PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Danilov (ranked 715 p4p, 487 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 100 p4p, 69 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Danilov
vs
Sirakanian

185 cm
32
180
21 - 17 - 0

182 cm
34
175
25 - 13 - 2

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World class MT
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World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov blocks a leg kick.
Danilov appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sirakanian throws a chopping leg kick but Danilov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Danilov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sirakanian loads up on a big right hand but Danilov slips the punch.
Danilov with a jab.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Danilov's leg. Danilov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Danilov is just out of range.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Danilov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danilov has a takedown stuffed.
Sirakanian shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sirakanian throws a jab but it's blocked by Danilov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian tries to land a leg kick but Danilov saw it coming and moves away.
Sirakanian fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Danilov avoids it really well and circles away.
Sirakanian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sirakanian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Danilov misses with a body shot.
Danilov wants to land a leg kick but Sirakanian is out of range.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but Danilov avoids it with no problem.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sirakanian.
Danilov checks a leg kick.
Danilov wants to land a leg kick but Sirakanian is out of range.
Danilov blocks the body kick.
Danilov appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A nice inside leg kick there by Danilov. That's going to slow Sirakanian down.
Narek Sirakanian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Danilov looks to throw the jab but Sirakanian is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danilov. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian flicks out a counter leg kick but Danilov steps away.
Sirakanian swings widly with a right hand
and Danilov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Danilov misses with a takedown
and Sirakanian counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Danilov.
Danilov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Danilov throws out a loose jab but Sirakanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danilov avoids the head kick by Sirakanian.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Danilov's leg. Danilov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sirakanian takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Danilov misses with a straight right.
Sirakanian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Danilov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Danilov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sirakanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Danilov.
Danilov tries for a takedown but Sirakanian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sirakanian tries to counter with a clinch but Danilov shakes him off and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruslan Danilov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sirakanian works Danilov's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Sirakanian misses.
Danilov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slow jab from Sirakanian misses its intended target.
Danilov quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a jab to Danilov's midsection.
Sirakanian moves out of range as Danilov strikes.
Sirakanian now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A nice leg kick from Sirakanian, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sirakanian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Danilov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Danilov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Danilov misses with a body punch
and Sirakanian counters with a straight right hand.
Sirakanian scores with a leg kick.
Danilov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sirakanian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Danilov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sirakanian to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Danilov tenderised Sirakanian's leg. Sirakanian is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sirakanian scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Sirakanian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Danilov moves out of range.
Danilov throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sirakanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Danilov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danilov misses with a hook
enabling Sirakanian to counter with a crisp jab.

Danilov changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sirakanian looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Danilov lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sirakanian down.
Sirakanian tries to improve position but can't.
Sirakanian is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Danilov's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sirakanian keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Sirakanian regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sirakanian swinging wildly here.
Danilov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sirakanian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Danilov lands a lovely overhand right.
Danilov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Danilov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Danilov tries to land a leg kick but Sirakanian saw it coming and moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sirakanian! But no joy.
Sirakanian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danilov moves away.
Danilov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sirakanian in his tracks.
Danilov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sirakanian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sirakanian is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Danilov rather than just go for the knockout.
Sloppy strikes from Danilov. Those never looked like landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Sirakanian misses.
Danilov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sirakanian scores with a leg kick.
Sirakanian doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
Danilov staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick from Sirakanian, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sirakanian throws out a loose jab but Danilov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sirakanian cracks Danilov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Danilov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Danilov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sirakanian sprawls well. Sirakanian wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Danilov gets slowly back to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sirakanian.
A head kick from Danilov lands but Sirakanian takes it in his stride.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Danilov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov checks a leg kick nicely.
Danilov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sirakanian. Sirakanian circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sirakanian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danilov.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick which misses Danilov's front leg but catches the back leg as Danilov tries to avoid it.
Sirakanian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Sirakanian misses.
Danilov misses with a straight left.
Sirakanian tries to work over Danilov's front leg with a kick but Danilov checks it.
Sirakanian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Danilov.
Sirakanian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Danilov with a body shot.
Danilov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sirakanian swings for the body but Danilov moves out of range.
Danilov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danilov connects with a right hand. Sirakanian shakes it off.
Danilov throws a solid leg kick but Sirakanian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Danilov.
Danilov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Danilov tenderised Sirakanian's leg. Sirakanian is trying to keep his angry face on.
Danilov fails with a takedown attempt.
Danilov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirakanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Danilov.
Danilov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sirakanian swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruslan Danilov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Danilov takes a swing at Sirakanian's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Danilov with a body shot.
Sirakanian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danilov.
Danilov misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Danilov throws a leg kick but Sirakanian moved away.
Sirakanian tries a quick counter leg kick but Danilov is wise to it.
Danilov throws a jab but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
Danilov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sirakanian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Danilov.
Sirakanian lands a jab to Danilov's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danilov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a slapping body shot.
Sirakanian fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sirakanian will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Danilov blocks a leg kick.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danilov manages to avoid it.
Danilov throws a poor cross that misses
and Sirakanian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sirakanian checks a leg kick nicely.
Danilov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sirakanian counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sirakanian lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Danilov's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian throws a lazy uppercut

