PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ramazan Emlek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arbaren Antracello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Emlek
vs
Antracello

167 cm
19
167 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Namunamu Clothing
Red Square Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ramazan Emlek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arbaren Antracello!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Emlek has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Emlek fails to land.
Emlek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emlek swings wildly with an uppercut but Antracello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emlek misses with the head strike.
Antracello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emlek has a couple of punches blocked by Antracello.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emlek.
Antracello can't get the takedown.
Emlek working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antracello.
Antracello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emlek swings wildly with an uppercut but Antracello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emlek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antracello can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emlek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emlek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emlek throws a head punch that misses.
Antracello has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Emlek is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Emlek lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Antracello backwards.
Emlek gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Antracello.
Ramazan Emlek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arbaren Antracello.
Antracello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Emlek fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emlek.

Antracello jumps guard and drags Emlek to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Emlek avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Emlek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emlek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Antracello utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Emlek throwing strikes but missing.
Emlek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Emlek landing some decent shots from guard.
Emlek throws an elbow that misses. Antracello uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Emlek's guard. Nice move by Antracello!
Antracello slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Antracello thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Antracello is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Emlek knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Emlek misses with a strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emlek tries to buck Antracello off but Antracello is having none of it.
Antracello blocks the strikes from Emlek.
Emlek taking a bit of punishment here - Antracello scoring with strikes.
Antracello connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Emlek some visible discomfort.
Emlek knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Antracello on the ground.
Antracello tries to move into full mount but can't pass Emlek's legs.
Antracello working the ground and pound from side control.

Antracello looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Emlek tries to bench press Antracello off him but Antracello keeps the position.
Emlek misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Antracello throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Emlek is looking to reverse the position.
Emlek tries to strike but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Antracello is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Emlek knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Antracello looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antracello lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Emlek down.
Emlek striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Emlek striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Antracello tries to move into full mount but can't pass Emlek's legs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Emlek throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Antracello scoring with punches from side control.
Emlek is looking to reverse the position.
Antracello takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Emlek to pass into mount.
Emlek might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emlek is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Emlek keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Antracello is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Arbaren Antracello 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.

Antracello moves out of range of the body kick.
Emlek fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Emlek wants to clinch up but Antracello keeps it at a distance.

Antracello gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Antracello wants to sweep here but Emlek controlling him for the moment.
Emlek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Antracello tries to strike from the bottom.
Emlek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Antracello looking for a sweep. Not yet Antracello, not yet.
Emlek throws a big elbow that misses.
Emlek throwing strikes but missing.
Emlek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antracello lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Emlek!
Emlek is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Emlek slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Emlek wants to improve his position but Antracello is controlling well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emlek tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Arbaren Antracello has got the better of the ground game so far.
Emlek misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emlek throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Antracello 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.
Emlek striking from the bottom.
Emlek flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Antracello 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.

Antracello seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antracello uses his free foot to push down on Emlek's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Emlek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antracello unloading with bombs!
Antracello lands with some strikes.
Emlek tries to reverse the position but Antracello maintains control.
Antracello pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Emlek tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Antracello looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Emlek on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Emlek tries to get out of the position.
Emlek throwing hammer fists to the chest of Antracello. What's that going to do exactly?

Antracello is working for a guillotine from mount but Emlek frees his head quite easily.
Emlek throwing hammer fists to the chest of Antracello. What's that going to do exactly?
Emlek is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Antracello has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Antracello blocks Emlek's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antracello looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Antracello looking for a guillotine from mount but Emlek is having none of it.
Emlek is in all sorts of trouble here.
Emlek is working hard here to advance position.
Emlek throwing hammer fists to the chest of Antracello. What's that going to do exactly?

Antracello quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Antracello but it's paid off an Emlek is forced to tap! Nice work by Antracello.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arbaren Antracello!