PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Emelienko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Churchill
vs
Emelienko

170 cm
31
165 lbs
23 - 18 - 0

176 cm
31
168 lbs
16 - 3 - 1

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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Aspire Clothing

Bullet Proof System
House of Valor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vladimir Emelienko!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Churchill swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Churchill has managed to clinch.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Emelienko lands a hook that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emelienko.
Emelienko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelienko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Churchill struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelienko controls his hands.
Emelienko tries to work over Churchill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Emelienko can't find room to land a body shot as Churchill controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Churchill.
Churchill works on Emelienko's body with a couple of short punches.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Churchill lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Emelienko tries a body shot but Churchill blocks it.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill lands a hook that snaps the head of Emelienko backwards.
Emelienko tries to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling the position.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill lands a left hand that snaps the head of Emelienko backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill tries to throw a body punch but Emelienko avoids it by throwing Churchill back against the cage.
Churchill prevents a body shot from Emelienko.
A short right from Churchill.
Emelienko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelienko lands a body shot.

Emelienko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emelienko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Churchill is out of range.
Emelienko blocks a head kick by Churchill.
Churchill rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Emelienko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Emelienko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Emelienko pushes him off.
Emelienko scores with a jab.
Emelienko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Emelienko slips a jab from Churchill.
Emelienko feints and then cracks Churchill's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Churchill down.
Churchill tries to clinch up but Emelienko circles away and keeps his distance.
Churchill backing away here, and Emelienko unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Emelienko pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Churchill pushes Emelienko up against the cage in a clinch.
Emelienko tries to work over Churchill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Churchill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Emelienko struggles to land a body shot inside as Churchill controls his hands.
Churchill lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelienko takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Churchill.
Emelienko misses with a body punch.
Emelienko struggles to land a body shot inside as Churchill controls his hands.
Churchill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Churchill working aggressively here.
A short right from Emelienko.

Emelienko breaks the clinch.
Emelienko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Churchill throws a body punch but Emelienko moves out of range.
Emelienko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Churchill's head backwards.
Churchill lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Vladimir Emelienko has been cut.
Emelienko sizes up Churchill with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Emelienko wants to land a leg kick but Churchill is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko lands a jab to the nose.
Churchill takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Churchill takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Churchill keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Churchill lands with an uppercut that bounces Emelienko off the cage and back into range.
Churchill feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Emelienkos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Churchill tries to clinch up.
Emelienko connects with a crisp jab.
Emelienko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Churchill moves away.
Churchill is looking to counter punch.
A head kick by Churchill misses
and Emelienko counters with a stiff right hand.
Emelienko takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelienko throws a low kick, looking for Churchill's leg but Churchill calmly moves out of range.
Churchill checks the leg kick nicely there.
Emelienko misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko connects with a single shot there.
Churchill tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Churchill misses with a looping left.
Churchill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelienko was well out of range. Poor timing from Churchill.
Emelienko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Emelienko scores with a punch to the head.
Emelienko has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Emelienko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Churchill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big left from Churchill misses.
Emelienko throws a low kick but Churchill avoids it.
Churchill takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Churchill takes the fight into the clinch.
Churchill lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Emelienko backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left hand lands to the body for Churchill.
Still in the clinch, Churchill scores with a nice short uppercut.
Emelienko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Emelienko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Winston Churchill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Emelienko's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Emelienko throws a leg kick that misses.
Churchill fails in his attempt to clinch.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelienko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emelienko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vladimir Emelienko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emelienko wants to slow Churchill down by chopping away at his legs.
Churchill checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Churchill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Emelienko now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Emelienko works the jab nicely.
Churchill avoids the body shot from Emelienko.
Churchill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emelienko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelienko jabs at Churchill's body.
Emelienko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Churchill.
Emelienko is looking to chop away at Churchill's legs.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Emelienko at a distance.
Churchill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Churchill scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Churchill chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Churchill throws a body punch but Emelienko moves out of range.
Emelienko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Emelienko moves out of range as Churchill strikes.
Emelienko connects with a leg kick. Churchill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Emelienko digs a good body shot into Churchill's ribs.
Churchill misses with a series of wild punches.
Churchill pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Churchill has managed to clinch.
Emelienko blocks a body shot from Churchill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Emelienko.
Emelienko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Churchill.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelienko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Churchill on the inside.
Emelienko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emelienko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelienko pushes Churchill back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelienko tries to work over Churchill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Churchill scores with a shot to the side of Emelienko's head.
Emelienko blocks an uppercut.
Emelienko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
Emelienko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelienko tries to work over Churchill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Emelienko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Emelienko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill blocks a body shot from Emelienko.
Churchill tries to throw a body punch but Emelienko avoids it by throwing Churchill back against the cage.
Emelienko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emelienko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Churchill's elbow.

