PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Feodor Shemelianenko (ranked 1315 p4p, 194 weight class) and Nuke Laloosh (ranked 1339 p4p, 197 weight class). Shemelianenko comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac - I'm A Soldier (Echale Mojo Remix) . Feodor Shemelianenko could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nuke Laloosh's chin.

Shemelianenko
vs
Laloosh

184 cm
39
214 lbs
25 - 12 - 1

200 cm
35
218 lbs
29 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Feodor Shemelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuke Laloosh!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laloosh misses with a straight right.
Shemelianenko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shemelianenko has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Navy Street MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Feodor Shemelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laloosh's corner calls for a 1-2. Laloosh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laloosh tries to clinch but Shemelianenko moves out of range.
A jab from Shemelianenko misses.
Shemelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laloosh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laloosh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shemelianenko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laloosh scrambles back to his feet.
Shemelianenko scores with a body shot.
Shemelianenko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laloosh defending well as Shemelianenko loads up on a big left hand.
Shemelianenko stuns Laloosh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Laloosh gets a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Laloosh has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Shemelianenko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shemelianenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Laloosh breaks from the clinch.

Shemelianenko clinches up with Laloosh and pushes him back against the cage.
Shemelianenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shemelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Shemelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shemelianenko tries a low kick but Laloosh avoids it.
Laloosh ducks under a wild hook from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laloosh circles away from the clinch attempt.

Laloosh gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Laloosh manages to break the clinch.
Shemelianenko throws a leg kick
and Laloosh counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Feodor Shemelianenko has been cut.
Laloosh looks to land a right hand but Shemelianenko moved out of range.
Shemelianenko throwing a counter right hand but Laloosh manages to avoid it.
Shemelianenko cracks Laloosh with a good jab.

Laloosh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Laloosh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shemelianenko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shemelianenko feints and then cracks Laloosh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laloosh down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laloosh takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A nice leg kick lands there from Shemelianenko.
Laloosh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laloosh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shemelianenko.
Laloosh throws out a counter right but Shemelianenko avoids it with no problem.
Laloosh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shemelianenko's sensitive parts.

Laloosh clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko misses with a body punch.
Laloosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laloosh lands a hook that snaps the head of Shemelianenko backwards.
Shemelianenko tries to break the clinch but Laloosh is controlling the position.
Shemelianenko blocking some punches.
Laloosh swings wildly with an uppercut but Shemelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.

Laloosh breaks the clinch.

Laloosh rushes Shemelianenko and presses him up against the cage.
Laloosh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Laloosh working aggressively here.
Laloosh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laloosh drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Laloosh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shemelianenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Shemelianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shemelianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laloosh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh jabs Shemelianenko right on the nose. Shemelianenko blinks but takes it well.
Shemelianenko lets loose with a powerful body kick. Laloosh will feel that in the morning.
Shemelianenko scores with a jab. Laloosh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Laloosh wants to clinch up but Shemelianenko keeps it at a distance.
Shemelianenko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laloosh misses with a two punch combination.
Shemelianenko takes a swing at Laloosh's ribcage but misses.
Laloosh misses with a low kick.

Laloosh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laloosh lands a nice uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Shemelianenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Laloosh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shemelianenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laloosh's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shemelianenko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shemelianenko pushes Laloosh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Shemelianenko.
A shot in the inside from Shemelianenko.
A right hand to the body from Shemelianenko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laloosh lands a body shot in the clinch.
Laloosh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shemelianenko's elbow.
A short right from Laloosh.
Shemelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shemelianenko is leaning against Laloosh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Laloosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Shemelianenko breaks from the clinch.
Laloosh throws a looping overhand right but Shemelianenko ducks down to avoid it.
Shemelianenko feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Laloosh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Laloosh defending well as Shemelianenko loads up on a big left hand.
Laloosh tests Shemelianenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Shemelianenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Shemelianenko darts in and clinches Laloosh up against the cage.
Laloosh tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shemelianenko just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laloosh has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Shemelianenko avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Feodor Shemelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nuke Laloosh.

Shemelianenko manages to break the clinch.
Laloosh lands a leg kick that knocks Shemelianenko off balance momentarily.
Shemelianenko misses with a low kick as Laloosh jumps back.
Laloosh throws out a counter right but Shemelianenko avoids it with no problem.
Shemelianenko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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 Feodor Shemelianenko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Feodor Shemelianenko's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Shemelianenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laloosh is looking to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Shemelianenko. That snapped Laloosh's head back.
Shemelianenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shemelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Laloosh takes one on the button.
Shemelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laloosh.
Shemelianenko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Laloosh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good work by Laloosh as he checks the leg kick.
Shemelianenko scores with the left hand. Laloosh knows he should have avoided that one.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shemelianenko blocking some punches.
Laloosh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shemelianenko looking to stall.
Laloosh is leaning against Shemelianenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shemelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nuke Laloosh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shemelianenko tries a body shot but Laloosh blocks it.
Laloosh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shemelianenkos head.
Shemelianenko is working Laloosh over against the cage.
Laloosh lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laloosh misses with a body punch.
Laloosh has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shemelianenko.

Shemelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shemelianenko misses with a wild body shot.
Shemelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laloosh was well out of range. Poor timing from Shemelianenko.

Laloosh has closed the distance and engaged Shemelianenko in a clinch.
Laloosh prevents a body shot from Shemelianenko.
Laloosh lands with a light punch inside.
Shemelianenko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shemelianenko lands a hook to the side of the head.

Laloosh manages to break the clinch.
Laloosh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shemelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shemelianenko throws the left hand but Laloosh avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shemelianenko moves out of range of the strikes.
Laloosh ducks under a wild hook from Shemelianenko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laloosh's sensitive parts.
Shemelianenko misses the jab.
Shemelianenko lands with a good body shot.
Laloosh misses with a right hand
and Shemelianenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laloosh throws out a powerful jab.
Shemelianenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shemelianenko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Laloosh at a distance.
Shemelianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Laloosh circles away.
Shemelianenko sets himself, and Laloosh steps forward looking for the clinch! Shemelianenko avoids it this time.

Shemelianenko gets tackled into the cage by Laloosh. Laloosh maintains the clinch.
Shemelianenko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Shemelianenko tries to work over Laloosh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shemelianenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shemelianenko working aggressively here.
Shemelianenko misses with a punch to the body.

Laloosh gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Laloosh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Shemelianenko knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Laloosh is working for a kimura but Shemelianenko is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko won't allow Laloosh to pass to mount.
Shemelianenko is not content to let Laloosh control the position.
Laloosh is stalling here. Shemelianenko is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Laloosh seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Shemelianenko has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Shemelianenko is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Laloosh will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko trying to control the position but Laloosh is working away.
Laloosh wants to control but Shemelianenko postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feodor Shemelianenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Feodor Shemelianenko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Laloosh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shemelianenko manages to avoid it.
Shemelianenko cracks Laloosh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big left from Laloosh misses.
Shemelianenko jabs at Laloosh's body.
Laloosh throws a low kick but Shemelianenko moves out of range easily.

Laloosh closes the distance and pushes Shemelianenko back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Shemelianenko fails to land.
Laloosh working aggressively here.
Shemelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Laloosh.

Laloosh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shemelianenko lands a leg kick that knocks Laloosh off balance momentarily.
Laloosh works Shemelianenko's body with a nice hook.
Shemelianenko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shemelianenko checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Laloosh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A counter left hand to the body from Shemelianenko misses its target.
Shemelianenko feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lalooshs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Shemelianenko.
A jab from Laloosh finds it's way through Shemelianenko's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shemelianenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laloosh was well out of range. Poor timing from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko cracks Laloosh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab from Laloosh.

Laloosh moves into range and clinches up with Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko tries to work over Laloosh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shemelianenko blocking some punches.
Shemelianenko blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shemelianenko slows down the pace here.
Laloosh pushes Shemelianenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Feodor Shemelianenko's cut is getting worse.
Shemelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shemelianenko is trying to push Laloosh away but Laloosh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Laloosh throws a head punch that misses.
Laloosh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laloosh wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Laloosh fails to land.
Nuke Laloosh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Laloosh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laloosh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laloosh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laloosh misses with a body shot.
Shemelianenko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shemelianenko scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laloosh misses with a body shot.
Shemelianenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laloosh throws out the jab.
Laloosh fails in his attempt to clinch.

Laloosh has Shemelianenko up against the cage in a clinch.
Shemelianenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laloosh is defending well for now.
Shemelianenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laloosh swings wildly with an uppercut but Shemelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laloosh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shemelianenko has a couple of punches blocked by Laloosh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laloosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Laloosh.
Shemelianenko lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laloosh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shemelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laloosh is trying to pull guard but Shemelianenko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Laloosh tries to pull guard but Shemelianenko forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Feodor Shemelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nuke Laloosh.
Laloosh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shemelianenko lands a nice uppercut.
Shemelianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Laloosh can't get the takedown.
Shemelianenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Feodor Shemelianenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Laloosh breaks from the clinch.
Laloosh gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Laloosh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shemelianenko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice leg kick lands there from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko digs a good body shot into Laloosh's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko lands with an uppercut that bounces Laloosh off the cage and back into range.
Shemelianenko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shemelianenko lands a body shot.
Laloosh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shemelianenko. Shemelianenko obviously looking to wear him down.
Shemelianenko slips under a jab.
Shemelianenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laloosh manages to avoid it.
Shemelianenko blocks a low kick nicely.

Shemelianenko clinches with his opponent.
Laloosh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shemelianenko lands a right hand.
Laloosh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laloosh works on Shemelianenko's body with a couple of short punches.
Laloosh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laloosh is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shemelianenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Feodor Shemelianenko.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shemelianenko, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Feodor Shemelianenko!
An out of breath Feodor Shemelianenko thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.