PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gattsu Emelianenko (ranked 1705 p4p, 186 weight class) and Michael Brakeley (ranked 2390 p4p, 252 weight class). Brakeley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Woke up this Morning. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emelianenko
vs
Brakeley

196 cm
23
247 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

201 cm
32
271 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gattsu Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Brakeley!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brakeley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brakeley misses with an uppercut. Emelianenko saw that one coming.
Emelianenko loads up on a big right hand but Brakeley slips the punch.
Brakeley flicks out a counter leg kick but Emelianenko steps away.
Emelianenko throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brakeley! But no joy.
Emelianenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelianenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brakeley sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Brakeley closes the distance and clinches.
Brakeley's coach down at Blackscar Fitness was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Brakeley's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Emelianenko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emelianenko blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brakeley is leaning against Emelianenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brakeley swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelianenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brakeley effectively controlling the action here.
A short uppercut from Emelianenko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emelianenko blocks an uppercut.

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

Brakeley clinches with his opponent.
Brakeley lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Gattsu Emelianenko has been cut.
Brakeley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelianenko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brakeley backwards.
Brakeley gets through Emelianenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brakeley takes a shot to the head.
Brakeley is leaning against Emelianenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Brakeley fails to land.
Emelianenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelianenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brakeley backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brakeley misses with a body punch.
Emelianenko tries a body shot but Brakeley blocks it.
Emelianenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brakeley misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley prevents Emelianenko from breaking the clinch.
Brakeley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brakeley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brakeley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emelianenko is trying to push Brakeley away but Brakeley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emelianenko scores with a body shot.

Brakeley has closed the distance and engaged Emelianenko in a clinch.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michael Brakeley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brakeley misses with a shot to the body
and Emelianenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brakeley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Emelianenko defending well as Brakeley loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley is looking to clinch but Emelianenko is avoiding it.
Brakeley moves in looking to clinch but Emelianenko pushes him off.
It looked like Emelianenko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brakeley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko staying out of range there.
Emelianenko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brakeley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Emelianenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brakeley lands a left hand.
Brakeley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brakeley misses with the head strike.
Brakeley lands with a left to the head.

Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emelianenko scores with a jab. Brakeley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emelianenko works Brakeley's body with a nice hook.
Brakeley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brakeley looks to clinch
and Emelianenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brakeley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emelianenko lands with a straight right. Brakeley didn't see that one coming.

Brakeley closes the distance and clinches.

Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brakeley walks into a stiff left hand from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brakeley tries to clinch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Emelianenko appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Brakeley tests Emelianenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Emelianenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
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 Gattsu Emelianenko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gattsu Emelianenko's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brakeley walks into a jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Emelianenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Brakeley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Emelianenko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emelianenko scores with a nice hook to the head.

Brakeley is rocked!

Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brakeley is still on wobbly legs! Can Emelianenko finish him?
Brakeley gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Emelianenko points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Brakeley wakes up just in time to hear Emelianenko thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gattsu Emelianenko!