PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigran Harutyunyan (ranked 9359 p4p, 641 weight class) and Earl Lee Grace (ranked 3776 p4p, 373 weight class). Harutyunyan comes to the cage accompanied by Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harutyunyan
vs
Lee Grace

193 cm
20
262 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tigran Harutyunyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Earl Lee Grace!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Grace catches Harutyunyan right on the button with a cross.
That kick from Grace tenderised Harutyunyan's leg. Harutyunyan is trying to keep his angry face on.

Grace clinches up against the cage.
Harutyunyan blocks an uppercut.
Grace misses with the head strike.
Grace blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Grace fails to land.
Nice body punch from Grace.
Grace fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harutyunyan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harutyunyan.
A nice left hand lands by Grace.
Grace has a couple of punches blocked by Harutyunyan.
A head punch on the inside from Harutyunyan fails to land.

Harutyunyan breaks from the clinch.
Harutyunyan throws a hook to the side of Grace's head but Grace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harutyunyan sets himself, and Grace steps forward looking for the clinch! Harutyunyan avoids it this time.
Grace bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harutyunyan's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harutyunyan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grace counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harutyunyan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grace ducks under a wild hook from Harutyunyan.
Grace slips a straight right by Harutyunyan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harutyunyan finds it's way round the side to connect with Grace's head.

It looks like Earl Lee Grace has been cut.
Harutyunyan throws an off balance right hand
and Grace counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harutyunyan misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harutyunyan. Grace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grace tries to counter with a clinch but Harutyunyan shakes him off and moves away.
Grace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harutyunyan.
Grace moves away from the strike by Harutyunyan.
Harutyunyan misses with a shot to the body
and Grace counters with a stiff right hand.
Harutyunyan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Grace scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Oooooh!!! Harutyunyan has knocked Grace down with a huge combo! Harutyunyan steps away and waves a wobbly Grace back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Grace is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace looks for the body kick but Harutyunyan saw that one coming.
Grace is still on wobbly legs! Can Harutyunyan finish him?
Harutyunyan ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Grace's jaw. Grace's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Harutyunyan does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tigran Harutyunyan!
During a confident post fight interview, Tigran Harutyunyan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.