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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cadoc Calzaghe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes to the ring accompanied by You are the best around. Cadoc Calzaghe looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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183 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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178 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrei Emelianenko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cadoc Calzaghe!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calzaghe throws a shot from downtown. Emelianenko moves away and avoids it.
Calzaghe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emelianenko circles away quickly and effectively.
Emelianenko wants to clinch up but Calzaghe keeps it at a distance.
Emelianenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Calzaghe looks gassed!
Emelianenko connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Calzaghe to the floor! Emelianenko dives in looking for the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko is looking for a kimura here.
Emelianenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Calzaghe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Emelianenko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Calzaghe doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Emelianenko.
Emelianenko trying to control from half guard but Calzaghe is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Emelianenko is looking for a kimura here.
Emelianenko 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.
Emelianenko seems to be working for a kimura but Calzaghe defends the submission attempt.
Emelianenko is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko trying to control the action but Calzaghe is working from the bottom.
Emelianenko has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Emelianenko connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Emelianenko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Calzaghe looks a forlorn figure.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko cracks Calzaghe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount and Calzaghe is in trouble!
Emelianenko with a couple of short strikes.
Emelianenko is going olschool here, as he tries to force Calzaghe to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Calzaghe shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko lands a heavy elbow.
Calzaghe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Emelianenko dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Emelianenko plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nice shot by Emelianenko.
Calzaghe misses with a hook. Emelianenko ducked under it nicely.
Emelianenko swinging wilding here.
Good leg kick by Emelianenko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Calzaghe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Emelianenko can pounce on him.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko works Calzaghe's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko shoots for a double leg takedown but Calzaghe sprawls well. He's pushed Emelianenko's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Emelianenko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Calzaghe, pushing him back against the ropes.
Emelianenko goes for a takedown attempt but Calzaghe pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A jab from Calzaghe misses.
Calzaghe is breathing heavily.
Calzaghe throws a hook to the side of Emelianenko's head but Emelianenko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Calzaghe circles away.
Cadoc Calzaghe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Calzaghe tries to move into range but Emelianenko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Emelianenko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Emelianenko has closed the distance and engaged Calzaghe in a clinch.
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Calzaghe's ribcage.
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Emelianenko tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrei Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Knees in the clinch landing for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Calzaghe's ribcage.
Emelianenko prevents Calzaghe from breaking the clinch.
Calzaghe can't break the clinch.
Emelianenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cadoc Calzaghe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Calzaghe is avoiding it.
Calzaghe misses with an uppercut.
Emelianenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Emelianenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calzaghe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Emelianenko holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Emelianenko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emelianenko lands with a nice combination. Calzaghe backs away looking to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calzaghe takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice body kick from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Calzaghe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Calzaghe 's eye.
Emelianenko blocking some punches.
Emelianenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a good knee to the midsection. Calzaghe won't want to take too many of those.
Emelianenko lands a nice knee to the body.
Calzaghe is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the ropes.
Emelianenko's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Emelianenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Calzaghe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Calzaghe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Calzaghe's defenses.
Emelianenko is pushing Calzaghe up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Emelianenko manages to break the clinch.
A left lands for Emelianenko.
Andrei Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Emelianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Calzaghe circles away.
Calzaghe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko scoring well with a low kick there.
Calzaghe gets caught flat footed, as Emelianenko shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Emelianenko lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Emelianenko drops back looking for a leg! Calzaghe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Calzaghe manages to kick Emelianenko off! Emelianenko jumps back into Calzaghe's guard.
Calzaghe can't keep his opponent in guard - Emelianenko advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko wants to pass to mount but Calzaghe is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Emelianenko dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Emelianenko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Emelianenko lands in his opponent's guard.
Emelianenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Calzaghe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Calzaghe keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko postures up in Calzaghe's guard and throws a big left but Calzaghe blocks it.
Calzaghe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emelianenko trying to control but Calzaghe is working from the bottom.
Calzaghe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko connects with a couple of short punches.
Calzaghe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Emelianenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Calzaghe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Calzaghe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Emelianenko counters with a straight right hand.
Emelianenko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Calzaghe can do to turn this around?
Emelianenko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Calzaghe.
Emelianenko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Calzaghe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Calzaghe takes an elbow to the temple.
Emelianenko lands a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Calzaghe blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Calzaghe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Calzaghe.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Calzaghe's ribcage.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Calzaghe blocks it.
Calzaghe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emelianenko scores with a hook to the body.
Emelianenko gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calzaghe is trying to stand.
Emelianenko seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Calzaghe is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Andrei Emelianenko!
Andrei Emelianenko retains his welterweight title!
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hype
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