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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and yuri The Animal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, yuri The Animal!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal moves out of range.
Karlsson moves in looking to clinch but The Animal pushes him off.
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson misses with a body shot.
Karlsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - The Animal circles away.
The Animal lands a left and a right that send Karlsson crashing to the mat, dazed. The Animal thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Karlsson is rocked!
It looks like Kurt Karlsson has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Animal darts in and clinches Karlsson up against the cage.
Oh Karlsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Animal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on The Animal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Karlsson seems to have got his legs back now.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like yuri The Animal has been cut.
The Animal looks gassed!
Karlsson pulls guard successfully.
Karlsson trying to control the position.
Karlsson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The Animal wants to stand and escape but instead Karlsson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karlsson trying to control the position from guard on top but The Animal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Animal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Karlsson slips nicely into half guard.
Karlsson trying to control the action but The Animal is working from the bottom.
Karlsson wants to stand up but The Animal is controlling the position.
Karlsson is keen to just control but The Animal is a slippery customer.
Karlsson prevents The Animal from standing back up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Animal tries to clinch up.
The Animal doesn't manage to clinch there - Karlsson circles away.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Animal throws a shot from downtown. Karlsson moves away and avoids it.
The Animal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Animal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Animal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
Karlsson is looking to clinch.
yuri The Animal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Animal circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice combination there by The Animal.
The Animal keeps the fight on the outside.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal moves out of range.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
Karlsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Animal.
Karlsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karlsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Animal.
Karlsson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Animal tries to close the distance and clinch but Karlsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Animal but The Animal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Karlsson wants to clinch up but The Animal keeps it at a distance.
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Animal throws a nice looking combination but Karlsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Animal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karlsson lands with a straight right. The Animal didn't see that one coming.
Karlsson walks into a left hand.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
Karlsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karlsson blocks a jab.
The Animal throws a right hand that Karlsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Karlsson also avoids with ease.
The Animal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karlsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Animal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but The Animal is avoiding it.
Karlsson cracks the inside of The Animal's front leg.
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!
The Animal swats away the attempt to clinch by Karlsson.
The Animal wants to clinch up but Karlsson keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but The Animal is avoiding it.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but The Animal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson wants to clinch up but The Animal keeps it at a distance.
The Animal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karlsson lands a big head kick that sends The Animal tumbling to the mat! Karlsson takes a step backwards and waves The Animal back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The Animal is rocked!
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Animal is still on wobbly legs! Can Karlsson finish him?
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
The Animal seems to have recovered his senses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Karlsson.
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Animal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Karlsson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kurt Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown but The Animal shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Karlsson tries to clinch there but The Animal circles away.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but The Animal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Animal misses with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Animal has Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Animal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Karlsson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Animal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - The Animal circles away.
Karlsson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kurt Karlsson is winning the standup battle so far.
The Animal tries to clinch there but Karlsson circles away.
The Animal walks into a jab.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal moves out of range.
The Animal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karlsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from The Animal misses.
No joy there for The Animal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal moves out of range.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
Karlsson wants to clinch up but The Animal keeps it at a distance.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Animal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but The Animal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson tries to clinch up.
The Animal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Animal is breathing heavily.
The Animal is looking to clinch but Karlsson is avoiding it.
Karlsson is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but The Animal is avoiding it.
Karlsson swats away the attempt to clinch by The Animal.
The Animal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karlsson.
Karlsson tries to clinch there but The Animal circles away.
Karlsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
Karlsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Karlsson tries to clinch up but The Animal circles away and keeps his distance.
The Animal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karlsson tries to clinch up but The Animal circles away and keeps his distance.
The Animal misses with a jab to the body
and Karlsson counters with a thumping low kick.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Animal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - The Animal circles away.
The Animal throws out a loose jab but Karlsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
The Animal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson has closed the distance and engaged The Animal in a clinch.
Karlsson is pushing The Animal up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karlsson obliges.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Animal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson wants to stall.
The Animal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson prevents The Animal from breaking the clinch.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Animal's face.
The Animal is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
The Animal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karlsson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Animal is keeping busy.
The Animal is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
The Animal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson has The Animal pressed against the cage, preventing The Animal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson has The Animal pressed against the cage, preventing The Animal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Animal has had enough of the clinch but Karlsson keeps him there for the moment.
The Animal is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
The Animal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson stops a takedown attempt from The Animal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
The Animal wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
The Animal wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
The Animal wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson working The Animal over with knees to the body.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
The Animal can't break the clinch.
Karlsson has The Animal pressed against the cage, preventing The Animal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karlsson with a knee to the head.
Karlsson taking a breather.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Animal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Animal wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Animal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but The Animal is blocking nicely.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Animal tries to break free but Karlsson pushes him back against the cage.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
The Animal working hard to break the clinch.
The Animal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Karlsson lands a damaging elbow.
The Animal tries to score a body lock takedown but Karlsson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Karlsson is trying to stall.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
The Animal has Karlsson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Karlsson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kurt Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of yuri The Animal.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Animal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Animal can't break the clinch.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Animal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Karlsson on the inside.
Karlsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Animal is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
Karlsson landing knees to the head.
The Animal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
The Animal wants to get back to striking at distance but Karlsson won't allow it.
Karlsson connects with a knee to the head.
The Animal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Karlsson prevents The Animal from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Animal as Karlsson tries to tie him up.
The Animal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Animal takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Animal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karlsson has him pressed against the cage.
Karlsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karlsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Animal is looking to break free of the clinch but Karlsson has double underhooks.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but The Animal blocks it.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Karlsson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The Animal misses with a hook.
Karlsson wants to clinch.
The Animal wants to clinch.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but The Animal is avoiding it.
Karlsson is looking to clinch.
The Animal lands a jab-cross combination.
The Animal swats away the attempt to clinch by Karlsson.
The Animal circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Animal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karlsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Animal thinking.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karlsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Animal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
The Animal tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
The Animal keeps the fight on the outside.
yuri The Animal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karlsson moves in looking to clinch but The Animal pushes him off.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Animal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karlsson is looking to clinch.
No joy there for The Animal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Animal is looking to clinch but Karlsson is avoiding it.
Karlsson misses the jab.
Karlsson is looking to wear down The Animal with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - The Animal circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Animal throws a series of punches but Karlsson avoids them all with ease.
Karlsson tries to clinch up.
Karlsson wants to clinch up but The Animal keeps it at a distance.
The Animal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karlsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson tries to clinch but The Animal is having none of it.
Karlsson moves in looking to clinch but The Animal pushes him off.
The Animal swats away the attempt to clinch by Karlsson.
Karlsson clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kurt Karlsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Animal's face.
The Animal is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but The Animal blocks with his arms.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Animal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karlsson with a knee to the head.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Karlsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Animal.
Karlsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Animal is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Karlsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Animal backwards.
The Animal wants to break free but Karlsson has control.
A frustrated look appears on The Animal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Animal tries to break free but Karlsson pushes him back against the cage.
Kurt Karlsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson leaning against his opponent.
The Animal tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Animal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson scores a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson prevents The Animal from breaking the clinch.
Karlsson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Karlsson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The Animal wants to stand but Karlsson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Karlsson looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Animal is one step ahead there.
yuri The Animal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Karlsson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Karlsson stops The Animal from getting back to his feet.
Karlsson trying to control the action but The Animal is working from the bottom.
It looks like Karlsson is going to stand back up.
The Animal tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The Animal throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt Karlsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karlsson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Karlsson!
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