PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obama has chosen 5 minutes Alone as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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?

Karelin
vs
Obama

183 cm
34
289 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

182 cm
31
202 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russian Obama!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obama lands a nice shot to the body.
Karelin shoots and misses
and Obama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Obama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karelin. That did some damage!
Karelin misses with an uppercut
and Obama counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Karelin swings widly with a right hand
enabling Obama to counter with a crisp jab.
Karelin misses with a kick to the body.
Obama fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A left lands for Obama.
Obama throws a head kick that Karelin semi-blocks.
Nice cross by Obama.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelin just misses with a punch to the body.
Karelin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Russian Obama has been cut.
Karelin sizes up Obama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slow jab from Obama misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Obama.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelin is just out of range.
Karelin swings for the body but Obama moves out of range.
Karelin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Obama connects with a solid leg kick.
Vitaly Karelin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelin misses with a few strikes there.
Obama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Karelin misses
and Obama counters with a nice low kick that buckles Karelin's knee momentarily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Obama!
Obama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Obama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Karelin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head kick by Karelin misses
and Obama counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Karelin is breathing heavily.
Obama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Obama, as that shot connected.

Vitaly Karelin's cut is getting worse.
Obama lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Obama coming out on top.

Vitaly Karelin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Obama scores with a jab.
Obama stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Karelin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Obama under the eye.
Obama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Jeez, Vitaly Karelin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Karelin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Obama to score with a decent uppercut.

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 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Russian Obama!
Russian Obama is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Russian Obama made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.