PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Pollock (ranked 352 p4p, 202 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 56 p4p, 36 weight class). Pollock comes to the cage accompanied by Free Jazz. Jackson Pollock had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Pollock
vs
Sirakanian

179 cm
29
172
15 - 7 - 0

182 cm
33
175
24 - 11 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HARDCORE Threads

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Pollock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pollock lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick which misses Pollock's front leg but catches the back leg as Pollock tries to avoid it.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick but Pollock checks it.
Pollock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pollock misses with a body shot.
Pollock thumps Sirakanian with a low kick.
Sirakanian throws a hook but Pollock avoids it easily.
Pollock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pollock with a body shot.
Sirakanian paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick but Pollock sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pollock misses with a looping left.
Pollock wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Pollock has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pollock.
Sirakanian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pollock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sirakanian's efforts to push away.
Pollock misses with some punches.
I was talking to Pollock's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sirakanian working aggressively here.
Pollock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pollock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pollock tries to throw a body punch but Sirakanian avoids it by throwing Pollock back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sirakanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pollock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pollock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sirakanians head.
Pollock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Sirakanian.
Pollock stalling in the clinch but Sirakanian improves position.
Pollock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sirakanian blocks a body shot from Pollock.
Pollock misses with a punch on the inside.
Pollock blocks a body shot from Sirakanian.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pollock.
Pollock lands a body punch.
Sirakanian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pollock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sirakanian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sirakanian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pollock backwards.

Pollock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pollock 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.
Pollock lands a nice looking body shot.

Pollock clinches up against the cage.
Pollock tries to work over Sirakanian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sirakanian.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pollock is trying to break the clinch but Sirakanian has him pressed against the cage.
Pollock misses with a punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Sirakanian has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sirakanian blocks an uppercut.
Pollock misses with the head strike.
Sirakanian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pollock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sirakanian digs a right hand into Pollock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pollock's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sirakanian.
Pollock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sirakanian lands with a left to the head.
Pollock lands a nice shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Sirakanian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pollock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sirakanian blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Pollock.
Pollock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian is looking to control Pollock's arms but Pollock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sirakanian has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pollock.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sirakanian or not.
Sirakanian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pollocks head.
Sirakanian misses with a hook from the clinch.

Sirakanian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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.
Pollock lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sirakanian at a distance.
Sirakanian is looking to score with low kicks.
Sirakanian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pollock has time to react.
Sirakanian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sirakanian defending well as Pollock loads up on a big left hand.
Pollock throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pollock tries to land a leg kick but Sirakanian saw it coming and moves away.
Pollock misses with a body shot.
Sirakanian tries a quick counter leg kick but Pollock is wise to it.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pollock moves away.
Sirakanian takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sirakanian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Pollock's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian throws out a loose jab but Pollock uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sirakanian throws a lazy right hand but Pollock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sirakanian throws a jab when Pollock was well out of range.
Pollock is looking to wear down Sirakanian with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Pollock moves out of range.
Pollock tries to score with a low kick but Sirakanian moves his leg out of the way.
Pollock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirakanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Pollock.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Pollock's ribcage but misses.

Pollock takes the fight into the clinch.
Pollock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pollock.
Sirakanian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sirakanian blocking some punches.
Pollock working aggressively here.
Sirakanian works on Pollock's body with a couple of short punches.
Pollock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sirakanian works on Pollock's body with a couple of short punches.
Pollock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pollock working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Sirakanian.

