PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Feder Emeleanenkis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris has chosen Motörhead - Rock Out as his entrance music. Feder Emeleanenkis has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Emeleanenkis
vs
Norris

200 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
206 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feder Emeleanenkis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Norris!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris moves in looking to clinch but Emeleanenkis pushes him off.
Emeleanenkis stuffs the takedown attempt from Norris. Norris gets slowly back to his feet.
Emeleanenkis lands a high kick!
Norris shoots for a double leg takedown but Emeleanenkis sprawls well. He's pushed Norris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Emeleanenkis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Emeleanenkis taking a breather.

Norris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Emeleanenkis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Emeleanenkis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Norris walks away with a smile on his face. Emeleanenkis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Emeleanenkis moves into the clinch successfully.

Norris pulls guard.
Norris wants to stand and escape but Emeleanenkis is having none of it.
Norris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Emeleanenkis gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Emeleanenkis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Norris's waist but Norris gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Emeleanenkis off to one side.

Emeleanenkis clinches with his opponent.

Emeleanenkis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Emeleanenkis rushes Norris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Norris lands with a short shot to the head.
Norris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emeleanenkis looking to throw knees to the head but Norris is blocking nicely.
Norris prevents a body shot from Emeleanenkis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emeleanenkis being controlled against the cage.
Emeleanenkis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Emeleanenkis.
Emeleanenkis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Norris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Norris stalls.
Norris tries to pull guard but Emeleanenkis won't allow it.
Feder Emeleanenkis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Norris.
Norris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Norris looks gassed!

Emeleanenkis breaks the clinch.

Emeleanenkis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Norris wants to get back to his feet.
Norris scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Emeleanenkis manages to mount him!
Emeleanenkis controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Emeleanenkis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Emeleanenkis controlling from mount.
Emeleanenkis's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Norris can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis content just to control the position here.
Emeleanenkis unloading with bombs!
Emeleanenkis controlling the position easily from mount.

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.
Emeleanenkis has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Feder Emeleanenkis just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Emeleanenkis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emeleanenkis fails in his attempt to clinch.

Emeleanenkis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Norris's guard.
Norris can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Emeleanenkis controls the pace.

Emeleanenkis stands and steps away. Norris gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feder Emeleanenkis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Emeleanenkis gets the takedown into side control.
Norris struggling a bit here.
Norris is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.
Norris is breathing heavily.
Emeleanenkis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris wants to get back to his feet but Emeleanenkis drags him back down.
Emeleanenkis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Norris tries to bench press Emeleanenkis off him but Emeleanenkis keeps the position.
Norris is trying to get back to his feet.

Emeleanenkis stands up and beckons Norris to his feet.
Emeleanenkis throws a nice inside leg kick.
A left and a right from Emeleanenkis both land. Nice combination.

Emeleanenkis rushes Norris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Emeleanenkis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Emeleanenkis slips a nice elbow through Norris's hands, connecting with Norris's forehead.
Emeleanenkis winds up and cracks Norris with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis trying to mount his opponent but Norris defends it.
Still in half guard, Emeleanenkis seems content to control.

Norris is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Emeleanenkis pulls his head out easily.
Emeleanenkis takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Emeleanenkis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Emeleanenkis gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Emeleanenkis wants to clinch up but Norris keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis dodges the punch combination from Norris.

Emeleanenkis drives through and clinches with Norris against the cage.
Emeleanenkis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Norris is fighting off a takedown attempt but Emeleanenkis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Norris to the mat. Norris regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Emeleanenkis gets to his feet. Norris looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Emeleanenkis closes the distance and clinches.
Emeleanenkis fails to pull guard.
Emeleanenkis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Norris blocking some punches.
Emeleanenkis is trying to drag Norris to the mat but Norris just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Emeleanenkis dodges an elbow strike from Norris.

Emeleanenkis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Emeleanenkis has managed to clinch.

Emeleanenkis jumps guard.

Norris gets to his feet. Emeleanenkis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Emeleanenkis moves into the clinch.
Emeleanenkis is trying to stall.
Norris lands an uppercut.
Emeleanenkis tries to land a knee to the head but Norris blocks with his arms.
Emeleanenkis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Norris looking to stall.
Emeleanenkis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Emeleanenkis.
Emeleanenkis tries to stall but Norris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Emeleanenkis breaks from the clinch.
Norris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Norris rushes Emeleanenkis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Emeleanenkis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emeleanenkis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hand to the body from Norris.
Emeleanenkis misses with a knee to the head.
Emeleanenkis can't break the clinch.
Norris is trying to break free.
Norris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Emeleanenkis just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feder Emeleanenkis dominated that second round.
That's time! Emeleanenkis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Emeleanenkis moves into the clinch successfully.
Norris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Emeleanenkis has had enough of the clinch but Norris keeps him there for the moment.
Norris lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emeleanenkis.
Norris tries for a takedown. No joy.
Emeleanenkis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Norris on the inside.
Emeleanenkis throws a knee to the head but misses.

Emeleanenkis manages to break the clinch.

Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Feder Emeleanenkis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Emeleanenkis wants to control but Norris is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emeleanenkis prevents Norris from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Norris looking for submissions off his back.
Emeleanenkis is taking a breather. Norris says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Emeleanenkis stands up from half guard.

Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Norris has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Emeleanenkis has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris is letting Emeleanenkis control him for a moment.

Emeleanenkis stands up and beckons Norris to his feet.

Emeleanenkis closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Norris to the mat! Norris manages to get full guard.
Emeleanenkis stops Norris from standing up.

Emeleanenkis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Norris stalks Emeleanenkis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Emeleanenkis's face. Emeleanenkis staggers backwards, shaken.

Emeleanenkis clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Norris blocks an uppercut.
Norris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Emeleanenkis.
Emeleanenkis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Emeleanenkis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Norris is looking to break free of the clinch but Emeleanenkis has double underhooks.
Emeleanenkis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Emeleanenkis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Norris stops a takedown attempt from Emeleanenkis.

Emeleanenkis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Emeleanenkis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Norris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Emeleanenkis controls the position from side control.

Emeleanenkis has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Emeleanenkis clinches with his opponent.
Emeleanenkis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Norris smiles and moves away.

Emeleanenkis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Emeleanenkis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Norris misses with a punch to the body.
Norris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emeleanenkis tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feder Emeleanenkis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emeleanenkis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Norris pulls his leg out and moves away.
Norris throws a nice looking combination but Emeleanenkis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chuck Norris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Feder Emeleanenkis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Norris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Feder Emeleanenkis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Emeleanenkis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Feder Emeleanenkis!