PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Jakort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serge Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarkisyan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. George Michael - Careless Whisper kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Jakort
vs
Sarkisyan

185 cm
30
220 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
218 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Jakort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Serge Sarkisyan!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jakort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sarkisyan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sarkisyan lands a slapping body shot.
Sarkisyan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jakort looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ralph Jakort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jakort throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sarkisyan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sarkisyan cracks Jakort with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jakort tries to clinch up
and Sarkisyan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jakort fails to land the takedown.
Jakort misses with a two punch combination.
Jakort darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jakort misses with a takedown
and Sarkisyan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarkisyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Jakort is breathing heavily.
A clash of legs there as Sarkisyan blocks the low kick.
Sarkisyan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Jakort. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sarkisyan cracks the inside of Jakort's front leg.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sarkisyan, as that shot connected.

Sarkisyan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sarkisyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jakort backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sarkisyan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sarkisyan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sarkisyan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sarkisyan is working Jakort over against the cage.
Sarkisyan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jakort backwards.
Sarkisyan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jakort's defenses.
Sarkisyan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jakort or not.
Sarkisyan digs a right hand underneath Jakort's ribcage. Jakort let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hook to the body lands for Sarkisyan.
A left hand lands to the body for Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sarkisyan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sarkisyan.
Jakort jumps guard but Sarkisyan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sarkisyan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sarkisyan digs a right hand into Jakort's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jakort's gas tank.
Sarkisyan digs a right hand underneath Jakort's ribcage. Jakort let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sarkisyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sarkisyan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sarkisyan lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Sarkisyan.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan gets through Jakort's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jakort backwards.
Sarkisyan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sarkisyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Jakort is rocked!
Sarkisyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jakort backwards.
Oh Jakort is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sarkisyan throws a big uppercut that drops Jakort! More strikes from Sarkisyan and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jakort lies dazed against the cage as Sarkisyan celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Serge Sarkisyan!
Serge Sarkisyan took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find.'.