PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck The Bison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think The Bison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to this is my shit- chuck vidells music. 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.

The Bison
vs
Emelianenko

200 cm
27
275 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

199 cm
31
255 lbs
20 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck The Bison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksander Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bison looks to throw the jab but Emelianenko is out of range.
A slow jab from Emelianenko misses its intended target.
A cross from Emelianenko lands.
The Bison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Emelianenko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Emelianenko lands with a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko scores with a shot to the body.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot.
The Bison slips a jab from Emelianenko.
Aleksander Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko scores with the left hand. The Bison knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko swings widly with a right hand
and The Bison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Emelianenko thinking.
Emelianenko scores with a nice right hand.
The Bison throws a jab when Emelianenko was well out of range.
A right-left combo lands from The Bison.
Emelianenko connects with a nice looking jab.
Emelianenko looks to land a left hand but The Bison moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a lazy uppercut
and The Bison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Bison thows a body shot but no joy.
Emelianenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - The Bison scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - The Bison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Emelianenko throws a jab when The Bison was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Emelianenko checks a leg kick.
The Bison takes a swing at Emelianenko's ribcage but misses.
Emelianenko lands with a cross.
Emelianenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Bison misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from The Bison.
The Bison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Bison.
A jab from Emelianenko misses.
The Bison misses with a two punch combination.
The Bison misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from The Bison misses.
The Bison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a lazy right hand but The Bison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Emelianenko lands a jab to the nose.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
The Bison just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice shot by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Donk. Emelianenko catches The Bison right on the button with a cross.
The Bison moves out of range of the strikes.
The Bison is looking to land body kicks.
The Bison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Bison shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Emelianenko defends it nicely.
Emelianenko tests The Bison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A cross from Emelianenko lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Emelianenko!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Bison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Bison misses with a two punch combination.
The Bison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emelianenko ducks under a wild hook from The Bison.
The Bison just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from The Bison misses.
The Bison takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Emelianenko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Bison slips under a jab from Emelianenko.
The Bison looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.

The Bison scores with a takedown into Emelianenko's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Bison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aleksander Emelianenko will probably get the nod.
That's time! The Bison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Emelianenko lands a nice shot that snaps The Bison's head back.
Emelianenko scores with a shot to the body.
The Bison staying out of range there.
Emelianenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelianenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Bison shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Emelianenko eats them both and turns towards The Bison to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The Bison jabs at Emelianenko's body.
Chuck The Bison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Bison slips under a jab from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Bison manages to avoid it.
The Bison avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Bison shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Bison connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Emelianenko.
A slow jab from Emelianenko misses its intended target.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that The Bison ducks under and follows up with a left that The Bison also avoids with ease.
Emelianenko avoids the body shot from The Bison.
Emelianenko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Emelianenko throws a shot from downtown. The Bison moves away and avoids it.
The Bison throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Aleksander Emelianenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Bison throws a jab but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
A big left from Emelianenko misses.
The Bison misses with a series of wild punches.
The Bison looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Bison misses with a body shot.
The Bison looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bison slips under a jab.
Aleksander Emelianenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Emelianenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko sizes up The Bison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Emelianenko misses with a looping left.
The Bison throws a leg kick but Emelianenko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Bison scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelianenko lands a head shot.
A punch combination from The Bison misses.
The Bison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Emelianenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from The Bison.
Emelianenko lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
The Bison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko missing with a left hand there. The Bison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Bison moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko missing with a left hand there. The Bison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Bison moves forwards but Emelianenko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Emelianenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Bison.
Some wild striking there from The Bison.
Emelianenko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Bison on the side of the head.
The Bison drops his hands momentarily and Emelianenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Bison moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.
The Bison throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Bison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko cracks The Bison with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Bison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Emelianenko clobbers The Bison with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Bison moves out of range of the strikes.
The Bison fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck The Bison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Bison thows a body shot but no joy.
The Bison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that misses
and The Bison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Bison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Emelianenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Bison manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Aleksander Emelianenko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! The Bison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Emelianenko misses with a looping right.
Emelianenko swings for the body but The Bison moves out of range.
Emelianenko connects with a right hand. The Bison shakes it off.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Emelianenko. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Bison.
Emelianenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emelianenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Bison.
Emelianenko scores with a punch to the head.
A big left from Emelianenko misses.
Emelianenko cracks The Bison with an open hand slap.
The Bison lands with a right hand.
Emelianenko misses with a straight left.
Emelianenko throws a jab but it's blocked by The Bison.
Emelianenko throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Bison stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko avoids the body shot from The Bison.
Emelianenko throws a combination. The Bison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A nice combination there by Emelianenko.
A looping hook to the body misses from Emelianenko. The Bison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot that snaps The Bison's head back.
The Bison slips a jab from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko loads up on a big right hand but The Bison slips the punch.
A head kick misses from The Bison.
Emelianenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Bison throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from The Bison.
The Bison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emelianenko moves out of range as The Bison strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Emelianenko. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Emelianenko.
The Bison throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko cracks The Bison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Emelianenko lands a head shot.
The Bison staying out of range there.
The Bison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Bison's hands.
The Bison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Bison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Bison manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a looping overhand right but The Bison ducks down to avoid it.
Emelianenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Bison.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Bison.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Emelianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Bison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Bison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Emelianenko throws a hook but The Bison blocks it.
Emelianenko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Bison makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The Bison throws a chopping leg kick but Emelianenko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Emelianenko tests The Bison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Bison throws a head kick but Emelianenko moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bison slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a straight left.
The Bison misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Bison takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Bison takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Emelianenko slips under a jab from The Bison.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Bison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Bison.
Emelianenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Emelianenko moves out of range of the strikes.
The Bison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksander Emelianenko really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Emelianenko misses with a looping left.
Emelianenko throws a hook but The Bison avoids it easily.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but The Bison avoids them all with ease.
The Bison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelianenko.
The Bison connects with a right hand. Emelianenko shakes it off.
The Bison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Bison misses with a series of wild punches.
Emelianenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Bison.
The Bison looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.
Emelianenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Emelianenko ducks under a wild hook from The Bison.
The Bison moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Bison.
Emelianenko darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Emelianenko scores with a sloppy right hand. The Bison should have avoided that one.
Emelianenko looks to score with a jab to the body but The Bison is just out of range.
Nice jab there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko connects with a nice looking jab.
Emelianenko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Emelianenko misses with a hook. The Bison ducked under it nicely.
The Bison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Bison was well out of range. Poor timing from Emelianenko.
The Bison throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Bison takes one to the side of the head.
Emelianenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a jab to the nose.
Emelianenko throws a nice looking combination but The Bison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Bison moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.
The Bison scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Bison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emelianenko.
The Bison looks to land a combination. Emelianenko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Emelianenko slips a straight right by The Bison.
Emelianenko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
No luck for The Bison with that takedown attempt.
Emelianenko connects with a single shot there.
The Bison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Bison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bison throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
The Bison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Emelianenko looks to score with a jab to the body but The Bison is just out of range.
Nice body kick from The Bison.
Emelianenko is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A swing and a miss from Emelianenko.
The Bison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelianenko was well out of range. Poor timing from The Bison.
The Bison throws a jab when Emelianenko was well out of range.
Nice jab there from The Bison.
The Bison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Emelianenko throws a jab when The Bison was well out of range.
The Bison throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A big left from Emelianenko misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bison staying out of range there.
The Bison misses with a left hand
and The Bison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emelianenko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko swinging wildly here.
The Bison misses with a double jab.
Emelianenko thuds a left hand into The Bison's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelianenko scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Bison in his tracks.
The Bison connects with a right hand. Emelianenko shakes it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from The Bison.

