PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Sphinx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Emelianenko
vs
Sphinx

185 cm
19
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
225 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taylor Sphinx!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko misses with a leg kick.
Emelianenko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Emelianenko slaps away a takedown attempt from Sphinx, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Emelianenko shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sphinx manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sphinx keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko throwing strikes from guard but Sphinx blocks nicely.
Emelianenko sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Emelianenko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sphinx on the ground.
Sphinx keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Sphinx is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Emelianenko is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko trying to control but Sphinx is working from the bottom.
Emelianenko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sphinx swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Emelianenko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sphinx trying to keep a closed guard but Emelianenko is proving a slippery customer.
Emelianenko throwing strikes from guard but Sphinx blocks nicely.
Sphinx utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sphinx shoots in for a takedown but Emelianenko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fedor Emelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taylor Sphinx.
Emelianenko slaps away a takedown attempt from Sphinx, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Emelianenko.
Sphinx looks gassed!
Emelianenko is working Sphinx over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sphinx takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sphinx down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sphinx can't do much from the bottom here.
Emelianenko scoring with punches from side control.

Sphinx is rocked!
A big shot lands for Emelianenko! That's hurt Sphinx! Will he recover? Emelianenko fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Emelianenko!