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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Kowal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kowal kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Czas na Walke. Fedor Emelianenko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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220 lbs
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225 lbs
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marco Kowal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowal shoots in for a takedown but Emelianenko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Emelianenko looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kowal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Kowal.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Kowal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Emelianenko has a takedown stuffed.
Emelianenko fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowal misses with a takedown attempt
and Emelianenko counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Kowal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kowal is trying to maintain the position but Emelianenko is very close to passing his half guard.
Kowal is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowal works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kowal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kowal throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Emelianenko postures up.
Kowal has a closed guard, preventing Emelianenko from standing up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kowal has closed the distance and engaged Emelianenko in a clinch.
Kowal is trying to break free.
Kowal breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Emelianenko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kowal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kowal lands an elbow inside.
Kowal is pressed up against the cage. Emelianenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kowal down to the mat. Kowal avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Emelianenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Kowal lands with a kick to the temple. Emelianenko shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kowal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Emelianenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kowal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Emelianenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelianenko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kowal.
Emelianenko scores a takedown into full mount!
Kowal is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Emelianenko working Kowal over with strikes here.
Emelianenko lands a big elbow.
Kowal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Emelianenko controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Emelianenko's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Emelianenko dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Emelianenko looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kowal!
Kowal is working to get back to half guard.
Kowal is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Emelianenko landing strikes from the mount and Kowal is in trouble!
Kowal regains half guard.
Emelianenko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kowal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Emelianenko content to control rather than advance.
Emelianenko wants to pass the guard but Kowal is defending well.
Emelianenko passes to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Emelianenko lands a decent elbow from side control.
Emelianenko content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Emelianenko scoring with punches and elbows.
Kowal tries to improve position but can't.
Emelianenko decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kowal swivels and escapes.
Kowal with a nice cross.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko controlling from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowal tries to improve position but can't.
Kowal could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Emelianenko happy to just control the position for now.
Emelianenko decides to stand back up. Emelianenko steps back and let's Kowal get back to his feet.
Kowal wants to clinch but Emelianenko slips to the side
and Emelianenko counters with a body kick.
Kowal looks to clinch
so Emelianenko counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Emelianenko is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Emelianenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Emelianenko throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kowal's waist but Kowal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Emelianenko off to one side.
Kowal shoots and misses
and Emelianenko counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kowal's guard now.
Kowal keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Despite being in the dominant position, Fedor Emelianenko just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kowal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kowal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Emelianenko lands in his opponent's guard.
Kowal keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Emelianenko looking to pass the guard.
Emelianenko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Emelianenko advances to half guard.
Kowal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Emelianenko pulls his head out easily.
Emelianenko with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Emelianenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kowal defending well though.
Kowal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Emelianenko slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Emelianenko has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Emelianenko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kowal missing with punches from the bottom.
Emelianenko seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Emelianenko is trying to work for a kimura but Kowal is defending well.
Kowal taking some punishment here, with Emelianenko in his half guard.
Kowal is trying to get back to full guard.
Emelianenko controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor Emelianenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Emelianenko winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fedor Emelianenko!
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hype
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