PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Victorino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Victorino
vs
Emelianenko

190 cm
21
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitor Victorino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Victorino drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Emelianenko can't keep his opponent in guard - Victorino advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Emelianenko is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Victorino lands strikes from half guard.
Still in half guard, Victorino seems content to control.
Emelianenko is trying to stand back up but Victorino is controlling him
Victorino keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Emelianenko looks gassed!
Victorino wants to advance to full mount but Emelianenko doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Victorino seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Victorino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Emelianenko is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorino lands a couple of digs.
Victorino seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Victorino loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Victorino has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Victorino sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Emelianenko has a closed guard, preventing Victorino from standing up.
Victorino controlling from the top position.
Victorino looking to pass the guard.
Emelianenko wants to get back to his feet but Victorino is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorino controlling from the top position.
Victorino's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Victorino knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Emelianenko on the ground.
Victorino stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emelianenko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Emelianenko is trying to control the position but Victorino postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Emelianenko is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Victorino is trying to stand back up but Emelianenko is controlling him
Emelianenko throws a strike but Victorino avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Victorino manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Emelianenko manages to get himself to full guard.
Emelianenko can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Victorino controls the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Victorino stands and steps away. Emelianenko gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Victorino shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Victorino showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitor Victorino dominated that round.
That's time! Victorino's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Emelianenko doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Victorino counters by clinching up.
Victorino content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Victorino landing knees to the head.

It looks like Ivan Emelianenko has been cut.

Victorino has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Emelianenko is trying to keep an underhook but Victorino manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Victorino content to control rather than advance.
Victorino is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorino trying to mount his opponent but Emelianenko defends it.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko tries to roll over but Victorino keeps him under control.
Victorino controlling the pace.
Emelianenko taking some punishment here, with Victorino in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Victorino slows the pace down in half guard.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Vitor Victorino just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Victorino rushes Emelianenko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Victorino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Victorino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Emelianenko's face.
Victorino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Victorino lands an elbow inside that Emelianenko shrugs off.
Victorino with a knee to the head.
Victorino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Emelianenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Victorino lands a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko is looking to control Victorino's arms but Victorino gets an underhook and turns him. Now Emelianenko has his back to the cage.
Victorino controlling the action here for a moment.
Emelianenko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Victorino prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorino leaning his opponent against the cage.
Victorino with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko avoids the elbow strike from Victorino, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Victorino.
Victorino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Victorino.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Victorino just misses with a elbow thrown towards Emelianenko's brow.

Victorino wants the takedown. Emelianenko is fighting it off but Victorino persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Emelianenko's guard against the cage.
Emelianenko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Victorino won't allow Emelianenko to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorino controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Victorino has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Emelianenko keeping full guard, as Victorino tries to pass.
Victorino stays in close to Emelianenko's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitor Victorino dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Emelianenko's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Victorino rushes Emelianenko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Victorino crunches a lovely knee into Emelianenko's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Victorino.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Victorino.
The is referee keeping an eye on Victorino - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Victorino gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Victorino landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Victorino looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Victorino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Victorino has Emelianenko pushed against the cage.
Victorino lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Emelianenko's face.
Victorino lands a nice elbow.
Victorino lands a nice elbow.
Emelianenko blocks the elbow strike.
Victorino manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Victorino misses with an elbow over the top.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Victorino.

Victorino lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Emelianenko is looking to control Victorino's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Emelianenko avoid being mounted?
Victorino takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Emelianenko regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorino missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Emelianenko controls Victorino momentarily but Victorino frees himself.
Victorino not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Victorino is looking to work some ground and pound but Emelianenko has wrist control.
Victorino slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Victorino tries to stand but Emelianenko is controlling from the bottom.
Vitor Victorino overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Victorino gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Emelianenko tries to keep at a distance but Victorino has taken the fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Victorino has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Emelianenko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Victorino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Emelianenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Victorino throws an elbow but misses.
Victorino taking a breather.

Victorino tightens his grip and picks Emelianenko up, before dumping him to the ground. Emelianenko manages to land in guard.
Emelianenko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Victorino decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Victorino counters with a shoot takedown. Emelianenko fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko working a defensive guard here.
Victorino is stalling in the full guard.

Victorino gets to his feet. Emelianenko looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Victorino rushes Emelianenko and presses him up against the cage.
Ivan Emelianenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Victorino looks to throw an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitor Victorino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Victorino has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitor Victorino!