PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Narek Sirakanian (ranked 415 p4p, 64 weight class) and Patriootti Pate (ranked 998 p4p, 140 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sirakanian
vs
Pate

182 cm
28
175 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

178 cm
29
175 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patriootti Pate!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sirakanian gets a clinch.
Pate told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Pate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pate tries to land a knee to the head but Sirakanian blocks with his arms.
Sirakanian takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.
Sirakanian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pate.
Pate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian lands with a light punch inside.
Sirakanian working aggressively here.
Pate misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian can't find room to land a body shot as Pate controls the action.
Sirakanian pushes Pate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pate misses with a body punch.
Sirakanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Sirakanian scores with a shot to the side of Pate's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian lands with a left to the head.
Sirakanian scores with a shot to the side of Pate's head.
Sirakanian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Sirakanian fails to land.
Pate lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pate.
A short right from Pate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pate or not.
A head punch on the inside from Pate fails to land.
Sirakanian scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sirakanian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Sirakanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Pate.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Sirakanian on the inside.
Sirakanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian tries a body shot but Pate blocks it.
Sirakanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sirakanian struggles to land a body shot inside as Pate controls his hands.
Pate lands a left hand.
Sirakanian lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sirakanian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pate prevents a body shot from Sirakanian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sirakanian misses with the head strike.
Sirakanian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pate throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sirakanian misses with the head strike.
Pate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sirakanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sirakanian dodges an elbow strike from Pate.
Sirakanian struggles to land a body shot inside as Pate controls his hands.
Sirakanian blocks an uppercut.
Pate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirakanian.
Pate throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian blocking some punches.
Sirakanian tries a body shot but Pate blocks it.
Sirakanian lands with a left to the head.
Pate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sirakanian holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sirakanian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pate backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian tries to land a knee to the head but Pate blocks with his arms.
Sirakanian tries a body shot but Pate blocks it.
A short left from Pate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sirakanian.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sirakanian.
Pate lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Pate.
Pate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sirakanian's elbow.
Sirakanian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sirakanian managing to block the knees to the body from Pate.
Sirakanian avoiding damage as Pate throws knees to the body.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sirakanian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sirakanian throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian managing to block the knees to the body from Pate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian tries to throw a body punch but Pate avoids it by throwing Sirakanian back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Sirakanian.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pate.
Pate throws an elbow but it misses.

Sirakanian breaks the clinch.
Pate takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big right from Pate misses.
Sirakanian half committed to a counter leg kick.
Pate swinging wildly here.
Sirakanian seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Pate ducks under a wild hook from Sirakanian.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Pate's leg. Pate is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pate checks a leg kick.
Pate wants to counter the offense by Sirakanian and move into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pate throws a hook but Sirakanian avoids it easily.
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
Good shot there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Narek Sirakanian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sirakanian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sirakanian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pate gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian misses with a leg kick.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pate throws a body shot but no joy.
Pate throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Sirakanian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sirakanian looks to land a left hand but Pate moved out of range nicely.
Pate misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sirakanian tried to counter with a leg kick but Pate avoided it.
Pate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirakanian manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Pate wants to counter with a clinch but Sirakanian pushes him away.
Sirakanian scores with a nice right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirakanian misses the target.
Sirakanian misses with a straight right.
Pate checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick that misses.
Pate does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A jab from Pate misses.
Sirakanian slips a jab from Pate.
Sirakanian with a jab.
Pate moves out of range of the strikes.
Sirakanian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pate.
Sirakanian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pate can do to turn this around?
Pate misses with a jab, cross combination.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pate has closed the distance and engaged Sirakanian in a clinch.
Sirakanian misses with a body punch.
Sirakanian throws a head punch that misses.
Pate tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirakanian avoids the damage to the body.
Pate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sirakanian struggles to land a body shot inside as Pate controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian works on Pate's body with a couple of short punches.
Pate working aggressively here.
Sirakanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sirakanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sirakanian.
Pate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sirakanian misses with the head strike.
Pate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pate.
Sirakanian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pate's elbow.
Pate tries to land a knee to the head but Sirakanian blocks with his arms.
Pate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sirakanian dodges an elbow strike from Pate.
Sirakanian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pates head.
Sirakanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Pate.
Pate throws a head punch that misses.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sirakanian misses with a punch to the body.
Narek Sirakanian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sirakanian managing to block the knees to the body from Pate.
Sirakanian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirakanian.
Pate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sirakanian in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sirakanian managing to block the knees to the body from Pate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sirakanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sirakanian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pate tries to land knees in the clinch but Sirakanian avoids the damage to the body.
Pate trying to land knees to the body.
Sirakanian works on Pate's body with a couple of short punches.
Sirakanian misses with the head strike.
Sirakanian lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pate.
Pate is breathing heavily.
Sirakanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sirakanian tries to work over Pate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pate tries to land a knee to the head but Sirakanian blocks with his arms.
Sirakanian tries a knee to the head but Pate blocks it.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Sirakanian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sirakanian fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sirakanian.
Pate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sirakanian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate lands an elbow just above Sirakanian 's eye.
Pate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pate lands an elbow inside.
Sirakanian can't find room to land a body shot as Pate controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pate.
Sirakanian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sirakanian blocks the elbow strike.
Pate misses with a knee strike.
Sirakanian has a couple of punches blocked by Pate.
Pate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sirakanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sirakanian lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pate's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sirakanian under the eye.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but Pate avoids it.

Pate darts in and clinches Sirakanian up against the cage.
Sirakanian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pate misses with a punch on the inside.
Pate takes a shot to the head.
Sirakanian lands a right hand.
Sirakanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Pate.
Sirakanian lands a hook that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Pate misses with some punches.
Pate prevents a body shot from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a body punch.
Sirakanian lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pate.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Sirakanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pate gets through Sirakanian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pate.
Pate digs a right hand underneath Sirakanian's ribcage. Sirakanian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sirakanian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pate landing knees to the head.
A right hand to the body from Pate.
Pate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian takes a shot to the head.
Pate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pate blocking some punches.
Sirakanian misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Pate.
Pate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Narek Sirakanian's cut is getting worse.
Sirakanian misses with some punches.
Pate tries to land a knee to the head but Sirakanian blocks with his arms.
Patriootti Pate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Pate scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sirakanian lands a nice uppercut.
Pate trying to land knees to the body.
Pate scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sirakanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pate blocking some punches.
Pate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sirakanian misses with the head strike.
Pate has a couple of punches blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian blocking some punches.
Sirakanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sirakanian lands with a short shot to the head.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirakanian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pate blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian blocks an uppercut.
Sirakanian lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Patriootti Pate has been cut.
Pate has a couple of punches blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pate misses with a knee strike.
Sirakanian scores with a shoulder strike.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sirakanian blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Pate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sirakanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pate as Sirakanian tries to tie him up.
Narek Sirakanian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sirakanian lands with a right to the head.
Pate lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sirakanian backwards.
Sirakanian lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sirakanian in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sirakanian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Pate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sirakanian.
Pate misses with the head strike.
Pate pushes Sirakanian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sirakanian is leaning against Pate and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sirakanian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pate working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirakanian misses with a punch to the body.
Pate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sirakanian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pate.
Sirakanian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Narek Sirakanian.
Well Sirakanian has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narek Sirakanian!
A relieved looking Narek Sirakanian thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.