PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vahan Karamyenyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karamyenyan has chosen Bonecrusher - Saw Theme Remix as his entrance music. Jon Stevenson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stevenson
vs
Karamyenyan

195 cm
29
220 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

186 cm
31
216 lbs
10 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vahan Karamyenyan!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karamyenyan connects with a leg kick. Stevenson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karamyenyan misses with a leg kick
and Stevenson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sloppy strikes from Stevenson. Those never looked like landing.
Karamyenyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karamyenyan lands a nice looking body kick.
Stevenson misses with a body shot.
Karamyenyan throws a hook but Stevenson blocks it.
Karamyenyan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Stevenson moves out of range as Karamyenyan throws a body kick.
Stevenson moves out of range of the body kick from Karamyenyan.
It looked like Stevenson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Karamyenyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevenson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karamyenyan staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Karamyenyan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevenson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stevenson misses with a straight left.
Karamyenyan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Karamyenyan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stevenson takes a step back to recover.
Stevenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamyenyan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karamyenyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stevenson.
Karamyenyan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nice defenses there by Karamyenyan.
Stevenson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Karamyenyan.
Jon Stevenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karamyenyan thumps Stevenson with a low kick.
Stevenson misses with a hook
and Karamyenyan counters with a thumping low kick.
Karamyenyan scores with a spinning back kick!
Karamyenyan delivers a nice body kick.

Karamyenyan throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Stevenson stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Karamyenyan follows into mount!

It looks like Jon Stevenson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karamyenyan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Stevenson is rocked!
Karamyenyan unloading with bombs!
Oh Stevenson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karamyenyan lands a big elbow.
Karamyenyan controlling the position easily from mount.
Stevenson seems to have got his legs back now.
Karamyenyan looking to control but Stevenson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karamyenyan has hold of Stevenson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Stevenson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Karamyenyan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Karamyenyan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Stevenson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Karamyenyan working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is trying to get back to his feet.
Karamyenyan gets to mount! Stevenson was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Stevenson can't escape the position.
Karamyenyan lands a couple of good shots and Stevenson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Karamyenyan. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Karamyenyan struggling to keep hold of the position.
Karamyenyan is landing with strikes from the back.
Karamyenyan trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Karamyenyan slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to roll but Karamyenyan sticks to his back.

Karamyenyan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Stevenson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Stevenson grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Karamyenyan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee is taking a good look at Stevenson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Karamyenyan!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karamyenyan lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Karamyenyan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Karamyenyan has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Karamyenyan is punishing Stevenson with strikes - can he finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vahan Karamyenyan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Stevenson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stevenson misses with a looping left.
Karamyenyan steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A solid body kick from Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevenson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Karamyenyan throws the left hand but Stevenson avoids the punch easily.
Stevenson moves out of range of the body kick from Karamyenyan.
Stevenson misses with a looping left.
Karamyenyan slips under a jab.
Jon Stevenson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Karamyenyan.
Good leg kick by Karamyenyan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Karamyenyan throws a right hand that Stevenson ducks under and follows up with a left that Stevenson also avoids with ease.
Karamyenyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stevenson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karamyenyan tries to bum rush Stevenson with a series of wild strikes but Stevenson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stevenson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
No joy there for Stevenson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevenson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevenson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Karamyenyan. That one must have hurt.
Karamyenyan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stevenson is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamyenyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stevenson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karamyenyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Karamyenyan throws a body kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan defending well as Stevenson loads up on a big left hand.
Karamyenyan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice defenses there by Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan defending well as Stevenson loads up on a big left hand.
Stevenson throws a lazy right hand but Karamyenyan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karamyenyan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stevenson.
Karamyenyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stevenson misses with a series of wild punches.
Karamyenyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karamyenyan lands with a nice combination. Stevenson backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karamyenyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slapping leg kick lands for Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan throws a body kick that misses.
Karamyenyan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stevenson eats them both and turns towards Karamyenyan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Karamyenyan moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
Vahan Karamyenyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karamyenyan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Karamyenyan cracks Stevenson with a big right hand and Stevenson goes down!
Vahan Karamyenyan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stevenson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan is looking to work some ground and pound but Stevenson has wrist control.
Karamyenyan landing with the ground and pound.
Karamyenyan working some strikes from top position.
Karamyenyan trying to control but Stevenson is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Karamyenyan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Karamyenyan wants to pass the guard but Stevenson is keeping the position.
Karamyenyan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Stevenson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stevenson trying to control the position.
Karamyenyan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stevenson stalks Karamyenyan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karamyenyan's face. Karamyenyan staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Vahan Karamyenyan has been cut.
Stevenson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stevenson misses with a hook. Karamyenyan ducked under it nicely.
Karamyenyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stevenson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Karamyenyan - the referee stops the clock and Stevenson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Karamyenyan. Stevenson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
No luck for Karamyenyan with that takedown attempt.
Stevenson throws a hook but Karamyenyan avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vahan Karamyenyan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Karamyenyan thuds his shin into the meat of Stevenson's side.

Karamyenyan knocks Stevenson to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Stevenson being controlled for a moment.
Stevenson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Karamyenyan trying to control the position but Stevenson is working away.
Stevenson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karamyenyan on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karamyenyan scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Stevenson is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Karamyenyan can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vahan Karamyenyan!
A victorious Vahan Karamyenyan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.