PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emperor (ranked 3885 p4p, 4139 weight class) and Fletch Brandis (ranked 404 p4p, 422 weight class). Emperor comes into the arena with Enae Volare Mezzo blaring out of the sound system. Brandis has chosen Lynyrd Skynyrd : The Ballad of Curtis Loew as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emperor
vs
Brandis

183 cm
26
223
1 - 2 - 0

191 cm
36
235
21 - 16 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emperor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Fletch Brandis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emperor throws a looping overhand right but Brandis ducks down to avoid it.
Brandis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Emperor misses the target.
Emperor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Fedor Emperor has been cut.
Emperor lands a jab to the nose.
A combination from Brandis does no damage.
A little feinted left hand from Emperor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brandis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big right from Emperor misses.
Brandis with a poor takedown
and Emperor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Emperor ducks under a wild hook from Brandis.
A counter left hand to the body from Emperor misses its target.
A punch combination from Brandis misses.
It looked like Emperor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brandis slips under a jab from Emperor.
Brandis scores with a jab to the head.
Brandis throws a combination that misses
and Emperor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brandis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brandis misses with an uppercut
letting Emperor counter with a right hand.

Brandis is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brandis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brandis misses with a hook to the body
and Emperor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Emperor throws a jab when Brandis was well out of range.
Emperor takes one on the button.
Brandis misses with an uppercut
and Emperor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brandis is still on wobbly legs! Can Emperor finish him?
Fedor Emperor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emperor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brandis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Emperor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Emperor throws out a loose jab but Brandis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brandis seems to have recovered his senses.
Emperor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice uppercut there from Emperor.
Fletch Brandis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brandis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Emperor as he avoids it easily.

Brandis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Emperor to the ground. Brandis is now in Emperor's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Emperor is adopting a defensive guard.
Emperor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emperor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brandis tries to get to full guard but Emperor has control of the leg.
Brandis keeps trying to improve his position.
Emperor thows a huge punch but Brandis dodges it nicely.
Emperor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Emperor has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Brandis wants to improve his position but Emperor is controlling well.
Emperor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is looking for a sweep. Emperor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emperor is controlling the pace.
Emperor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Brandis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Emperor.
Emperor stalling.
Brandis tries to roll over but Emperor keeps him under control.
Emperor not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Emperor lands strikes from half guard.
Emperor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emperor is trying to control. Brandis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Emperor working the head and body with strikes.
Emperor scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brandis wants to get back to full guard.
Emperor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brandis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Emperor looks to land a strike but Brandis avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emperor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fedor Emperor's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Emperor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brandis lands an overhand right.
Brandis misses with a few strikes there.
Emperor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Emperor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brandis.
Emperor lands a nice shot to the body.
Emperor throws a shot from downtown. Brandis moves away and avoids it.
Brandis throws out a loose jab but Emperor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brandis misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandis slips under a jab.
Brandis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brandis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Emperor connects with a single shot there.
Brandis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Emperor finds it's way round the side to connect with Brandis's head.
Brandis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emperor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brandis has his takedown stuffed
and Emperor counters with a nice uppercut.
Emperor lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Brandis falls backwards - clearly groggy! Emperor dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Emperor!
Fedor Emperor decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Fletch Brandis was interviewed post fight and said 'I think I'm gonna drink a Miller Lite tonight and play some pool.'.