PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serge Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger McMaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarkisyan's entrance music is George Michael - Careless Whisper. A fine choice. McMaster has chosen Dropping Bombs as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sarkisyan
vs
McMaster

186 cm
23
218 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Serge Sarkisyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger McMaster!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarkisyan connects with a jab.
Sarkisyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sarkisyan.
McMaster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sarkisyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A cross from Sarkisyan lands.
McMaster misses with a double jab
letting Sarkisyan counter with a right hand.
Sarkisyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sarkisyan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McMaster. That did some damage!
Sarkisyan moves in looking to clinch but McMaster pushes him off.
McMaster throws a left and a right that both miss
and McMaster takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sarkisyan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Sarkisyan as he connects with a hook.
Sarkisyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McMaster's calf.
McMaster takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarkisyan stalks McMaster and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McMaster's face. McMaster staggers backwards, shaken.
Sarkisyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McMaster's calf.
Sarkisyan wants to clinch up but McMaster keeps it at a distance.
Sarkisyan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McMaster at a distance.
Sarkisyan connects with a right hand. McMaster shakes it off.
Sarkisyan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

McMaster is rocked!
McMaster looks gassed!
McMaster swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sarkisyan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sarkisyan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McMaster doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sarkisyan scoring well with a low kick there.
Sarkisyan digs a good body shot into McMaster's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Sarkisyan does it's job there.
Sarkisyan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sarkisyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sarkisyan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sarkisyan lands with a nice body punch.
McMaster's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sarkisyan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McMaster scrambles back to his feet.
Serge Sarkisyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarkisyan digs a good hook to McMaster's body.
Sarkisyan scores with a punch to the head.
Sarkisyan cracks a nice hook into McMaster's ribs.
Sarkisyan throws a quick inside leg kick.
McMaster walks into a jab.
A jab lands there for Sarkisyan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sarkisyan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sarkisyan connects with a leg kick. McMaster looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sarkisyan lands with a shot to the body.
McMaster gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McMaster's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sarkisyan scores with a shot to the body.
Sarkisyan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sarkisyan lands a nice looking kick to the body. McMaster takes a step back to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McMaster takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McMaster takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sarkisyan tests McMaster's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan lands a nice hook to McMaster's body. McMaster takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Sarkisyan darts in and clinches McMaster up against the cage.
Sarkisyan lands an uppercut.
Sarkisyan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sarkisyan lands a body shot.
Sarkisyan lands a nice elbow.
McMaster is still on wobbly legs! Can Sarkisyan finish him?

It looks like Roger McMaster has been cut.
Sarkisyan lands a shoulder strike.
Sarkisyan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sarkisyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sarkisyan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McMaster backwards.
Sarkisyan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McMaster.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sarkisyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sarkisyan dips a shoulder and cracks McMaster with a mighty uppercut! McMaster falls back against the cage and Sarkisyan unloads with a barrage of strikes! McMaster is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Sarkisyan screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Serge Sarkisyan!