PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between ruslan agaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that ruslan agaev has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily ruslan agaev seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

agaev
vs
Emelianenko

180 cm
23
250 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
235 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, ruslan agaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
agaev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.

agaev looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Emelianenko!
Emelianenko really wants to buck agaev off and get back to his feet.
agaev really is a fat lump.

agaev jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Emelianenko manages to avoid the submission attempt.

agaev has hold of Emelianenko's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Emelianenko tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - agaev cranks the arm and Emelianenko screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Emelianenko, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). ruslan agaev!