PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Narek Sirakanian (ranked 682 p4p, 556 weight class) and Uesugi Mochinori (ranked 105 p4p, 86 weight class). Mochinori has chosen Japanese Battle Music as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sirakanian
vs
Mochinori

182 cm
29
175
16 - 7 - 1

180 cm
26
175
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 - 7 - 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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uesugi Mochinori!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sirakanian throws a looping overhand right but Mochinori ducks down to avoid it.
Mochinori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sirakanian swings widly with a right hand
and Mochinori counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sirakanian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mochinori throws out the jab.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mochinori checks it well.
Mochinori looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mochinori.
Mochinori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Mochinori looks to move away, Sirakanian throws a big counter combo but Mochinori just gets out of the way.
Sirakanian lands a slapping body shot.
Sirakanian throws a right hand that misses
and Mochinori counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sirakanian thinking.
Sirakanian swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mochinori counters with a stiff right hand.
Sirakanian lands a right hook to the body.
Sirakanian misses with a hook. Mochinori ducked under it nicely.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Mochinori is just out of range.
Mochinori misses with a hook.
A quick step to the side and Sirakanian tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mochinori.
Sirakanian checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian is looking to wear down Mochinori with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mochinori avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mochinori moves away.
Sirakanian defending well as Mochinori loads up on a big left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick lands for Sirakanian.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian with a nice cross.
Mochinori throws a head kick but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Mochinori slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.
Mochinori misses with a lunging right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mochinori.
Sirakanian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mochinori has time to react.
Mochinori takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sirakanian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mochinori has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Mochinori ducks right into an uppercut from Sirakanian.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mochinori - that will leave a mark!
Sirakanian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands a jab to the head.
Mochinori cracks Sirakanian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mochinori lands a glancing blow to the side of Sirakanian's head.
A jab lands there for Sirakanian.
A slow jab from Mochinori misses its intended target.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick but Mochinori checks it.
A big left from Sirakanian misses.
Sirakanian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mochinori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mochinori moves away from the strike by Sirakanian.
Mochinori flicks out a counter leg kick but Sirakanian steps away.
Sirakanian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mochinori tries a head kick but it misses.
Mochinori throws out a loose jab but Sirakanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Sirakanian misses the target.
Sirakanian takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice shot by Sirakanian.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian tests Mochinori's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A low kick lands for Sirakanian.
Mochinori tries to move into range but Sirakanian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mochinori lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sirakanian's sensitive parts.
Sirakanian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian misses with a body punch
letting Mochinori counter with a right hand.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Mochinori moves out of range.
Mochinori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mochinori misses with a hook.
Donk. Mochinori catches Sirakanian right on the button with a cross.
A jab from Sirakanian misses.
Sirakanian with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mochinori takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Mochinori is just out of range.
Sirakanian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mochinori was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Mochinori is just out of range.
Mochinori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirakanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Mochinori.
Sirakanian checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sirakanian lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mochinori has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mochinori and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sirakanian avoids the head kick by Mochinori.
A counter left hand to the body from Sirakanian misses its target.
Sirakanian throws out a loose jab but Mochinori uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Mochinori on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A slow jab from Mochinori misses its intended target.
A quick step to the side and Sirakanian tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mochinori looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sirakanian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mochinori has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice defenses there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mochinori manages to avoid it.
Mochinori motions for Sirakanian to come forward. Mochinori throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sirakanian jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mochinori, as that shot connected.
Mochinori avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mochinori counters with a stiff right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Mochinori blocks the leg kick.
Sirakanian throws a looping overhand right but Mochinori ducks down to avoid it.
Sirakanian digs a good body shot into Mochinori's ribs.
Mochinori fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sirakanian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Sirakanian as he connects with a hook.
Mochinori throws a push kick but Sirakanian slaps the foot to one side.
Mochinori takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sirakanian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mochinori moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian connects with a solid leg kick.
Narek Sirakanian is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mochinori takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sirakanian moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sirakanian connects with a leg kick.
Sirakanian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mochinori.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick
and Mochinori counters with a right hand to the body.
Sirakanian throws a one two combo.
