PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Ghambaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghambaryan comes to the cage accompanied by Right Said Fred - I`m Too Sexy. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Ghambaryan
vs
Rose

188 cm
24
199 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
29
223 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roman Ghambaryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donnie Rose!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ghambaryan's head backwards.
Ghambaryan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ghambaryan dodges the punch combination from Rose.
A jab from Ghambaryan does it's job there.
Ghambaryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ghambaryan lands with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Rose misses its intended target.
Ghambaryan feints and then cracks Rose's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rose down.
Ghambaryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ghambaryan, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghambaryan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Ghambaryan darts in and clinches Rose up against the cage.
Rose is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ghambaryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ghambaryan can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.
Ghambaryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ghambaryan blocking some punches.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Donnie Rose has been cut.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghambaryan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ghambaryan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rose scores with a shot to the side of Ghambaryan's head.
Ghambaryan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ghambaryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Ghambaryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rose's face.
Rose pushes Ghambaryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ghambaryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ghambaryan effectively controlling the action here.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Ghambaryan blocks an uppercut.
Ghambaryan connects with a knee to the head.

Rose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ghambaryan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rose throws out the jab.
Roman Ghambaryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ghambaryan throws a head kick but Rose moves out of range.
Rose circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghambaryan misses with a head kick.
Rose checks a leg kick nicely.
Ghambaryan cracks the inside of Rose's front leg.
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!
Ghambaryan throws a sloppy head kick and Rose moves out of range easily.
Ghambaryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Ghambaryan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rose working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Ghambaryan.
Rose taking a breather.
Ghambaryan connects with a knee to the head.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ghambaryan effectively controlling the action here.
Ghambaryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ghambaryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
A short right from Rose.
A shot in the inside from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan is trying to maintain a safe position but Rose gets an underhook and turns Ghambaryan into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose working aggressively here.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ghambaryan misses with a knee strike.
Ghambaryan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ghambaryan blocks an uppercut.
Ghambaryan looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Rose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ghambaryan misses with some punches.
Rose is trying to stall.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ghambaryan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Ghambaryan with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ghambaryan lands with a short shot to the head.

Rose manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Rose fails to land with a series of punches.
Rose thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ghambaryan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rose looks gassed!
Rose scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rose misses with a left hand
and Ghambaryan counters with a slapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Rose misses the target.
Ghambaryan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Ghambaryan.
Ghambaryan is looking to slow Rose down with leg kicks.
Ghambaryan lands the left hand.
That kick from Ghambaryan tenderised Rose's leg. Rose is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That kick from Ghambaryan tenderised Rose's leg. Rose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ghambaryan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghambaryan. Ghambaryan obviously looking to wear him down.
Ghambaryan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rose 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Ghambaryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donnie Rose's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ghambaryan instigates a clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ghambaryan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ghambaryan misses with a knee strike.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ghambaryan trying to land knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rose misses with the head strike.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ghambaryan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose throws a head punch that misses.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose blocks a body shot from Ghambaryan.
Rose is breathing heavily.
Ghambaryan missing with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan tries a knee to the head but Rose blocks it.
Rose is trying to push Ghambaryan away but Ghambaryan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ghambaryan lands a good knee to the midsection. Rose won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghambaryan misses with a knee strike.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghambaryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Ghambaryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose working hard to break the clinch.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ghambaryan misses with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan missing with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ghambaryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ghambaryan has him pressed against the cage.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose is trying to push Ghambaryan away but Ghambaryan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rose tries to break the clinch but Ghambaryan is controlling the position.
Ghambaryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ghambaryan lands a shot to the body.
Ghambaryan wants to stall.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.

Rose breaks the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rose checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose misses with a looping right.

Ghambaryan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ghambaryan looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rose breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Ghambaryan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ghambaryan. Ghambaryan obviously looking to wear him down.
Ghambaryan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rose.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ghambaryan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Rose misses with a two punch combination.
Ghambaryan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A solid body kick from Ghambaryan.
Rose misses with a left hand
and Ghambaryan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Rose gets tackled into the cage by Ghambaryan. Ghambaryan maintains the clinch.
Ghambaryan tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roman Ghambaryan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ghambaryan trying to land knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rose breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ghambaryan wants to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghambaryan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rose might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghambaryan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ghambaryan clobbers Rose with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rose throws a shot from downtown. Ghambaryan moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Rose misses its intended target.
Ghambaryan with a nice cross.
Ghambaryan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Ghambaryan.
Roman Ghambaryan is winning the standup battle so far.
Ghambaryan is looking to slow Rose down with leg kicks.
Ghambaryan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ghambaryan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Ghambaryan has closed the distance and engaged Rose in a clinch.
Rose takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghambaryan lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Donnie Rose's cut even more.
Ghambaryan scores a nice knee to the body.
Ghambaryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ghambaryan is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Ghambaryan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donnie Rose's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ghambaryan darts in and clinches Rose up against the cage.
Ghambaryan scores with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.
Ghambaryan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ghambaryan connects with a knee to the head.
Ghambaryan landing knees to the body.
Ghambaryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ghambaryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ghambaryan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Ghambaryan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Ghambaryan connects with a knee to the head.

Rose is rocked!
Rose takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ghambaryan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rose is still on wobbly legs! Can Ghambaryan finish him?
Ghambaryan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ghambaryan working the clinch nicely. Rose is working for position but Ghambaryan cracks him with a big knee to the head! Rose crumples up against the cage and Ghambaryan lands two more shots before the ref can save Rose! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Roman Ghambaryan!
Roman Ghambaryan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.