PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fyodor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitya Sigeberht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sigeberht has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Mitya Sigeberht enters the cage!

Emelianenko
vs
Sigeberht

183 cm
21
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fyodor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitya Sigeberht !
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigeberht drops his hands momentarily and Emelianenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sigeberht looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Emelianenko connects with a crisp jab.
Emelianenko swings for the body but Sigeberht moves out of range.
Sigeberht blocks a jab.
Emelianenko wants to clinch.
Emelianenko scores with a jab to the head.
Sigeberht takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sigeberht bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Emelianenko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sigeberht .
Emelianenko misses with a hook.
Emelianenko lands with a shot to the body.
Sigeberht avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko scores with a leg kick.
Emelianenko lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sigeberht .
Emelianenko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sigeberht walks into a left hand.
Emelianenko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sigeberht under the eye.
Emelianenko works over Sigeberht 's head and body with a nice combination.
A jab from Emelianenko misses.
Emelianenko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Emelianenko tries to clinch there but Sigeberht circles away.
A nice combination there by Emelianenko.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko cracks Sigeberht with a right hand to the side of the head.
Emelianenko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Emelianenko tries to clinch there but Sigeberht circles away.
Fyodor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sigeberht paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sigeberht slips under a jab.
Emelianenko could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Emelianenko just misses with a punch to the body.
Emelianenko lands a jab to Sigeberht 's midsection.
Emelianenko is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Emelianenko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Emelianenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Emelianenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emelianenko scores with a decent looking hook.
Emelianenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emelianenko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Emelianenko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fyodor Emelianenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Sigeberht moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A left and a right from Emelianenko both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigeberht takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sigeberht paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko connects with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sigeberht swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emelianenko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sigeberht in his tracks.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Emelianenko missing with a left hand there. Sigeberht was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sigeberht was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands with a cross.
Emelianenko misses with a hook. Sigeberht ducked under it nicely.
Sigeberht takes one to the chin there.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Emelianenko throws a looping overhand right but Sigeberht ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Emelianenko works Sigeberht 's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot lands for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Emelianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Emelianenko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sigeberht slips under a jab.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Sigeberht swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sigeberht is out of range and Emelianenko settles back down.
Sigeberht slips under a jab.
No joy there for Emelianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fyodor Emelianenko dominated that round.
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.

Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko moves into range and connects with a jab.

Emelianenko pushes Sigeberht up against the cage in a clinch.
Emelianenko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sigeberht backwards.
Emelianenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sigeberht has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside that Sigeberht shrugs off.
Emelianenko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sigeberht can do to turn this around?
Emelianenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Emelianenko ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Emelianenko no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Emelianenko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sigeberht is controlling him.

Emelianenko is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Sigeberht rolls with it to try and escape but Emelianenko cranks on the arm and Sigeberht is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fyodor Emelianenko!