PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Kluba (ranked 2556 p4p, 1185 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 316 p4p, 167 weight class). Kluba comes to the cage accompanied by Kiss The Girl. 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.

Kluba
vs
Sirakanian

179 cm
34
177
21 - 24 - 0

182 cm
37
175
28 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 21 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Kluba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
Kluba misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Sirakanian misses.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kluba takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirakanian. Kluba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kluba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sirakanian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kluba.
Kluba misses with a lunging right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a straight right hand.
Kluba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kluba takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kluba throws a looping overhand right but Sirakanian ducks down to avoid it.
Sirakanian throws a jab when Kluba was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lunges at Kluba with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kluba's hand.
Kluba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kluba with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sirakanian to score with a decent uppercut.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Kluba is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kluba moves away from the strike by Sirakanian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian slips under a jab from Kluba.
A big left from Sirakanian misses.
Sirakanian throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kluba counters with a straight right hand.
Kluba needs to keep his hands up - Sirakanian had a free shot at his head there.
Kluba misses with a looping right.
Kluba takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Narek Sirakanian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kluba looks for a takedown but Sirakanian sprawls well.
Sirakanian connects with a nice looking jab.
Sirakanian throws an off balance right hand
and Kluba counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kluba. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kluba misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sirakanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sirakanian's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kluba under the eye.
Sirakanian tests Kluba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sirakanian lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Sirakanian.
Kluba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sirakanian misses with a left hand
and Kluba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kluba throws a body shot but no joy.
Sirakanian throws a right hand that misses
and Kluba counters with a nice uppercut.
A lazy left from Sirakanian finds it's target.
Kluba connects with a jab.
Kluba fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sirakanian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd cheers as Sirakanian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kluba doesn't seem phased though.
Sirakanian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kluba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian misses with a body punch
and Kluba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sirakanian thinking.
Sirakanian is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kluba had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kluba 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 steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kluba.
Sirakanian throws a shot to the body.
Kluba 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 with a nice cross.
Kluba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kluba with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sirakanian to score with a decent uppercut.
Sirakanian works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sirakanian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kluba fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastian Kluba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kluba misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian dodges the punch combination from Kluba.
It seemed like Sirakanian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirakanian. Kluba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kluba misses with a body shot.
Kluba tries a low kick but Sirakanian avoids it.
Sirakanian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.
Sirakanian lands a jab to the head.
Sirakanian connects with a nice looking jab.
Sirakanian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian loads up on a big right hand but Kluba slips the punch.
Kluba avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian jabs Kluba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the head.
Kluba lands a nice shot to the body.
Sirakanian scores with a sloppy right hand. Kluba should have avoided that one.
And that is 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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kluba moves away.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kluba was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian scores with a sloppy right hand. Kluba should have avoided that one.
Sirakanian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kluba misses with a hook
enabling Sirakanian to counter with a crisp jab.
Sirakanian jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian slips under a jab from Kluba.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but Kluba avoids it with no problem.
Sirakanian lands the left hand.
Kluba looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
No luck for Kluba with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kluba moves in looking to clinch but Sirakanian pushes him off.
Sirakanian scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sirakanian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sirakanian sizes up Kluba with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluba defending well as Sirakanian loads up on a big left hand.
Kluba tries to work over Sirakanian's front leg with a kick but Sirakanian checks it.
Kluba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sirakanian misses with a hook.
Kluba takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kluba was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Kluba takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kluba takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sirakanian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kluba throws a body punch but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Sirakanian connects with a body shot that sends Kluba's belly button to the back.
Kluba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Kluba wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sirakanian connects with a body shot.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sirakanian enables Kluba to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sirakanian manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sirakanian controlling Kluba's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluba trying to control the position from guard on top but Sirakanian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sirakanian wants to sweep but no luck.
Kluba sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sirakanian is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kluba is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd cheers as Sirakanian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kluba doesn't seem phased though.
Kluba tries to clinch but Sirakanian is having none of it.
Kluba misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian throws a right hand that misses
enabling Kluba to counter with a crisp jab.
Sirakanian connects with a body shot that sends Kluba's belly button to the back.
Kluba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
A big right from Sirakanian misses.
Kluba was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sirakanian takes one to the side of the head.
Kluba ducks under a wild hook from Sirakanian.
It looked like Kluba was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sirakanian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kluba connects with a looping right hand.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Kluba moves out of range.
Kluba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sirakanian connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kluba. Kluba circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kluba misses with a jab to the body
and Sirakanian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sirakanian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kluba in his tracks.
Sirakanian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kluba misses with a left hand
and Sirakanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian throws the left hand but Kluba avoids the punch easily.
Kluba appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kluba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Kluba drops his hands momentarily and Sirakanian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kluba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kluba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kluba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kluba ducks right into an uppercut from Sirakanian.
Kluba just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sirakanian darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sirakanian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kluba has a takedown stuffed.
Sirakanian misses with an uppercut. Kluba saw that one coming.
Sirakanian misses with a looping left.
Sirakanian catches Kluba with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian missing with a left hand there. Kluba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sirakanian, as that shot connected.
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
Kluba lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sirakanian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian loads up on a big right hand but Kluba slips the punch.
Kluba feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sirakanian throws a lazy uppercut
and Sirakanian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Kluba's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kluba. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian lands a nice looking body shot.
Sirakanian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kluba moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sirakanian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kluba tries to move into range but Sirakanian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sirakanian looks to throw the jab but Kluba is out of range.
Kluba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sirakanian punishes Kluba's body with a nice straight punch.
Sirakanian scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kluba is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Narek Sirakanian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kluba throws a body shot but no joy.
Kluba throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sirakanian misses the jab.
Sirakanian throws the left hand but Kluba avoids the punch easily.
A cross from Sirakanian lands.
Sirakanian throws a hook but Kluba avoids it easily.
Sirakanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sirakanian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sirakanian fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kluba takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sirakanian defending well as Kluba loads up on a big left hand.
Kluba lands with a shot to the body.
Sirakanian throws the left hand but Kluba avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Sirakanian finds it's way through Kluba's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian slips under a jab.
Kluba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sirakanian darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sirakanian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kluba misses with a straight right.
Sirakanian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sirakanian smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kluba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Kluba throws a right and a left that Sirakanian avoids nicely.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kluba was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Kluba stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kluba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Kluba does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Kluba moves out of range.
Sirakanian is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kluba scores with a shot to the body.
Kluba misses with a hook to the body
letting Sirakanian counter with a right hand.
Sirakanian slips a straight right by Kluba.
Kluba ducks right into an uppercut from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
Kluba takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sirakanian throws a lazy right hand but Kluba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kluba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kluba is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sebastian Kluba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sirakanian is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sirakanian defending well as Kluba loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Kluba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Narek Sirakanian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sirakanian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

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.