PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Jingles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jingles's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Need Drugs. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jingles
vs
Emelianenko

190 cm
29
204 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
214 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Jingles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lucas Emelianenko !
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.

Emelianenko has closed the distance and engaged Jingles in a clinch.
Jingles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jingles misses with an elbow over the top.
Jingles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Emelianenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Emelianenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko managing to block the knees to the body from Jingles.
Emelianenko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jingles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jingles is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Emelianenko .
Jingles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jingles's face.

Jingles is rocked!

It looks like Mark Jingles has been cut.

Emelianenko lands a big knee to the head and Jingles goes down! Emelianenko is looking to finish!
Oh Jingles is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Emelianenko stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Emelianenko moves into the clinch.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Jingles is blocking nicely.
Jingles trying to land knees to the body.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jingles seems to have got his legs back now.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jingles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jingles looking to throw knees to the head but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jingles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emelianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko dodges an elbow strike from Jingles.
Jingles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Emelianenko .
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Jingles blocks with his arms.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Jingles blocks it.
Emelianenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Jingles throws knees to the body.
Jingles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelianenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jingles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Jingles missing with knees to the body.
Emelianenko dodges an elbow strike from Jingles.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Jingles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jingles missing with knees to the body.
Emelianenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jingles misses with a punch to the body.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jingles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Jingles throws knees to the body.
Jingles with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Jingles blocks it.
Emelianenko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Jingles blocks with his arms.
Emelianenko scores with a shoulder strike.
Jingles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jingles stalling in the clinch but Emelianenko improves position.
Jingles lands a nice elbow.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Jingles using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jingles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko 's defenses.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Jingles is blocking nicely.
Jingles taking a breather.
Jingles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jingles tries to land knees in the clinch but Emelianenko avoids the damage to the body.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jingles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jingles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jingles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Emelianenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jingles.
Jingles lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Jingles.
Jingles lands a nice elbow.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jingles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emelianenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jingles misses with an elbow strike.
Jingles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Jingles blocks with his arms.
Jingles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jingles.
Jingles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko 's defenses.
Nice elbow from Jingles.
Jingles lands a damaging elbow.
Jingles misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Emelianenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Jingles's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Emelianenko rushes Jingles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Jingles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jingles is stalling here.
Jingles is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Emelianenko dodges an elbow strike from Jingles.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jingles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jingles looking to throw knees to the head but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Jingles is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko avoids the elbow strike from Jingles, against the cage.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko scores with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
Jingles tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Jingles scores with a shot to the side of Emelianenko 's head.
Jingles lands an elbow that stopped Emelianenko in his tracks for a moment.
Emelianenko avoids a wild elbow strike from Jingles.
Jingles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jingles misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jingles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Emelianenko .
Jingles looking to throw knees to the head but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.
Jingles trying to stall but Emelianenko improves his position.
Emelianenko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jingles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jingles lands a knee to the body.
Jingles pushes off an throws an elbow but Emelianenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Jingles blocks it.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jingles lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jingles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Lucas Emelianenko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko gets through Jingles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko scores with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko blocks an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Jingles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Jingles blocks with his arms.
Jingles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jingles tries to land a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks with his arms.
Jingles lands an elbow just above Emelianenko 's eye.
Jingles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Jingles swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelianenko blocks an elbow strike from Jingles.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Emelianenko trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Jingles is blocking nicely.
Jingles lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Jingles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko 's defenses.
Jingles lands an elbow just above Emelianenko 's eye.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Jingles connects with a knee to the head.
Jingles scores with a shoulder strike.
Emelianenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jingles is defending well for now.
Emelianenko misses with a punch to the body.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Jingles blocks with his arms.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Jingles throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jingles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jingles throws an elbow that misses.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Jingles is blocking nicely.
Jingles comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jingles looking to throw knees to the head but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Jingles lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jingles holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jingles lands an elbow that stopped Emelianenko in his tracks for a moment.
Jingles lands a knee to the head.
Emelianenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jingles blocking some punches.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jingles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jingles lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jingles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Emelianenko 's brow.
Jingles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Jingles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Jingles's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Emelianenko moves out of range as Jingles throws a body kick.

Emelianenko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jingles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Emelianenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Jingles's ribcage.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Jingles is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko working Jingles over with knees to the body.
Emelianenko takes an elbow to the temple.
Jingles dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jingles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Emelianenko avoids the elbow strike from Jingles, against the cage.
Jingles scores with a shot to the side of Emelianenko 's head.
Jingles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Emelianenko is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jingles throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Jingles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jingles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelianenko avoids it.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emelianenko misses with a knee strike.
Jingles tries a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks it.
Jingles wants to stall.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Jingles blocks it.
Jingles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Jingles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko 's defenses.
Jingles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelianenko avoids it.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jingles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Jingles blocks it.
Jingles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jingles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Emelianenko 's defenses.
Emelianenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Emelianenko as Jingles tries to tie him up.
Jingles comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jingles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emelianenko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jingles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Jingles throws knees to the body.
Emelianenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jingles is defending well for now.
Jingles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jingles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Emelianenko 's brow.
Emelianenko avoids the elbow strike from Jingles, against the cage.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jingles pushes off an throws an elbow but Emelianenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Emelianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jingles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jingles lands a knee to the body.
Jingles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Emelianenko avoids the elbow strike from Jingles, against the cage.
Emelianenko blocks the elbow strike.
Jingles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jingles managing to block the knees to the body from Emelianenko .
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Jingles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jingles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Emelianenko 's brow.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jingles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jingles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jingles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jingles lands an elbow inside.
Jingles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jingles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jingles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jingles lands an elbow just above Emelianenko 's eye.
Jingles misses with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Jingles blocks with his arms.
Jingles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jingles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Emelianenko is keeping busy.
Emelianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jingles blocks it with crossed arms.
Jingles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Emelianenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jingles lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Jingles.
Emelianenko blocks an elbow strike from Jingles.
Jingles lands an elbow inside that Emelianenko shrugs off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jingles avoids it.
Jingles missing with knees to the body.
Jingles stalls.
Jingles throws an elbow but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Jingles showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jingles has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Jingles!