PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Janne Jakoavain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. You are the best around kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Andrei Emelianenko was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jakoavain
vs
Emelianenko

190 cm
31
183 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

180 cm
32
183 lbs
30 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Janne Jakoavain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrei Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Jakoavain lands.
Nice takedown defense from Jakoavain. No joy for Emelianenko on that attempt.
Emelianenko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jakoavain swings for the body but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko misses with a hook. Jakoavain ducked under it nicely.
Emelianenko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Emelianenko staying out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Emelianenko blocks the low kick.
Jakoavain misses with a low kick.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot that sends Jakoavain's belly button to the back.
Jakoavain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Jakoavain misses its intended target.
Jakoavain throws a leg kick
and Emelianenko counters with a three punch combo that has Jakoavain backing up. Jakoavain nods at Emelianenko to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Janne Jakoavain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A leg kick checked by Jakoavain.
Jab from Emelianenko.

It looks like Janne Jakoavain has been cut.
Emelianenko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Jakoavain.
Jakoavain misses with a looping right.
Jakoavain throws a head kick but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Jakoavain takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Jakoavain attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Jakoavain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelianenko.
Jakoavain tries a low kick but Emelianenko avoids it.
Janne Jakoavain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Emelianenko misses with a leg kick.
Jakoavain lands a nice looking body shot.
Jakoavain fakes the leg kick and cracks Emelianenko in the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jakoavain, right into the meat.
Jakoavain shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jakoavain defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Emelianenko.
Jakoavain thows a body shot but no joy.
Jakoavain misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jakoavain doesn't seem bothered though.
Emelianenko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jakoavain throws a leg kick but Emelianenko checks it.
Jakoavain misses the jab.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Jakoavain.
Jakoavain misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown by Emelianenko or perhaps it was just good defense by Jakoavain which made him look bad.
Janne Jakoavain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrei Emelianenko.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jakoavain. Emelianenko does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jakoavain misses with an uppercut
and Emelianenko counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jakoavain.
Jakoavain lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jakoavain tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelianenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jakoavain throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Emelianenko lands a head shot.
Jakoavain shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jakoavain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emelianenko drops his hands momentarily and Jakoavain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jakoavain connects with a high kick.
Emelianenko fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
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 Janne Jakoavain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Janne Jakoavain's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jakoavain.
Emelianenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Emelianenko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jakoavain looks to land a left hand but Emelianenko moved out of range nicely.
Jakoavain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot that sends Jakoavain's belly button to the back.
Emelianenko is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jakoavain rather than just go for the knockout.
Emelianenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jakoavain throws an overhand right that lands on Emelianenko's shoulder, as Emelianenko tries to avoid the shot.
Jakoavain keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jakoavain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakoavain misses with a hook
and Emelianenko counters with a good, hard body kick but Jakoavain shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelianenko looks to land a body kick but Jakoavain moved away.
Jakoavain avoids the body shot from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko connects with the punch.

Emelianenko bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Emelianenko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Emelianenko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jakoavain regains half guard, as Emelianenko was trying to land strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakoavain blocking the ground and pound attempt from Emelianenko.
Jakoavain blocking the ground and pound attempt from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throwing shots but Jakoavain is blocking nicely.

Emelianenko is looking for a kimura but Jakoavain is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Emelianenko to get the leverage.
Emelianenko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Emelianenko is pressing down on Jakoavain's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jakoavain is holding on for now.
Emelianenko is keen to just control but Jakoavain is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Emelianenko is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jakoavain sees it coming and defends easily.
Emelianenko lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jakoavain wants to get back to full guard.
Emelianenko wants to pass to mount but Jakoavain is defending the position.
Jakoavain is trying to stand back up but Emelianenko is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko not doing much here.
Jakoavain won't allow Emelianenko to pass to mount.
Emelianenko is trying to control the action in half guard but Jakoavain is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Emelianenko is looking for a kimura here.

Emelianenko is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jakoavain has managed to free his arm - good work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Emelianenko is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei Emelianenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Janne Jakoavain's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jakoavain moves out of range of the leg kick from Emelianenko.
Jakoavain is looking to slow Emelianenko down with leg kicks.
Emelianenko connects with a right hand. Jakoavain shakes it off.
Jakoavain throws a shot from downtown. Emelianenko moves away and avoids it.
Emelianenko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jakoavain's calf.

Jakoavain moves into range and clinches up with Emelianenko.

Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jakoavain swivels and escapes.
Emelianenko scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakoavain avoids a kick to the body.
Jakoavain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jakoavain crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Emelianenko - the referee stops the clock and Jakoavain gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Emelianenko. Jakoavain manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jakoavain digs a good body shot into Emelianenko's ribs.
Jakoavain misses with a low kick.
Emelianenko scores with a nice right hand.
Emelianenko looks for the body kick but Jakoavain saw that one coming.
Jakoavain dips to his left and cracks Emelianenko with an uppercut!
Emelianenko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jakoavain throws a lazy body kick
and Emelianenko counters with a good, hard body kick but Jakoavain shrugs it off.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jakoavain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A punch lands to the side of Emelianenko 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko needs to keep his hands up - Jakoavain had a free shot at his head there.
Jakoavain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emelianenko thuds his right hand into Jakoavain's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Emelianenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jakoavain lands with a good body shot.
Emelianenko fails with a takedown attempt.
Jakoavain throws a sloppy head kick and Emelianenko moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakoavain lands a slapping body shot.
Jakoavain misses with a hook

and Emelianenko counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Emelianenko looking to pass the guard.

Emelianenko stands and steps away. Jakoavain gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jakoavain throws a looping overhand right but Emelianenko ducks down to avoid it.
Jakoavain scoring well with a low kick there.
Emelianenko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jakoavain. That did some damage!
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!
Emelianenko avoids the head kick by Jakoavain.
Jakoavain throws a head kick that misses.
Emelianenko misses with a hook
and Jakoavain counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jakoavain tries to clinch up.
Jakoavain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jakoavain tries a head kick but it misses.
Emelianenko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Emelianenko staying out of range there.
Jakoavain connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Emelianenko.
Jakoavain looks to land a left hand but Emelianenko moved out of range nicely.
Jakoavain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei Emelianenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Emelianenko 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei Emelianenko!
Andrei Emelianenko thanked the fans post fight for their support.