PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Hymen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Emelianenko
vs
Hymen

183 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Hymen!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hymen throws a head kick but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Hymen scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.

Hymen takes the fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Hymen 's eye.

It looks like Buster Hymen has been cut.
Emelianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Emelianenko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hymen tries to pull guard but Emelianenko holds him up against the cage and eventually Hymen drops back down to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside.
Emelianenko pushes off an throws an elbow but Hymen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hymen takes an elbow to the temple.
Hymen tries to pull guard but Emelianenko holds him up against the cage and eventually Hymen drops back down to his feet.
Emelianenko has Hymen pushed against the cage.
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Emelianenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hymen.
Hymen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hymen is trying to drag Emelianenko to the mat but Emelianenko just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Fedor Emelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buster Hymen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hymen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hymen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emelianenko moves in looking to clinch but Hymen pushes him off.
Emelianenko dodges the punch combination from Hymen.
Hymen ducks under a wild hook from Emelianenko.
A jab from Hymen does it's job there.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hymen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hymen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Emelianenko lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Buster Hymen's cut even more.
Emelianenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Hymen avoids the damage to the body.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hymen's defenses.
Hymen managing to block the knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hymen looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws an elbow that misses.
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Emelianenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hymen is defending well for now.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Emelianenko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hymen avoids a wild elbow strike from Emelianenko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelianenko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Hymen 's eye.
Emelianenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Emelianenko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hymen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

The cut above Buster Hymen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Emelianenko lands an elbow that stopped Hymen in his tracks for a moment.
Hymen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emelianenko lands a nice elbow.

Buster Hymen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Emelianenko taking a breather.
Hymen tries to pull guard but Emelianenko holds him up against the cage and eventually Hymen drops back down to his feet.
Emelianenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Hymen 's eye.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fedor Emelianenko!