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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Correa de Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin comes to the ring accompanied by Groove On. Correa de Lima comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rap do Solitario kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Vinny Correa de Lima is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aleksander Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinny Correa de Lima!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Correa de Lima stuffs the takedown.
Correa de Lima with a lazy takedown attempt
and Karelin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Correa de Lima's head.
Karelin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karelin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Karelin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Correa de Lima wants to control but Karelin is keeping busy.
Correa de Lima looking for submissions off his back.
Karelin is nestled in close to Correa de Lima, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Correa de Lima trying to hold on to Karelin's head to control him but Karelin postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karelin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Correa de Lima napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Correa de Lima tries to buck Karelin off but Karelin is having none of it.
Correa de Lima manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Karelin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Correa de Lima on the ground.
Correa de Lima is thwarting Karelin's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin is not content to let Correa de Lima control the position.
Karelin is trying is best to control the position here.
Karelin is trying to control but can't.
Karelin is staying active underneath Correa de Lima, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Karelin wants to get back to full guard.
Karelin is looking to control Correa de Lima's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Karelin avoid being mounted?
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Correa de Lima gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Correa de Lima is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Karelin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Correa de Lima looks gassed!
Correa de Lima controls Karelin momentarily but Karelin frees himself.
Karelin pushes down on Correa de Lima's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nice strikes from Karelin there.
Correa de Lima trying to hold on to Karelin's head to control him but Karelin postures up.
Correa de Lima is looking for a sweep. Karelin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Karelin winds up and cracks Correa de Lima with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Karelin winds up and cracks Correa de Lima with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Karelin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Correa de Lima on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Correa de Lima looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Karelin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin working over Correa de Lima with some ground and pound. Correa de Lima looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Karelin there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Karelin connects with a nice short shot to Correa de Lima's temple.
Karelin wants to pass the guard but Correa de Lima is defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Correa de Lima is looking to control Karelin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Correa de Lima avoid being mounted?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Karelin connects with a nice short shot to Correa de Lima's temple.
Karelin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Karelin drops an elbow to the side of Correa de Lima's head.
Correa de Lima on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Karelin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karelin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Correa de Lima is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Karelin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Karelin's back!
Karelin is really stuck here.
Karelin preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Correa de Lima.
Karelin wants to control his opponent's hands but Correa de Lima gets his hands free.
Karelin fending off the submission attempt from Correa de Lima.
Correa de Lima has got his arm under Karelin's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Karelin has spun round into Correa de Lima's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksander Karelin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Correa de Lima walks into a jab.
Karelin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karelin drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Correa de Lima right on the button. Correa de Lima goes down! Karelin follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Karelin gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksander Karelin!
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hype
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