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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugh Jorgen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko's entrance music is Enea Vollare Mezzo. A fine choice. Alexander Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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264 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Jorgen!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Jorgen misses.
Nice takedown defense from Emelianenko. No joy for Jorgen on that attempt.
Emelianenko wants to clinch up but Jorgen keeps it at a distance.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jorgen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko throws a head kick but Jorgen moves out of range.
Jorgen closes the distance and clinches.
Emelianenko manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Emelianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Jorgen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emelianenko looks to clinch
and Jorgen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jorgen trying to control but Emelianenko is working from the bottom.
Jorgen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emelianenko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Emelianenko wants to get back to his feet but Jorgen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Emelianenko pushes Jorgen off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko blocks a jab.
A head kick lands from Emelianenko that sends Jorgen to the canvas. Jorgen tries to scramble back to his feet but Emelianenko brings him back down into side control.
It looks like Hugh Jorgen has been cut.
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!
Jorgen is looking for a sweep.
Jorgen can't do much from the bottom here.
Emelianenko is looking to take a break and control but Jorgen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jorgen struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorgen manages to work his way to half guard, despite Emelianenko's best efforts.
Jorgen wants to get back to full guard.
Jorgen looks gassed!
Jorgen manages to get to full guard.
Emelianenko has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jorgen is proving hard to escape from.
Jorgen wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko connects with a couple of short punches.
Emelianenko decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jorgen, up you get!
Emelianenko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Emelianenko shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Emelianenko showed some decent athleticism there.
Emelianenko working the head and body with strikes.
Emelianenko takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jorgen wants to get back to full guard.
Jorgen is trying to stand back up but Emelianenko is controlling him
Emelianenko content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorgen trying to control here.
Jorgen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Emelianenko kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Emelianenko throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jorgen wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Emelianenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugh Jorgen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jorgen fails with the takedown
and Emelianenko decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jorgen's guard.
Jorgen is trying to control the position but Emelianenko postures up.
Emelianenko decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jorgen, up you get!
Alexander Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorgen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Emelianenko tries to avoid it but Jorgen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Emelianenko to the ground. Emelianenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Emelianenko has a takedown stuffed.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jorgen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jorgen misses with a takedown attempt - Emelianenko sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alexander Emelianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugh Jorgen.
Jorgen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Emelianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alexander Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Emelianenko tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorgen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jorgen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jorgen doesn't manage to clinch there - Emelianenko circles away.
Emelianenko gets caught flat footed, as Jorgen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jorgen trying to move into half guard but instead Emelianenko has managed to sweep!
Jorgen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Emelianenko manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jorgen won't allow Emelianenko to sweep him here.
Jorgen wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
Emelianenko wants to stand up but Jorgen is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jorgen's guard.
Jorgen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Emelianenko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emelianenko trying to control but Jorgen is working from the bottom.
Jorgen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jorgen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Emelianenko can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Emelianenko tries to free his leg and advance position but Jorgen is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorgen is trying to control the position but Emelianenko postures up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jorgen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jorgen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Emelianenko wants to control but Jorgen postures up.
Jorgen is working Emelianenko over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jorgen decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jorgen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick from Emelianenko lands but Jorgen takes it in his stride.
Jorgen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Emelianenko moves in looking to clinch but Jorgen pushes him off.
Jorgen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Emelianenko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jorgen thinking.
Emelianenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Jorgen misses with a takedown attempt
and Emelianenko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Emelianenko.
Jorgen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Jorgen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up.
Emelianenko darts in trying to clinch
and Jorgen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
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 Alexander Emelianenko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hugh Jorgen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Jorgen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Emelianenko gets back to full guard.
Emelianenko trying to control the position.
Jorgen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Emelianenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko wants to get back to his feet but Jorgen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko wriggles free and stands up.
Emelianenko wants to clinch but Jorgen slips to the side
and Jorgen counters with a shoot takedown. Emelianenko fights it but they end up in guard.
Emelianenko looking to control.
Jorgen trying to control the position from guard on top but Emelianenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jorgen content to stall in guard here.
Emelianenko has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jorgen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko looking to control.
Jorgen stops Emelianenko from standing up.
Jorgen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Emelianenko is proving hard to escape from.
Emelianenko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jorgen is controlling him.
Jorgen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Emelianenko keeping moving, preventing Jorgen from controlling successfully.
Jorgen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jorgen is trying to control. Emelianenko wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Emelianenko shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jorgen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Emelianenko won't be happy with that.
Jorgen content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Jorgen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Emelianenko has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Emelianenko wants to get back to his feet.
Jorgen lands a nice forearm strike.
Emelianenko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jorgen is controlling him well.
Hugh Jorgen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alexander Emelianenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Emelianenko manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jorgen's best efforts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hugh Jorgen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Emelianenko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alexander Emelianenko!
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energy
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RATING
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