PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Feder Emeleanenkis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emeleanenkis comes to the cage accompanied by And Then Comes Jason. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Emeleanenkis
vs
Liddell

200 cm
24
200 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
216 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feder Emeleanenkis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emeleanenkis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Emeleanenkis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Liddell misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Liddell.
Liddell throws a shot from downtown. Emeleanenkis moves away and avoids it.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Emeleanenkis or perhaps it was just good defense by Liddell which made him look bad.
Emeleanenkis shoots in but Liddell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Liddell throws a shot from downtown. Emeleanenkis moves away and avoids it.
Liddell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Liddell but Liddell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feder Emeleanenkis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emeleanenkis dives in and grabs Liddell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Liddell pushes down on Emeleanenkis's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Emeleanenkis counters with a single leg into guard. Liddell didn't expect that.
Emeleanenkis won't allow Liddell to get back to his feet.
Emeleanenkis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Liddell scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Emeleanenkis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Liddell avoids it really well and circles away.
Liddell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Emeleanenkis at a distance.
Liddell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Emeleanenkis counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Liddell throws Emeleanenkis to one side and escapes!
Liddell looks for the body kick but Emeleanenkis saw that one coming.
Liddell misses with a combination

and Emeleanenkis counters with a takedown into side control.
Emeleanenkis is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Emeleanenkis has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Emeleanenkis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Emeleanenkis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddell is trying to buck Emeleanenkis off.

Liddell bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Liddell fails to land with a series of punches.
Emeleanenkis slips a straight right by Liddell.
Emeleanenkis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Liddell's waist but Liddell gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Emeleanenkis off to one side.
Emeleanenkis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a combination

and Emeleanenkis counters with a single leg into guard. Liddell didn't expect that.

Liddell pushes Emeleanenkis off and scrambles back to his feet.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emeleanenkis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Liddell misses.
Emeleanenkis shoots for a takedown but Liddell saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chuck Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emeleanenkis cracks Liddell with a good jab.
Emeleanenkis avoids the head kick by Liddell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Liddell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Emeleanenkis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Liddell's guard.
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!
Emeleanenkis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Liddell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Liddell keeping moving, preventing Emeleanenkis from controlling successfully.

Emeleanenkis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Emeleanenkis is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Liddell wriggles free and stands up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feder Emeleanenkis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Emeleanenkis tries for a takedown but Liddell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Liddell cracks Emeleanenkis with a good jab.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses

so Emeleanenkis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Emeleanenkis won't allow Liddell to get back to his feet.

Emeleanenkis drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Emeleanenkis jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Emeleanenkis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Emeleanenkis prevents Liddell from getting back to his feet.

Liddell pushes Emeleanenkis off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Emeleanenkis shoots in and drives through. Liddell sprawls well.
Liddell throws a head kick that half lands.
Liddell stuffs the takedown attempt from Emeleanenkis. Emeleanenkis gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feder Emeleanenkis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emeleanenkis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Emeleanenkis avoids them all with ease.
Liddell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emeleanenkis moves away.
Liddell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emeleanenkis was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
Liddell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Emeleanenkis closes the distance and clinches up with Liddell, looking for a takedown. Emeleanenkis pushes Liddell against the cage but Liddell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Liddell but Liddell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liddell throws a nice looking combination but Emeleanenkis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Emeleanenkis dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Liddell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Emeleanenkis's head backwards.
Liddell misses with a double jab

and Emeleanenkis counters with a shoot takedown. Liddell fights it but they end up in guard.
Feder Emeleanenkis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Liddell is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Emeleanenkis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liddell swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Liddell pushes Emeleanenkis off and scrambles back to his feet.
Liddell throws a nice looking combination but Emeleanenkis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown but Liddell shows good takedown defense.
Liddell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Emeleanenkis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Emeleanenkis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Liddell sees it coming and defends easily.

Emeleanenkis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Liddell defends it well.

Emeleanenkis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Liddell kicks off Emeleanenkis and gets to his feet.
Chuck Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emeleanenkis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a combination that misses

and Emeleanenkis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Liddell!
Emeleanenkis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Emeleanenkis looking to secure an arm triangle but Liddell defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liddell is trying to stand.
Emeleanenkis wants to control the pace but Liddell is squirming around nicely.

Liddell bucks Emeleanenkis off and manages to get back to his feet!
Liddell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Emeleanenkis shoots in but no luck this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell misses with a combination

and Emeleanenkis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Liddell's guard now.
Liddell is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Emeleanenkis is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feder Emeleanenkis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Emeleanenkis moves out of range as Liddell throws a body kick.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Liddell misses.
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Emeleanenkis.
Liddell tried to score with a low kick but Emeleanenkis checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emeleanenkis throws a body punch but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell leaves Emeleanenkis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a double leg but Liddell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Emeleanenkis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liddell leaves Emeleanenkis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feder Emeleanenkis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liddell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liddell throws a combination that misses

and Emeleanenkis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Liddell's guard.
Emeleanenkis prevents Liddell from getting back to his feet.

Emeleanenkis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Emeleanenkis drops back, looking for a kneebar! Liddell looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Liddell looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Liddell!

Liddell has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A left lands for Emeleanenkis.
Emeleanenkis throws a front kick that sends Liddell stumbling back into the cage.
Emeleanenkis fails to land the takedown.
Emeleanenkis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Liddell swinging wildly here.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a double leg but Liddell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Liddell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Emeleanenkis walks into a stiff left hand from Liddell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Liddell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Liddell as he avoids it easily.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Liddell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A swing and a miss from Liddell.
Emeleanenkis shoots in for a takedown but Liddell shows good takedown defense.
Emeleanenkis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liddell misses with a combination

and Emeleanenkis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Emeleanenkis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Chuck Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liddell manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Emeleanenkis walks into a stiff left hand from Liddell.
Emeleanenkis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Liddell avoids it really well and circles away.
Liddell throws a right hand that Emeleanenkis ducks under and follows up with a left that Emeleanenkis also avoids with ease.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emeleanenkis throws a series of strikes that have Liddell backpedaling.

Emeleanenkis shoots in and bounces Liddell off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Feder Emeleanenkis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell is looking to stand up but Emeleanenkis isn't so interested in that idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Feder Emeleanenkis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Emeleanenkis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Feder Emeleanenkis!