Sirakanian connects with the punch.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Mochinori moves out of range.
Sirakanian lands with a good body shot.
Mochinori dodges the punch combination from Sirakanian.
A little jabbing left from Mochinori on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mochinori scores with the left hand. Sirakanian knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sirakanian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian slips under a jab.
Mochinori misses with the combination.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick
and Mochinori counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mochinori thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mochinori throws out a loose jab but Sirakanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mochinori looks to land a left hand but Sirakanian moved out of range nicely.
Mochinori pushes Sirakanian away with a front kick.
Mochinori tests Sirakanian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mochinori misses the jab.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mochinori misses with a wild body shot.
Mochinori takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori throws a hook but Sirakanian blocks it.
Sirakanian jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sirakanian throws a body shot but no joy.
Sirakanian digs a good hook to Mochinori's body.
Sirakanian lands with a hook. Mochinori tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mochinori takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mochinori looks to land a combination but Sirakanian avoids it well.
Mochinori's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sirakanian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Mochinori 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Mochinori moves out of range.
Mochinori looks to throw the jab but Sirakanian is out of range.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Mochinori's ribcage but misses.
Mochinori misses with a body kick.
Mochinori throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mochinori backs up against the cage.
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!
The fighters circle momentarily. Mochinori darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mochinori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sirakanian.
A shot to the body from Sirakanian misses
and Mochinori counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by Mochinori.
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
Mochinori has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sirakanian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mochinori.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sirakanian.
Sirakanian avoids the head kick by Mochinori.
Sirakanian throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sirakanian jabs Mochinori to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mochinori fakes the leg kick and cracks Sirakanian in the body.
Sirakanian throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mochinori on the side of the head.
Sirakanian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mochinori looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Narek Sirakanian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mochinori misses with an uppercut.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Sirakanian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mochinori. Mochinori obviously looking to wear him down.
Sirakanian throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mochinori works Sirakanian's body with a nice hook.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick which misses Mochinori's front leg but catches the back leg as Mochinori tries to avoid it.
Mochinori lands a head shot.
Mochinori uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian lands a nice hook to Mochinori's body. Mochinori takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Mochinori's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mochinori.
Mochinori misses the shot to the body.
Mochinori checks a low kick from Sirakanian.
Mochinori was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mochinori takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sirakanian misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Mochinori counter with a right hand.
Mochinori misses with a low kick.
Sirakanian 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.
Sirakanian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Sirakanian. Beautiful body shot.
Mochinori throws a lazy right hand but Sirakanian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mochinori might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sirakanian has got the better of the exchanges.
Mochinori looks to land a body kick but Sirakanian moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Sirakanian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sirakanian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mochinori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mochinori wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mochinori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sirakanian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mochinori throws a body kick that misses
and Sirakanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Mochinori is just out of range.
Mochinori lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mochinori misses with a leg kick.
Mochinori misses with a hook.
It looked like Sirakanian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mochinori keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mochinori blocks a leg kick.
Mochinori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirakanian with a nice calf kick.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mochinori looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mochinori moves forwards but Sirakanian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mochinori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mochinori feints a counter leg kick.
Mochinori throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sirakanian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sirakanian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mochinori looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sirakanian throws a hook but Mochinori avoids it easily.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
A big right from Sirakanian misses.
Sirakanian just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirakanian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mochinori.
It looked like Sirakanian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sirakanian lands a nice shot that snaps Mochinori's head back.
Sirakanian misses the jab.
Mochinori misses with a straight left.
Narek Sirakanian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mochinori throws a head kick but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Sirakanian throws an off balance right hand
and Mochinori counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mochinori takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mochinori is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mochinori on the side of the head.
Sirakanian moves out of range of the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Mochinori.
Mochinori shapes to counter with a head kick.
Sirakanian throws the left hand but Mochinori avoids the punch easily.
Sirakanian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Uesugi Mochinori has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mochinori moves away.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Mochinori, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mochinori takes one on the button.
Sirakanian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mochinori swings for the body but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Sirakanian connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mochinori's hands.
Sirakanian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirakanian cracks Mochinori with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narek Sirakanian!
Our winner, Narek Sirakanian, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.