PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mase Force (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Russian National Anthem. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Karelin
vs
Force

183 cm
31
289 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

180 cm
33
275 lbs
29 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
Highland Clothing

Spartan Nutrition
King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mase Force!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Force lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Karelin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Force throws a nice looking combination but Karelin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Force takes a swing at Karelin's ribcage but misses.
Force pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karelin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Karelin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Force back to the cage. Karelin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Force scores with a nice right hand.
Karelin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Force.
Karelin slips under a jab.
A left lands for Force.
We've been hearing reports that Karelin has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A big right from Force misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Force misses with a hook.
Karelin throws a series of punches but Force avoids them all with ease.
A slow jab from Force misses its intended target.
Decent striking displayed by Force there.

Vitaly Karelin's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Force swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Force throws an off balance right hand

and Karelin counters with a shoot takedown. Force fights it but they end up in guard.
Karelin forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Force blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karelin.
Karelin prevents Force from improving his position.
Karelin thows a huge punch but Force dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Force gets back to full guard.
Karelin stopping the sweep attempt from Force.
Karelin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Karelin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Karelin postures up in Force's guard and throws a big left but Force blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Karelin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Karelin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Karelin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Karelin wants to control from the top but Force keeps moving.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Force might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Force closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Force tries to throw a body punch but Karelin avoids it by throwing Force back against the cage.
Karelin blocking some punches.
Karelin misses with some punches.
Karelin lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karelin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Force lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Force scores with a hook to the body.
Karelin is breathing heavily.
Force misses with a hook from the clinch.
Force misses with a short punch on the inside.
Force misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karelin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Force working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karelin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Force lands a hook that snaps the head of Karelin backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Force lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karelin backwards.
Force misses with the head strike.
Force lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Force lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Force.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Force scores with a nice hook to the head.

Vitaly Karelin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Force lands a shot to the body.
Force misses with the head strike.
Force lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Force gets through Karelin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mase Force dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Karelin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A jab lands there for Force.
Mase Force seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karelin keeps the fight on the outside.
Force tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karelin paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Force sends Karelin crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Force is motioning to the referee to let Karelin up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
A slow jab from Force misses its intended target.
Force throws the left hand but Karelin avoids the punch easily.
Force takes a swing at Karelin's ribcage but misses.
Karelin throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Force sends Karelin crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Force is motioning to the referee to let Karelin up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

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

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mase Force! Mase Force retains his heavyweight title!
Mase Force seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.