PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zivic comes into the arena with La La Girl by Paffendorf blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zivic
vs
Emelianenko

185 cm
36
216 lbs
41 - 12 - 1

198 cm
29
215 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Underworld Clothing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Fritzie Zivic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zivic misses with a jab to the body
and Emelianenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
Zivic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head kick misses from Emelianenko.
Zivic cracks the inside of Emelianenko's front leg.
Emelianenko misses with a low kick.
Zivic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zivic digs a good body shot into Emelianenko's ribs.
Zivic scores with a nice strike.
Emelianenko misses with a low kick.
As Emelianenko backs away, Zivic returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Emelianenko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Emelianenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zivic is looking to counter the offense by Emelianenko and move into the clinch.
Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zivic.
Zivic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelianenko.
Zivic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice jab there from Zivic.
Emelianenko scores with a sloppy right hand. Zivic should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Zivic.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot that snaps Zivic's head back.
Emelianenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zivic manages to avoid it.
Zivic throws a big shot that misses.

Zivic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Emelianenko, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands with a short shot to the head.
Emelianenko throws a head punch that misses.
Zivic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Zivic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zivic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Emelianenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Emelianenko tries to work over Zivic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Emelianenko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zivic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zivic presses Emelianenko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Emelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zivic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Emelianenko tries to work over Zivic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zivic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelianenko has a couple of punches blocked by Zivic.
Nice body punch from Zivic - that landed with a thud.
Emelianenko has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Zivic seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Emelianenko can turn it around.
Zivic tries to throw a body punch but Emelianenko avoids it by throwing Zivic back against the cage.
Zivic lands a body shot.

Emelianenko manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zivic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Emelianenko on the side of the head.
Zivic throws a right and a left that Emelianenko avoids nicely.
Zivic throws a hook but Emelianenko avoids it easily.
Zivic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emelianenko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zivic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Emelianenko misses with a straight left.
Emelianenko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zivic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Emelianenko.
Zivic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emelianenko scores with a decent looking hook.
Zivic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Emelianenko does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zivic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Zivic misses with a straight left.
Emelianenko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zivic momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zivic throws a body shot but no joy.
Zivic moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.
Zivic slips under a jab.
Zivic checks a leg kick nicely.
A quick step to the side and Zivic tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emelianenko throws the left hand but Zivic avoids the punch easily.
Zivic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Emelianenko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zivic misses with a low kick.
Zivic throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot that sends Zivic's belly button to the back.
Zivic throws an off balance right hand
and Emelianenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Emelianenko throws out a powerful jab.
Zivic misses with a two punch combination.
Emelianenko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko misses with a head kick.
Zivic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zivic. Emelianenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zivic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Emelianenko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zivic misses with a right hand
and Emelianenko counters with a slapping leg kick.
Emelianenko will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Emelianenko slips under a jab.
Zivic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Zivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zivic cracks a nice hook into Emelianenko's ribs.
Zivic misses with a hook.
Zivic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Emelianenko is out of range.
Emelianenko tries a quick counter leg kick but Zivic is wise to it.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Zivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zivic is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zivic throws out the jab.
Emelianenko let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zivic digs a good body shot into Emelianenko's ribs.
Zivic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Emelianenko at a distance.
Zivic throws the left hand but Emelianenko avoids the punch easily.
Zivic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fritzie Zivic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zivic throws an off balance right hand
and Emelianenko counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Emelianenko blocks a jab.

Zivic gets a clinch.
Emelianenko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zivic misses with the head strike.
Zivic struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelianenko controls his hands.
Zivic misses with a punch on the inside.
Zivic tries to throw a body punch but Emelianenko avoids it by throwing Zivic back against the cage.
Emelianenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zivic tries a body shot but Emelianenko blocks it.
Zivic is leaning against Emelianenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Emelianenko.
Zivic is trying to maintain a safe position but Emelianenko gets an underhook and turns Zivic into the cage.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Zivic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Emelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelianenko is looking to control Zivic's arms but Zivic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Emelianenko has his back to the cage.
A short body shot lands from Zivic as the two fighters clinch.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Emelianenko controls the action.
Zivic blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelianenko wants to break free but Zivic has control.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Emelianenko wants to stall.
Good body shot from Zivic.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Zivic.
Zivic digs a right hand into Emelianenko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Emelianenko's gas tank.
Zivic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Zivic.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zivic.
A left hand lands to the body for Zivic.
A short right from Zivic on the inside.
A short left from Zivic.
A shot in the inside from Zivic.
Zivic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zivic pushes Emelianenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelianenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zivic struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelianenko controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelianenko can't find room to land a body shot as Zivic controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zivic.
Zivic working aggressively here.
Zivic lands a hook that snaps the head of Emelianenko backwards.
Zivic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Emelianenko backwards.
Zivic lands a shoulder strike.
Emelianenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zivic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Emelianenko backwards.
Zivic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Emelianenko.
Emelianenko dodges an elbow strike from Zivic.
Zivic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zivic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fritzie Zivic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zivic lands a shoulder strike.

Emelianenko is rocked!
Zivic lands a shoulder strike.
Emelianenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Zivic finish him?
A right hook to the body lands for Zivic.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zivic lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Emelianenko to his knees! Zivic keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fritzie Zivic!
Fritzie Zivic bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.