PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelyanenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Darkside (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Emelyanenko
vs
Darkside

187 cm
26
210 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

186 cm
19
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelyanenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Darkside!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darkside.
Darkside lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darkside throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Darkside lands a nice looking kick to the body. Emelyanenko takes a step back to recover.
Darkside scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darkside throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Emelyanenko steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Darkside. That one must have hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkside looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Emelyanenko takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelyanenko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkside throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Darkside thows a body kick. Emelyanenko tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Emelyanenko is breathing heavily.
Darkside scores with a leg kick.

Darkside lands a big head kick that sends Emelyanenko tumbling to the mat! Darkside takes a step backwards and waves Emelyanenko back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Emelyanenko is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darkside lands a nice leg kick that just misses Emelyanenko's sensitive parts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darkside.
Emelyanenko will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Darkside - that will leave a mark!
Darkside scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkside feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Emelyanenko's calf.
Darkside has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Darkside lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Darkside lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Darkside finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Darkside lands with a kick to the ribs.
Darkside chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Emelyanenko has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Darkside.
Darkside thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Emelyanenko if he has to take too many more of those.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Darkside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkside scores with a nice body kick.
Darkside looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Danny Darkside seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darkside connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Darkside lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Emelyanenko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darkside can pounce on him.
Darkside throws a nice outside leg kick.
Darkside lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Darkside there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkside fakes the leg kick and cracks Emelyanenko in the body.
Emelyanenko tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Emelyanenko on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkside connects with a solid leg kick.
Darkside scores with a kick to the midsection.
Emelyanenko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Darkside!
Emelyanenko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Emelyanenko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darkside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Darkside 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.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darkside, right into the meat.
Emelyanenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Darkside throws a nice outside leg kick.
Emelyanenko's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Emelyanenko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darkside.
Darkside chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkside throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkside dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Emelyanenko. That did some damage!
Darkside scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Emelyanenko tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelyanenko has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Darkside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Emelyanenko crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Darkside - the referee stops the clock and Emelyanenko gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Darkside. Emelyanenko manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darkside.
Darkside looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darkside.
Emelyanenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Darkside lands a big head kick that sends Emelyanenko tumbling to the mat! Darkside takes a step backwards and waves Emelyanenko back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Emelyanenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Fedor Emelyanenko has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelyanenko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkside.
Emelyanenko wants to stay close but Darkside steps back to make room for something. Emelyanenko seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Darkside and Emelyanenko drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Danny Darkside!