411's M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Monson Report 11.20.11
Posted by Mark Radulich on 11.20.2011
Fedor wins...that is all you need to know! For all of the details check out 411's M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Monson Report 11.20.11!
M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Monson
11.20.11
Olympic Arena
Moscow, Russia.
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And now ON WITH THE LIVE COVERAGE!
MAIN CARD (PPV)
Fedor Emelianenko (238.3 pounds) vs. Jeff Monson (238.1)
Daniel Weichel (154.5) vs. Jose Figueroa (155.4)
Alexander Yakovlev (169.8) vs. Juan Manuel Suarez (169.5)
Joshua Thorpe (155.4) vs. Mairbek Taisumov (155)
Albert Duraev (182.3) vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam (184.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook.com)
Jerome Bouisson (153.2) vs. Yuri Ivlev (153.7)
Alexander Volkov (229.3) vs. Arsen Abdulkerimov (251.1)
Sergey Kornev (204.6) vs. Salim Davidov (205.5)
Mikhail Malyutin (152.3) vs. Seydina Seck (155.4)
Nikolai Kaushansky (151.9) vs. Alexander Vinogradov (150.8)
So I ended up ordering UFC 139 anyway...don't judge me. Anywho, let's see if Fedor can finally get back to winning fights. Rumor has it that if he wins here then he'll be fighting Satishi Ishii on New Years Even in Japan for DREAM. We'll shall see. In the meantime, let's make with the fussin' and a fightin'.
PRELIMINARY MATCHES
Mikhail Malyutin (152.3) defeated. Seydina Seck (155.4) by TKO in round 1.
Salim Davidov (205.5) defeated Sergey Kornev (204.6) by majority decision.
Alexander Volkov (229.3) defeated Arsen Abdulkerimov (251.1) by TKO in round 1.
Albert Duraev (182.3) defeated Xavier Foupa-Pokam (184.5) by submission (triangle choke) at 2:40 round 2.
MAIN CARD MATCHES
INTRODUCTION:
We are live from the grand Olympic Arena in Moscow, Russia. Your commentators are Benny Ricardo and Jeremy Horn.
ROUND ONE: Ivlev throws a chopping leg kick. Ivlev launches another kick. Bouisson tries to counter. Ivlev low kicks and follows with a looping right that KO's Bouisson.
OFFICIAL RESULT: WINNER – Yuri Ivlev by KO at 0:58 of round 1.
Vladimir Putin is in audience…yikes.
Welterweight bout: Alexander Yakovlev (169.8lbs 17-3) vs. Juan Manuel Suarez (169.5lbs 8-1)
ROUND ONE: Suarez comes out kicking and jabbing. Suarez lands a kick. Suarez tries to put this one away early with a looping right hook. Yakovlev jabs back at him. Yakovlev attempts a takedown but Suarez jumps for a guillotine. The fighters hit the floor. Yakovlev sweeps and gets top position. He hammers on Suarez and then stands up. Suarez nails Yakovlev who responds with a tackle. Yakovlev defends his neck from a guillotine and moves into full guard. Suarez works for a triangle. Yakovlez tries to hammer his way out of trouble. He smashes Suarez but Suarez traps his arm. Suarez rolls out and attempts an inverted triangle. Yakovlev tries for an arm triangle but Suarez is able to defend.
SCORECARD: Suarez 10-9
ROUND TWO: The fighters are exchanging punches. Suarez kicks, Yakovlev counters by clinching and drives Suarez to the mat. Yakovlev pummels Suarez from guard. Suarez doesn't progress so they are stood up. Suarez lands a kick while Yakovlev scores with a punch. They do it again and this time Suarez is on spaghetti legs. Suarez shoots and is knocked on his back by Yakovlev. Suarez gives up his back after having his body worked over. Yakovlev attempts an arm triangle, gives it up and finishes Suarez off with a vicious elbow.
OFFICIAL RESULT: WINNER – Alexander Yakovlev by TKO at 3:15 of round 2.
Lightweight Title bout: Daniel Weichel (154.5lbs 27-7) vs. Champion - Jose Figueroa (155.4lbs 10-4)
ROUND ONE: Figueroa throws a kicks, which is caught. Weichel checks another kick. Weichel lands a one-two punch. Figueroa is throwing a lot of kicks. Weichel drops Figueroa with a counter right. He jumps on top of him to finish the fight. M-1 has a new lightweight champion!
OFFICIAL RESULT: WINNER AND NEW LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION – Daniel Weichel by KO at 1:48 of round 1.
As we wait for the main event to start, they confirm that M-1 is in negotiations with DREAM for Fedor to fight on New Year's Eve next month, possibly against Satoshi Ishii.
