PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedor Emelianenko has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matt Hughes's chin.

Hughes
vs
Emelianenko

225 cm
28
347 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

185 cm
23
240 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a series of punches but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelianenko.
Fedor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Emelianenko avoids nicely.
Hughes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hughes throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Hughes scores with a nice body kick.
Emelianenko dodges the punch combination from Hughes.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hughes was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a left hand
and Hughes counters with a two punch combo.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Emelianenko lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Emelianenko drops Hughes with a beautiful combination! Hughes stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Emelianenko is looking for the KO!

Hughes is rocked!

It looks like Matt Hughes has been cut.
Emelianenko shoots in but Hughes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oh Hughes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelianenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Emelianenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from Emelianenko. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko digs a good body shot into Hughes's ribs.
Hughes seems to have got his legs back now.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hughes stuffs the takedown attempt from Emelianenko. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Matt Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emelianenko.
Emelianenko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Hughes gets caught napping as Emelianenko dives in and scores a takedown. Hughes manages to retain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Emelianenko gets to his feet and stands over Hughes, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Hughes felt that one! Emelianenko unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Hughes from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Emelianenko!