PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarethyan has chosen Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dantes
vs
Nazarethyan

180 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

155 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edmund Dantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook.
Nazarethyan doesn't manage to clinch there - Dantes circles away.
Nice defenses there by Dantes.
Nazarethyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dantes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nazarethyan misses with a straight left.
Dantes misses the jab.
Nazarethyan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dantes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Nazarethyan misses the shot to the body.
Dantes keeps the fight on the outside.
Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nazarethyan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nazarethyan scores with a nice right hand.
Dantes misses with an uppercut.

Nazarethyan pushes Dantes up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nazarethyan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nazarethyan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch.
Nazarethyan is stalling here.
Nazarethyan scores with a hook to the body.
Nazarethyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Dantes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nazarethyan lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan tries to throw a body punch but Dantes avoids it by throwing Nazarethyan back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan stalling against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands a left hand.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Dantes controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan leaning against his opponent.
Nazarethyan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dantes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nazarethyan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dantes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nazarethyan cracks Dantes with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazarethyan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nazarethyan misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Dantes controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nazarethyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan pushes Dantes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nazarethyan stalling the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazarethyan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dantes's efforts to push away.
Dantes prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Come on Nazarethyan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dantes wants a takedown but no success here.
Dantes working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazarethyan pushes Dantes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nazarethyan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dantes backwards.
Dantes has had enough of the clinch but Nazarethyan keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Nazarethyan has closed the distance and engaged Dantes in a clinch.
The referee calls for Nazarethyan to work.
Nazarethyan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nazarethyan avoiding damage.

Dantes has Nazarethyan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Dantes pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Nazarethyan tumbling to the mat - Dantes dives into Nazarethyan's guard.
Dantes wants to pass the guard but Nazarethyan is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan keeping moving, preventing Dantes from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dantes won't allow Nazarethyan to sweep him here.
Dantes trying to control but Nazarethyan is working from the bottom.
Nazarethyan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dantes puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dantes is looking to take a break and control but Nazarethyan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dantes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dantes is looking to advance position but Nazarethyan won't allow it.
Nazarethyan keeping hold of Dantes's head, controlling as best he can.
Dantes takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nazarethyan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dantes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nazarethyan leaves Dantes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nazarethyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dantes was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazarethyan.
Dantes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nazarethyan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice shot by Nazarethyan.
Nice defenses there by Dantes.
Nazarethyan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dantes under the eye.
Nazarethyan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dantes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nazarethyan takes the fight into the clinch.
Nazarethyan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dantes looking for a takedown.
Nazarethyan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nazarethyan slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Nazarethyan's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Nazarethyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan gets through Dantes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dantes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dantes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nazarethyan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nazarethyan cracks Dantes with a nice body shot.
Nazarethyan misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan scores with a hook to the body.
Nazarethyan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Dantes controls his hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nazarethyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nazarethyan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nazarethyan has Dantes pushed against the cage.
Nazarethyan prevents Dantes from breaking the clinch.
Dantes has had enough of the clinch but Nazarethyan keeps him there for the moment.
Nazarethyan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nazarethyan stalling against the cage.
Nazarethyan misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan digs a right hand into Dantes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dantes's gas tank.
Good body shot from Nazarethyan.
A right hook to the body lands for Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazarethyan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nazarethyan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dantes takes a shot to the head.
Nazarethyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nazarethyan presses Dantes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Nazarethyan on the inside.
Nazarethyan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dantes blocking some punches.
Suren Nazarethyan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dantes has Nazarethyan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Nazarethyan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dantes.
Still in the clinch, Nazarethyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nazarethyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dantess head.
Nazarethyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dantes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan pushes Dantes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Edmund Dantes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dantes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dantes.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nazarethyan.
Dantes blocks a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan keeps control of Dantes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nazarethyan prevents a body shot from Dantes.
Nazarethyan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dantes takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazarethyan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nazarethyan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dantes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Suren Nazarethyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nazarethyan 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suren Nazarethyan!
Suren Nazarethyan thanked the fans post fight for their support.