PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garegin Balayan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Johnson
vs
Balayan

170 cm
20
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
176 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Fast

King of Clothes

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Garegin Balayan!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balayan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Johnson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Balayan counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Balayan cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crunch! Balayan slams his shin into Johnson's torso.
Balayan scores with a jab to the body.
Balayan scores with a kick to the body.
Johnson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Balayan.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balayan can pounce on him.
Balayan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Balayan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balayan can pounce on him.
Balayan seems to be stalking Johnson here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Johnson drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Garegin Balayan!