and Danilov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Sirakanian has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Danilov has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Danilov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Danilov misses with a low kick.
Sirakanian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sirakanian scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sirakanian throws a nice looking combination but Danilov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sirakanian 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.
Danilov cracks Sirakanian with a good jab.
A good leg kick by Danilov.
Danilov throws a looping overhand right but Sirakanian ducks down to avoid it.
Sirakanian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sirakanian cracks Danilov with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
A bone on bone clash there as Sirakanian blocks the leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sirakanian, as that shot connected.
Sirakanian pivots, looking for a leg kick but Danilov is out of range and Sirakanian settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov throws a low kick but Sirakanian moves out of range easily.
Sirakanian throws a low kick, looking for Danilov's leg but Danilov calmly moves out of range.
Danilov throws a chopping leg kick but Sirakanian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A lazy left from Danilov finds it's target.
Danilov fails with a takedown attempt.
Danilov backing away here, and Sirakanian unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Danilov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Danilov's leg. Danilov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Danilov fails with a takedown attempt.
Sirakanian appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Danilov misses with an uppercut.
Sirakanian feints a counter leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sirakanian, as that shot connected.
Sirakanian thumps Danilov with a low kick.
Sirakanian tries to score with a low kick but Danilov moves his leg out of the way.
Danilov feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Sirakanian.
Danilov misses with a body shot.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Danilov thows a leg kick but Sirakanian checks it
and Sirakanian counters with a stiff right hand.
Sirakanian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Danilov looks to land a left hand but Sirakanian moved out of range nicely.
Danilov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sirakanian moves out of range as Danilov strikes.
Sirakanian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Danilov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ruslan Danilov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danilov connects with a leg kick.
Sirakanian throws an off balance right hand

and Danilov counters with a shoot takedown. Sirakanian fights it but they end up in guard.
Sirakanian pulls Danilov in to control the position.
Sirakanian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian keeping moving, preventing Danilov from controlling successfully.
Sirakanian is pulling down on Danilov's head. It's preventing any offense from Danilov, at least for the moment.
Danilov works over Sirakanian with some ground and pound from guard.
Sirakanian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sirakanian has his hands on Danilov's head, controlling the position.
Sirakanian wants to stand and escape but Danilov is having none of it.
Sirakanian pulls Danilov in close to prevent any damage.
Danilov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Narek Sirakanian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Danilov postures up in Sirakanian's guard and throws a big left but Sirakanian blocks it.
Sirakanian is adopting a defensive guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Sirakanian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danilov is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Danilov misses its intended target.
Danilov with a nice calf kick.
Danilov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sirakanian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sirakanian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A good leg kick by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a nice shot that snaps Danilov's head back.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick which misses Danilov's front leg but catches the back leg as Danilov tries to avoid it.
Danilov misses with a looping right.
Sirakanian connects with a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Danilov.
Sirakanian lands with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Narek Sirakanian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sirakanian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narek Sirakanian!
After winning the bout, Narek Sirakanian thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.