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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 129 p4p, 18 weight class) and Vladimir Emelienko (ranked 207 p4p, 29 weight class). Nazaryan comes to the cage accompanied by DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Emelienko!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nazaryan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Contenders (Max ID290) in the buildup to the fight.
A jab from Emelienko misses.
Emelienko fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nazaryan takes a swing at Emelienko's ribcage but misses.
Emelienko scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Emelienko has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Nazaryan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A big right from Emelienko misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nazaryan.
Nazaryan checks a leg kick.
Nazaryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nazaryan misses with an uppercut.
Nazaryan throws a chopping leg kick but Emelienko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Emelienko tries to move into range but Nazaryan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Vladimir Emelienko has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nazaryan. Emelienko does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazaryan lands with a straight right. Emelienko didn't see that one coming.
Emelienko blocks a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Emelienko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emelienko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nazaryan swings widly with a right hand
and Emelienko counters with a nice body shot.
Nazaryan tries to close the distance and clinch but Emelienko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelienko misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nazaryan throws a push kick but Emelienko slaps the foot to one side.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Nazaryan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nazaryan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nazaryan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Emelienko looks to throw the jab but Nazaryan is out of range.
Nazaryan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Emelienko loads up on a big right hand but Nazaryan slips the punch.
Emelienko misses with a straight right.
A jab from Emelienko finds it's way through Nazaryan's defenses.
Emelienko throws a shot to the body.
Nazaryan blocks a jab.
Nazaryan is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazaryan throws a right hand that Emelienko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelienko also avoids with ease.
A big left from Emelienko misses.
Nazaryan is looking to counter punch.
Nazaryan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nazaryan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Emelienko backs up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emelienko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Emelienko as he connects with a hook.
Nazaryan throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Emelienko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nazaryan doesn't seem phased though.
Nazaryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelienko.
Nazaryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emelienko.
Nazaryan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Emelienko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nazaryan's calf.
Nazaryan looks to land a right hand but Emelienko moved out of range.
Emelienko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Emelienko lands a lovely overhand right.
Nazaryan tries to work over Emelienko's front leg with a kick but Emelienko checks it.
Emelienko looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the side of Emelienko's head but Emelienko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nazaryan moves away from the strike by Emelienko.
Emelienko feints and then cracks Nazaryan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nazaryan down.
Nazaryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emelienko with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emelienko.
Emelienko thumps Nazaryan with a low kick.
Emelienko misses with a right hand
and Nazaryan counters with a body kick that stops Emelienko in his tracks momentarily.
Nazaryan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Emelienko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nazaryan is able to avoid easily.
Nazaryan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Emelienko throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Emelienko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Emelienko tries to land a leg kick but Nazaryan saw it coming and moves away.
Nazaryan tests Emelienko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot lands for Nazaryan.
Nice straight punches there by Emelienko. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Emelienko.
Nazaryan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazaryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emelienko moves away.
Nazaryan blocks a leg kick.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Nazaryan moved away.
Emelienko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan connects with a solid leg kick.
Emelienko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelienko is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nazaryan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nazaryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nazaryan tests Emelienko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Emelienko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nazaryan.
Emelienko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Emelienko throws an off balance right hand
and Nazaryan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nazaryan throws a body punch but Emelienko moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Nazaryan.
Emelienko looks to land a left hand but Nazaryan moved out of range nicely.
Emelienko lands a head shot.
Emelienko misses with a straight left.
Nazaryan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelienko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Emelienko connects with a leg kick. Nazaryan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nazaryan lands a really nice looking cross but Emelienko seems unphased.
Nazaryan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vladimir Emelienko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Emelienko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nazaryan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Emelienko cracks Nazaryan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nazaryan throws a lazy right hand but Emelienko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vladimir Emelienko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A low kick from Nazaryan misses
and Emelienko counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Emelienko checks a leg kick.
Nazaryan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nazaryan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nazaryan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nazaryan throws a body punch but Emelienko moves out of range.
Emelienko only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Emelienko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Emelienko slips under a jab from Nazaryan.
Emelienko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nazaryan throws a jab when Emelienko was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nazaryan. Emelienko does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Nazaryan misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazaryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelienko.
A quick step to the side and Nazaryan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nazaryan throws a body punch but Emelienko moves out of range.
Emelienko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nazaryan is looking to land body kicks.
Nazaryan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emelienko throws out the jab.
Nazaryan is looking to counter punch.
Nazaryan tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelienko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nazaryan throws an overhand right that lands on Emelienko's shoulder, as Emelienko tries to avoid the shot.
Emelienko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Nazaryan blocks the low kick.
Emelienko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nazaryan lands a right hook to the body.
Emelienko ducks under a wild hook from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with a hook.
Nazaryan misses with an uppercut. Emelienko saw that one coming.
Emelienko appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nazaryan throws a jab when Emelienko was well out of range.
Emelienko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A swing and a miss from Emelienko.
