PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Matielli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bruno Matielli has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Matielli
vs
Emelianenko

185 cm
20
235 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
21
256 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Matielli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrei Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matielli fails to land the takedown.
Emelianenko has his takedown stuffed

and Matielli counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Matielli.
Matielli is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Emelianenko punching from the bottom.
Matielli throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Emelianenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Matielli passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Matielli lands with a punch from half guard.
Matielli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Emelianenko defending well though.
Matielli could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Matielli wants to work for an arm triangle but Emelianenko is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Matielli is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Emelianenko has managed to free his arm - good work.

Matielli is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Emelianenko is just riding it out for now. Matielli eventually gives up the hold.

Matielli is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Emelianenko doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Matielli.
Matielli is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Matielli is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Emelianenko has managed to free his arm - good work.
Emelianenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Emelianenko throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Emelianenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Emelianenko with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Matielli can't handle though.
Matielli throwing strikes from guard but Emelianenko blocks nicely.
Emelianenko lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Emelianenko lands a decent shot there.
Emelianenko lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Emelianenko striking off his back, scoring a few points.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko punching from the bottom.
Emelianenko throwing short punches from the bottom.
Emelianenko lands a decent punch to the body there.
Matielli stands up out of Emelianenko's guard for a moment - Emelianenko manages to land a nice upkick.

Matielli is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Emelianenko striking from the bottom.
Emelianenko keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Matielli takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Emelianenko lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Matielli stands up out of Emelianenko's guard for a moment - Emelianenko manages to land a nice upkick.
Emelianenko punching from the bottom.
Emelianenko keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Emelianenko striking from his own guard.
Matielli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko wants to sweep but no luck.

Matielli is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Emelianenko shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Matielli counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Emelianenko!

Matielli is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Emelianenko has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Emelianenko is looking to get to half guard.
Emelianenko slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Matielli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Matielli looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Emelianenko striking from half guard on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matielli is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Emelianenko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Matielli is trying to work for a kimura but Emelianenko is defending well.

Matielli is trying to work for a kimura but Emelianenko is defending well.
Emelianenko lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The fighters are battling for position here. Emelianenko manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Emelianenko lands a good elbow from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Emelianenko.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matielli tries to buck Emelianenko off but Emelianenko is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Andrei Emelianenko will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Matielli tries to score a power double leg takedown but Emelianenko sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Matielli somewhat.
Matielli has a takedown stuffed.
Emelianenko misses with a takedown attempt

and Matielli counters with a shoot takedown. Emelianenko fights it but they end up in guard.
Emelianenko lands a decent shot there.
Emelianenko trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Matielli drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Matielli jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Emelianenko lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Matielli!
Matielli really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Emelianenko landing punches.
Matielli is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Emelianenko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Emelianenko lands a big shot there that rocks Matielli but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Emelianenko with a couple of short strikes.
Emelianenko blocks Matielli's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Emelianenko working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Matielli is working to get back to half guard.
Matielli throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko controlling the position easily from mount.

Emelianenko has hold of Matielli's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Matielli manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Matielli is trying desperately to improve position.
Matielli taking shots to the head.
Emelianenko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Matielli can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Emelianenko with the ground and pound from mount.
Matielli throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Emelianenko working the ground and pound effectively.
Emelianenko with good strikes from the mount here!
Matielli throwing hammer fists to the chest of Emelianenko. What's that going to do exactly?
Matielli throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Matielli looks a forlorn figure.
Matielli tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Emelianenko pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Matielli is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Matielli is working hard here to advance position.
Emelianenko looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Matielli is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Emelianenko controlling from mount.
Matielli flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Matielli working to try and regain half guard.
Emelianenko with a couple of short strikes.
Emelianenko lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount and Matielli is in trouble!
Matielli is wriggling around trying to escape.
Emelianenko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount.
Emelianenko prevents Matielli from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Andrei Emelianenko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Matielli shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Emelianenko sprawls well. Emelianenko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Matielli gets slowly back to his feet.

Emelianenko shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Emelianenko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Emelianenko lands with a punch from half guard.

Matielli looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Emelianenko perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Emelianenko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matielli with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Matielli is trying to get back to full guard.

Matielli is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Emelianenko pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Emelianenko has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Matielli defend it? Emelianenko steps over the head and cranks it - Matielli is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Emelianenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andrei Emelianenko!