PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Emelianenko (ranked 995 p4p, 1768 weight class) and First Wife (ranked 135 p4p, 232 weight class). Emelianenko kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mala Dama - Kabat. Roman Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Emelianenko
vs
Wife

190 cm
21
265
7 - 1 - 0

206 cm
21
283
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Emelianenko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, First Wife!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko moves away from the strike by Wife.
Emelianenko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Emelianenko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wife throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wife takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emelianenko throws a shot from downtown. Wife moves away and avoids it.
Emelianenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emelianenko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wife.
Wife misses the shot to the body.
Wife scores with a hook.

It looks like Roman Emelianenko has been cut.
Emelianenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wife.
Emelianenko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wife misses with a hook. Emelianenko ducked under it nicely.
Wife swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wife swings away with a body shot that misses
and Emelianenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Wife is just out of range.
Wife loads up on a big right hand but Emelianenko slips the punch.
Wife connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Emelianenko misses with a wild body shot.
Emelianenko drops his hands momentarily and Wife takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Emelianenko misses with a jab to the body
enabling Wife to counter with a crisp jab.
Emelianenko lunges at Wife with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wife's hand.
Wife lands a right hook to the body.
Wife throws a jab but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
Wife with a nice cross.
Nice defenses there by Wife.
Emelianenko walks into a stiff left hand from Wife.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko blocks a jab.
Wife might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Emelianenko throws out a loose jab but Wife uses good head movement to avoid it.

Oooooh!!! Wife has knocked Emelianenko down with a huge combo! Wife steps away and waves a wobbly Emelianenko back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Roman Emelianenko's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wife drops his hands momentarily and Emelianenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wife throws the left hand but Emelianenko avoids the punch easily.
Nice jab there from Wife.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Wife connects with a body shot that sends Emelianenko's belly button to the back.
Wife throws out a loose jab but Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelianenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wife misses with a straight left.
Emelianenko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wife throws out a loose jab but Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wife was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
Wife misses with a hook.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Wife is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Emelianenko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Wife avoids the body shot from Emelianenko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko jabs Wife right on the nose. Wife blinks but takes it well.
Wife misses with a hook.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up but Wife circles away and keeps his distance.
Wife keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wife keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wife throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emelianenko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Emelianenko was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wife.
Wife scores with a three punch combo!
Wife staying out of range there.
Wife throws out a counter right but Emelianenko avoids it with no problem.
Emelianenko is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Roman Emelianenko's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A jab from Wife misses.
Emelianenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Emelianenko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wife.
Emelianenko scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wife looks to land a right hand but Emelianenko moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wife waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelianenko.
Wife swings for the body but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Wife throws an overhand right that lands on Emelianenko's shoulder, as Emelianenko tries to avoid the shot.
Emelianenko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Emelianenko staying out of range there.
Wife fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wife uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko blocks a jab.
Emelianenko misses with a lunging right hand
and Wife counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wife takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Jeez, Roman Emelianenko's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
Wife scores with a sloppy right hand. Emelianenko should have avoided that one.
Wife swings widly with a right hand
and Emelianenko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

First Wife dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Emelianenko's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Emelianenko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wife takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wife lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Emelianenko misses.
It seemed like Wife was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Emelianenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wife.
As Wife looks to move away, Emelianenko throws a big counter combo but Wife just gets out of the way.
Emelianenko throws a body shot but no joy.
First Wife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A cross from Wife lands.
Emelianenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wife.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wife was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
First Wife seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wife misses with a wild combination.
Wife throws an overhand right that lands on Emelianenko's shoulder, as Emelianenko tries to avoid the shot.
Wife uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Emelianenko might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wife throws a right hand that misses
and Emelianenko counters with a nice uppercut.
Wife on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wife swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Emelianenko was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wife.
Emelianenko throws a push kick but Wife slaps the foot to one side.
Wife connects with a body shot that sends Emelianenko's belly button to the back.
Wife misses the shot to the body.
Donk. Emelianenko catches Wife right on the button with a cross.
Sloppy strikes from Wife. Those never looked like landing.

Emelianenko lands a big right hand that sends Wife crashing to the mat! Emelianenko stays standing though and waves Wife back to his feet!

Wife is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wife defending well as Emelianenko loads up on a big left hand.
Wife is still on wobbly legs! Can Emelianenko finish him?
Wife swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Emelianenko rattles Wife with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Wife tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Emelianenko dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Wife stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Roman Emelianenko!
Roman Emelianenko retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Roman Emelianenko thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.