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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Biber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justin Biber has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fedor Emelianenko's chin.
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229 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Justin Biber!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biber shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Emelianenko pinned against the cage. Emelianenko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Emelianenko tries to clinch up.
Biber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emelianenko shoots in for a double leg but Biber sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Biber throws a right and a left that both miss.
Biber fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Biber gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Emelianenko to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Biber working a defensive guard here.
Emelianenko stands up from Biber's guard - Emelianenko perhaps looking for a knockout.
Biber slaps away a takedown attempt from Emelianenko, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biber fails to land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Biber circles away quickly and effectively.
Emelianenko drives through with a takedown into guard.
Emelianenko controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Biber not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Emelianenko is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Biber really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Emelianenko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Emelianenko wants to control from the top but Biber keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biber has a closed guard, preventing Emelianenko from standing up.
Biber wants to sweep but no luck.
Biber can't keep his opponent in guard - Emelianenko advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Emelianenko is keen to just control but Biber is a slippery customer.
Emelianenko takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Emelianenko seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Biber for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emelianenko wants to control but Biber is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Fedor Emelianenko.
Biber stalks Emelianenko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Emelianenko's face. Emelianenko staggers backwards, shaken.
Biber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Emelianenko showed some decent athleticism there.
Biber is pressing down on Emelianenko's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Biber throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Emelianenko controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Biber keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Emelianenko looking to pass the guard.
Emelianenko trying to control but Biber is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko connects with a couple of short punches.
Biber is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Biber looks gassed!
Biber trying to keep a closed guard but Emelianenko is proving a slippery customer.
Emelianenko stands up from Biber's guard - Emelianenko perhaps looking for a knockout.
Biber stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Biber wants it to stay on the feet.
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 with a lazy takedown attempt
and Biber counters with a nice uppercut.
Emelianenko shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Biber sprawls well. Biber wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Emelianenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Emelianenko shoots in but Biber avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko fails with the takedown
and Biber counters with a one-two to the body.
Biber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Biber throws a series of strikes that have Emelianenko backpedaling.
Biber stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Biber wants it to stay on the feet.
Emelianenko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Biber shoots in and drives through. Emelianenko sprawls well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Biber throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Emelianenko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Emelianenko could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Emelianenko takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biber scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Emelianenko misses with a takedown attempt
and Biber counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Biber.
Biber digs a right hand into Emelianenko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Emelianenko's gas tank.
Biber working hard to break the clinch.
Biber pressing his opponent against the cage.
Biber manages to break the clinch.
Biber tries a head kick but it misses.
Biber takes the fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko keeps control of Biber as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Emelianenko can't get the takedown.
Biber tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Biber gets through Emelianenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Biber is looking to break free of the clinch but Emelianenko has double underhooks.
Biber lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Emelianenko or not.
Emelianenko has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Biber avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biber tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Biber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Biber circles away.
Jab, jab by Biber - just one landing.
Biber stuffs the takedown.
Biber swinging wildly here.
Emelianenko falls off balance throwing a combination
and Biber counters with a three punch combo that has Emelianenko backing up. Emelianenko nods at Biber to acknowledge the strikes.
Biber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Emelianenko shoots in looking for a takedown. Biber tries to sprawl out of it but Emelianenko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Biber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Emelianenko takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Biber moves into the clinch.
Emelianenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Biber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emelianenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Biber gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Biber struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelianenko controls his hands.
Biber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Biber.
Emelianenko scores with a hook.
Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches up with Biber, looking for a takedown. Emelianenko pushes Biber against the cage but Biber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emelianenko slips a jab and a cross from Biber.
Emelianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Biber changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Emelianenko tries to avoid it but Biber manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Emelianenko to the ground. Emelianenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Emelianenko closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Biber did well to prevent Emelianenko getting side control.
Biber wants to get back to full guard but Emelianenko has mounted him!
Emelianenko prevents Biber from getting the reversal.
Emelianenko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Biber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Emelianenko blocks a jab.
Emelianenko lands a head shot.
Biber tries to clinch but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Biber clinches up with Emelianenko and pushes him back against the cage.
Biber holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Biber is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling him.
Biber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko is trying hard to land a takedown here. Biber sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Emelianenko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Emelianenko lands in his opponent's guard.
Emelianenko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Emelianenko prevents Biber from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko cracks Biber with a solid left hand.
Biber is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Emelianenko forces his way into half guard.
Emelianenko passes the guard and advances to mount!
Emelianenko avoids the attempt from Biber to control.
Biber trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Emelianenko tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Emelianenko punishing his opponent with strikes.
Emelianenko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Biber is looking to escape.
Emelianenko controlling from mount.
Biber in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko with good strikes from the mount here!
Emelianenko looking to control and managing it successfully.
Emelianenko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Emelianenko controlling from the full mount.
Emelianenko pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Emelianenko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Biber is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Biber that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Emelianenko controlling the pace for now.
Emelianenko raining down shots from the mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor Emelianenko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Emelianenko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fedor Emelianenko!
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