PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emperor (ranked 2168 p4p, 3791 weight class) and Petr Antonovich (ranked 286 p4p, 479 weight class). Emperor comes to the cage accompanied by Enae Volare Mezzo. 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.

Emperor
vs
Antonovich

183 cm
31
223
7 - 9 - 0

190 cm
35
213
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emperor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Petr Antonovich!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antonovich ducks under a wild hook from Emperor.
Antonovich doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Antonovich throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Emperor to counter with a crisp jab.
Emperor misses with a hook. Antonovich ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Antonovich misses.
Antonovich slips under a jab.
Antonovich digs a good hook to Emperor's body.
Emperor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Antonovich.
Antonovich connects with a crisp jab.
Antonovich lands a jab to the nose.
Emperor defending well as Antonovich loads up on a big left hand.
Antonovich defending well as Emperor loads up on a big left hand.
Antonovich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Antonovich swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Emperor to counter with a crisp jab.
Antonovich misses with a looping left.
Emperor tries to counter by clinching up but Antonovich breaks away and moves out of range.
Antonovich lands a jab to Emperor's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antonovich lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emperor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Emperor moves out of range as Antonovich strikes.
Emperor jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Emperor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Antonovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Emperor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Emperor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Antonovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emperor.
Emperor moves out of range of the strikes.
Antonovich throws a shot from downtown. Emperor moves away and avoids it.
Emperor throws a lazy right hand but Antonovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Emperor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Antonovich.
Emperor seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Emperor looks to land a right hand but Antonovich moved out of range.
Emperor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Antonovich, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emperor scores with a shot to the body.
Antonovich misses with a looping left.
Emperor lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emperor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Antonovich stuns Emperor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Antonovich misses with a left hand
and Emperor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Antonovich blocks a jab.
Emperor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Emperor swings widly with a right hand
and Emperor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emperor wants to clinch.
It seemed like Antonovich was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Emperor misses with a combination
enabling Antonovich to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Fedor Emperor has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antonovich misses with an uppercut
and Emperor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Antonovich scores with a hook.
Antonovich throws a hook but Emperor blocks it.
Emperor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Antonovich moves away.
Emperor moves out of range as Antonovich strikes.
Good leg kick by Antonovich.
Antonovich might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Antonovich blocks a leg kick.
Antonovich tests Emperor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Antonovich misses with a looping right.
Emperor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Antonovich misses with an uppercut.
Emperor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice defenses there by Emperor.
Emperor throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonovich misses with a left hand
and Emperor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antonovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Emperor checks a leg kick.
Antonovich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emperor checks a leg kick nicely.
Antonovich tried to score with a low kick but Emperor checks it.
Emperor connects with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Antonovich.
Antonovich swings widly with a right hand
letting Emperor counter with a right hand.
Antonovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Antonovich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Antonovich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Antonovich misses with a body punch
and Emperor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Petr Antonovich will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fedor Emperor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Emperor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Emperor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Antonovich lands with a hook. Emperor tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Antonovich throws a hook but Emperor avoids it easily.
Antonovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emperor moves away.
A shot to the body from Antonovich misses
and Antonovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Antonovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emperor.
Antonovich misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Antonovich.
Antonovich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Emperor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Emperor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emperor 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.
Antonovich throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Emperor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Antonovich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the body from Antonovich misses
enabling Emperor to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emperor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emperor throws a jab but it's blocked by Antonovich.

Emperor lands a big uppercut and Antonovich crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Antonovich looks OK. Emperor waves Antonovich back to his feet!

Antonovich is rocked!
Emperor shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Antonovich takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Emperor sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Antonovich bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fedor Emperor!
A relieved looking Fedor Emperor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.