PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Livo Makkai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Last of the Mohicans. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Makkai
vs
Emelianenko

185 cm
21
243 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
282 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 London, Livo Makkai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fedor Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko has a takedown stuffed.

Emelianenko gets caught flat footed, as Makkai shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Makkai stopping the sweep attempt from Emelianenko.
Makkai throwing strikes but missing.
Makkai keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Emelianenko's head.
Emelianenko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Makkai wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
Emelianenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Emelianenko keeping moving, preventing Makkai from controlling successfully.
Makkai controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkai throwing strikes from guard but Emelianenko blocks nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Livo Makkai wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Emelianenko misses the jab.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Makkai is avoiding it.
No joy there for Emelianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Emelianenko drives through with a takedown into guard.
Emelianenko wanted to stand there but Makkai had control of the position.
Emelianenko looks gassed!
Makkai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Makkai is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Makkai wants the takedown. Emelianenko is fighting it off but Makkai persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Emelianenko's guard against the cage.
Emelianenko keeping moving, preventing Makkai from controlling successfully.
Makkai 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Makkai wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Livo Makkai.
Emelianenko leaves Makkai with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A combination from Emelianenko does no damage.
Makkai shoots in looking for a takedown but Emelianenko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Makkai's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makkai fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Livo Makkai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko shoots and misses

and Makkai counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Emelianenko wants to get back to his feet but Makkai is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Emelianenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Makkai is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Makkai showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Makkai being controlled here momentarily.
Makkai wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Makkai thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Makkai postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Makkai trying to control but Emelianenko is working from the bottom.
Makkai postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Makkai might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Makkai in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Makkai wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.
Emelianenko wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Livo Makkai 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.

Makkai is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko misses with a wild body shot.

Makkai closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Makkai lands in his opponent's guard.
Makkai working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Makkai works over Emelianenko with some ground and pound from guard.
Emelianenko is looking to sweep but instead, Makkai has passed into half guard.
Makkai drops an elbow to the side of Emelianenko's head.
Emelianenko is trying to stand up here but Makkai is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Makkai working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkai lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Emelianenko taking some punishment here, with Makkai in his half guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Makkai here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Makkai thows a huge punch but Emelianenko dodges it nicely.
Makkai passes into side control, despite Emelianenko's attempt to control the position.
Emelianenko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Makkai wants to lay and pray for a moment but Emelianenko keeps working.
Emelianenko is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Emelianenko tries to buck Makkai off but Makkai is having none of it.
Emelianenko is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Makkai tries to score with some ground and pound. Emelianenko controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Emelianenko gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Emelianenko moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Makkai keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Emelianenko's head.
Makkai wants to control from the top but Emelianenko keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Emelianenko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Makkai postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Makkaiis looking to pass into half guard but Emelianenko pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Emelianenko is in guard.
Emelianenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Makkai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Makkai wants to stand up but Emelianenko is controlling him.
Makkai is trying to keep Emelianenko in close.

That's four 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 postures up in Makkai's guard and throws a big left but Makkai blocks it.
Emelianenko should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Emelianenko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emelianenko looking to pass the guard.
Makkai looking for a sweep. Not yet Makkai, not yet.
Emelianenko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Makkai's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Makkai looking for a sweep. Not yet Makkai, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makkai not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Livo Makkai dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makkai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emelianenko misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Makkai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Makkai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Emelianenko misses the shot to the body.
Fedor Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makkai fails with the takedown

and Emelianenko counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Makkai's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Livo Makkai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko trying to control but Makkai is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Makkai has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Emelianenko can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Makkai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Makkai is trying to control the position but Emelianenko postures up.
Makkai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Makkai is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Makkai keeping moving, preventing Emelianenko from controlling successfully.
Livo Makkai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Makkai is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Livo Makkai just wasn't active enough.
Emelianenko throws a hook but Makkai blocks it.

Makkai darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Emelianenko is trying to control but can't.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Makkai lands a nice short elbow.
Emelianenko is refusing to be controlled, as Makkai sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makkai is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Emelianenko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Makkai missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Emelianenko is staying active underneath Makkai, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Makkai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Emelianenko wants to get back to his feet.
Makkai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Emelianenko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Emelianenko is looking to improve his position.
Makkai lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Emelianenko is looking for a sweep. Makkai is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emelianenko is looking to control Makkai's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Emelianenko avoid being mounted?

Emelianenko looking for submissions off his back.
Makkai is trying to control. Emelianenko wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emelianenko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Makkai trying to control the action but Emelianenko is working from the bottom.
Emelianenko is trying to control but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fedor Emelianenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Makkai 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Livo Makkai!