PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fyodor Yemelyanenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kostis hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yemelyanenko comes into the arena with Oy, to ne vecher blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yemelyanenko
vs
hunter

183 cm
20
233 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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, Fyodor Yemelyanenko!
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, kostis hunter!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yemelyanenko closes this distance looking for a takedown but hunter circles away.
Yemelyanenko moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yemelyanenko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Horrible takedown by hunter or perhaps it was just good defense by Yemelyanenko which made him look bad.
Yemelyanenko misses with a head kick.
Yemelyanenko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling hunter to score with a decent uppercut.
Yemelyanenko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of hunter's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yemelyanenko with a poor takedown
and Yemelyanenko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yemelyanenko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice takedown defense from Yemelyanenko. No joy for hunter on that attempt.
hunter looks gassed!
Yemelyanenko connects with a jab.

Yemelyanenko darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Yemelyanenko is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Yemelyanenko with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yemelyanenko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
hunter tries to hold on but Yemelyanenko postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yemelyanenko looking to control and managing it successfully.
hunter is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

hunter is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Yemelyanenko locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! hunter is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fyodor Yemelyanenko!