PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tor Iceberg (ranked 767 p4p, 86 weight class) and Ivan Emelianenko (ranked 5435 p4p, 558 weight class). Iceberg's entrance music is Manowar - Hail and Kill. A fine choice. Ivan Emelianenko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Iceberg
vs
Emelianenko

180 cm
27
281 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
260 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Pit Bull Development
Project Mayhem

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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tor Iceberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iceberg lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Emelianenko at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Iceberg.

Emelianenko gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Iceberg to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Iceberg is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Iceberg wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
Iceberg lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Iceberg content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Iceberg working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Emelianenko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Iceberg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Emelianenko keeping full guard, as Iceberg tries to pass.
Iceberg is in close to Emelianenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Emelianenko is on top in guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko preventing the sweep.
Iceberg is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iceberg passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Emelianenko!
Iceberg landing shots from mount.

It looks like Ivan Emelianenko has been cut.
Emelianenko is in a horrible position here. Iceberg smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Iceberg! Emelianenko is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tor Iceberg!
During a confident post fight interview, Tor Iceberg thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.