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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arana Kahui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gimme Shelter. Kahui has chosen Mustasch - Dogwash as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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212 lbs
22 - 19 - 0 |
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221 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arana Kahui!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels throws a lazy right hand but Kahui sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michaels fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kahui takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Michaels seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kahui thows a body kick. Michaels tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kahui thumps Michaels with a low kick.
Michaels blocks a leg kick.
Kahui throws a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Kahui connects with an inside leg kick.
Kahui moves into the clinch.
Michaels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kahui is defending well for now.
Michaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kahui lands with a right to the head.
Michaels is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kahui misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michaels lands a body shot.
Michaels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Michaels breaks from the clinch.
Kahui throws a leg kick but Michaels checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kahui scoring well with a low kick there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Kahui has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kahui ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.
Michaels looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels lands with a hook. Kahui tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
Kahui is looking to score with low kicks.
Michaels scores with a leg kick.
Kahui dips to his left and cracks Michaels with an uppercut!
Michaels throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kahui feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michaels's calf.
Michaels fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kahui throws a leg kick but Michaels checks it.
Michaels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Michaels blocks the leg kick.
And Michaels counters with a quick kick to the body but Kahui blocks it.
Michaels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Michaels lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
Kahui takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michaels checks a leg kick.
Kahui moves out of range of the strikes.
Kahui lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab by Michaels.
Kahui feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Michaels checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Michaels was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kahui dips to his left and cracks Michaels with an uppercut!
Michaels dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kahui does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An inside leg kick from Kahui misses.
Kahui throws a solid leg kick but Michaels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kahui.
Kahui swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michaels scores with a hook.
Kahui tries to land a leg kick but Michaels saw it coming and moves away.
Michaels checks a low kick from Kahui.
Kahui looks to land a left hand but Michaels moved out of range nicely.
Michaels lands with an overhand left.
Kahui tried to score with a low kick but Michaels checks it.
Kahui wants to land a leg kick but Michaels is out of range.
Kahui scoring well with a low kick there.
Kahui throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Kahui.
Kahui throws a leg kick
and Michaels cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kahui misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahui on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Michaels. Michaels obviously looking to wear him down.
Michaels lands with a nice body kick.
Kahui throws a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Kahui lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kahui takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab from Kahui.
Kahui throws a leg kick which misses Michaels's front leg but catches the back leg as Michaels tries to avoid it.
Kahui is looking to land body kicks.
Kahui tries a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Michaels misses with a straight left.
Kahui is trying to counter with his kicks.
Kahui tries to land a front kick but Michaels steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kahui misses with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Michaels checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Michaels is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michaels connects with a nice looking jab.
Kahui throws a leg kick which misses Michaels's front leg but catches the back leg as Michaels tries to avoid it.
Kahui takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels throws a right and a left that Kahui avoids nicely.
Kahui throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kahui throws a leg kick but Michaels checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahui throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kahui throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Michaels misses its intended target.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Michaels!
Kahui lands a nice looking body kick.
Michaels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kahui sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Michaels.
Michaels wants to slow Kahui down by chopping away at his legs.
Michaels scores with a one two! Kahui had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kahui is rocked!
Michaels lands with a nice body kick.
Michaels lands a jab to the nose.
Kahui is still on wobbly legs! Can Michaels finish him?
Kahui scores with the left hand. Michaels knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab from Kahui.
Kahui seems to have recovered his senses.
Michaels blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kahui looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Michaels misses the target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kahui, right into the meat.
Michaels is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Michaels fails to land with a series of punches.
Michaels scores with a hook.
Kahui does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Michaels appears to be looking for a big counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Karl Michaels will probably get the nod.
That's time! Michaels's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kahui misses with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Kahui 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Michaels scores with a nice strike.
Kahui forces Michaels back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Kahui - that landed with a thud.
Kahui can't find room to land a body shot as Michaels controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Michaels.
Michaels breaks the clinch.
Michaels stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kahui.
Kahui just misses with a punch to the body.
Michaels keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Michaels lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Arana Kahui seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kahui throws a push kick but Michaels slaps the foot to one side.
An inside leg kick from Kahui misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Michaels blocks the leg kick.
Kahui is looking to slow Michaels down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kahui misses with an uppercut.
Kahui lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kahui waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Michaels.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Michaels.
Karl Michaels is winning the standup battle so far.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Kahui.
Kahui uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Michaels has time to react.
Michaels moves out of range of the leg kick from Kahui.
Michaels slips under a jab from Kahui.
Kahui throws a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Kahui doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Michaels - just one landing.
Kahui chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Michaels with a hook.
Kahui misses with a left hand
and Michaels counters with a straight that turns Kahui's legs to rubber! Michaels pushes forward with more strikes and Kahui goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Michaels!
Karl Michaels really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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