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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Karwoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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210 cm
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287 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirk Karwoski!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karwoski throws a hook to the side of Robinson's head but Robinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robinson staying out of range there.
Kirk Karwoski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karwoski.
No joy there for Robinson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Karwoski does no damage.
Robinson lands a right hook to the body.
Robinson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Karwoski.
Karwoski clinches with his opponent.
Robinson dodges an elbow strike from Karwoski.
Karwoski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karwoski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Robinson is trying to break the clinch but Karwoski is controlling him.
Karwoski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Robinson is trying to break the clinch but Karwoski has him pressed against the cage.
Karwoski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Robinson is trying to break the clinch but Karwoski is controlling him.
Karwoski pushes Robinson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karwoski lands an elbow inside that Robinson shrugs off.
It looks like Ray Robinson has been cut.
Robinson breaks from the clinch.
Ray Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karwoski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Karwoski misses with a looping left.
Robinson moves out of range of the leg kick from Karwoski.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karwoski moves away.
Robinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Karwoski tries to clinch there but Robinson circles away.
Karwoski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Robinson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
Nice jab there from Karwoski.
Robinson slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karwoski.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Robinson checks a leg kick.
Robinson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Karwoski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robinson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robinson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Russian Top Team (elite gym) in the buildup to the fight.
Karwoski throws a leg kick but Robinson moved away.
A punch combination from Robinson misses.
Karwoski feints and then cracks Robinson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Robinson down.
A combination from Robinson does no damage.
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Karwoski swinging wildly here.
Karwoski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Robinsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Robinson throws a right and a left that Karwoski avoids nicely.
Karwoski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robinson on the side of the head.
Karwoski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Robinson slips a straight right by Karwoski.
Robinson swinging wildly here.
Karwoski connects with a solid leg kick.
Karwoski throws a looping overhand right but Robinson ducks down to avoid it.
Robinson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karwoski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Robinson breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Robinson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karwoski takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Karwoski clobbers Robinson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karwoski throws a poor cross that misses
and Robinson counters with a three punch combo that has Karwoski backing up. Karwoski nods at Robinson to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab from Karwoski misses.
Robinson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karwoski can pounce on him.
Karwoski scores with a jab to the body.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karwoski.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robinson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karwoski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Karwoski.
Robinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Karwoski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Robinson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A big left from Karwoski misses.
Robinson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ray Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karwoski lands a nice hook to Robinson's body. Robinson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Karwoski.
Robinson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Robinson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karwoski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karwoski thows a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by Robinson.
Karwoski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Karwoski throws a low kick but Robinson moves out of range easily.
Karwoski throws a big shot that misses.
Karwoski throws a series of punches but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson tries to clinch up but Karwoski circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson tries to bum rush Karwoski with a series of wild strikes but Karwoski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karwoski tries to land a leg kick but Robinson saw it coming and moves away.
Karwoski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Robinson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Robinson checks a low kick from Karwoski.
Karwoski lands a jab to the head.
Karwoski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A jab from Karwoski finds it's way through Robinson's defenses.
Robinson fails to land with a series of punches.
Robinson jabs at Karwoski's body.
Sloppy strikes from Robinson. Those never looked like landing.
Robinson is looking to wear down Karwoski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karwoski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karwoski fakes the leg kick and cracks Robinson in the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robinson misses the jab.
Karwoski scores with the left hand. Robinson knows he should have avoided that one.
Karwoski misses with a body shot.
Karwoski with a jab.
Karwoski looks to land a left hand but Robinson moved out of range nicely.
Robinson misses with a two punch combination.
Robinson throws a lazy right hand but Karwoski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karwoski swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Karwoski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Robinson throws a right and a left that Karwoski avoids nicely.
Karwoski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Robinson.
Karwoski misses with a looping left.
Karwoski throws a solid leg kick but Robinson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Karwoski.
Karwoski cracks Robinson with a good jab.
Nice straight punches there by Karwoski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karwoski.
Karwoski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Robinson misses with a body shot.
Robinson with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Karwoski as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Karwoski cracks Robinson with a good jab.
No joy there for Karwoski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Robinson blocks the leg kick.
Robinson blocks a jab.
Karwoski catches Robinson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Robinson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karwoski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robinson misses with a head kick.
Robinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Karwoski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Karwoski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ray Robinson'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. This is the final round!
Karwoski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karwoski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Karwoski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Robinson jabs Karwoski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Karwoski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karwoski gets through Robinson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karwoski blocks a body shot from Robinson.
A nice left hand lands by Karwoski.
Karwoski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robinson is keeping busy.
Karwoski prevents Robinson from breaking the clinch.
Robinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karwoski misses with an elbow over the top.
Karwoski lands a nice elbow.
Karwoski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Karwoski has double underhooks.
Karwoski is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karwoski has him pressed against the cage.
Robinson avoiding damage as Karwoski throws knees to the body.
Karwoski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karwoski stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karwoski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robinson's brow.
Robinson has had enough of the clinch but Karwoski keeps him there for the moment.
Robinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karwoski lands a damaging elbow.
Karwoski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karwoski stalling in the clinch.
Robinson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Robinson avoiding damage as Karwoski throws knees to the body.
Karwoski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karwoski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karwoski lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karwoski lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwoski pushes Robinson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Robinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karwoski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Karwoski has Robinson pressed against the cage, preventing Robinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A bit of stalling here from Karwoski.
Karwoski lands an elbow inside.
Robinson is rocked!
Robinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Karwoski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robinson.
Karwoski lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Robinson to his knees! Karwoski keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk Karwoski!
Kirk Karwoski thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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