PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Cyborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Emelianenko
vs
Cyborg

200 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

[†]FALCON CLOTHING[†]

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wanderlei Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Cyborg!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko scores with a nice right hand.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
Emelianenko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cyborg is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cyborg tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelianenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cyborg throws a sloppy head kick and Emelianenko moves out of range easily.
Cyborg misses the jab.
Emelianenko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cyborg tries to avoid it but Emelianenko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cyborg to the ground. Cyborg escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cyborg scores with a kick to the body.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cyborg throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Wanderlei Emelianenko has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cyborg misses with a series of wild punches.

Cyborg gets a clinch.

Cyborg breaks from the clinch.
Cyborg plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Cyborg has Emelianenko up against the cage in a clinch.

Cyborg breaks the clinch.
Emelianenko throws a hook but Cyborg blocks it.
Emelianenko fails to land the takedown.

Cyborg takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cyborg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cyborg clinches with his opponent.

Cyborg breaks the clinch.

Cyborg closes the distance and pushes Emelianenko back into the cage.
Emelianenko takes an elbow to the temple.

Cyborg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Emelianenko crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cyborg - the referee stops the clock and Emelianenko gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cyborg. Emelianenko manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Cyborg darts in and clinches Emelianenko up against the cage.
Cyborg lands an elbow just above Emelianenko 's eye.
Cyborg using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Cyborg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cyborg tests Emelianenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cyborg lands an overhand right.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Cyborg.
Cyborg slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cyborg clinches.

Cyborg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cyborg thows a body kick. Emelianenko tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cyborg avoids the body shot from Emelianenko.
Cyborg lands with a slapping head kick.
Cyborg swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Emelianenko.
Cyborg stalks Emelianenko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Emelianenko's face. Emelianenko staggers backwards, shaken.

Wanderlei Emelianenko's cut is getting worse.
Cyborg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Cyborg has Emelianenko up against the cage in a clinch.

Cyborg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cyborg looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.
Emelianenko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cyborg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Emelianenko.
Cyborg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Cyborg has closed the distance and engaged Emelianenko in a clinch.

Cyborg breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg leaves Emelianenko with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderlei Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cyborg counters with a flying knee. Nice.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

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

Cyborg darts in and clinches Emelianenko up against the cage.
Cyborg tries to land knees in the clinch but Emelianenko avoids the damage to the body.

Cyborg manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cyborg lands a high kick!
No luck for Emelianenko with that takedown attempt.

Cyborg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cyborg lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Cyborg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cyborg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Cyborg manages to break the clinch.

Cyborg instigates a clinch.

Cyborg breaks the clinch.
Cyborg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Emelianenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cyborg misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Cyborg.
Emelianenko connects with the punch.
Cyborg misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko is looking to clinch.
Emelianenko shoots for a takedown but Cyborg saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Some wild striking there from Cyborg.
Emelianenko scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Cyborg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Emelianenko's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cyborg throws a nice head kick!
Cyborg throws a head kick that Emelianenko semi-blocks.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
Cyborg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Cyborg moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cyborg.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Cyborg throws knees to the body.

Cyborg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Emelianenko wants to clinch
and Cyborg counters with a thumping low kick.
Cyborg tries to bum rush Emelianenko with a series of wild strikes but Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cyborg thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Emelianenko if he has to take too many more of those.
A big left from Emelianenko misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cyborg tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cyborg connects with a high kick.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that Cyborg ducks under and follows up with a left that Cyborg also avoids with ease.

Cyborg clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cyborg breaks the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cyborg in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Cyborg moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Cyborg. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Cyborg gets a clinch.

Cyborg manages to break the clinch.
Cyborg lands a high kick!
Emelianenko jabs Cyborg right on the nose. Cyborg blinks but takes it well.
Cyborg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Emelianenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emelianenko lands the left hand.
Cyborg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
Wanderlei Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cyborg.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Emelianenko crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cyborg - the referee stops the clock and Emelianenko gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cyborg. Emelianenko manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cyborg has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cyborg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelianenko.
Cyborg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cyborg throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Victor Cyborg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg scores with a crisp jab that stopped Emelianenko in his tracks.
Cyborg throws a right and a left that Emelianenko avoids nicely.
Cyborg slips a jab from Emelianenko.
Cyborg throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Emelianenko fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cyborg avoids it really well and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Emelianenko misses with a leg kick.
Cyborg misses with the combination.
Cyborg lands a high kick!
Emelianenko scores with a decent looking hook.
Victor Cyborg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cyborg throws a left and a right that both miss
and Emelianenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cyborg misses with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Emelianenko fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cyborg sprawls well initially but Emelianenko persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cyborg manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Emelianenko might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cyborg has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cyborg is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg tries to strike from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cyborg is on top in guard.
Cyborg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emelianenko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cyborg slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Cyborg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Emelianenko's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cyborg gets a clinch.
Emelianenko managing to block the knees to the body from Cyborg.

Cyborg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cyborg misses with a body kick.
Cyborg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Cyborg tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelianenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cyborg misses with a looping right.
Emelianenko will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Emelianenko gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Cyborg moves into the clinch.

Cyborg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cyborg looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cyborg gets a clinch.
Emelianenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cyborg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Emelianenko is defending well for now.
Cyborg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko wants a takedown.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyborg throws a head kick that Emelianenko semi-blocks.
Emelianenko is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Cyborg has Emelianenko up against the cage in a clinch.

Cyborg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cyborg scores with a kick to the body.
Cyborg throws a sloppy head kick and Emelianenko moves out of range easily.
Emelianenko takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cyborg feints and then cracks Emelianenko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Emelianenko down.
Cyborg scores with a spinning back kick!
Cyborg lands with a right hand.
Cyborg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cyborg thows a body kick. Emelianenko tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Emelianenko dives in and grabs Cyborg's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cyborg pushes down on Emelianenko's head and hops out.

Cyborg clinches up against the cage.

Cyborg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Emelianenko. That snapped Cyborg's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Emelianenko's head.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cyborg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.

Cyborg moves into range and clinches up with Emelianenko.
Cyborg pushes off an throws an elbow but Emelianenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Cyborg breaks the clinch.
Cyborg wants to clinch.
Cyborg throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Emelianenko defending well as Cyborg loads up on a big left hand.
Cyborg misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
Cyborg tries to clinch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko scores with a jab. Cyborg acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg throws a sloppy head kick and Emelianenko moves out of range easily.
Cyborg delivers a nice body kick.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cyborg counters with a nice low kick that buckles Emelianenko's knee momentarily.
Emelianenko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cyborg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cyborg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Emelianenko shoots for a double leg takedown but Cyborg sprawls well. He's pushed Emelianenko's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderlei Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cyborg moves into the clinch.
Cyborg lands a nice elbow.
Cyborg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelianenko avoids it.

Cyborg breaks from the clinch.
Cyborg looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Emelianenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wanderlei Emelianenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cyborg doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
A punch combination from Emelianenko misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cyborg throws a shot from downtown. Emelianenko moves away and avoids it.

Cyborg clinches.
Cyborg working Emelianenko over with knees to the body.

Cyborg breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Cyborg.
Emelianenko lands with a hook. Cyborg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cyborg tries to clinch up.
Cyborg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emelianenko.
Cyborg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cyborg throws a head kick but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Cyborg scores with a crisp jab that stopped Emelianenko in his tracks.
Cyborg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Emelianenko throws a hook but Cyborg blocks it.
Victor Cyborg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Emelianenko does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Cyborg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cyborg winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Cyborg!