PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Ghambaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Reinaldson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Reinaldson's choice of entrance music: Evenflow- Pearljam. Roman Ghambaryan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matthew Reinaldson's chin.

Ghambaryan
vs
Reinaldson

188 cm
20
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Ghambaryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matthew Reinaldson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinaldson throws a head kick that misses.
Reinaldson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reinaldson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan is looking to slow Reinaldson down with leg kicks.
Reinaldson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reinaldson looks gassed!
Ghambaryan scores with a leg kick.
Ghambaryan scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Ghambaryan tenderised Reinaldson's leg. Reinaldson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Roman Ghambaryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinaldson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghambaryan. Ghambaryan obviously looking to wear him down.
Ghambaryan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reinaldson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ghambaryan connects with an inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ghambaryan, right into the meat.
Ghambaryan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ghambaryan, right into the meat.

Ghambaryan pushes Reinaldson up against the cage in a clinch.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the head.
Ghambaryan taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ghambaryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Reinaldson won't want to take too many of those.
Ghambaryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch but Ghambaryan keeps him there for the moment.
Reinaldson letting Ghambaryan take a breather here.
Ghambaryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reinaldson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Reinaldson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
A frustrated look appears on Reinaldson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghambaryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinaldson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body.
Ghambaryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ghambaryan obliges.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch but Ghambaryan keeps him there for the moment.
Ghambaryan crunches a lovely knee into Reinaldson's ribcage.
Ghambaryan crunches a lovely knee into Reinaldson's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on Reinaldson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reinaldson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reinaldson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reinaldson fails to pull guard.
Ghambaryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reinaldson is looking to break free of the clinch but Ghambaryan has double underhooks.
Reinaldson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ghambaryan smiles and moves away.
A good leg kick by Ghambaryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghambaryan. Ghambaryan obviously looking to wear him down.
Ghambaryan fakes the leg kick and cracks Reinaldson in the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ghambaryan. That's going to slow Reinaldson down.
Reinaldson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ghambaryan.

Ghambaryan closes the distance and clinches.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan crunches a lovely knee into Reinaldson's ribcage.

Reinaldson manages to break the clinch.

Ghambaryan closes the distance and clinches.
Ghambaryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Reinaldson won't want to take too many of those.
Reinaldson working hard to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
Ghambaryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghambaryan missing with knees to the body.
Reinaldson avoiding damage as Ghambaryan throws knees to the body.
Reinaldson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ghambaryan misses with a knee to the head.
Reinaldson working hard to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Reinaldson up against the cage.
Reinaldson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ghambaryan keeps control of Reinaldson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ghambaryan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ghambaryan obliges.
Ghambaryan keeps control of Reinaldson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinaldson tries to circle away but Ghambaryan has him pinned against the cage.
Ghambaryan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reinaldson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan has Reinaldson pressed against the cage, preventing Reinaldson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ghambaryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reinaldson's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Ghambaryan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ghambaryan stuffs the takedown attempt from Reinaldson. Reinaldson gets slowly back to his feet.
Ghambaryan feints and then cracks Reinaldson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reinaldson down.
Ghambaryan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ghambaryan throws a quick inside leg kick.

