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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes to the cage accompanied by Enea Vollare Mezzo. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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254 lbs
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259 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
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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
36 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leroy Brown!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brown clinches up with Emelianenko and pushes him back against the cage.
Emelianenko struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown taking a breather.
Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown moves into the clinch.
Brown tries a body shot but Emelianenko blocks it.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown wants to break free but Emelianenko has control.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Emelianenko's efforts to push away.
Emelianenko blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emelianenko's elbow.
Emelianenko scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Emelianenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Emelianenko's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Emelianenko has clasped his hands together around Brown's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Brown managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Emelianenko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to improve position but can't.
Brown stops Emelianenko from passing to mount.
Emelianenko 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.
Emelianenko lands a decent elbow from side control.
Emelianenko goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Brown rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Emelianenko's guard! Nice work there by Brown!
Brown is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Emelianenko wants to hit a switch here but Brown passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Emelianenko there!
Emelianenko might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Emelianenko tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown landing strikes from the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown controlling from mount.
Brown prevents Emelianenko from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brown scoring with strikes but Emelianenko is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown with a couple of short strikes.
Emelianenko gets back to half guard.
Brown trying to pass the guard but Emelianenko defending well.
Emelianenko looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Brown pushes past his half guard into mount!
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Emelianenko slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is pressing down on Brown's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Emelianenko wants to hit a switch here but Brown passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Emelianenko there!
Brown controlling from the full mount.
Emelianenko is looking to get to half guard.
Emelianenko manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Emelianenko tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Brown prevents Emelianenko from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Brown takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Emelianenko wants to get back to full guard.
Emelianenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brown is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Emelianenko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown tries to lock up and control but Emelianenko gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.
Emelianenko avoids the attempt from Brown to 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 Fedor Emelianenko will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Emelianenko scores with a jab to the body.
Emelianenko cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
It looks like Leroy Brown has been cut.
Emelianenko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Emelianenko drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emelianenko scores with punches from side control.
Emelianenko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Emelianenko is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Brown is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Brown struggling a bit here.
Emelianenko throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Brown is looking for a sweep.
Brown wants to control but Emelianenko postures up.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fedor Emelianenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Emelianenko is chipping away with strikes.
Emelianenko working the head with strikes.
Brown is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brown struggling a bit here.
Emelianenko is putting a hurting on Brown here, landing some big shots from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown can't do much from the bottom here.
Brown manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown is holding on to half guard well.
Emelianenko slips a nice elbow through Brown's hands, connecting with Brown's forehead.
Emelianenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Emelianenko is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Emelianenko looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brown tries to roll over but Emelianenko keeps him under control.
Brown is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brown looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Emelianenko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown wants to control but Emelianenko is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Emelianenko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brown with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Emelianenko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emelianenko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brown with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brown is rocked!
Brown is breathing heavily.
Emelianenko unloads with some huge strikes here! Brown is out! Emelianenko wins by brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Fedor Emelianenko!
Leroy Brown spoke after the fight, saying 'Well I think it is time to go back to our camp and take hard look not only my career but more importantly my future, perhaps the time has come to call it a day'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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