PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samvel Kiragosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kiragosyan
vs
Romanov

179 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

198 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samvel Kiragosyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Romanov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Romanov looking for a sweep. Not yet Romanov, not yet.
Kiragosyan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kiragosyan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kiragosyan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kiragosyan wants to stand but Romanov is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kiragosyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Romanov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Romanov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kiragosyan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kiragosyan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kiragosyan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Romanov's guard.
Kiragosyan stays in close to Romanov's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov wants to stand and escape but Kiragosyan is having none of it.
Kiragosyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romanov looking to control.
Romanov being controlled here, momentarily.

We're going to have a standup here because Samvel Kiragosyan wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Kiragosyan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Romanov looks gassed!
Kiragosyan stays in close to Romanov's body and controls the position.
Kiragosyan chips away with some ground and pound.
Kiragosyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Romanov wants to sweep here but Kiragosyan controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiragosyan working some strikes from top position.
Romanov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Romanov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kiragosyan controls the pace.
Kiragosyan works over Romanov with some ground and pound from guard.
Kiragosyan with a nice head shot there.
Kiragosyan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kiragosyan lands a couple of elbows.
Kiragosyan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Romanov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kiragosyan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kiragosyan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Kiragosyan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Romanov, up you get!

Kiragosyan gets a takedown into half guard.
Kiragosyan controlling the action here.
Romanov trying to control from the bottom.
Kiragosyan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Romanov is trying to stand up here but Kiragosyan is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiragosyan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Romanov is looking for a sweep. Kiragosyan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kiragosyan working over Romanov with some ground and pound. Romanov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kiragosyan prevents Romanov from improving his position.
Kiragosyan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiragosyan winds up and cracks Romanov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kiragosyan drops an elbow to the side of Romanov's head.
Kiragosyan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samvel Kiragosyan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kiragosyan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Romanov tries to bench press Kiragosyan off him but Kiragosyan keeps the position.
Kiragosyan working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Romanov's face as Kiragosyan controls the position.
Kiragosyan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Romanov struggling a bit here.
Kiragosyan controlling the position from side mount.
Romanov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kiragosyan working the body and head with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Kiragosyan! That's hurt Romanov! Will he recover? Kiragosyan fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samvel Kiragosyan!