Emelienko throws a lazy uppercut
and Nazaryan counters with a thumping low kick.
Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nazaryan.
Emelienko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body punch from Emelienko.
Emelienko tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Nazaryan misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko tried to score with a low kick but Nazaryan checks it.
Nazaryan tests Emelienko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelienko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Emelienko staying out of range there.
A big left from Nazaryan misses.
Emelienko was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nazaryan misses with a low kick.
Emelienko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nazaryan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nazaryan looks to land a combination but Emelienko avoids it well.
Nazaryan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nazaryan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Emelienko.
Emelienko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emelienko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice shot lands for Emelienko.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Nazaryan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nazaryan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelienko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nazaryan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nazaryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emelienko scores with a hook to the body.
Emelienko lands with a light punch inside.
Emelienko blocks a body shot from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan blocks a body shot from Emelienko.
Nazaryan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Emelienko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emelienko throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazaryan.
Emelienko lands a nice shot to the body.
Nazaryan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emelienko's elbow.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Emelienko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nazaryan blocks a body shot from Emelienko.
Nazaryan gets through Emelienko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Emelienko can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
Emelienko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazaryan misses with a wild combination.
Nazaryan misses the shot to the body.
Emelienko just misses with a punch to the body.
Emelienko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nazaryan misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Emelienko there.
Some bone on bone action there as Nazaryan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nazaryan ducks under a wild hook from Emelienko.
A slapping leg kick lands for Emelienko.
Emelienko connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A swing and a miss from Nazaryan.
Emelienko misses the body punch
enabling Nazaryan to counter with a crisp jab.
Emelienko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vladimir Emelienko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Emelienko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Nazaryan loads up on a big right hand but Emelienko slips the punch.
Nazaryan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Emelienko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nazaryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelienko was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Emelienko to score with a decent uppercut.
Nazaryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Emelienko.
Nazaryan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nazaryan, as that shot connected.
Nazaryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Nazaryan sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Emelienko lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nazaryan doesn't seem phased though.
Emelienko fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nazaryan checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazaryan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nazaryan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emelienko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Emelienko tries to work over Nazaryan's front leg with a kick but Nazaryan checks it.
Emelienko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nazaryan counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Emelienko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice body punch from Emelienko.
Nazaryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emelienko thuds his right hand into Nazaryan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nazaryan lands a leg kick that knocks Emelienko off balance momentarily.
Emelienko throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Emelienko does it's job there.
Nazaryan swings for the body but Emelienko moves out of range.
Emelienko is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nazaryan with a body shot.
Emelienko throws a series of punches but Nazaryan avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Emelienko.
Nazaryan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Emelienko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emelienko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nazaryan on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazaryan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Emelienko.
Emelienko throws a leg kick
and Nazaryan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Emelienko walks into a stiff left hand from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with a looping right.
Vrej Nazaryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelienko looks to land a left hand but Nazaryan moved out of range nicely.
Emelienko looks to score with a jab to the body but Nazaryan is just out of range.
Nazaryan throws a hook but Emelienko blocks it.
Nazaryan lands a jab to the nose.
Nazaryan lands a jab.
Nazaryan connects with a body shot.
Emelienko lands a nice hook to Nazaryan's body. Nazaryan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Emelienko misses the jab.
Emelienko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Emelienko connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nazaryan. Nazaryan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nazaryan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Emelienko is able to avoid easily.
Emelienko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emelienko tries to work over Nazaryan's front leg with a kick but Nazaryan checks it.
Emelienko throws an overhand right that lands on Nazaryan's shoulder, as Nazaryan tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan blocks a leg kick.
Emelienko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan.
Emelienko ducks under a wild hook from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan misses with a left hand
and Emelienko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Emelienko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nazaryan.
Donk. Emelienko catches Nazaryan right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circling - Nazaryan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nazaryan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vladimir Emelienko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Emelienko avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big right from Emelienko misses.
Emelienko misses with an uppercut. Nazaryan saw that one coming.
Emelienko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Emelienko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Emelienko lands with an overhand left.
Nazaryan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Emelienko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nazaryan scrambles back to his feet.
Emelienko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazaryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emelienko manages to avoid it.
Nazaryan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Emelienko lands a right hook to the body.
Nazaryan misses with an uppercut.
Emelienko is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Emelienko misses with a straight left.
Emelienko scores with a hook to the body. Nazaryan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Emelienko throws a good cross that connects.
Nazaryan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nazaryan throws a looping overhand right but Emelienko ducks down to avoid it.
Emelienko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazaryan throws a sloppy head kick and Emelienko moves out of range easily.
Emelienko swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Emelienko slips under a jab from Nazaryan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazaryan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Emelienko throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nazaryan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Emelienko throws a low kick, looking for Nazaryan's leg but Nazaryan calmly moves out of range.
Nazaryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Emelienko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Emelienko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Emelienko!
Vladimir Emelienko tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Vrej Nazaryan stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.
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