Emelienko breaks from the clinch.
Emelienko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Emelienko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Emelienko listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Churchill throws out a loose jab but Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donk. Emelienko catches Churchill right on the button with a cross.
Churchill tries to clinch but Emelienko moves out of range.
Emelienko cracks Churchill with a good jab.
Winston Churchill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping leg kick lands for Emelienko.
Churchill misses the shot to the body.
Churchill misses with a lunging right hand
and Emelienko counters with a nice uppercut.
Churchill is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Emelienko throws a leg kick which misses Churchill's front leg but catches the back leg as Churchill tries to avoid it.
Churchill closes the distance looking to clinch
and Emelienko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelienko throws a hook but Churchill blocks it.
Emelienko connects with a leg kick. Churchill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Emelienko scores with a jab. Churchill acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Churchill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Emelienko can pounce on him.

Churchill instigates a clinch.
Churchill lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Churchill - that landed with a thud.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
Churchill scores with a hook to the body.
Emelienko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Churchill blocks an uppercut.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Emelienko misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Emelienko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Emelienko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Emelienko scores with a leg kick.
Churchill fails to land with a series of punches.
Churchill backing away here, and Emelienko unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Emelienko throws a head kick that misses.
Emelienko avoids the head kick by Churchill.
Emelienko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Emelienko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Churchill swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Emelienko misses with a body shot.
Emelienko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emelienko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Churchill.
Emelienko throws a looping overhand right but Churchill ducks down to avoid it.

Churchill moves into the clinch.
Emelienko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelienko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emelienko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Churchill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emelienko misses with the head strike.
Emelienko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Churchill misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Emelienko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelienko pushes Churchill back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Churchill - that landed with a thud.
Emelienko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Churchill's elbow.

Emelienko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emelienko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Churchill on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Emelienko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Emelienko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Churchill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Churchill is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Churchill finds it's way through Emelienko's defenses.
Emelienko takes a kick to the side of the head.
Churchill takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Emelienko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelienko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Churchill.
Emelienko connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelienko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Churchill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill is looking to clinch but Emelienko is avoiding it.
Emelienko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Churchill.
Emelienko scores with a leg kick.
Churchill lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A low kick from Churchill is predictable there
and Emelienko counters with a straight right hand.
Churchill throws a right hand that Emelienko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelienko also avoids with ease.
Churchill doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelienko circles away.
Churchill ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Emelienko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab from Churchill.
Churchill tries to clinch but Emelienko moves out of range.
A head kick from Churchill lands but Emelienko takes it in his stride.
Emelienko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Emelienko.
Emelienko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Churchill's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelienko blocks a head kick by Churchill.
Churchill tries to clinch up but Emelienko circles away and keeps his distance.

Churchill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emelienko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelienko tries a body shot but Churchill blocks it.
Churchill blocks an uppercut.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Emelienko.
Emelienko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Churchill working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Emelienko struggles to land a body shot inside as Churchill controls his hands.
Emelienko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Emelienko prevents a body shot from Churchill.
Churchill lands a shot to the body.
Emelienko presses Churchill against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Emelienko takes a shot to the head.
Churchill tries a body shot but Emelienko blocks it.
Nice body punch from Churchill - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelienko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Churchill.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Emelienko manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Emelienko, right into the meat.
Churchill staying out of range there.
Churchill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Emelienko can pounce on him.
Emelienko tries to score with a low kick but Churchill moves his leg out of the way.
Nice jab there from Churchill.
A left lands for Emelienko.
Emelienko scores with a sloppy right hand. Churchill should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Churchill.
Emelienko throws out a counter right but Churchill avoids it with no problem.
Emelienko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Churchill was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelienko.
Emelienko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Churchill looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Emelienko tried to score with a low kick but Churchill checks it.
Emelienko throws the left hand but Churchill avoids the punch easily.
Emelienko cracks Churchill with a good jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Emelienko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Emelienko has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Emelienko!
A very excited looking Vladimir Emelienko rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.