PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Akharraz (ranked 1065 p4p, 1735 weight class) and Fedor Emperor (ranked 157 p4p, 243 weight class). Emperor has chosen Enae Volare Mezzo as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Akharraz
vs
Emperor

225 cm
41
215
33 - 39 - 0

183 cm
30
223
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 39 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osama Akharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emperor!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emperor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Emperor dodges the punch combination from Akharraz.
A left and a right from Akharraz both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Fedor Emperor has been cut.
Akharraz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Emperor moves away from the strike by Akharraz.
Despite the aggression on Emperor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Akharraz throws a punch but it's blocked by Emperor.
Emperor has Akharraz pressed against the cage.
Akharraz misses with a punch on the inside.
Akharraz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emperor trying to control the position but instead, Akharraz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Emperor into the cage.
Akharraz throws a punch but it's blocked by Emperor.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Emperor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Akharraz's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akharraz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Emperor is defending well for now.
Emperor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Akharraz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Emperor backwards.
Emperor prevents a body shot from Akharraz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emperor.
Akharraz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Akharraz lands a right hand.
Emperor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Akharraz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Akharraz lands a left hand.
Emperor blocking some punches.
Akharraz misses with some punches.
Akharraz lands a left hand.
Akharraz gets through Emperor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Akharraz lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is keeping an eye on Akharraz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Emperor leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Akharraz dodges an elbow strike from Emperor.
Emperor is looking to control Akharraz's arms but Akharraz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Emperor has his back to the cage.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Emperor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akharraz lands with a light punch inside.
Akharraz slows down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Akharraz.
Akharraz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Akharraz misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emperor avoids it.
Emperor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akharraz's elbow.
Akharraz blocks the elbow strike.
Akharraz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Akharraz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Akharraz tries to throw a body punch but Emperor avoids it by throwing Akharraz back against the cage.
Akharraz stalling in the clinch.
Akharraz misses with some punches.
Akharraz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Akharraz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emperor blocks an uppercut.
Akharraz throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Akharraz misses with the head strike.
Akharraz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emperor avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emperor stalling in the clinch but Akharraz improves position.
A short right from Akharraz.
A right handed body shot lands from Emperor.
Emperor stalling the fight.
Akharraz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Emperor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Akharraz is keeping busy.
Emperor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Emperor is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Akharraz has denied him.
Akharraz misses with the head strike.
Akharraz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Emperor backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akharraz.
Akharraz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akharraz misses with a punch to the body.
Akharraz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emperor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akharraz's elbow.
Akharraz lands with a left to the head.
Emperor throws an elbow but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Osama Akharraz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fedor Emperor's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Akharraz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Emperor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Emperor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emperor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Emperor is rocked!
Akharraz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Emperor is still on wobbly legs! Can Akharraz finish him?
Akharraz cracks Emperor on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Emperor falls backwards against the cage. Akharraz follows up with more strikes that drop Emperor to his knees. Akharraz keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Emperor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osama Akharraz!
After the big win, Osama Akharraz made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Altitude Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.