PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Emelianenko (ranked 3507 p4p, 4721 weight class) and Kamehameha The King (ranked 388 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes to the cage accompanied by Mala Dama - Kabat. Roman Emelianenko could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kamehameha The King 's chin.

Emelianenko
vs
The King

190 cm
29
257
15 - 12 - 0

202 cm
26
274
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Groove Gear

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kamehameha The King !
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Emelianenko gets a clinch.
The King lands a left hand.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The King avoids it.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The King avoids it.
Emelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelianenko lands a left hand.
The King managing to block the knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The King .
Emelianenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The King misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Emelianenko obliges.
The King looks winded!
Emelianenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelianenko prevents the takedown attempt.
Emelianenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The King avoids it.
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut 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!
Emelianenko lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko tries to land knees in the clinch but The King avoids the damage to the body.
The King 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Emelianenko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The King 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The King .
Emelianenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Emelianenko gets through The King 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko trying to land knees to the body.
The King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The King drops down looking for an ankle pick but Emelianenko pulls his leg out and moves away.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that The King has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
The King looks to score with a jab to the body but Emelianenko is just out of range.
Emelianenko throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! The King crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Roman Emelianenko!
A very excited looking Roman Emelianenko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.