PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alen Ohanian (ranked 1341 p4p, 1000 weight class) and Ruslan Danilov (ranked 196 p4p, 141 weight class). Ohanian's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Eternals - Wrath of Zeus . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ohanian
vs
Danilov

181 cm
33
179
19 - 24 - 0

185 cm
28
180
14 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 19 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Ohanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov throws a lazy uppercut
and Ohanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danilov tries to bum rush Ohanian with a series of wild strikes but Ohanian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Ohanian looking to score a takedown here. Danilov is defending well but Ohanian drives through and ends up in Danilov's guard.
Ohanian trying to control the position from guard on top but Danilov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Danilov trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian controls from within his opponent's guard.
Danilov controls Ohanian momentarily but Ohanian frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Danilov holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ohanian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Danilov.
Danilov looks to throw the jab but Ohanian is out of range.
Danilov misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Ohanian misses the target.
Danilov lands a jab to the nose.
Ohanian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Danilov.
Ohanian looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Danilov misses with a hook.
Danilov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Ohanian looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Danilov!

Ohanian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ohanian off and has taken his back!
Our spies down at at The Barn inform us that Danilov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is taking a good look at Ohanian as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Danilov!

Ohanian defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Danilov is looking to control Ohanian but Ohanian is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Danilov looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Ohanian taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ruslan Danilov!
In his post fight interview, Ruslan Danilov started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.