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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olivier De Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko's entrance music is Enea Vollare Mezzo. A fine choice. De Troyer has chosen Jay Z - Run This Town as his entrance music. Olivier De Troyer told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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254 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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272 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Olivier De Troyer!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Troyer swinging wildly here.
Emelianenko throws a jab when De Troyer was well out of range.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
De Troyer looks to throw the jab but Emelianenko is out of range.
Emelianenko tries to keep at a distance but De Troyer has taken the fight into the clinch.
De Troyer pushes Emelianenko back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Troyer scores a takedown into full mount!
Emelianenko is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
De Troyer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Emelianenko wants to control but De Troyer is having none of it.
De Troyer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko is desperately trying to improve his position but De Troyer has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer with the ground and pound from mount.
Emelianenko is trying desperately to improve position.
Emelianenko is bucking up trying to escape but De Troyer cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Emelianenko wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by De Troyer.
Emelianenko is squirming around, avoiding De Troyer's attempts to control the action.
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.
De Troyer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Emelianenko is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
De Troyer throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Emelianenko because De Troyer loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko wants to hold on but De Troyer pushes him away.
De Troyer goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Emelianenko is on top in 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!
De Troyer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Emelianenko throws a big right hand that misses.
Emelianenko with a nice head shot there.
De Troyer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Emelianenko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Emelianenko looking to sit in guard and control but De Troyer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
De Troyer passes Emelianenko's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer stops Emelianenko from getting back to his feet.
De Troyer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Emelianenko keeps working.
Emelianenko works his way to full guard. Good work.
De Troyer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emelianenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Troyer with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Troyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Emelianenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Emelianenko pushes De Troyer off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
De Troyer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Emelianenko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer misses with a straight left.
Emelianenko looks to land a left hand but De Troyer moved out of range nicely.
Emelianenko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Troyer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De Troyer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelianenko.
Fedor Emelianenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emelianenko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Troyer.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Emelianenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Olivier De Troyer has been cut.
De Troyer looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko misses with a combination
and De Troyer counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olivier De Troyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Olivier De Troyer's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Emelianenko slips a jab from De Troyer.
Emelianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emelianenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Troyer tries to clinch up.
Emelianenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Troyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emelianenko moves away.
De Troyer is looking to clinch.
Emelianenko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Emelianenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Troyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
De Troyer throws a hook to the side of Emelianenko's head but Emelianenko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Troyer misses with an uppercut. Emelianenko saw that one coming.
De Troyer throws a lazy right hand but Emelianenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Emelianenko lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheers as Emelianenko lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Troyer doesn't seem phased though.
De Troyer slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
De Troyer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Troyer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Emelianenko at a distance.
De Troyer walks into a stiff left hand from Emelianenko.
De Troyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emelianenko throws out the jab.
Emelianenko misses with a combination
and De Troyer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fedor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Troyer fails with a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Troyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko looks to throw the jab but De Troyer is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that De Troyer ducks under and follows up with a left that De Troyer also avoids with ease.
A jab from De Troyer misses.
De Troyer throws and low kick but Emelianenko moves out of range easily.
De Troyer dodges the punch combination from Emelianenko.
De Troyer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
De Troyer tries to clinch there but Emelianenko circles away.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Troyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Emelianenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fedor Emelianenko is winning the standup battle so far.
Emelianenko throws a one two combo.
Fedor Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Emelianenko stalks De Troyer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Troyer's face. De Troyer staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Troyer.
Emelianenko is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Troyer is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Emelianenko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emelianenko with a jab.
Emelianenko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Emelianenko fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Emelianenko throws a nice looking combination but De Troyer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko works the jab nicely.
Emelianenko throws a good cross that connects.
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!
De Troyer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Emelianenko sprawls well. Emelianenko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. De Troyer gets slowly back to his feet.
Fedor Emelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olivier De Troyer.
Emelianenko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Troyer's hands.
Emelianenko tests De Troyer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Troyer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
A big right from Emelianenko misses.
Emelianenko catches De Troyer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
De Troyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelianenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emelianenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Emelianenko moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Emelianenko falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Troyer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Emelianenko's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
De Troyer is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Emelianenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Olivier De Troyer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
De Troyer blocks a jab.
Emelianenko cracks De Troyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
De Troyer tries to clinch up but Emelianenko circles away and keeps his distance.
De Troyer lands a body shot.
De Troyer throws a hook but Emelianenko avoids it easily.
De Troyer takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Troyer tries for a takedown but Emelianenko sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Emelianenko with a nice cross.
Emelianenko lands a really nice looking cross but De Troyer seems unphased.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
De Troyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Troyer slips a straight right by Emelianenko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer needs to keep his hands up - Emelianenko had a free shot at his head there.
De Troyer tries to clinch there but Emelianenko circles away.
Emelianenko loads up on a big right hand but De Troyer slips the punch.
Emelianenko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Troyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko misses with a looping left.
De Troyer is looking to clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Emelianenko here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Emelianenko throws a combination that misses
letting De Troyer counter with a right hand.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Troyer counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Troyer throws a body punch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
De Troyer moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Troyer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
De Troyer lands with a right hand.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Troyer wants to clinch up but Emelianenko keeps it at a distance.
De Troyer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fighters circling - De Troyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Troyer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Emelianenko gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Troyer.
De Troyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
De Troyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Troyer misses with a straight right.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelianenko is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
De Troyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emelianenko.
De Troyer connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Troyer. Emelianenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from De Troyer misses.
Emelianenko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
De Troyer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
De Troyer tries to clinch up but Emelianenko circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for De Troyer.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Troyer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Troyer.
De Troyer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De Troyer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Emelianenko pinned against the cage. Emelianenko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Troyer missing with a left hand there. Emelianenko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Troyer misses with a combination
and Emelianenko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Troyer thinking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emelianenko lands a head shot.
Emelianenko throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Troyer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Olivier De Troyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Troyer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olivier De Troyer!
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