PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 132 p4p, 20 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 915 p4p, 132 weight class). Karelis has chosen Sail - AwolNation as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kakoullis
vs
Karelis

184 cm
38
206 lbs
47 - 16 - 0

182 cm
28
222 lbs
20 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 47 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakoullis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Karelis checks it well.
Karelis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Karelis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karelis throws a push kick but Kakoullis slaps the foot to one side.
Karelis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kakoullis scores with a jab to the head.
Karelis throws a right hand that misses
and Kakoullis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karelis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kakoullis ducks under a wild hook from Karelis.
Karelis avoids the body shot from Kakoullis.
Karelis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kakoullis can pounce on him.

Karelis clinches with his opponent.
Karelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kakoullis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kakoullis scores with a shoulder strike.
Karelis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kakoullis.
Karelis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis misses with a knee to the head.
Karelis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kakoullis is struggling to control the position.

Kakoullis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kostas Karelis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis thumps Karelis with a low kick.
Kakoullis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kakoullis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Kostas Karelis has been cut.
Kakoullis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Karelis blocks the body kick.
Kakoullis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Karelis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Karelis moves out of range as Kakoullis throws a body kick.
Kakoullis throws a low kick but Karelis moves out of range easily.
Kakoullis is looking to land body kicks.
A little jabbing left from Karelis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kakoullis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Kakoullis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karelis checks the leg kick nicely there.

Kakoullis cracks Karelis with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kakoullis has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Karelis to stand back up!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis misses the jab.
Karelis throws a right hand that misses
and Kakoullis counters with a straight right hand.

Karelis is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Kakoullis ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Karelis clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sotiris Kakoullis!
During a confident post fight interview, Sotiris Kakoullis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.