Ghambaryan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Reinaldson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson working hard to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan stalling.
Reinaldson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan prevents Reinaldson from breaking the clinch.
Ghambaryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees to the body from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reinaldson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reinaldson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ghambaryan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Reinaldson is trying to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling him.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson tries to break free but Ghambaryan pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan connects with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reinaldson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan is pushing Reinaldson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the body.
Ghambaryan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reinaldson can do to turn this around?
Reinaldson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reinaldson is trying to break the clinch but Ghambaryan has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghambaryan trying to land knees to the body.
Reinaldson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghambaryan won't allow it.
Ghambaryan has Reinaldson pressed against the cage, preventing Reinaldson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reinaldson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Reinaldson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roman Ghambaryan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Reinaldson is trying to force a seperation but Ghambaryan has the dominant position.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reinaldson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reinaldson avoids it.
Reinaldson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
Reinaldson tries a knee to the head but Ghambaryan blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinaldson is trying to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling him.
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Reinaldson won't want to take too many of those.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan is stalling here.
Reinaldson is trying to break free.
Reinaldson is trying to break free.
Ghambaryan scores a nice knee to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch but Ghambaryan keeps him there for the moment.
Reinaldson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ghambaryan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ghambaryan crunches a lovely knee into Reinaldson's ribcage.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reinaldson tries to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling the position.
Reinaldson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghambaryan won't allow it.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson is trying to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling him.
Ghambaryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the head.
Reinaldson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan connects with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
Ghambaryan is pressed up against the cage. Reinaldson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ghambaryan down to the mat. Ghambaryan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ghambaryan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ghambaryan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Ghambaryan gets a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ghambaryan obliges.
Reinaldson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ghambaryan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan keeps control of Reinaldson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reinaldson tries to circle away but Ghambaryan has him pinned against the cage.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Reinaldson won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson avoiding damage as Ghambaryan throws knees to the body.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but Reinaldson blocks with his arms.
Reinaldson tries to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling the position.
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Reinaldson won't want to take too many of those.
Reinaldson is looking to break free of the clinch but Ghambaryan has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Ghambaryan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ghambaryan scores with a nice body kick.
Roman Ghambaryan is winning the standup battle so far.
Reinaldson throws a head kick but Ghambaryan moves out of range.
Ghambaryan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ghambaryan works Reinaldson's body with a nice hook.
Reinaldson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ghambaryan lands with a kick to the temple. Reinaldson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Ghambaryan moves into the clinch.
Ghambaryan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Reinaldson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ghambaryan has him pressed against the cage.
Reinaldson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghambaryan won't allow it.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ghambaryan has Reinaldson pressed against the cage, preventing Reinaldson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reinaldson working hard to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the body.
Reinaldson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ghambaryan has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reinaldson's face.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reinaldson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the body.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch but Ghambaryan keeps him there for the moment.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Reinaldson won't want to take too many of those.
Reinaldson is trying to force a seperation but Ghambaryan has the dominant position.
Reinaldson tries to pull guard but Ghambaryan holds him up against the cage and eventually Reinaldson drops back down to his feet.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ghambaryan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ghambaryan has Reinaldson pressed against the cage, preventing Reinaldson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ghambaryan.
Reinaldson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghambaryan won't allow it.
Ghambaryan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Reinaldson up against the cage.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ghambaryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reinaldson is defending well for now.
Ghambaryan tries to stall but Reinaldson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reinaldson is trying to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan prevents Reinaldson from breaking the clinch.
Reinaldson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Reinaldson working hard to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Reinaldson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reinaldson tries to circle away but Ghambaryan has him pinned against the cage.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reinaldson's efforts to push away.
Reinaldson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Matthew Reinaldson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reinaldson can't break the clinch.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson tries to pull guard but Ghambaryan holds him up against the cage and eventually Reinaldson drops back down to his feet.
Roman Ghambaryan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Reinaldson.
Reinaldson is looking to break free of the clinch but Ghambaryan has double underhooks.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Reinaldson jumps guard but Ghambaryan stands there with Reinaldson around his waist. Reinaldson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ghambaryan crunches a lovely knee into Reinaldson's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ghambaryan obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ghambaryan obliges.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Reinaldson avoiding damage as Ghambaryan throws knees to the body.
Reinaldson tries to break free but Ghambaryan pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan trying to land knees to the body.
Ghambaryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reinaldson's efforts to push away.
Reinaldson tries to break free but Ghambaryan pushes him back against the cage.
Reinaldson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ghambaryan scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ghambaryan obliges.
Reinaldson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ghambaryan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the head.
Ghambaryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan scores a nice knee to the body.
Reinaldson is trying to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling him.
Roman Ghambaryan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reinaldson tries to break free but Ghambaryan pushes him back against the cage.
Ghambaryan working Reinaldson over with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reinaldson tries to land a knee to the head but Ghambaryan blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Ghambaryan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ghambaryan 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Ghambaryan!