PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Scalabrine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Scalabrine has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Scalabrine
vs
Karlsson

210 cm
26
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
26
288 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Scalabrine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scalabrine throws a combination. Karlsson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Karlsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scalabrine throws a head kick that Karlsson semi-blocks.
Scalabrine thuds his shin into the meat of Karlsson's side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Scalabrine.
Scalabrine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scalabrine tries a head kick but it misses.
Scalabrine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karlsson throws a right hand that Scalabrine ducks under and follows up with a left that Scalabrine also avoids with ease.
Scalabrine scores with a jab to the head.
Scalabrine works over Karlsson's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson walks into a left hand.

Karlsson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Karlsson tries to advance to mount but Scalabrine denies him.
A lull in the action here as Karlsson stalls from top position.
Karlsson is putting a hurting on Scalabrine here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Karlsson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Karlsson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Karlsson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scalabrine tries to hold on but Karlsson pushes him away.
Karlsson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Scalabrine wants to hold on but Karlsson pushes him away.
Karlsson breaks from Scalabrine's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Jack Scalabrine has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karlsson controlling the position easily from mount.
Scalabrine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Karlsson raining down hammerfists from mount.

Jack Scalabrine's cut is getting worse.
Karlsson cracks Scalabrine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Jeez, Jack Scalabrine's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alexander Karlsson!