PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roscoe Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxin'. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jones
vs
Emelianenko

188 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

179 cm
30
185 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roscoe Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes one to the chin there.
Emelianenko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Emelianenko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jones misses with a hook
and Emelianenko counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
Emelianenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko's corner calls for a 1-2. Emelianenko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.

Emelianenko has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Jones presses Emelianenko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Emelianenko blocking some punches.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones works on Emelianenko's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones works on Emelianenko's body with a couple of short punches.
Emelianenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emelianenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones wants to stall.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
A right hand to the body from Emelianenko.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelianenko.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Emelianenko blocking some punches.
Emelianenko tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Emelianenko avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
Jones is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Emelianenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelianenko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Emelianenko tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Emelianenko manages to break the clinch.
Jones throws the left hand but Emelianenko avoids the punch easily.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones misses the jab.
Emelianenko moves out of range of the body kick.
Emelianenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emelianenko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Emelianenko throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jab from Jones.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones throws a leg kick but Emelianenko checks it.
Jones cracks the inside of Emelianenko's front leg.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Emelianenko is out of range.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.

Emelianenko takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelianenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Emelianenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelianenko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Emelianenko stops a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emelianenko tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones is looking to control Emelianenko's arms but Emelianenko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jones has his back to the cage.
Emelianenko prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Emelianenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones jabs at Emelianenko's body.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko 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.

Jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Emelianenko is fending him off so far but Jones persists. Nope, Emelianenko circles away and we're back to standing.
Mirko Emelianenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Emelianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones avoids the head kick by Emelianenko.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Emelianenko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelianenko prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones pushes Emelianenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Emelianenko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Emelianenko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Emelianenko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emelianenko moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Emelianenko lands a shoulder strike.

Jones is rocked!

Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Emelianenko darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Mirko Emelianenko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Emelianenko lands a big knee! That's hurt Jones! Oh, he's all over the place! Emelianenko lands another knee that sends Jones to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mirko Emelianenko!
Mirko Emelianenko made sure to mention his sponsor, O'Brannigan's Fightwear in his post fight interview.