PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mini Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mini Fedor Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fedor Emelianenko
vs
Berry

177 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mini Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Berry !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Berry is fending him off so far but Emelianenko persists. Nope, Berry circles away and we're back to standing.
Emelianenko shoots in but no luck this time.
Berry works over Emelianenko's head and body with a nice combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice takedown defense from Berry . No joy for Emelianenko on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mini Fedor Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko has a takedown stuffed.
Berry looks to land a combination. Emelianenko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Berry lands a head kick. Emelianenko smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Berry misses with a series of wild punches.
John Berry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berry dips to his left and cracks Emelianenko with an uppercut!
Berry fails to land with a series of punches.
Crunch! Berry slams his shin into Emelianenko's torso.
Berry scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Berry .
Berry throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Good work by Emelianenko as he checks the leg kick.
Emelianenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko moves out of range of the body kick from Berry .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Berry gets caught napping as Emelianenko dives in and scores a takedown. Berry manages to retain guard.
Berry wants to stand up but Emelianenko is controlling him.
Berry looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a big right hand that misses.
Emelianenko is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Emelianenko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Berry is keeping the position for now.
Emelianenko chips away with some ground and pound.
Emelianenko passes Berry 's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Emelianenko works his foot free and advances to mount.
Emelianenko wants to control the action but instead Berry gets a body lock and reverses into Emelianenko's guard! Nice work!
Emelianenko tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko trying to control the position here.
Emelianenko might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berry wants to stand and escape but instead Emelianenko has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Berry 's guard.
Emelianenko passes the guard and advances to mount!
Emelianenko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Emelianenko working for a submission but Berry is keeping him at bay.
Emelianenko lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Emelianenko is landing with some decent strikes but Berry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Emelianenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Emelianenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Berry can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Berry is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Emelianenko! Berry is hurt baaadly! Emelianenko is firing away with more strikes - Berry is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mini Fedor Emelianenko!
Mini Fedor Emelianenko spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.