PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Emelienko (ranked 590 p4p, 66 weight class) and Teemu Karjalainen (ranked 313 p4p, 37 weight class). Karjalainen has chosen Poisonblack - Sun Shines Black as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emelienko
vs
Karjalainen

176 cm
36
168 lbs
27 - 12 - 1

171 cm
32
163 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Combat Wombat (90% Laundry)

Riner Clothing and Laundry (85%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Emelienko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Teemu Karjalainen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelienko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karjalainen's calf.
Emelienko misses with a leg kick
and Karjalainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Vladimir Emelienko has been cut.
Karjalainen walks into a stiff left hand from Emelienko.
Karjalainen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Emelienko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Karjalainen.
Emelienko connects with a solid leg kick.
Emelienko wants to slow Karjalainen down by chopping away at his legs.
Karjalainen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Emelienko scores with a sloppy right hand. Karjalainen should have avoided that one.
Emelienko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Emelienko catches Karjalainen right on the button with a cross.
Karjalainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emelienko sets himself, and Karjalainen steps forward looking for the clinch! Emelienko avoids it this time.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Karjalainen moved away.
Karjalainen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Emelienko throws a shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Emelienko misses
and Karjalainen counters with an outside leg kick.
Vladimir Emelienko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Karjalainen. Those never looked like landing.
Emelienko throws a poor cross that misses
and Karjalainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Emelienko misses with a low kick as Karjalainen jumps back.
Karjalainen is looking to clinch.
Karjalainen checks a low kick from Emelienko.
Karjalainen cracks the inside of Emelienko's front leg.
Emelienko connects with an inside leg kick.
Emelienko misses with a leg kick.
Emelienko tests Karjalainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Emelienko misses with an uppercut.
Karjalainen feints a counter leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Karjalainen scores with a four punch combination!
Emelienko fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Emelienko misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Emelienko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Emelienko takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Emelienko lands with an uppercut that bounces Karjalainen off the cage and back into range.
Emelienko works Karjalainen's body with a nice hook.
Karjalainen throws a leg kick but Emelienko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Emelienko scores with a punch to the head.
Emelienko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Karjalainen is able to avoid easily.
Karjalainen is trying to counter with his kicks.
Emelienko misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Emelienko misses

and Karjalainen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Karjalainen.
Karjalainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emelienko has a couple of punches blocked by Karjalainen.
Emelienko lands with a right to the head.
Karjalainen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Emelienko up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karjalainen pushes Emelienko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Karjalainen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelienko avoids it.
Karjalainen lands with a light punch inside.
Karjalainen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emelienko lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelienko.
Emelienko struggles to land a body shot inside as Karjalainen controls his hands.
Emelienko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karjalainen's elbow.
Emelienko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emelienko tries to land knees in the clinch but Karjalainen avoids the damage to the body.
Karjalainen scores with a hook to the body.
Emelienko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Emelienko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karjalainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emelienko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Karjalainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karjalainen avoids the body shot from Emelienko.
Karjalainen tries to counter with a clinch but Emelienko shakes him off and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Karjalainen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Emelienko falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karjalainen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karjalainen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karjalainen walks into a straight right hand from Emelienko.
Emelienko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Karjalainen misses with a low kick.
Karjalainen feints and then cracks Emelienko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Emelienko down.
Nice jab there from Emelienko.
We've been told by Emelienko's head coaches at Runts Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Karjalainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vladimir Emelienko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karjalainen moves out of range of the strikes.
Karjalainen throws a counter combo.
Karjalainen checks a leg kick.
Karjalainen throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Emelienko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Emelienko'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.

Nice cross by Emelienko.
Emelienko tries a low kick but Karjalainen avoids it.
Emelienko misses the shot to the body.
Emelienko moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKarjalainen.
Emelienko slips a jab and a cross from Karjalainen.
Emelienko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emelienko lands with a hook. Karjalainen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Emelienko takes a swing at Karjalainen's ribcage but misses.
Emelienko misses with a body shot
and Karjalainen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emelienko misses with a looping left.
Karjalainen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Emelienko with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelienko looks to throw a body kick
and Karjalainen counters with a straight right hand.
Emelienko misses with a double jab

and Karjalainen counters with a crisp one two that drops Emelienko! Karjalainen thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Emelienko to his feet! Emelienko is in big trouble!

Emelienko is rocked!

Vladimir Emelienko's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelienko looks to score with a jab to the body but Karjalainen is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karjalainen blocks a low kick nicely.
Emelienko moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKarjalainen.
Emelienko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karjalainen scores with a counter punch that sends Emelienko to the canvas! Karjalainen smells blood - he's punishing Emelienko with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Emelienko has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teemu Karjalainen!
Teemu Karjalainen thanked the fans post fight for their support.