PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cedric De Boise (ranked 1955 p4p, 2905 weight class) and Fedor Emperor (ranked 216 p4p, 305 weight class). De Boise comes to the cage accompanied by Do Your Thing. The crowd seem to be enjoying Emperor's choice of entrance music: Enae Volare Mezzo. Cedric De Boise has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Boise
vs
Emperor

189 cm
24
263
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
27
223
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Core Combat

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cedric De Boise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emperor!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Boise moves out of range as Emperor strikes.
De Boise has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
De Boise displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emperor throws out the jab.
Emperor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Boise.
Emperor throws an overhand right that lands on De Boise's shoulder, as De Boise tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from De Boise misses its target.
De Boise lands with a straight right. Emperor didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Fedor Emperor has been cut.
De Boise throws a body shot but no joy.
De Boise swings widly with a right hand
and Emperor counters with a straight right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Boise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Boise is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Emperor tests De Boise's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Emperor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Boise misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Emperor blocks the leg kick.
De Boise slips a straight right by Emperor.
De Boise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emperor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Boise slips a straight right by Emperor.
De Boise fires out a quick counter leg kick but Emperor just manages to avoid it.
A jab lands there for De Boise.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Boise.
De Boise throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fedor Emperor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Boise misses with a left hand
and Emperor counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Emperor misses its intended target.
Emperor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but De Boise avoids it really well and circles away.
De Boise appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emperor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Boise slips a jab from Emperor.
De Boise throws a quick counter kick to the body but Emperor avoids it.
Emperor might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Boise.
Horrible takedown attempt by Emperor or perhaps it was just good defense by De Boise, which made it look bad.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Boise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Boise just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Boise cracks Emperor with a right hand to the side of the head.
Emperor misses with an uppercut. De Boise saw that one coming.
De Boise misses the body punch
and Emperor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Boise uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emperor.
Decent striking displayed by Emperor there.
De Boise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emperor.
De Boise with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Boise tries to land a body kick
and Emperor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Emperor throws a looping overhand right but De Boise ducks down to avoid it.
Emperor with a jab.
Emperor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emperor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emperor misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from De Boise on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Boise misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Emperor blocks the low kick.

De Boise feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Emperor sprawling to the canvas! Emperor rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can De Boise finish him?!

Emperor is rocked!

That has opened up Fedor Emperor's cut even more.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. De Boise engages and cracks Emperor with a massive lead left hook - Emperor tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! De Boise is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cedric De Boise!
During a confident post fight interview, Cedric De Boise thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.