PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sarkis Terteryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terteryan comes to the cage accompanied by Social Distortion. Ben Ryan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Terteryan
vs
Ryan

178 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sarkis Terteryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terteryan keeps the fight on the outside.

Terteryan shoots in and bounces Ryan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Terteryan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Terteryan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ryan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Terteryan is pushing down on Ryan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ryan is fighting to maintain full guard but Terteryan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ryan looks gassed!

Terteryan stands up from half guard.

Terteryan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Well, if Terteryan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Ryan is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terteryan slows the pace down in half guard.
Terteryan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Terteryan controlling the pace.
Terteryan passes to full mount!
Terteryan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Terteryan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Terteryan controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Terteryan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Terteryan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ryan hang on?
Terteryan unloading with bombs!
Terteryan breaks from Ryan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Terteryan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Terteryan wants to control the pace but Ryan is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sarkis Terteryan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Terteryan wants to clinch

and Ryan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ryan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Terteryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Terteryan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ryan sprawls well initially but Terteryan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Terteryan stands up and beckons Ryan to join him on the feet.
Terteryan throws a front kick aimed at Ryan's knee but Ryan avoids it well.
Sarkis Terteryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Terteryan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ryan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ryan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sarkis Terteryan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Terteryan.
Ryan wants to clinch up but Terteryan keeps it at a distance.
Ryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sarkis Terteryan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Terteryan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryan is looking to clinch.

Terteryan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ryan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Terteryan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Terteryan raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terteryan lands a heavy elbow.
Terteryan content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ryan is looking to get to half guard.
Terteryan controlling the position easily from mount.
Terteryan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Terteryan punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terteryan content just to control the position here.
Ryan is looking to get to half guard.
Terteryan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sarkis Terteryan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Terteryan scores a takedown into full mount!
Terteryan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan can't escape the position.
Ryan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Terteryan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ryan is looking to escape.
Ryan can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Terteryan controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sarkis Terteryan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Terteryan shoots in but no luck this time.

Terteryan moves into the clinch.
Terteryan keeps control of Ryan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Terteryan stalling the fight.

Terteryan breaks the clinch.
Terteryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ryan. That did some damage!

Terteryan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ryan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee asks Terteryan politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Terteryan prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Terteryan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan lands a head kick. Terteryan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A combination from Terteryan does no damage.

Terteryan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Terteryan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Terteryan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Terteryan stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Terteryan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Terteryan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ryan wants to improve his position but Terteryan is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terteryan works his way into side control.
Terteryan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ryan tries to buck Terteryan off but Terteryan is having none of it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Ryan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terteryan working the head with strikes.
Terteryan taking a breather here.
Terteryan tries to advance to mount but Ryan denies him.
Terteryan staying calm.
Ryan is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Terteryan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Terteryan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ryan stops Terteryan from passing to mount.
Terteryan lands an elbow.

Terteryan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ryan is not content to let Terteryan control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sarkis Terteryan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Terteryan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sarkis Terteryan!