PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Stojnic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksander Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stojnic
vs
Emelianenko

182 cm
18
247 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
253 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Stojnic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksander Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stojnic swats away the attempt to clinch by Emelianenko.
Stojnic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stojnic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Emelianenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Emelianenko both land. Nice combination.

Emelianenko drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Emelianenko tries to score with some ground and pound. Stojnic controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stojnic is looking for a sweep.
Emelianenko grinds an elbow into Stojnic's temple.
Stojnic is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Emelianenko is controlling him well.
Emelianenko tries to score with some ground and pound. Stojnic controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emelianenko working away.
Stojnic tries to bench press Emelianenko off him but Emelianenko keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojnic parries the strikes from Emelianenko easily there. Emelianenko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Stojnic to escape.
Emelianenko advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stojnic is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko with the ground and pound from mount.
Emelianenko wants to control the pace but Stojnic is squirming around nicely.
Emelianenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stojnic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Emelianenko goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Stojnic is on top in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Emelianenko is on top in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stojnic wants to sweep here but Emelianenko controlling him for the moment.
Emelianenko cracks Stojnic with a solid left hand.
Stojnic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stojnic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Emelianenko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stojnic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emelianenko.
Stojnic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Emelianenko stands up and waves to Stojnic to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Stojnic.
Stojnic misses with an uppercut.
Stojnic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko jabs Stojnic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A left and a right from Emelianenko both land. Nice combination.
Stojnic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Stojnic misses.
Emelianenko looks to land a combination. Stojnic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sloppy strikes from Stojnic. Those never looked like landing.

Emelianenko shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Emelianenko showed some decent athleticism there.
Stojnic wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stojnic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stojnic tries to get out of the position.

Emelianenko escapes and gets back to his feet.
Stojnic looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.
Stojnic misses with a wild combination.

Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Emelianenko gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Stojnic wants to improve his position but Emelianenko is controlling well.
Stojnic is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksander Emelianenko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Emelianenko dodges the punch combination from Stojnic.

Emelianenko has managed to clinch.

Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko slips a straight right by Stojnic.

Emelianenko clinches.
Emelianenko can't break the clinch.

Emelianenko pulls Stojnic into guard.
Emelianenko pulls Stojnic in close to prevent any damage.
Stojnic postures up in Emelianenko's guard and throws a big left but Emelianenko blocks it.
Stojnic throwing strikes but missing.
Stojnic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emelianenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stojnic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stojnic is looking to work some ground and pound but Emelianenko has wrist control.
Emelianenko looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stojnic is one step ahead there.
Stojnic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emelianenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stojnic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stojnic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stojnic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stojnic distracts Emelianenko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Emelianenko is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Emelianenko wants to control but Stojnic is keeping him busy.
Stojnic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stojnic is trying to control but can't.
Aleksander Emelianenko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Emelianenko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stojnic is looking to get back to is feet but Emelianenko passes into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Emelianenko tries for a kimura but Stojnic is defending well.
Emelianenko working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Emelianenko is chipping away with strikes.
An elbow from Emelianenko crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Stojnic managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Stojnic is looking for a sweep.

Emelianenko decides to stand back up. Emelianenko steps back and let's Stojnic get back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Stojnic.
Emelianenko wants to slow Stojnic down by chopping away at his legs.
Stojnic missing with a left hand there. Emelianenko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Emelianenko is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Stojnic's half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Emelianenko scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Emelianenko decides to return to a standing position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stojnic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stojnic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stojnic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emelianenko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stojnic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Emelianenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stojnic.
Stojnic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksander Emelianenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Stojnic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Emelianenko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stojnic throws an overhand right that lands on Emelianenko's shoulder, as Emelianenko tries to avoid the shot.
Emelianenko avoids the body shot from Stojnic.

Emelianenko dives in and scores a takedown into Stojnic's guard.
Stojnic trying to keep a closed guard but Emelianenko is proving a slippery customer.
Emelianenko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Emelianenko throws a big elbow that misses.

Stojnic throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Emelianenko escapes and throws Stojnic's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Emelianenko lands a few punches from side control.

Emelianenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stojnic, who protects the arm well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko working the head with strikes.
Stojnic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Emelianenko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Emelianenko scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stojnic to see if he's OK.
Emelianenko misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko working the ground and pound.
Emelianenko working the strikes but Stojnic uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Stojnic tries to get to full guard but Emelianenko has control of the leg.

Stojnic actively working from the bottom here.
Emelianenko throwing shots but Stojnic is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Emelianenko thows a huge punch but Stojnic dodges it nicely.

Emelianenko seems to be looking for submissions.
Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stojnic is trying to stand up here but Emelianenko is controlling him well.
Emelianenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Emelianenko decides to stand up.
Emelianenko wants to land a leg kick but Stojnic is out of range.
Stojnic misses with a wild combination.
Igor Stojnic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Stojnic tries to sprawl but Emelianenko drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Emelianenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Emelianenko there.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Emelianenko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stojnic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Emelianenko.
Stojnic tries to roll over but Emelianenko keeps him under control.
Emelianenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stojnic defending well though.
Igor Stojnic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aleksander Emelianenko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stojnic looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksander Emelianenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Emelianenko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

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