PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John J Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rambo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, American Badass. Aleksander Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

J Rambo
vs
Emelianenko

186 cm
25
270 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

199 cm
28
255 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, John J Rambo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksander Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko looks to land a left hand but Rambo moved out of range nicely.
Rambo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Rambo moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Rambo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Emelianenko is struggling to control the position.
Emelianenko blocks an uppercut.
Emelianenko blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rambo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rambo scores with a shoulder strike.
Emelianenko is looking to break free of the clinch but Rambo has double underhooks.
Rambo misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelianenko tries to stall but Rambo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Rambo fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Rambo.
Emelianenko is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Rambo.
Emelianenko wants to stall.
Rambo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko looking to slow down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Emelianenko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Aleksander Emelianenko.
Emelianenko moves out of range as Rambo strikes.
Rambo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Rambo misses.
Emelianenko slips under a jab from Rambo.
Rambo thuds his right hand into Emelianenko's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rambo takes a swing at Emelianenko's ribcage but misses.
A cross from Emelianenko lands.
Rambo throws a jab when Emelianenko was well out of range.
Emelianenko ducks under a wild hook from Rambo.
Emelianenko scores with a punch to the head.
Emelianenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko lands a lovely overhand right.
Rambo is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Emelianenko's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Emelianenko misses with the combination.
Emelianenko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rambo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by Rambo.
Rambo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rambo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Emelianenko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Emelianenko defending well as Rambo loads up on a big left hand.
Rambo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelianenko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Emelianenko throws a poor cross that misses
and Rambo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aleksander Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko misses with a wild combination.
Emelianenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Emelianenko throws an overhand right that lands on Rambo's shoulder, as Rambo tries to avoid the shot.
Rambo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emelianenko throws out the jab.
Rambo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Rambo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rambo scores with a punch to the head.
A punch combination from Emelianenko misses.
Emelianenko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rambo.
A punch combination from Rambo misses.
A shot to the liver by Rambo. Beautiful body shot.
Emelianenko looks gassed!
Rambo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rambo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rambo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Emelianenko cracks Rambo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rambo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rambo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Emelianenko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rambo.
Rambo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Emelianenko. Emelianenko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Emelianenko connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rambo. Rambo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Rambo lands.
Rambo throws a jab but it's blocked by Emelianenko.

Rambo cracks Emelianenko with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Emelianenko looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Rambo finish him?

Emelianenko is rocked!
Emelianenko misses with a looping left.
Emelianenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Rambo finish him?
Emelianenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emelianenko seems to have recovered his senses.
Emelianenko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Rambo feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Emelianenko sprawling to the canvas! Emelianenko rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Rambo finish him?!
Rambo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Rambo drives through and clinches with Emelianenko against the cage.
Rambo misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rambo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rambo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rambo.
Come on Emelianenko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Emelianenko tries to stall but Rambo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John J Rambo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rambo lands with a cross.
Emelianenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rambo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emelianenko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rambo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Emelianenko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Rambo moves into the clinch successfully.
Rambo lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rambo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emelianenko stalling in the clinch but Rambo improves position.
Rambo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rambo has a couple of punches blocked by Emelianenko.

Rambo drops Emelianenko onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Emelianenko is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Rambo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rambo lands a shoulder strike.
Rambo lands a big right hand that drops Emelianenko! The killer instinct kicks in and Rambo finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Rambo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John J Rambo!