PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rade Franjic (ranked 1983 p4p, 4221 weight class) and Roman Emelianenko (ranked 215 p4p, 430 weight class). Emelianenko has chosen Mala Dama - Kabat as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Franjic
vs
Emelianenko

195 cm
27
265
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
31
257
17 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

30th Century Beer Store
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Furnace Performance 🔥
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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rade Franjic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko tries to clinch there but Franjic circles away.

Emelianenko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franjic, pushing him back against the cage.
Franjic managing to block the knees to the body from Emelianenko.

Franjic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko throws a lazy uppercut
and Franjic counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Roman Emelianenko has been cut.
Emelianenko fails to land with a series of punches.
It appears Franjic was looking to counter with a kick there.
Emelianenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franjic circles away quickly and effectively.
Franjic blocks a head kick by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've been told by Franjic's head coaches at Death By Snu Snu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that Franjic ducks under and follows up with a left that Franjic also avoids with ease.
Franjic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Franjic takes a shot right to the bread basket.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelianenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Franjic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franjic scores with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Emelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by Franjic.

Franjic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franjic avoids the body shot from Emelianenko.
Franjic jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

Emelianenko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Franjic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emelianenko misses with the head strike.
Franjic gets through Emelianenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Franjic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Franjic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Emelianenko.
Franjic blocks a head kick by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Franjic throwing a counter right hand but Emelianenko manages to avoid it.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Franjic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelianenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roman Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to clinch
letting Franjic counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Emelianenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Emelianenko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It appears Franjic was looking to counter with a kick there.
Franjic connects with a solid leg kick.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Franjic counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Emelianenko out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Franjic is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rade Franjic!
A relieved looking Rade Franjic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Roman Emelianenko had this to say: 'Try to hit me brother, I have no chin hahaha, wait…'.