PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serge Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siouxsie Banshees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarkisyan comes to the cage accompanied by George Michael - Careless Whisper. Banshees is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cities in Dust. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Sarkisyan
vs
Banshees

186 cm
23
218 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
217 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Serge Sarkisyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Siouxsie Banshees!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banshees keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan misses with a body punch
and Banshees counters with a left and a right that stings Sarkisyan.
A big left from Sarkisyan misses.
Sarkisyan misses with a head kick.
Sarkisyan throws a poor cross that misses
and Banshees counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sarkisyan's knee momentarily.
Sarkisyan thows a body shot but no joy.
Banshees avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sarkisyan lands an overhand right.
Serge Sarkisyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banshees takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Banshees takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sarkisyan misses the body punch
and Banshees counters with a stiff right hand.
Sarkisyan throws a leg kick but Banshees moved away.
Banshees wants to clinch up but Sarkisyan keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarkisyan misses with the body kick
and Banshees counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sarkisyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Banshees ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A shot to the body from Sarkisyan misses
and Banshees counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sarkisyan misses with an uppercut
and Banshees counters with a body kick that stops Sarkisyan in his tracks momentarily.
Sarkisyan misses with a double jab.
Banshees misses with a low kick.
Sarkisyan is looking to slow Banshees down with leg kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Sarkisyan. Those never looked like landing.
Sarkisyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banshees looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sarkisyan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Banshees connects with a crisp jab.
Sarkisyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Banshees.
Banshees tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sarkisyan is able to avoid easily.
Banshees scores with a nice body kick.
Banshees moves out of range of the strikes.
Sarkisyan throws a solid leg kick but Banshees takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sarkisyan.
Banshees throws the kick towards the body but Sarkisyan avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan blocks a leg kick.
Sarkisyan misses with a right hand
and Banshees makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Banshees lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sarkisyan scores with a hook to the body. Banshees takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Banshees slips a straight right by Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Banshees checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Banshees connects with a leg kick. Sarkisyan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Banshees throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sarkisyan misses with a body shot
and Banshees counters with a left to the body.
Jab, jab by Sarkisyan - just one landing.
Banshees lands a nice hook to Sarkisyan's body. Sarkisyan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Banshees cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sarkisyan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters circling - Sarkisyan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sarkisyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Banshees.
Sarkisyan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Banshees counters with a leg kick.
Sarkisyan misses with a body punch
and Banshees counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Banshees misses with a hook
and Sarkisyan counters with a nice uppercut.
Sarkisyan scores with a nice head shot.
Sarkisyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Banshees.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Banshees walks into a stiff left hand from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan feints and then cracks Banshees's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Banshees down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Banshees counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sarkisyan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some bone on bone action there as Banshees checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A good leg kick by Banshees.
Sarkisyan is looking to slow Banshees down with leg kicks.
Banshees on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sarkisyan. Sarkisyan obviously looking to wear him down.
Sarkisyan tries to land a body kick
and Banshees counters with a stiff right hand.
Sarkisyan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sarkisyan misses with a body punch
and Banshees counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Banshees as he checks the leg kick.
Banshees fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sarkisyan manages to avoid it.
Sarkisyan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sarkisyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Banshees.
A low kick from Sarkisyan is predictable there

and Banshees counters by moving into the clinch.
Banshees throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sarkisyan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banshees backwards.
Banshees misses with a hook to the ribs.
Banshees blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Banshees creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Banshees lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sarkisyan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banshees tries to throw a body punch but Sarkisyan avoids it by throwing Banshees back against the cage.
Banshees tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sarkisyan's elbow.
A short left from Banshees.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Banshees.
A short body shot lands from Sarkisyan as the two fighters clinch.
Sarkisyan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Banshees lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sarkisyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banshees unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banshees pushes Sarkisyan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Banshees can't find room to land a body shot as Sarkisyan controls the action.
Banshees pushes Sarkisyan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sarkisyan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banshees lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Banshees lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sarkisyan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Banshees doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Banshees scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Banshees tries to work over Sarkisyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banshees crunches a lovely knee into Sarkisyan's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Banshees.
Banshees with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sarkisyan is rocked!

It looks like Serge Sarkisyan has been cut.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Banshees creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sarkisyan with a big uppercut! Sarkisyan tries to clinch up but Banshees pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sarkisyan to the mat! Sarkisyan covers up and Banshees unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Siouxsie Banshees!