The Bison takes the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Bison as Emelianenko tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Chuck The Bison will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The Bison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Bison has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Emelianenko finds it's way round the side to connect with The Bison's head.
Emelianenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Bison misses with a head kick.
Emelianenko lands a jab.
Emelianenko missing with a left hand there. The Bison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Emelianenko cracks The Bison with a good jab.
Emelianenko avoids the head kick by The Bison.
The Bison moves away from the strike by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Bison on the side of the head.
The Bison misses with an uppercut. Emelianenko saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Emelianenko looks to score with a jab to the body but The Bison is just out of range.
The Bison throws a right and a left that Emelianenko avoids nicely.
Emelianenko throws out a powerful jab.
Emelianenko moves out of range as The Bison throws a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from The Bison. Those never looked like landing.
Emelianenko misses with a straight right.
Emelianenko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Bison on the side of the head.
Emelianenko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Bison counters with a nice body shot.
Jab from Emelianenko.
The Bison shoots in for a takedown but Emelianenko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Bison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.

The Bison clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bison taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Emelianenko wants to stall.
Emelianenko tries to circle away but The Bison has him pinned against the cage.
The Bison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Emelianenko backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Bison as Emelianenko tries to tie him up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Aleksander Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from The Bison misses.
Emelianenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Bison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Bison takes a swing at Emelianenko's ribcage but misses.
Emelianenko lands a lovely overhand right.
Emelianenko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Bison.
Emelianenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Emelianenko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of The Bison's head.
Emelianenko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The Bison ducks right into an uppercut from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a big shot that misses.
Emelianenko throws an off balance right hand
and The Bison counters with a left and a right that stings Emelianenko.
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!
The Bison misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Emelianenko throws a big shot that misses.
Emelianenko connects with a body shot.
Emelianenko misses with a wild body shot.
The Bison avoids the body shot from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Bison moves out of range of the strikes.
The Bison blocks a jab.
The Bison misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Bison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emelianenko misses with an uppercut. The Bison saw that one coming.
The Bison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Emelianenko dodges the punch combination from The Bison.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksander Emelianenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Emelianenko has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Aleksander Emelianenko!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Aleksander Emelianenko!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Aleksander Emelianenko!

Aleksander Emelianenko wins by unanimous decision!