PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garik Andonian (ranked 445 p4p, 239 weight class) and Derek Erwin (ranked 69 p4p, 41 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Andonian
vs
Erwin

187 cm
40
176
16 - 11 - 0

176 cm
32
175
21 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Conquer

Conviction
HELLBENT

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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garik Andonian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derek Erwin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andonian dodges the punch combination from Erwin.
Erwin slips a jab and a cross from Andonian.
Erwin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Erwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Andonian.
Erwin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Erwin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andonian closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Andonian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Andonian can't find room to land a body shot as Erwin controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Erwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Erwin is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Andonian throws an elbow but misses.
Andonian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Andonian's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Andonian misses with an elbow strike.
Erwin can't break the clinch.

Erwin breaks from the clinch.
Erwin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Andonian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andonian throws a body punch but Erwin moves out of range.
Andonian misses with a body shot.
Erwin lands a glancing blow to the side of Andonian's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Andonian has a couple of punches blocked by Erwin.
Andonian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Erwin looks winded!
Erwin is trying to push Andonian away but Andonian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Andonian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Erwin backwards.
Erwin blocking some punches.
Andonian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Andonian fails to land.

Erwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andonian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Erwin's sensitive parts.
Andonian throws out a leg kick but Erwin moves out of range and Andonian only half commits.
Andonian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Erwin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Andonian stalks Erwin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Erwin's face. Erwin staggers backwards, shaken.
Andonian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Erwin.
Erwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Andonian lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Andonian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andonian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Erwin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Andonian looks to throw the jab but Erwin is out of range.
Erwin walks into a left hand.
Erwin 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.
Erwin throws a lazy uppercut
and Andonian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Andonian moves in looking to clinch but Erwin pushes him off.
Andonian throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Erwin misses with a hook to the body
and Andonian counters with a straight right hand.
Erwin wants to slow Andonian down by chopping away at his legs.
Erwin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Andonian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Erwin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Andonian.
Andonian gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Erwin throws a hook but Andonian blocks it.
Erwin walks into a jab.
Andonian blocks a jab.
Derek Erwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andonian misses with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andonian fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Erwin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Andonian.
Andonian throws a front kick aimed at Erwin's knee but Erwin avoids it well.
Andonian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Andonian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Andonian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Erwin.
Andonian misses the shot to the body.
Andonian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andonian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheers as Erwin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Andonian doesn't seem phased though.
Erwin lands a jab to Andonian's midsection.
The fighters circling - Andonian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Andonian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Andonian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Erwin.
Andonian scores with the left hand. Erwin knows he should have avoided that one.
Erwin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Andonian tries to score with a low kick but Erwin moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Andonian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erwin lands a leg kick that knocks Andonian off balance momentarily.
Erwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Erwin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andonian blocks a head kick by Erwin.
Erwin throws a low kick but Andonian moves out of range easily.
Andonian is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Erwin tries to keep at a distance but Andonian has taken the fight into the clinch.
Erwin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erwin tries to break the clinch but Andonian is controlling the position.

Erwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andonian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Andonian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Erwin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Erwin lands with a shot to the body.
Andonian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Erwin misses with a straight right.
Erwin misses with a hook.
Erwin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Andonian misses with a double jab.
Erwin unleashes a big counter combination but Andonian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Erwin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Erwin loads up on a big right hand but Andonian slips the punch.
Erwin swings widly with a right hand
and Andonian counters with a stiff right hand.
Erwin throws a looping overhand right but Andonian ducks down to avoid it.
Erwin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Erwin throws an overhand right that lands on Andonian's shoulder, as Andonian tries to avoid the shot.

Andonian clinches.
Erwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Andonian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Andonian misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andonian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andonian misses with some punches.
Andonian lands a left hand.
Erwin is breathing heavily.
Erwin can't break the clinch.

Erwin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Erwin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andonian doesn't manage to clinch there - Erwin circles away.
Andonian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A lazy left from Andonian finds it's target.
Erwin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andonian.
Andonian wants to clinch.
Andonian throws a jab when Erwin was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Erwin checks a leg kick.
Erwin lands with a hook. Andonian tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Erwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Erwin throws a big shot that misses.
Erwin looks to score with a jab to the body but Andonian is just out of range.
Andonian tries to clinch but Erwin is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garik Andonian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Andonian finds it's way through Erwin's defenses.
Erwin lands a jab to Andonian's midsection.
Erwin throws a hook to the side of Andonian's head but Andonian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin avoids the body shot from Andonian.
Nice defenses there by Andonian.
Erwin misses with a double jab
and Andonian counters with a one-two to the body.
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!
Andonian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Erwin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andonian.
Andonian tries a low kick but Erwin avoids it.
Erwin misses with a body shot.
It looked like Andonian was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Andonian closes the distance and clinches.
Andonian lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Andonian.
Erwin can't break the clinch.

Erwin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Andonian throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Erwin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Erwin throws a lazy right hand but Andonian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Erwin misses the shot to the body.
Andonian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Andonian displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Andonian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garik Andonian is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andonian ducks under a wild hook from Erwin.
Andonian moves in looking to clinch but Erwin pushes him off.
Andonian throws a series of punches but Erwin moves out of range.

Andonian has managed to clinch.
Andonian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Andonian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Andonian lands an elbow just above Erwin 's eye.

Andonian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Andonian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Erwin.
Erwin throws a hook but Andonian avoids it easily.
Erwin throws a jab but it's blocked by Andonian.
Andonian tries to score with a low kick but Erwin moves his leg out of the way.

Andonian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Erwin, pushing him back against the cage.
Erwin is looking to break free of the clinch but Andonian has double underhooks.
Erwin is trying to stall.
Erwin is trying to break the clinch but Andonian has him pressed against the cage.

Erwin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Andonian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Erwin can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Andonian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Andonian jabs Erwin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erwin walks into a straight right hand from Andonian.
Erwin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Erwin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andonian ducks under a wild hook from Erwin.
Andonian connects with a solid leg kick.
Erwin fails to land with a series of punches.
Andonian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Andonian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Erwin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Andonian moves out of range of the strikes.
Andonian slips a straight right by Erwin.
Andonian slips a jab from Erwin.
Andonian throwing a counter right hand but Erwin manages to avoid it.
Erwin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Erwin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Andonian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Erwin is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Garik Andonian dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Erwin. Those never looked like landing.
Andonian checks a leg kick.
Erwin misses with an uppercut.
Erwin with the inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Erwin misses the target.
Andonian scores with a jab. Erwin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Erwin is still on wobbly legs! Can Andonian finish him?
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Andonian engages and cracks Erwin with a massive lead left hook - Erwin tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Andonian is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Garik Andonian!
Garik Andonian tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
Derek Erwin was interviewed post fight and said 'I didn't lose I just ran out of time'.