PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between robby crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedor Emelianenko told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

crump
vs
Emelianenko

180 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, robby crump!
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, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
crump tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emelianenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Emelianenko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
crump on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Emelianenko tries to pass the half guard into mount. crump knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Emelianenko lands strikes from half guard.
Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emelianenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. crump defending well though.
crump avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is taking a breather. crump says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
crump regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a couple of decent looking shots.
crump throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Emelianenko pushing down on crump's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Emelianenko throwing shots but crump is blocking nicely.
crump landing small, sideways elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Emelianenko 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.
crump tries to kick Emelianenko off but Emelianenko keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Emelianenko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Emelianenko stalling.
Emelianenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. crump defending well though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Emelianenko shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as crump sprawls well. crump wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet.

Emelianenko shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. crump is trying to defend but Emelianenko finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Emelianenko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Emelianenko thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed crump's head.
Emelianenko trying to control the action but crump is working from the bottom.

Emelianenko is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but crump still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, crump has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Emelianenko looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
crump tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Emelianenko is controlling crump's position as best he can from this difficult position.

Emelianenko kicks crump off and gets back to his feet.

Emelianenko shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Emelianenko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is in close to crump's body, working some short punches and elbows.
crump preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emelianenko throws a big right hand that misses.
Emelianenko postures up and lands a big shot to crump's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Emelianenko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Emelianenko is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
crump working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of crump's head.

crump looking for a guillotine here but Emelianenko defends easily.
Emelianenko wants to control from the top but crump keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Emelianenko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Emelianenko shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. crump is trying to defend but Emelianenko finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Emelianenko is trying to control the action in half guard but crump is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Emelianenko is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so crump is just riding it out for now. Emelianenko eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emelianenko working over crump with some ground and pound. crump looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Emelianenko is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands strikes from half guard.
Emelianenko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
crump is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Emelianenko scores with a couple of nice shots.
Emelianenko wants to control but crump is keeping him busy.
Emelianenko is thwarting crump's attempts to control the position.
Emelianenko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
crump is in trouble now - Emelianenko has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
crump is in a horrible position here. Emelianenko smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Emelianenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Emelianenko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount.

Emelianenko is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. crump is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. crump flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Emelianenko anticipates the leg and manages to get behind crump and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Emelianenko slips an arm under crump chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Emelianenko has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Emelianenko is squeezing on crump like an anaconda would it's prey. crump fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fedor Emelianenko!