PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinichi Fuujin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica. Fuujin has chosen Soilwork - Rejection Role as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emanuel
vs
Fuujin

170 cm
28
163 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

178 cm
28
162 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Europha Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shinichi Fuujin!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel connects with a single shot there.
Fuujin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Emanuel.

Fuujin moves into the clinch.
Fuujin looking for a takedown.
Fuujin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Fuujin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Emanuel gets tackled into the cage by Fuujin. Fuujin maintains the clinch.
Emanuel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fuujin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fuujin managing to block the knees to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel swings wildly with an uppercut but Fuujin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emanuel keeps control of Fuujin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fuujin has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.

Fuujin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Fuujin has managed to clinch.
Fuujin managing to block the knees to the body from Emanuel.
Emanuel missing with knees to the body.
Emanuel lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Shinichi Fuujin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fuujin lands a shoulder strike.
Fuujin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emanuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fuujin is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Emanuel.
Fuujin avoiding damage as Emanuel throws knees to the body.
Emanuel lands with a right to the head.
Fuujin tries to work over Emanuel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fuujin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fuujin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fuujin lands a hook that snaps the head of Emanuel backwards.
Fuujin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Fuujin avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.
Emanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuujin's elbow.
Fuujin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Emanuel backwards.
Fuujin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Emanuel backwards.
A shot in the inside from Fuujin.
Emanuel misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fuujin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Emanuel obliges.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuujin controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Emanuel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Fuujin avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.
Fuujin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emanuel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuujin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fuujin avoiding damage.
Emanuel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Emanuel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
Emanuel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Emanuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emanuel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fuujin has Emanuel pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Emanuel manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Emanuel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fuujin up against the cage.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Fuujin avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin is looking to control Emanuel's arms but Emanuel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fuujin has his back to the cage.
Fuujin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Europha Emanuel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Emanuel lands a left hand.
Emanuel scores a nice knee to the body.
Fuujin looks gassed!
Emanuel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fuujin wants a takedown but no success here.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Fuujin misses with a punch to the body.
Fuujin can't find room to land a body shot as Emanuel controls the action.
Fuujin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fuujin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Emanuel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fuujin misses with a body punch.
Fuujin blocks a body shot from Emanuel.
Fuujin is trying to maintain a safe position but Emanuel gets an underhook and turns Fuujin into the cage.
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!
Emanuel tries to work over Fuujin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Emanuel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Emanuel lands an elbow inside.
Fuujin struggles to land a body shot inside as Emanuel controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from Emanuel.
Fuujin is trying to push Emanuel away but Emanuel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Emanuel looking to slow down the pace here.
Emanuel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Fuujin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fuujin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emanuel has him pressed against the cage.
Fuujin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emanuel.
Emanuel pushes Fuujin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emanuel has a couple of punches blocked by Fuujin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel tries to land a knee to the head but Fuujin blocks with his arms.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emanuel tries a body shot but Fuujin blocks it.
Emanuel lands a body shot.
Emanuel taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Emanuel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Europha Emanuel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shinichi Fuujin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Emanuel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Emanuel throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Fuujin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Emanuel!
Emanuel gets back to half guard.
Emanuel gets full guard.
Emanuel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fuujin manages to get himself to full guard.
Fuujin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fuujin is pulling down on Emanuel's head. It's preventing any offense from Emanuel, at least for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuujin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emanuel.
Emanuel connects with a couple of short punches.
Emanuel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Emanuel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Emanuel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emanuel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fuujin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Fuujin trying to control the position.
Emanuel throwing strikes from guard but Fuujin blocks nicely.
Emanuel slips nicely into half guard.
Emanuel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fuujin's head.
Fuujin tries to roll over but Emanuel keeps him under control.
Emanuel tries to pass to full mount but Fuujin defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fuujin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Emanuel is working away from the top position though.
Emanuel trying to control from half guard but Fuujin is working away.
Emanuel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Emanuel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Emanuel seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuujin wants to control but Emanuel is keeping busy.
Fuujin won't allow Emanuel to pass to mount.
Emanuel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fuujin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Emanuel scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Emanuel is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fuujin sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Emanuel in particular looking to stall.
Emanuel throwing shots but Fuujin is blocking nicely.
Emanuel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fuujin defending well though.

Fuujin is defending against the submission attempts here by Emanuel.
Fuujin is trying is best to control the position here.
Emanuel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Emanuel looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuujin is looking to control Emanuel's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fuujin avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin gets back to full guard.
Emanuel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fuujin's head.
Fuujin working a defensive guard here.
Fuujin keeping moving, preventing Emanuel from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emanuel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fuujin is trying to keep Emanuel in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Europha Emanuel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shinichi Fuujin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Fuujin has closed the distance and engaged Emanuel in a clinch.
Fuujin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Emanuels head.
Fuujin tries to throw a body punch but Emanuel avoids it by throwing Fuujin back against the cage.

Fuujin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fuujin clinches.

Fuujin breaks from the clinch.

Fuujin clinches up against the cage.
Emanuel tries to work over Fuujin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Fuujin.
Fuujin blocks an elbow strike.
Fuujin prevents a body shot from Emanuel.

Fuujin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Fuujin has Emanuel up against the cage in a clinch.
Emanuel prevents the takedown attempt.
Fuujin has had enough of the clinch but Emanuel keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel keeps control of Fuujin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Europha Emanuel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Emanuel on the inside.
Fuujin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Emanuel is defending well.

Fuujin breaks the clinch.
Fuujin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Emanuel is fending him off so far but Fuujin persists. Nope, Emanuel circles away and we're back to standing.
Europha Emanuel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Fuujin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Emanuel clinches up with Fuujin and pushes him back against the cage.
Emanuel tries a body shot but Fuujin blocks it.
Emanuel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Fuujin looking for a takedown.

Fuujin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Emanuel can't fight it off and eventually Fuujin manages to take the fight to the floor. Emanuel looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Emanuel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuujin stopping the sweep attempt from Emanuel.
Emanuel lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fuujin!
Shinichi Fuujin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Emanuel.
BOOM! Emanuel connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Emanuel is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That has opened up Shinichi Fuujin's cut even more.
Emanuel is landing with some decent strikes but Fuujin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

The cut above Shinichi Fuujin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Emanuel putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Emanuel lands a heavy elbow.

Shinichi Fuujin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Shinichi Fuujin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Europha Emanuel!
Europha Emanuel bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.