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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin has chosen Russian National Anthem as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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28
273 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rock Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandr Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karelin misses the shot to the body.
Johnson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Karelin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Karelin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Karelin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Karelin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Karelin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Karelin shoots and misses
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson cracks the inside of Karelin's front leg.
Johnson rushes Karelin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Aleksandr Karelin has been cut.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
Karelin looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Karelin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
Karelin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karelin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Karelin avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson presses Karelin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Johnson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
A left hand lands to the body for Johnson.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
Johnson avoiding damage.
A short left from Johnson.
Karelin has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Karelin tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Karelin back against the cage.
Karelin blocks an uppercut.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson is working Karelin over against the cage.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Johnson is working Karelin over against the cage.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Johnson lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karelin misses with a body punch.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Karelin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Come on Johnson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson works on Karelin's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Karelin takes a shot to the head.
Johnson pushes Karelin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Johnson is working Karelin over against the cage.
Karelin avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Karelin managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson is working Karelin over against the cage.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandr Karelin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Karelin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Karelin. That snapped Johnson's head back.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.
Karelin throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Karelin misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Karelin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson thumps Karelin with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson clinches up with Karelin and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelin can do to turn this around?
Karelin is breathing heavily.
Johnson presses Karelin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Karelin in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Johnson.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johnson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karelins head.
Johnson stalling.
A short right from Johnson.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Karelin in his tracks for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Johnson is leaning against Karelin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Karelin managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Karelin avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karelin scores with a hook to the body.
Karelin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Karelin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karelin avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Karelin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rock Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Karelin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karelin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Karelin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karelin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson gets caught flat footed, as Karelin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Karelin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Johnson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Karelin is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Johnson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Karelin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Johnson controlling from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Karelin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Karelin wants to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelin can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandr Karelin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aleksandr Karelin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Karelin was not able to check.
Johnson shoots in and bounces Karelin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Karelin keeps moving.
Johnson passes into half guard.
Karelin moves into full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Karelin.
Johnson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Karelin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Karelin working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Johnson has passed into half guard!
Johnson prevents Karelin from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Karelin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Karelin wants to get back to full guard.
Johnson is trying to control the action in half guard but Karelin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Karelin keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Karelin tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Karelin is pressing down on Johnson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Karelin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Karelin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throws a strike but Johnson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Karelin moves into full guard.
Rock Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Karelin is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Karelin has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Johnson has passed into side control.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karelin keeps working.
Karelin can't do much from the bottom here.
Aleksandr Karelin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karelin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rock Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Rock Johnson!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Rock Johnson!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Rock Johnson!
Rock Johnson wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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