PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Okolo Nanou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okolo Nanou is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Emelianenko
vs
Nanou

198 cm
20
230 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

208 cm
20
280 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandr Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Okolo Nanou!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko cracks Nanou with an open hand slap.

Emelianenko rushes Nanou and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nanou tries to break free but Emelianenko pushes him back against the cage.
Emelianenko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nanou takes a shot to the head.
Nanou using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nanou looks winded!
Emelianenko gets through Nanou's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Emelianenko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emelianenko.
Nanou looking to throw knees to the head but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.

Emelianenko breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Emelianenko has closed the distance and engaged Nanou in a clinch.

Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Emelianenko gets a clinch.

Emelianenko breaks the clinch.

Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.

Nanou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Emelianenko instigates a clinch.
Nanou swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emelianenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nanou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Emelianenko pushes Nanou up against the cage in a clinch.
Emelianenko lands a shoulder strike.
Emelianenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Emelianenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Emelianenko drives through and clinches with Nanou against the cage.
Emelianenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Nanou backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nanou just misses with a elbow thrown towards Emelianenko's brow.
Emelianenko scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Nanou fails to land.

Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Emelianenko clinches.

Nanou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Emelianenko darts in and clinches Nanou up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Emelianenko lands a left hand.
Emelianenko pushes Nanou back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emelianenko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Emelianenko has Nanou pressed against the cage.
Nanou tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Emelianenko controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Emelianenko.
Nanou tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nanou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nanou crunches a lovely knee into Emelianenko's ribcage.

Emelianenko breaks the clinch.

Nanou closes the distance and pushes Emelianenko back into the cage.
Emelianenko has Nanou pressed against the cage, preventing Nanou from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nanou struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelianenko controls his hands.
Emelianenko lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Emelianenko moves into the clinch.
Nanou tries to work over Emelianenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nanou wants to break free but Emelianenko has control.
Emelianenko taking a breather.
Nanou misses with a hook from the clinch.

Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Emelianenko rushes Nanou and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Emelianenko has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Emelianenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Nanou backwards.
Nanou creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko's defenses.
Nanou creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Emelianenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nanou backwards.
Emelianenko lands with a right to the head.
Emelianenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Emelianenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nanou backwards.
Emelianenko stalling against the cage.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Nanou throws knees to the body.
Emelianenko lands with a left to the head.
Emelianenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Emelianenko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nanou misses with the head strike.
Emelianenko pushes Nanou against the cage. Emelianenko is working some dirty boxing. Emelianenko pushes off with a quick right hook! Nanou goes down! Nanou tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Emelianenko moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandr Emelianenko!