PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Abbot (ranked 4462 p4p, 154 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 4343 p4p, 150 weight class). Emelianenko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: NeiroMonk. Fedor Emelianenko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Abbot
vs
Emelianenko

185 cm
20
295 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
290 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tank Abbot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abbot. That did some damage!
Abbot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abbot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emelianenko moves out of range of the leg kick from Abbot.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Abbot misses with a few strikes there.
Emelianenko with the counter takedown but Abbot avoids it easily.

Emelianenko feints and as Abbot raises his hands in defense, Emelianenko changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Emelianenko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

It looks like Tank Abbot has been cut.
Abbot is breathing heavily.
Abbot has momentary wrist control but Emelianenko slips an elbow through the middle.

Tank Abbot's cut is getting worse.
Abbot has momentary wrist control but Emelianenko slips an elbow through the middle.
Abbot knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Emelianenko on the ground.
Emelianenko forces his way into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko lands strikes from half guard.

Tank Abbot's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tank Abbot's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fedor Emelianenko!
After winning the bout, Fedor Emelianenko thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Tank Abbot stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm a selfconfident winner. You are not.'.