PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greater Daemon Of (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emilianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Of's entrance music is Blood For The Blood God. A fine choice. The key to victory for Greater Daemon Of has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Daemon Of
vs
Emilianenko

225 cm
23
260 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Heavy handed

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greater Daemon Of!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fedor Emilianenko!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Of tries to clinch there but Emilianenko circles away.

Of fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Emilianenko, pushing him back against the cage.
Of with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Fedor Emilianenko has been cut.
Emilianenko is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Emilianenko has Of pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Of manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Of tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Emilianenko fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Greater Daemon Of has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emilianenko.
Emilianenko has Of pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Of manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Of scores with a knee to the head.
Emilianenko fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Emilianenko has Of pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Of manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Of throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emilianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Of lands a good knee to the midsection. Emilianenko won't want to take too many of those.
Of lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Emilianenko jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Of walks away with a smile on his face. Emilianenko gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Of has closed the distance and engaged Emilianenko in a clinch.
Of is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Of throws a knee to the head but misses.
Of misses with a knee to the head.
Of misses with a knee strike.
Of throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emilianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Emilianenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emilianenko fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Of tries a knee to the head but Emilianenko blocks it.
Of is breathing heavily.
Of scores with a knee to the head.
Emilianenko tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Of just stands there and leans against the cage.
Of throws an elbow that misses.
Emilianenko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Of prevents it.
Of landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emilianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emilianenko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Emilianenko tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Of missing with knees to the body.
Emilianenko blocks an elbow strike from Of.
Emilianenko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Of is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Of using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emilianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Emilianenko decides to pull guard.

Of avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Of has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Of wants to stand and escape but instead Emilianenko has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Of is looking to stand back up but Emilianenko counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Of.
Emilianenko is taking a breather. Of 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.
Emilianenko is looking to advance position but Of won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emilianenko takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Of wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Emilianenko in particular looking to stall.

Emilianenko seems to be working for a kimura but Of defends the submission attempt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Emilianenko is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Of is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emilianenko passes to full mount!
Emilianenko sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Emilianenko's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Of really wants to buck Emilianenko off and get back to his feet.

Emilianenko is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Emilianenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fedor Emilianenko!