PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson has chosen Surfin´ bird as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Danielson
vs
Karlsson

196 cm
27
297 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ted Danielson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danielson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karlsson moves away.
An inside leg kick from Karlsson misses.
Danielson misses with a two punch combination.
Karlsson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Danielson.
Danielson misses with a hook
and Karlsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Danielson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danielson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Karlsson checks it well.
Karlsson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Danielson.
Danielson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karlsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danielson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Danielson ducks under a wild hook from Karlsson.
Danielson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Karlsson misses with a looping right.
Karlsson moves away from the strike by Danielson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danielson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Karlsson misses the shot to the body.
Karlsson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Karlsson counters with a head kick. That will keep Danielson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Both fighters circling a little - Karlsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Karlsson forces Danielson back against the cage and clinches.
Karlsson tries a body shot but Danielson blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Danielson's elbow.
Danielson avoiding damage as Karlsson throws knees to the body.
Danielson lands a shot to the body.
Karlsson working Danielson over with knees to the body.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karlsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Danielson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danielson has Karlsson pressed against the cage, preventing Karlsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Still in the clinch, Karlsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Danielson slowing the pace effectively.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karlsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Danielson just leaning against Karlsson, taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Danielson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Karlsson misses with a knee strike.
Danielson scores with a shoulder strike.
Danielson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karlsson is keeping busy.
Danielson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danielson misses with some punches.
Karlsson lands a nice uppercut.
Karlsson crunches a lovely knee into Danielson's ribcage.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Danielson trying to stall but Karlsson improves his position.
Karlsson lands a right hand.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danielson avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danielson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Danielson takes a shot to the head.
Danielson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danielson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Danielson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Danielson is breathing heavily.
Karlsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karlsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Danielson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but Danielson blocks with his arms.
Danielson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karlsson backwards.
Karlsson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short left from Karlsson.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson lands a shot to the body.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Danielson avoids it.
Karlsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danielson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karlsson is keeping busy.
Karlsson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Karlsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karlsson as Danielson tries to tie him up.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Danielson avoids the damage to the body.
Karlsson misses with a knee strike.
Danielson can't find room to land a body shot as Karlsson controls the action.
Danielson is looking to control Karlsson's arms but Karlsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Danielson has his back to the cage.
A shot in the inside from Karlsson.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Danielson is blocking nicely.
Danielson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Danielson managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karlsson.
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Karlsson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Karlsson.
The fighters circling - Danielson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Danielson gets tackled into the cage by Karlsson. Karlsson maintains the clinch.
Danielson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karlsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karlsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Danielson.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danielson tries a body shot but Karlsson blocks it.
Karlsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Danielson backwards.
Kurt Karlsson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Karlsson lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Danielson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karlsson scores a nice knee to the body.
Danielson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Karlsson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Karlsson breaks from the clinch.
Karlsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Karlsson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Danielson under the eye.
Karlsson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Danielson is rocked!
Karlsson lands a brutal head kick. Danielson looks out on his feet and Karlsson throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Kurt Karlsson!
After the fight, Kurt Karlsson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.