PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Emelienko (ranked 1640 p4p, 197 weight class) and Carney Duffy (ranked 2759 p4p, 302 weight class). Duffy has chosen Brawl - Bloody spit as his entrance music. Vladimir Emelienko could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carney Duffy's chin.

Emelienko
vs
Duffy

176 cm
41
168 lbs
31 - 16 - 1

183 cm
40
170 lbs
31 - 31 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Condemned

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 31 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vladimir Emelienko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Carney Duffy!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duffy misses with a left hand
and Emelienko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Emelienko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Duffy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelienko avoids it.

Emelienko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emelienko is looking to clinch but Duffy is avoiding it.
Duffy throws a leg kick
and Duffy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emelienko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duffy.
Emelienko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Duffy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Emelienkos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Vladimir Emelienko has been cut.
Emelienko blocks a head kick by Duffy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duffy misses with a right hand
and Emelienko counters with a left to the body.
A head kick misses from Duffy.
A head kick misses from Duffy.
Emelienko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Emelienko scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duffy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelienko misses the shot to the body.
Emelienko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duffy.
Duffy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duffy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duffy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Emelienko.
Emelienko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Duffy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duffy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Duffy misses with an uppercut
and Emelienko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Emelienko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Emelienko cracks Duffy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Duffy misses with an uppercut. Emelienko saw that one coming.
Emelienko blocks a head kick by Duffy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duffy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Emelienko. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duffy throws a lazy head kick
and Emelienko counters with a stiff right hand.
Emelienko avoids the body shot from Duffy.
It looked like Emelienko was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Emelienko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Duffy, pushing him back against the cage.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Duffy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Emelienko fails to land.
Emelienko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duffy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Emelienko fails to land.
Emelienko lands a nice shot to the body.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Duffy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Duffy on the inside.
Emelienko working aggressively here.
Emelienko gets through Duffy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Emelienko lands an elbow just above Duffy 's eye.
A right hand to the body from Emelienko.
Emelienko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duffy lands a left hand.
Emelienko working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Duffy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duffy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Emelienko on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Emelienko.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emelienko.
Duffy tries a body shot but Emelienko blocks it.
Duffy misses with the head strike.
Emelienko lands a body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Emelienko.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duffy avoids the elbow strike from Emelienko, against the cage.
Emelienko pushes Duffy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Emelienko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Emelienko lands a glancing blow to the side of Duffy's head.
Duffy has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duffy tries to move into range but Emelienko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duffy misses the body punch
and Emelienko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Emelienko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duffy wants to counter with a clinch but Emelienko pushes him away.
Duffy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Emelienko's calf.
Emelienko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Emelienko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Emelienko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Emelienko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Emelienko throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelienko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duffy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelienko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Emelienko working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelienko.
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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Duffy drives through and clinches with Emelienko against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Duffy fails to land.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Duffy slows down the pace here.
Emelienko swings wildly with an uppercut but Duffy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emelienko.
Duffy struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelienko controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Emelienko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duffy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emelienko misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelienko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duffy is defending well for now.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Duffy scores with a knee to the head.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelienko misses with the head strike.
Duffy blocks the elbow strike.

Emelienko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carney Duffy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy misses with a head kick.
Duffy throws a head kick but Emelienko moves out of range.
Duffy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Emelienko misses.

