PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenalemodisa Mabogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mabogo comes to the cage accompanied by 3 Doors Down - Duck and Run. The key to victory for Kenalemodisa Mabogo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mabogo
vs
Karelin

190 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

191 cm
22
218 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenalemodisa Mabogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Mabogo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mabogo.
Mabogo seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mabogo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Aleksandr Karelin has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mabogo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karelin. That did some damage!

Karelin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mabogo sprawls well initially but Karelin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Mabogo is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin throwing shots but Mabogo is blocking nicely.
Mabogo trying to control from the bottom.
Mabogo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Kenalemodisa Mabogo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Mabogo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Karelin takes a step back to recover.
Karelin looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mabogo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Karelin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mabogo.
Mabogo lands a brutal head kick. Karelin looks out on his feet and Mabogo throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Kenalemodisa Mabogo!
Kenalemodisa Mabogo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.