PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emerson Montain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emelianenko
vs
Montain

185 cm
25
240 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

203 cm
29
280 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emerson Montain!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montain tries for a takedown but Emelianenko circles away easily
and Emelianenko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Montain.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
A shot to the liver by Emelianenko. Beautiful body shot.
Emelianenko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Emelianenko cracks a nice hook into Montain's ribs.
Montain looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko missing with a left hand there. Montain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Montain shoots and misses
and Emelianenko counters with a two punch combo.
Emelianenko misses the shot to the body.
Emelianenko misses with a straight right.
Emelianenko 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.
Emelianenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montain manages to avoid it.

Emelianenko gets the takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Emelianenko working the ground and pound.
Montain takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Montain is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Montain is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Emelianenko postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Montain is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Emelianenko lands a nice forearm strike.
Montain parries the strikes from Emelianenko easily there. Emelianenko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Montain to escape.
Montain tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Montain manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Emelianenko trying to control but Montain postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montain throwing shots but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Montain postures up in Emelianenko's guard and throws a big left but Emelianenko blocks it.
Montain preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko is working hard here to advance position.
Montain trying to control the position from guard on top but Emelianenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Emelianenko wants to stand but Montain is controlling the position.
Montain landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emelianenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emelianenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Emelianenko might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Emelianenko is on top in guard.
Emelianenko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Montain looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Emelianenko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Montain wants to stand and escape but Emelianenko is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Emelianenko looking to pass the guard.
Montain controls Emelianenko momentarily but Emelianenko frees himself.
Emelianenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Emelianenko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Montain manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Emelianenko manages to get himself to full guard.
Montain slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emelianenko dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Emelianenko misses with a few strikes there.
Emelianenko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Emelianenko wants it to stay on the feet.
Montain tries to score a power double leg takedown but Emelianenko sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Montain somewhat.
Montain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but Montain moves out of range.
Montain with a poor takedown
and Emelianenko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Montain thinking.
Fedor Emelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emerson Montain.
Emelianenko leaves Montain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Emelianenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emelianenko scores with a one two! Montain had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Montain is breathing heavily.
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!
Montain shoots for a takedown but Emelianenko saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Emelianenko throws a shot to the body.

Emelianenko closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Montain quickly recovers to half guard.
Emelianenko stops Montain from getting back to his feet.
Montain is staying active underneath Emelianenko, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montain on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Emelianenko here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Emelianenko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Montain with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Emelianenko wants to control but Montain is keeping him busy.
Emelianenko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Emelianenko winds up and cracks Montain with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Montain is looking to escape.
Emelianenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Montain does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Emelianenko moves into full mount! Montain won't be happy about that!
Emelianenko with good strikes from the mount here!
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount.
Montain is still in real trouble! Can Emelianenko finish him?
Emelianenko is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Montain goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Emelianenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Fedor Emelianenko!