PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlo Delaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emilianenko (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.

Delaney
vs
Emilianenko

203 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 Hilo, Carlo Delaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fedor Emilianenko!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emilianenko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Delaney pinned against the cage. Delaney gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Emilianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emilianenko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Delaney pinned against the cage. Delaney gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Emilianenko shoots in looking for a takedown but Delaney manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Emilianenko's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Delaney throws a big counter combination but Emilianenko scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Carlo Delaney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emilianenko.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Delaney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delaney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Emilianenko is defending well for now.
Emilianenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Delaney manages to break the clinch.

Delaney instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delaney manages to break the clinch.

Delaney closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Emilianenko did well to prevent Delaney getting side control.

Delaney is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Emilianenko defends it well.
Delaney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Emilianenko tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Delaney has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Emilianenko is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney controlling his opponent.
Delaney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Emilianenko tries to hold on but Delaney pushes him away.
Emilianenko regains half guard.
Delaney is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Emilianenko is trying to stand back up but Delaney is controlling him
Delaney landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Delaney.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaney landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Emilianenko is looking for a sweep. Delaney is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Delaney wants to stand up but Emilianenko manages to regain full guard.
Emilianenko controls Delaney momentarily but Delaney frees himself.
Delaney is working Emilianenko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Delaney prevents Emilianenko from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Delaney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Emilianenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Emilianenko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Delaney is fending him off so far but Emilianenko persists. Nope, Delaney circles away and we're back to standing.
Emilianenko looks winded!

Delaney gets a clinch.
Delaney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emilianenko avoids it.
A bit of stalling here from Delaney.
Delaney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Emilianenko tries to circle away but Delaney has him pinned against the cage.
Delaney pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Delaney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Emilianenko slips a straight right by Delaney.
Emilianenko tries to counter with a clinch but Delaney shakes him off and moves away.
Fedor Emilianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Delaney clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Emilianenko shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Delaney sprawls well. Delaney wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Emilianenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Emilianenko tries for a takedown but Delaney sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Emilianenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Delaney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Emilianenko can do to turn this around?
Emilianenko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Delaney counters with a two punch combo.
Carlo Delaney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emilianenko.
Emilianenko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emilianenko tries to clinch but Delaney moves out of range.

Delaney moves into the clinch successfully.
Emilianenko is breathing heavily.
Emilianenko tries to pull guard but Delaney holds him up against the cage and eventually Emilianenko drops back down to his feet.

Delaney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Emilianenko enables Delaney to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Emilianenko manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Delaney distracts Emilianenko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Delaney makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Delaney scoring with some ground and pound.
Delaney stands up over Emilianenko, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Delaney in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Delaney lands a couple of elbows.
Delaney wants to get up but he can't break Emilianenko's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Delaney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Delaney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emilianenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Emilianenko looking to control but Delaney passes into half guard.
Delaney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Emilianenko on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Emilianenko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Emilianenko taking some punishment here, with Delaney in his half guard.
Delaney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Delaney landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Emilianenko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Delaney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Emilianenko is defending against the submission attempts here by Delaney.

Delaney wants to work for an arm triangle but Emilianenko is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Delaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Delaney is looking for a kimura here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Delaney tries to clinch there but Emilianenko circles away.
Jab, jab by Emilianenko - just one landing.

Delaney decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Delaney is looking for a kimura but Emilianenko is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Delaney to get the leverage.
Delaney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Emilianenko defending well though.
Delaney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Emilianenko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Delaney looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Emilianenko is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlo Delaney dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Delaney gets the takedown into side control.
Emilianenko is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Delaney's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Delaney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Emilianenko is looking to get back to full guard here but Delaney has managed to pass to side control instead.

Delaney is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Emilianenko knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emilianenko tries to bench press Delaney off him but Delaney keeps the position.
Emilianenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delaney decides to stand up, so the ref orders Emilianenko to his feet.

Delaney closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Emilianenko did well to prevent Delaney getting side control.
Delaney sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Emilianenko defending well though.
Emilianenko is trying to stand up here but Delaney is controlling him well.
Delaney thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Delaney slips a nice elbow through Emilianenko's hands, connecting with Emilianenko's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney prevents Emilianenko from improving his position.
Emilianenko avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Delaney.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Delaney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Emilianenko has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Delaney is working away from the top position though.

Delaney wants to work for an arm triangle but Emilianenko is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Emilianenko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emilianenko shoots in for a takedown but Delaney shows good takedown defense.
Delaney throws a big counter combination but Emilianenko scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Delaney shoots in and gets a takedown into Emilianenko's guard.

Delaney is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Emilianenko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Delaney working some strikes from top position.
Emilianenko is trying to control the position but Delaney postures up.
Delaney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaney lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Delaney scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Delaney with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Emilianenko has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Delaney is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Emilianenko.
Emilianenko is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Delaney working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carlo Delaney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Delaney 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlo Delaney!