PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 2869 p4p, 4071 weight class) and Tua Taamu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Davidyan
vs
Taamu

189 cm
41
191
31 - 20 - 2

190 cm
30
202
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Gurgen Davidyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tua Taamu!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taamu scores with a head kick.
Gurgen Davidyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taamu throws a body kick that misses.
Taamu tests Davidyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davidyan connects with a right hand. Taamu shakes it off.
Davidyan lands an overhand right.
Davidyan lands a jab to Taamu's midsection.
Taamu blocks a leg kick.
Davidyan misses with a lunging right hand
and Taamu counters with a good, hard body kick but Davidyan shrugs it off.
Davidyan misses with a left hand
and Taamu counters with a nice kick to the body.
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!
Taamu ducks under a wild hook from Davidyan.
A low kick from Davidyan misses
and Taamu counters with a leg kick.
Taamu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Davidyan on the side of the head.
Taamu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davidyan swings for the body but Taamu moves out of range.
Taamu with the inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Davidyan misses with a body shot
and Davidyan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taamu wants to land a leg kick but Davidyan is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Taamu.
Davidyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taamu manages to avoid it.
As Davidyan backs off Taamu throws a huge counter combo but Davidyan manages to avoid it all.
Davidyan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Taamu looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Taamu backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Davidyan's temple! It sends Davidyan violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Taamu celebrates and the doctors try to help Davidyan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Tua Taamu!
During a confident post fight interview, Tua Taamu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.