PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lay npraythree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Fedor Emelianenko has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Fedor Emelianenko seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Emelianenko
vs
npraythree

160 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Mundo Green - World Verde

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, lay npraythree!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emelianenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.

npraythree feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Emelianenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
npraythree sitting in guard, not really doing much.
I looks like npraythree might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Emelianenko trying to strike off his back.
npraythree stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emelianenko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Emelianenko trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's one minute gone in the round.
npraythree passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
npraythree is taking a breather. Emelianenko says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Emelianenko is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Emelianenko tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Emelianenko swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
npraythree prevents Emelianenko from getting the reversal.
npraythree content just to control the position here.
Emelianenko flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
npraythree sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Emelianenko swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Emelianenko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Emelianenko swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
npraythree prevents Emelianenko from getting the reversal.
Emelianenko flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko can't escape the position.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
npraythree controlling the position easily from mount.
Emelianenko gets back to half guard.
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.
npraythree moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Emelianenko manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Emelianenko working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
npraythree tries to get to full guard but Emelianenko has control of the leg.
Emelianenko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
npraythree gets full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Emelianenko throws and elbow that misses. npraythree uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Emelianenko's guard. Nice move by npraythree!
Emelianenko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lay npraythree dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Emelianenko walks into a left hand.
Emelianenko throws a nice looking combination but npraythree bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fedor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko misses with the combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by npraythree. That's going to slow Emelianenko down.
npraythree is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Emelianenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
npraythree showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but npraythree circles away quickly and effectively.
Emelianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

npraythree shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Emelianenko manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
npraythree slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
npraythree's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Emelianenko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
npraythree slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
npraythree looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Emelianenko wants to get back to full guard.
Emelianenko has a hand on npraythree's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. npraythree takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Emelianenko throwing hammer fists to the chest of npraythree. What's that going to do exactly?
Emelianenko swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
npraythree content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emelianenko can't escape the position.
Emelianenko throwing hammer fists to the chest of npraythree. What's that going to do exactly?
npraythree content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Emelianenko tries to reverse the position but npraythree maintains control.
npraythree blocks Emelianenko's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
npraythree tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Despite being in the dominant position, lay npraythree just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but npraythree moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A left lands for npraythree.
npraythree throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
npraythree slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lay npraythree showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

npraythree scores with a nice right hand.
A big right from npraythree misses.
npraythree slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
npraythree is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but npraythree moves out of range.
npraythree throws a nice inside leg kick.
Emelianenko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Emelianenko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Emelianenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
npraythree throws a series of strikes that have Emelianenko backpedaling.
Fedor Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
npraythree lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

npraythree forces Emelianenko back against the cage and clinches.
Emelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelianenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from npraythree.
npraythree is struggling to control the position.
npraythree blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
npraythree stalling against the cage.
npraythree continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A short right from npraythree on the inside.
npraythree lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
npraythree unloads a knee to the mid-section. Emelianenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
npraythree just leaning against Emelianenko, taking a breather.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
npraythree stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by lay npraythree.
Emelianenko misses with a combination
and npraythree cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
npraythree has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Emelianenko throws a left and a right that both miss

and npraythree counters with a shoot takedown. Emelianenko fights it but they end up in guard.
npraythree looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to strike from the bottom.
npraythree passes into half guard.
npraythree takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
lay npraythree is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Emelianenko is looking for a sweep. npraythree is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emelianenko is in trouble now - npraythree has advanced to mount!
Emelianenko working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
npraythree content just to control the position here.
Emelianenko swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
npraythree controlling the position easily from mount.
Emelianenko tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
npraythree content just to control the position here.
npraythree blocks Emelianenko's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Emelianenko throwing hammer fists to the chest of npraythree. What's that going to do exactly?
Emelianenko is looking to get to half guard.
npraythree controlling his opponent.
Fedor Emelianenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
lay npraythree comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well npraythree has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... lay npraythree!