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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Казаки - Ой да kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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186 cm
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250 lbs
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183 cm
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233 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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, Jason King! 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! King slips a jab and a cross from Emelianenko.
Some wild striking there from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a jab to the nose. Emelianenko misses the shot to the body. Emelianenko looks to land a combination but King avoids it well. King avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Emelianenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Emelianenko shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has King pinned against the cage. King gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Emelianenko looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Emelianenko looks gassed! King is trying to control the position but Emelianenko postures up. King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Emelianenko won't allow King to get back to his feet. King 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.
That's one minute gone in the round. Emelianenko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. King wants to stand up but Emelianenko is controlling him. Emelianenko preventing the sweep. Emelianenko trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. Emelianenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emelianenko falls off balance throwing a combination
so King counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Emelianenko wants to stand and escape but King is having none of it. King stands and steps away. Emelianenko gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. King scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Emelianenko is rocked! King gets a clinch. Emelianenko tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. King smiles and moves away.
Jason King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Emelianenko.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Emelianenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and King counters by clinching up. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage! King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King prevents the takedown attempt.
Emelianenko gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. King pushes Emelianenko off looking to stand but Emelianenko dives back in and keeps control.
Emelianenko is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. King doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Emelianenko. Emelianenko thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Emelianenko trying to control from half guard but King is working away. Emelianenko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Emelianenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Emelianenko moves nicely into side control. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. King takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Emelianenko is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Emelianenko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Emelianenko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. King knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. King is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Emelianenko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. King knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. King is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Emelianenko missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Emelianenko passes to side control. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jason King will probably get the nod. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
King misses with a few strikes there.
Fedor Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Emelianenko throws an overhand right that has King reeling! Emelianenko follows up with a more punches and King is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Fedor Emelianenko!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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