Emelienko moves into the clinch.
Emelienko throws a punch but it's blocked by Duffy.
Duffy lands a right hand.
Emelienko misses with the head strike.
Duffy misses with a knee to the head.
Emelienko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Duffy.
Emelienko blocks an uppercut.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Emelienko.
Emelienko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duffy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duffy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duffy throws an elbow but it misses.
Duffy prevents a body shot from Emelienko.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Duffy digs a right hand underneath Emelienko's ribcage. Emelienko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Emelienko working aggressively here.
Emelienko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duffy can do to turn this around?
Duffy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Emelienko.
Vladimir Emelienko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duffy.
Duffy lands an uppercut.
Emelienko managing to block the knees to the body from Duffy.
Duffy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelienko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Emelienko tries to land a knee to the head but Duffy blocks with his arms.
Duffy lands with a right to the head.
Duffy blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emelienko.
Duffy blocks an elbow strike from Emelienko.
Duffy tries a body shot but Emelienko blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffy has a couple of punches blocked by Emelienko.
Emelienko scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Duffy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duffy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Duffy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Duffy.
Duffy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Emelienkos head.
Emelienko throws an elbow but it misses.
Emelienko blocking some punches.
A short right from Duffy on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Emelienko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Emelienko throws a punch but it's blocked by Duffy.
Duffy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelienko.
Duffy wants to stall.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Emelienko struggles to land a body shot inside as Duffy controls his hands.
Emelienko misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Duffy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stalling in the clinch from Duffy.

Duffy breaks the clinch.
Emelienko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duffy.
Emelienko throws a lazy right hand but Duffy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duffy misses with a hook
and Emelienko counters with a straight right hand.
Emelienko moves out of range as Duffy strikes.
Duffy connects with an inside leg kick.
Duffy throws out a powerful jab.
Emelienko wants to clinch but Duffy slips to the side
and Emelienko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Duffy gets tackled into the cage by Emelienko. Emelienko maintains the clinch.
Emelienko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duffy blocks an uppercut.
Emelienko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Vladimir Emelienko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Emelienko's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Duffy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Emelienko, pushing him back against the cage.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Duffy lands with a right to the head.

Duffy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duffy connects with a crisp jab.
Duffy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emelienko moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Emelienko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Duffy tries to clinch
letting Emelienko counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Duffy.
Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duffy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Duffy misses
and Emelienko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duffy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duffy throws a leg kick but Emelienko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Emelienko connects with a body shot that sends Duffy's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy lands a body shot.
Emelienko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Emelienko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Duffy moves forwards but Emelienko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Emelienko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duffy thows a leg kick but Emelienko checks it
and Emelienko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duffy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Emelienko to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by Emelienko as he checks the leg kick.
Duffy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Duffy looks to land a right hand but Emelienko moved out of range.
Emelienko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Duffy feints and then cracks Emelienko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Emelienko down.
Duffy motions for Emelienko to come forward. Duffy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Emelienko connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelienko throws a hook but Duffy avoids it easily.
Duffy slips a jab and a cross from Emelienko.
Duffy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Emelienko scores with a jab to the body.
Duffy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelienko.

Emelienko rushes Duffy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Emelienko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duffy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch on the inside from Emelienko fails to land.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelienko scores with a shot to the side of Duffy's head.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Duffy lands an uppercut.
Emelienko lands a hook that snaps the head of Duffy backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelienko swings wildly with an uppercut but Duffy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carney Duffy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duffy misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Duffy.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
Emelienko blocking some punches.
Emelienko gets through Duffy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Emelienko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vladimir Emelienko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duffy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Duffy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Duffy misses with a head kick.
It looked like Emelienko was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Duffy.
Duffy misses with an uppercut.
Duffy lands a really nice looking cross but Emelienko seems unphased.
Duffy cracks Emelienko with a good jab.

Emelienko darts in and clinches Duffy up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duffy misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelienko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Emelienko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duffy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duffy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Emelienko prevents a body shot from Duffy.
Duffy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duffy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duffy has a couple of punches blocked by Emelienko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelienko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Duffy is rocked!
Duffy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelienko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duffy is still on wobbly legs! Can Emelienko finish him?
Duffy tries to circle away but Emelienko has him pinned against the cage.
Duffy stalling.
Emelienko misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelienko working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Emelienko.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Emelienko.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelienko blocking some punches.
Duffy lands a nice shot to the body.
Duffy misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Emelienko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Emelienko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Emelienko!
Vladimir Emelienko decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Carney Duffy spoke after the fight, saying 'Well, what can i say? Enough is enough, my career did not go as i planned.'.