PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piui doido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes to the ring accompanied by Enea Vollare Mezzo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emelianenko
vs
doido

183 cm
27
254 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

193 cm
24
277 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Piui doido!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
doido fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Emelianenko is out of range.
doido is looking to land body kicks.
doido lands with a thumping leg kick.
Emelianenko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Emelianenko checks the leg kick.
Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches up with doido, looking for a takedown. Emelianenko pushes doido against the ropes but doido circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko stalks doido and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into doido's face. doido staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Piui doido has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Emelianenko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Emelianenko lands in his opponent's guard.
Emelianenko sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
doido tries to land a sweep but no joy.
doido keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko is working doido over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Emelianenko passes into half guard.
Emelianenko trying to control the action but doido is working from the bottom.
doido keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
doido is looking for a sweep. Emelianenko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emelianenko is keen to just control but doido is a slippery customer.
doido pushes Emelianenko off looking to stand but Emelianenko dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Emelianenko keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko wants to take a breather but doido is having none of it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
doido misses with a low kick.
Emelianenko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but doido moves away.
doido misses with a head kick.
doido looks to land a body kick but Emelianenko moved away.
Emelianenko misses with a straight left.
doido tries to work over Emelianenko's front leg with a kick but Emelianenko checks it.
doido is looking to score with low kicks.
doido wants to slow Emelianenko down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Emelianenko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
doido fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Emelianenko is out of range.
A good leg kick by doido.
doido tries to land a leg kick but Emelianenko saw it coming and moves away.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but doido moves out of range.
doido gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab from Emelianenko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
doido throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
doido takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko blocks a low kick nicely.
Emelianenko shoots for a takedown but doido saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Emelianenko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko tries to bum rush doido with a series of wild strikes but doido uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Emelianenko lands with a hook. doido tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emelianenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Piui doido's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

doido throws out a leg kick but Emelianenko moves out of range and doido only half commits.
Emelianenko throws a hook to the side of doido's head but doido sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Emelianenko checks the leg kick nicely there.

Emelianenko changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. doido looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Emelianenko is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Emelianenko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Emelianenko scores with punches from side control.
Emelianenko controls the position.
doido wants to get back to his feet but Emelianenko drags him back down.

Emelianenko tries for a kimura but doido is defending well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko wants to control but doido is keeping him busy.
doido is looking to regain half guard here but Emelianenko keeps moving and retains side control.
Emelianenko wants to lay and pray for a moment but doido keeps working.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Emelianenko scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at doido to see if he's OK.
Emelianenko cracks doido with a big elbow.
Emelianenko looks up at the clock and then as doido takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Emelianenko smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
doido manages to get back to half guard.
doido wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
doido trying to hold on to Emelianenko's head to control him but Emelianenko postures up.

Emelianenko is sneakily working for an arm triangle but doido sees it coming and defends easily.
Emelianenko sitting and controlling from the half guard.
doido really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Emelianenko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
doido is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Emelianenko's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Emelianenko's back!
Emelianenko turns into doido and is now in his guard.
doido wants to get back to his feet but Emelianenko is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
doido avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
doido wants to get back to his feet but Emelianenko passes into half guard.
doido has hold of Emelianenko's hands but Emelianenko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Emelianenko is working for a kimura but doido is defending it quite comfortably.
Emelianenko slows the pace down in half guard.
Emelianenko thows a huge punch but doido dodges it nicely.
Emelianenko is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Emelianenko is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
doido pushes Emelianenko off looking to stand but Emelianenko dives back in and keeps control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Emelianenko checks a leg kick.
doido misses with an attempted mid kick.
Piui doido is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
doido lands a head kick!

It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.
A punch combination from Emelianenko misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
doido does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emelianenko dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

doido throws a front kick aimed at Emelianenko's knee but Emelianenko avoids it well.
Emelianenko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Emelianenko looks to land a right hand but doido moved out of range.
doido wants to slow Emelianenko down by chopping away at his legs.
Emelianenko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Emelianenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but doido circles away quickly and effectively.

Emelianenko scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelianenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but doido does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Emelianenko here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Emelianenko lands strikes from half guard.
Fedor Emelianenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
doido wants to control but Emelianenko is keeping busy.
Emelianenko prevents doido from standing back up.
doido is not content to let Emelianenko control the position.
Emelianenko 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.
doido is trying to stand back up but Emelianenko is controlling him

doido is defending against the submission attempts here by Emelianenko.
doido is not content to let Emelianenko control the position.
doido taking some punishment here, with Emelianenko in his half guard.
Emelianenko wants to control but doido is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Emelianenko lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
doido is refusing to be controlled, as Emelianenko sits in half guard.
doido is trying to control but can't.
Emelianenko with the ground and pound but doido uses the opportunity to regain guard.
doido is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
doido looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Emelianenko content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
doido avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Emelianenko wants to control from the top but doido keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko stops doido from standing up.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Emelianenko wants to pass the guard but doido is keeping the position.
doido trying to control the position.
Emelianenko trying to control but doido is working from the bottom.
doido manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Emelianenko manages to get himself to full guard.
doido preventing the sweep.
Emelianenko throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Piui doido has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Emelianenko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
doido wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.

Emelianenko throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! doido escapes and throws Emelianenko's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
doido tries to advance to mount but Emelianenko denies him.
doido landing a few strikes.
Emelianenko is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
doido thows a huge punch but Emelianenko dodges it nicely.

Emelianenko makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Emelianenko throws a nice looking combination but doido bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko fails with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor Emelianenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Emelianenko 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fedor Emelianenko!