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OFC 27 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedor Emelianenko has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matt Hughes's chin.
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240 lbs
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a series of punches but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelianenko.
Fedor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Emelianenko avoids nicely.
Hughes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hughes throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Hughes scores with a nice body kick.
Emelianenko dodges the punch combination from Hughes.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a left hand
and Hughes counters with a two punch combo.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Emelianenko lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko drops Hughes with a beautiful combination! Hughes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Emelianenko is looking for the KO!
Hughes is rocked!
It looks like Matt Hughes has been cut.
Emelianenko shoots in but Hughes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oh Hughes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelianenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Emelianenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from Emelianenko. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko digs a good body shot into Hughes's ribs.
Hughes seems to have got his legs back now.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from Emelianenko. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Matt Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emelianenko.
Emelianenko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hughes gets caught napping as Emelianenko dives in and scores a takedown. Hughes manages to retain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Emelianenko gets to his feet and stands over Hughes, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Hughes felt that one! Emelianenko unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Hughes from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Emelianenko!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Hector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristian Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cristian Romero has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dexter Hector's chin.
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150 lbs
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dexter Hector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cristian Romero!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Hector enables Romero to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hector manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Romero with a flurry of punches that miss.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Hector is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero passes into half guard.
Romero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hector avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Romero.
Romero is keen to just control but Hector is a slippery customer.
Romero thows a huge punch but Hector dodges it nicely.
Hector is staying active underneath Romero, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Romero thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero working Hector over with strikes.
Romero is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Romero working Hector over with strikes here.
It looks like Dexter Hector has been cut.
Romero looking to ground and pound but Hector is blocking nicely.
Romero trying to control but Hector is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero landing strikes from the mount.
Hector wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Romero.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Romero there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Romero throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Hector has his hands clasped together but Romero breaks the hold and Hector is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Romero!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cristian Romero!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Platinum Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Volchenkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.
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167 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
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296 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
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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
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Platinum Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Volchenkov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volchenkov swats away the attempt to clinch by Gold.
Volchenkov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gold clinches up with Volchenkov and pushes him back against the cage.
Volchenkov tries to throw a body punch but Gold avoids it by throwing Volchenkov back against the cage.
Volchenkov missing with knees to the body.
Volchenkov scores with a shot to the side of Gold's head.
Gold blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gold.
Gold tries for a takedown but Volchenkov manages to get underhooks.
Volchenkov missing with knees to the body.
Gold lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Boris Volchenkov has been cut.
Volchenkov throws an elbow that misses.
Gold creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Volchenkov's defenses.
Gold digs a right hand into Volchenkov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Volchenkov's gas tank.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Volchenkov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gold's brow.
Volchenkov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold blocks a body shot from Volchenkov.
Volchenkov takes an elbow to the temple.
Gold creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volchenkov missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gold throws an elbow but misses.
Gold lands an elbow that stopped Volchenkov in his tracks for a moment.
Gold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Volchenkov backwards.
Volchenkov lands a shot to the body.
Gold drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Volchenkov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Volchenkov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Volchenkov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gold's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Volchenkov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gold's brow.
Volchenkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Volchenkov scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Volchenkov lands an elbow inside that Gold shrugs off.
Volchenkov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gold is keeping busy.
Gold lands an elbow just above Volchenkov 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold working aggressively here.
Gold lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Volchenkov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gold throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Volchenkov misses with some punches.
Gold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gold lands with a thumping leg kick.
Volchenkov wants to clinch up but Gold keeps it at a distance.
Volchenkov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gold bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gold sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Volchenkov is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gold has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gold looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Volchenkov is avoiding damage well.
Gold in side control, throwing shots but Volchenkov defends.
Gold working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gold postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volchenkov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gold.
Gold working away.
Gold works to advance to full mount. Volchenkov defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Gold is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gold throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gold landing strikes, looking to finish!
Volchenkov is working to get back to half guard.
Gold misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gold throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Volchenkov because Gold loaded up on that one.
Gold raining down shots from the mount!
Gold is landing with some decent strikes but Volchenkov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gold landing shots from mount.
Volchenkov taking shots to the head.
Gold misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gold lands a nice shot to the head.
Volchenkov is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gold is landing with some decent strikes but Volchenkov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Volchenkov wants to control but Gold is having none of it.
Gold in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gold raining down hammerfists from mount.
The referee warns Volchenkov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Platinum Gold dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Volchenkov's cut.
That's time! Gold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A low kick from Volchenkov misses
and Gold counters with a one-two to the body.
Gold shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Volchenkov but Volchenkov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Volchenkov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Volchenkov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Volchenkov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gold.
Volchenkov doesn't manage to clinch there - Gold circles away.
Gold blocks a leg kick.
Gold lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Boris Volchenkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold ducks right into an uppercut from Volchenkov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Volchenkov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Volchenkov wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Volchenkov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Volchenkov.
Platinum Gold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Volchenkov misses with a low kick as Gold jumps back.
Gold shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Platinum Gold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Volchenkov. That's going to slow Gold down.
Volchenkov tries to clinch there but Gold circles away.
Gold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boris Volchenkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Volchenkov throws a series of punches but Gold avoids them all with ease.
Gold lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Volchenkov feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gold sprawling to the canvas! Gold rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Volchenkov finish him?!
Gold is rocked!
It looks like Platinum Gold has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Volchenkov lands with a right and another and another! Gold is in big trouble! Volchenkov lands again and this time it's lights out for Gold! A quality knockout there for Volchenkov.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Boris Volchenkov!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bigfoot Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Idk Idk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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199 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bigfoot Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Idk Idk!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Idk uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Idk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva scores with a jab.
It looks like Idk Idk has been cut.
Silva misses with a hook
and Idk counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Silva pushes Idk off looking to stand but Idk dives back in and keeps control.
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!
Idk throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Idk is looking to advance position but Silva won't allow it.
Idk is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Idk is looking for a kimura here.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Silva pushes Idk off looking to stand but Idk dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Idk is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Idk looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Idk postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Silva to stand up.
Idk looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Idk persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Idk is looking to clinch.
Idk wants to clinch
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Idk throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Idk off to one side.
Bigfoot Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Idk Idk.
Idk misses with a looping left.
Silva sends Idk crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Silva is motioning to the referee to let Idk up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
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!
Idk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Idk persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Idk looks gassed!
Silva cracks Idk with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Idk looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Silva finish him?
Idk is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idk switches off momentarily and Silva cracks him with a monster right hand! Idk topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Silva dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bigfoot Silva!
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