PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between lay nprayone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedor Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

nprayone
vs
Emelianenko

225 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

160 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, lay nprayone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko swinging wilding here.
nprayone slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emelianenko looks to land a combination but nprayone avoids it well.
nprayone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelianenko was well out of range. Poor timing from nprayone.
nprayone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
nprayone lands a front kick.
Emelianenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
nprayone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko misses with a wild combination.
Emelianenko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before nprayone can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
nprayone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Emelianenko looks gassed!
nprayone misses with a hook.
Emelianenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emelianenko swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nprayone slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
No joy there for Emelianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
nprayone throws a series of punches but Emelianenko avoids them all with ease.
nprayone looks to throw the jab but Emelianenko is out of range.

nprayone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
nprayone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
nprayone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emelianenko has a couple of punches blocked by nprayone.
nprayone taking a breather.

nprayone gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
nprayone is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
nprayone works his way into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Emelianenko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Emelianenko is trying to escape the position but nprayone is controlling the position.
Emelianenko throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
nprayone taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. lay nprayone just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and nprayone counters with a nice low kick that buckles Emelianenko's knee momentarily.

nprayone clinches.
nprayone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
nprayone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
nprayone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
nprayone is pushing Emelianenko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

nprayone works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
nprayone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
nprayone's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
nprayone has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
nprayone forces his way into half guard.
nprayone controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Emelianenko misses with a double jab

and nprayone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Emelianenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelianenko misses with some punches.
nprayone with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by nprayone.
A short right hand to the side of the head by nprayone.
nprayone blocking some punches.
nprayone is working Emelianenko over against the cage.
Emelianenko misses with some punches.
Emelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
nprayone pushes Emelianenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
nprayone lands a damaging elbow.
Emelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Emelianenko is fighting off a takedown attempt but nprayone is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Emelianenko to the mat. Emelianenko regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
nprayone is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
nprayone really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Emelianenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
nprayone looking to pass the guard.

That's two 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 is striking but nprayone is not phased and passes to half guard.
nprayone content to control rather than advance.
Emelianenko misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Well, if nprayone is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
nprayone is looking to advance position but Emelianenko won't allow it.
nprayone prevents Emelianenko from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
nprayone controlling the action here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. lay nprayone just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Emelianenko misses with a combination

and nprayone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
nprayone lands a body punch.
Emelianenko swings wildly with an uppercut but nprayone uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by nprayone.
nprayone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Emelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by nprayone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
nprayone avoiding damage.
Emelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelianenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelianenko misses with the head strike.

nprayone has clasped his hands together around Emelianenko's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Emelianenko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Emelianenko tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Emelianenko is trying to strike from the bottom but nprayone has passed into full mount.
nprayone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lay nprayone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

nprayone shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. nprayone showed some decent athleticism there.
Still in half guard, nprayone seems content to control.
lay nprayone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Emelianenko moves into full guard.
Emelianenko trying to strike off his back.
Emelianenko wants to sweep but no luck.
Emelianenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as nprayone controls the pace.
Emelianenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
nprayone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
nprayone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The referee stands the fighters back up. lay nprayone just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Emelianenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and nprayone counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
nprayone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko's defenses.
Emelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by nprayone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Emelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emelianenko swings wildly with an uppercut but nprayone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelianenko swings wildly with an uppercut but nprayone uses good head movement to avoid it.
nprayone presses Emelianenko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
nprayone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from nprayone.
Emelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by nprayone.

nprayone has picked Emelianenko up - he's going for a ride! nprayone dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
nprayone not doing much here.
Emelianenko tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
lay nprayone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
nprayone controlling the pace.
nprayone seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Emelianenko for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
nprayone is controlling the pace.
Emelianenko is looking to get back to full guard here but nprayone has managed to pass to side control instead.
Emelianenko is trying to escape the mount.

That's four 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.
nprayone content just to control the position here.
Fedor Emelianenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee stands the fighters back up. lay nprayone just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Emelianenko falls off balance throwing a combination
and nprayone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
lay nprayone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well nprayone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

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