PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Cro Crop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cro Crop comes to the cage accompanied by PRIDE. Emelianenko is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pride Fc Theme Song. Fedor Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cro Crop
vs
Emelianenko

193 cm
23
235 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
240 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Powerful

Tesla Apparel
The Red Eye

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mirko Cro Crop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cro Crop gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cro Crop preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emelianenko trying to control but Cro Crop is working from the bottom.
Emelianenko thows a big elbow that misses.
Emelianenko wants to pass the guard but Cro Crop is keeping the position.
Emelianenko stands up over Cro Crop, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Emelianenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Emelianenko thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cro Crop working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emelianenko.
Cro Crop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Emelianenko is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Emelianenko prevents Cro Crop from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Emelianenko's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Emelianenko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cro Crop keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cro Crop keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko advances to half guard.

Emelianenko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Emelianenko is trying to control. Cro Crop wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Emelianenko trying to control the pace.
Emelianenko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emelianenko lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Emelianenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Emelianenko connects with a nice short shot to Cro Crop's temple.
Emelianenko slips a nice elbow through Cro Crop's hands, connecting with Cro Crop's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko passes the guard and advances to mount!
Cro Crop is squirming around, avoiding Emelianenko's attempts to control the action.
Emelianenko lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Emelianenko.

Cro Crop is rocked!
Emelianenko cracks Cro Crop with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Cro Crop is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Emelianenko landing shots from mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Emelianenko! Cro Crop is hurt baaadly! Emelianenko is firing away with more strikes - Cro Crop is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Fedor Emelianenko!