Before the fighters are announced, M-1 plays a retrospective of Fedor's career. The also show some of Monson's accomplishments (and so help me God, I think this is narrated by Morgan Freeman).
M-1 GLOBAL BATTLE OF THE LEGENDS MAIN EVENT
Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko (238.3lbs 31-4-0, 1NC) vs. Jeff Monson (238.1 42-12)
ROUND ONE: Fedor with a straight right. Monson shoots for a takedown and gets nothing. Fedor jabs and follows with a leg kick. Another leg kick from Fedor. Fedor continues to soften up Monson with kicks and jabs. Fedor is forcing Monson to circle away in order to avoid Fedor's straight punches. Fedor chops at Monson's leg. Monson shoots, Fedor reverses and lands in half guard. Fedor stands back up. Monson's lead leg is getting tortured. Fedor drops Monson with a straight right. Fedor follows him to the ground, peppers him and stands back up. Monson shoots, Fedor sprawls and they stand back up to end the round. 27 kicks from Fedor to Monson's leg…yikes.
SCORECARD: Fedor 10-9
ROUND TWO: Fedor goes back to the lead leg. Straight right drops Monson again. Having learned from being triangled by Werdum, he doesn't dive into his guard. Monson stands and resumes getting kicked in the leg. Monson is chopped down. Fedor won't go to the ground. Another straight right hand directly on the nose of Monson sends him on his butt. Fedor lets him back up. Fedor launches a looping left, Monson ducks and shoots but continues to get nada. Monson shoots and his sprawled on again. Fedor keeps firing shots at Monson who then responds with terrible takedown attempts. Fedor unloads on Monson. This is somewhat resembling Cormier vs Monson in that Monson is taking one-sided beating but isn't giving up. Monson shoots, Fedor sprawls and stays in half guard. Fedor stalls him until the round ends.
SCORECARD: Fedor 10-9
ROUND THREE: Fedor throws Monson to the ground. Fedor lands a hard right. Fedor continues to batter Monson's leg. Fedor is doing a good job of alternating between kicks and punches. He drops Monson again but won't allow himself to get overexcited and thus caught. Monson's lead leg looks like it is going to be kicked in half. Monson's lip is cut badly. The ref stops the fight to have Monson examined by the ringside doctor. He's ok so we're back to action. Fedor is tagging Monson at will. Monson can't overcome the reach of Fedor. With 30 seconds to go Fedor tee's off on Monson. Monson goes down one last time before the round ends.
SCORECARD: Fedor 10-9
OFFICIAL RESULT: WINNER – Fedor Emelianenko by unanimous decision (30-27X3).
Jeff Monson is a heavy bag with limbs. That said it was nice to see Fedor win using some degree of strategy. I'm not sorry I bought this. Granted it was no Hendo vs Rua or Alvarez vs Chandler (not even remotely close) but it was still fun to watch. Fedor showed more control here and regardless of the fact that Monson is just terrible, it was a good fight for Fedor to regain his confidence. Hopefully we will see Fedor vs Ishii on New Year's Eve.
Thanks for hanging out with 411 this morning and joining our live coverage of M-1 Fedor vs Monson. I'll be back this week for the last episode of TUF 14 and then Bellator 59. Until then, be safe, be well and behave. Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted By: EmpireJoN (Registered) on November 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM
no disrespect to the actual fighters, but u guys cover shit like this, titan fights, shark fights, etc., but cant even get live coverage of Bellator? Shame shame
Posted By: Guest#1090 (Guest) on November 20, 2011 at 01:33 PM
it was just awful and the commentary was the worst ever
Posted By: mmf (Guest) on November 20, 2011 at 03:04 PM
Nice to see Fedor back to fighting hasbeens and cans. Time to beef his record up again.
Posted By: Guest#4296 (Guest) on November 20, 2011 at 04:10 PM
no disrespect to the actual fighters, but u guys cover shit like this, titan fights, shark fights, etc., but cant even get live coverage of Bellator? Shame shame
Posted By: Guest#1090 (Guest) on November 20, 2011 at 01:33 PM
Well there's a few reasons. I wasn't home until about 8:30 and nobody else was available. Jeff was at the UFC live. From what I understand, the staff that might have been willing to cover Bellator don't have MTV2 or weren't available. When I'm available I cover Bellator or Larry does. We just couldn't this week.
As for why this card was covered and the HDNet cards are covered; it is simply because I volunteer. No other reason. If I didn't do it, trust me, this site would only cover UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator (as near as I can tell).
Posted By: Mark Radulich (Registered) on November 20, 2011 at 05:54 PM
well, the hobbit must be happy to be back in the Shire, he was much livelier than in his last fight when he fell face down to the floor and fell asleep lol
Posted By: Guest#2962 (Guest) on November 20, 2011 at 06:00 PM
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