PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nik Nechvidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nik Nechvidov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Emelianenko
vs
Nechvidov

199 cm
25
253 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
21
270 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksander Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nik Nechvidov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko avoids the head kick by Nechvidov.
Nechvidov doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
Nechvidov shoots in but no luck this time.
The fighters circling - Nechvidov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Emelianenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Nik Nechvidov has been cut.
Emelianenko stuffs the takedown attempt from Nechvidov. Nechvidov gets slowly back to his feet.
Nechvidov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Emelianenko avoids it really well and circles away.
Aleksander Emelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nik Nechvidov.
Emelianenko fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Nechvidov with that takedown attempt.
Nechvidov throws a body punch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Emelianenko wants it to stay on the feet.
Nechvidov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Emelianenko lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nechvidov backs up against the cage.
Nechvidov throws a jab when Emelianenko was well out of range.
Emelianenko tries to bum rush Nechvidov with a series of wild strikes but Nechvidov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nechvidov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nechvidov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nechvidov looks gassed!
Nechvidov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Emelianenko.

Emelianenko scores a takedown into full mount!
Emelianenko controlling from mount.
Emelianenko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelianenko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Emelianenko pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Emelianenko has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Nechvidov is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aleksander Emelianenko!