tracks for a moment.
Karlsson throws an elbow that misses.
Flink gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Flink lands a nice knee to the body.
Flink unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Flink slows down the pace here.
Flink lands an elbow inside that Karlsson shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Egon Karlsson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Toresten Flink! Toresten Flink retains his light heavyweight title!