PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sinuhe Walli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Karlo (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?

Walli
vs
Karlo

190 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sinuhe Walli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Karlo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mario Karlo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walli.
Karlo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walli pinned against the cage. Walli gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Walli pushes Karlo away with a front kick.
Walli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Karlo scores with a nice right hand.

Walli gets caught napping as Karlo dives in and scores a takedown. Walli manages to retain guard.
Karlo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Walli's head.
Karlo is stalling in the full guard.
Walli keeping moving, preventing Karlo from controlling successfully.
Karlo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karlo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlo postures up.
Karlo tries to free his leg and advance position but Walli is retaining full guard.
Walli will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karlo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Walli on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Walli tries to get out of the position.
Karlo trying to control the position from guard on top but Walli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karlo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walli knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karlo on the ground.
Karlo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Karlo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Walli avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Karlo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karlo throwing strikes but missing.
Karlo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karlo lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walli utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Karlo is looking to work some ground and pound but Walli has wrist control.
Karlo throwing strikes from guard but Walli blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karlo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Karlo throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walli working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Karlo.
Karlo is working Walli over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Karlo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Karlo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Karlo scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlo throwing strikes but missing.
Karlo tries to free his leg and advance position but Walli is retaining full guard.
Karlo stopping the sweep attempt from Walli.
Walli trying to control the position.
Karlo connects with a couple of short punches.
Karlo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Karlo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Walli's head.
Karlo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlo postures up in Walli's guard and throws a big left but Walli blocks it.
Karlo stands and throws Walli's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Karlo scores with punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karlo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Walli is avoiding damage well.
Karlo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Walli tries to buck Karlo off but Karlo is having none of it.
Walli takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Karlo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Karlo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Walli some visible discomfort.
Karlo working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Karlo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Walli throws a looping overhand right but Karlo ducks down to avoid it.
Karlo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice body punch from Walli.
Walli throws a series of punches but Karlo moves out of range.
A punch combination from Walli misses.
Nice sprawl there from Walli as Karlo shoots in.

Walli pushes Karlo up against the cage in a clinch.
Walli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karlo is defending well for now.

Karlo gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Walli regains guard.
Karlo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Walli's head.
Karlo passes Walli's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Karlo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Walli with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karlo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karlo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Walli with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Walli is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oh Walli is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karlo scores with a big shot! Walli's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Walli! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Karlo!