PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jin san (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jin san looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Emelianenko
vs
san

190 cm
22
243 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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, Aleksander Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jin san!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but san swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
san takes one to the chin there.

It looks like jin san has been cut.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by san.
san takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Emelianenko moves into range and clinches up with san.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through san's defenses.
san fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Emelianenko.
san blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
san tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Emelianenko breaks from the clinch.
san should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Emelianenko drops san with a nice combination! Emelianenko dives into san's guard, looking to finish!
Emelianenko wants to control from the top but san keeps moving.
Emelianenko content to stall in guard here.
Emelianenko wants to stand but san is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko stopping the sweep attempt from san.
san being controlled here, momentarily.
Emelianenko has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Emelianenko throwing strikes from guard but san blocks nicely.
Emelianenko slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - san has eaten all the pies!

That's two 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.
san looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
san utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Emelianenko postures up.
Emelianenko forces his way into half guard.
san looks gassed!
san is in trouble now - Emelianenko has advanced to mount!
Emelianenko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for san on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emelianenko with the ground and pound from mount.
san tries to reverse the position but Emelianenko maintains control.
Emelianenko working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Emelianenko landing shots from mount.

That has opened up jin san's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount.
Emelianenko controlling from mount.
Emelianenko dominating with strikes here.

The cut above jin san's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Emelianenko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Emelianenko lands a heavy elbow.

jin san's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Aleksander Emelianenko!