Sirakanian breaks from the clinch.
Sirakanian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pollock.
Sirakanian takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but Pollock moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jackson Pollock will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jackson Pollock is winning the standup battle so far.
Pollock misses with a low kick.
Pollock throws a shot from downtown. Sirakanian moves away and avoids it.
Pollock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sirakanian.
Pollock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Sirakanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pollock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pollock defending well as Sirakanian loads up on a big left hand.
Pollock avoids a punch combination nicely.
A quick step to the side and Pollock tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Pollock is just out of range.
Sirakanian misses with a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sirakanian throws a hook but Pollock avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Pollock moves out of range.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Pollock is just out of range.
Pollock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pollock throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Pollock's ribcage but misses.
Pollock scores with a leg kick.
Pollock misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pollock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sirakanian counters with a nice body kick.
Pollock misses with a straight right.
Pollock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sirakanian getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pollock misses with a body kick.
Pollock throws an overhand right that lands on Sirakanian's shoulder, as Sirakanian tries to avoid the shot.
Sirakanian thinks about the counter body kick.
Sirakanian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pollock. Pollock obviously looking to wear him down.
Pollock lands a leg kick that knocks Sirakanian off balance momentarily.
Sirakanian slips a jab from Pollock.
Sirakanian scores with a hook to the body. Pollock takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A low kick lands for Sirakanian.
A big right from Sirakanian misses.
Pollock tries to close the distance and clinch but Sirakanian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick from Pollock, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sirakanian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pollock.
Sirakanian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sirakanian throws an overhand right that lands on Pollock's shoulder, as Pollock tries to avoid the shot.
Pollock tried to counter with a leg kick but Sirakanian avoided it.
Sirakanian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pollock tried to counter with a leg kick but Sirakanian avoided it.
Pollock attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pollock throws a hook but Sirakanian avoids it easily.
Sirakanian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sirakanian tests Pollock's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian moves out of range as Pollock strikes.
Pollock throws a leg kick but Sirakanian sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pollock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sirakanian can pounce on him.
Sirakanian walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pollock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pollock. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pollock blocks a leg kick.
Pollock tried to counter with a leg kick but Sirakanian avoided it.
Sirakanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Pollock.
Sirakanian throws a jab when Pollock was well out of range.
Pollock wants to clinch.
Pollock misses with a body shot.
Pollock tests Sirakanian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice leg kick from Pollock, right into the meat of the thigh.
A clash of legs there as Sirakanian blocks the low kick.
Sirakanian throws a chopping leg kick but Pollock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pollock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Sirakanian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pollock finds it's way round the side to connect with Sirakanian's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollock scores with a punch to the head.
Sirakanian misses with a hook. Pollock ducked under it nicely.
Pollock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sirakanian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pollock misses with a low kick.
Pollock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirakanian.
Pollock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sirakanian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pollock.
Sirakanian with a nice calf kick.
Sirakanian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirakanian doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sirakanian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pollock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sirakanian was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Pollock throws a body shot but no joy.
Pollock throws a leg kick but Sirakanian moved away.
Sirakanian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pollock misses with a looping left.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Pollock is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pollock misses with a shot to the body
and Sirakanian counters with a low kick, right behind Pollock 's knee.
Pollock misses with a low kick.
Sirakanian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pollock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pollock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pollock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sirakanian circles away quickly and effectively.
Sirakanian flicks out a counter leg kick but Pollock steps away.
Sirakanian throws out a leg kick but Pollock moves out of range and Sirakanian only half commits.
Sirakanian tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sirakanian darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sirakanian slips under a jab.
Pollock looks for the body kick but Sirakanian saw that one coming.
Pollock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sirakanian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Pollock moves out of range.
Pollock throws a leg kick
and Sirakanian counters with a three punch combo that has Pollock backing up. Pollock nods at Sirakanian to acknowledge the strikes.
Sirakanian with a nice calf kick.
Sirakanian throws a solid leg kick but Pollock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sirakanian.
Pollock wants to slow Sirakanian down by chopping away at his legs.
A little jabbing left from Sirakanian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pollock is looking to clinch but Sirakanian is avoiding it.
Pollock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sirakanian pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pollock is out of range and Sirakanian settles back down.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pollock was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Narek Sirakanian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pollock misses with an uppercut.
Pollock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pollock scores with a shot to the body.
Sirakanian misses with a leg kick.
Pollock misses with a leg kick
and Sirakanian counters with a nice uppercut.
Sirakanian lands a right hook to the body.
Pollock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pollock throws a low kick but Sirakanian moves out of range easily.
Sirakanian throws a head kick that misses.
Pollock pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sirakanian is out of range and Pollock settles back down.
Sirakanian misses with a kick to the body.
Pollock lands a front kick.
A combination from Sirakanian does no damage.
Jackson Pollock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Sirakanian backs away, Pollock returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sirakanian lands a slapping body shot.
Sirakanian tries to land a leg kick but Pollock saw it coming and moves away.
Sirakanian tries to work over Pollock's front leg with a kick but Pollock checks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pollock throws a leg kick which misses Sirakanian's front leg but catches the back leg as Sirakanian tries to avoid it.
Sirakanian throws a sloppy head kick and Pollock moves out of range easily.
Sirakanian avoids the body shot from Pollock.
Sirakanian is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pollock misses with a looping right.
Pollock misses with a body kick.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Pollock tries to counter by clinching up but Sirakanian breaks away and moves out of range.
Pollock looks to land a combination but Sirakanian avoids it well.
Sirakanian tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sirakanian connects with a leg kick.
Pollock connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Pollock misses.
Pollock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sirakanian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sirakanian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pollock throws out the jab.
Sirakanian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pollock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sirakanian moves out of range of the body kick.
Sirakanian throws a nice head kick!
Pollock walks into a straight right hand from Sirakanian.
Pollock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pollock throws the kick towards the body but Sirakanian avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Sirakanian misses.
Pollock checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pollock with the inside leg kick.
Sirakanian moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Sirakanian. That snapped Pollock's head back.
Pollock throws a wild body kick that Sirakanian sees coming a mile off.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pollock.
Pollock wants to clinch.
Sirakanian scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pollock. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Sirakanian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Pollock closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson Pollock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pollock takes a shot to the head.
Sirakanian gets through Pollock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sirakanian scores with a hook to the body.
Sirakanian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pollock digs a right hand into Sirakanian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sirakanian's gas tank.
Sirakanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pollock.
Sirakanian misses with a punch on the inside.
Pollock misses with a punch on the inside.

Sirakanian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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 Pollock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pollock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Pollock fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sirakanian checks it well.
Pollock attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sirakanian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Pollock.
Sirakanian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pollock's sensitive parts.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Pollock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a body shot but no joy.
Sirakanian lands with a good body shot.
Pollock's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sirakanian connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pollock scrambles back to his feet.
Sirakanian looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pollock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Sirakanian.
Good shot there by Pollock.
Sirakanian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pollock avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a really nice looking cross but Pollock seems unphased.
Pollock lands a slapping body shot.
Pollock tries to clinch but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pollock 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 Sirakanian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sirakanian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but Pollock avoids it with no problem.
Sirakanian tries a low kick but Pollock avoids it.
Sirakanian changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pollock wants to clinch up but Sirakanian keeps it at a distance.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirakanian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pollock tries to clinch up.
Pollock throws a body punch but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Pollock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Sirakanian looks to land a right hand but Pollock moved out of range.
Pollock tries to clinch up but Sirakanian circles away and keeps his distance.

Pollock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pollock lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pollock can't find room to land a body shot as Sirakanian controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Narek Sirakanian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sirakanian has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narek Sirakanian!
An out of breath Narek Sirakanian thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.