PBP Commentary

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

Emelianenko
vs
Dos Santos

183 cm
25
255 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

193 cm
27
257 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Emelianenko rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santos blocks an elbow strike from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Emelianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
Emelianenko keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos avoids the elbow strike from Emelianenko, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emelianenko wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Santos moves away
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.
Fedor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Emelianenko closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Emelianenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Emelianenko landing knees to the head.
Emelianenko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Emelianenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Emelianenko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emelianenko lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Santos looks winded!
Emelianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
Emelianenko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emelianenko lands a nice elbow.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Emelianenko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Emelianenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Emelianenko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emelianenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Nice elbow from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Emelianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Emelianenko fails to land.
Santos tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Emelianenko won't allow it.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko misses with the head strike.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Emelianenko has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Emelianenko working Santos over with knees to the body.
Emelianenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Emelianenko lands a damaging elbow.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Emelianenko obliges.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emelianenko dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Emelianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelianenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
Santos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Emelianenko.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Emelianenko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.

Emelianenko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Emelianenko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelianenko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Emelianenko scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko landing knees to the head.
Come on Emelianenko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Emelianenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Emelianenko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Santos is trying to push Emelianenko away but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fedor Emelianenko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Emelianenko lands a nice elbow.
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside that Santos shrugs off.

That has opened up Junior Dos Santos's cut even more.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Nice elbow from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Emelianenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Emelianenko lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Junior Dos Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Emelianenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Emelianenko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Emelianenko lands a big knee to the head and Santos goes down! Emelianenko is looking to finish!

Santos is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko lands a few punches from side control.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Emelianenko finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emelianenko controlling the position.

Emelianenko stands up.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Emelianenko throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Emelianenko throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch.
Emelianenko tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Emelianenko throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Emelianenko.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fedor Emelianenko is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Emelianenko rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Emelianenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emelianenko dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Emelianenko wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelianenko wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos feints a jab promting Emelianenko to slip. Santos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Emelianenko slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Santos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Emelianenko darts in trying to clinch
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Santos! Emelianenko is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Dos Santos!
After winning the bout, Junior Dos Santos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.