PBP Commentary

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

Emelianenko
vs
Raheem

183 cm
29
255 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

193 cm
34
277 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abdul Raheem!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raheem tests Emelianenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.

Raheem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Emelianenko lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Abdul Raheem has been cut.
A hook to the body from Raheem.
Raheem throws a knee to the head but misses.

Raheem breaks from the clinch.
Raheem throws a low kick but Emelianenko moves out of range easily.

Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.
Raheem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raheem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raheem takes an elbow to the forehead.
Emelianenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raheem lands a nice elbow.
Raheem lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raheem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko lands an elbow just above Raheem 's eye.
Emelianenko lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from Raheem.

Raheem breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emelianenko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Raheem struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelianenko controls his hands.
Raheem misses with a knee strike.
Emelianenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Emelianenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelianenko throws an elbow that misses.
Raheem misses with the head strike.
Raheem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Emelianenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Raheem.
Raheem lands with a right to the head.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Raheem is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko has Raheem pushed against the cage.
Emelianenko is trying to maintain a safe position but Raheem gets an underhook and turns Emelianenko into the cage.
Raheem looking to throw knees to the head but Emelianenko is blocking nicely.
Raheem blocks an elbow strike from Emelianenko.
Raheem presses Emelianenko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Raheem throws knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko blocks a body shot from Raheem.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raheem.
Raheem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raheem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Raheem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Emelianenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raheem's defenses.
Raheem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Emelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raheem.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Raheem looks winded!
Emelianenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Emelianenko lands with a left to the head.
Emelianenko lands a nice uppercut.
Emelianenko is struggling to control the position.
Emelianenko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raheem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raheem managing to block the knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raheem.
Emelianenko trying to land knees to the body.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emelianenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raheem is defending well for now.
Raheem takes an elbow to the forehead.
Emelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by Raheem.
Raheem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raheem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Emelianenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Emelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Raheem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Emelianenko wants to clinch.
Abdul Raheem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Raheem was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Emelianenko feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Raheems jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.

Emelianenko has managed to clinch.
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Raheem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Emelianenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Raheem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raheem slips a jab from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Emelianenko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Raheem's calf.
A lazy left from Raheem finds it's target.
Emelianenko takes one on the button.
Raheem throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Raheem sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raheem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raheem swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Raheem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raheem keeps the fight on the outside.
Emelianenko thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Raheem if he has to take too many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fedor Emelianenko will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A slapping leg kick lands for Raheem.
Raheem looks to score with a jab to the body but Emelianenko is just out of range.
Emelianenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Raheem.
Raheem lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Emelianenko falls backwards - clearly groggy! Raheem dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Raheem!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Abdul Raheem made sure he mentioned Hellbent , along with how happy he was to win his fight.