PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sarkis Terteryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terteryan comes to the cage accompanied by Röyksopp - The Fear . Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Terteryan
vs
Rutten

178 cm
30
225 lbs
14 - 18 - 0

186 cm
27
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Das Labor
Das Labor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sarkis Terteryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Terteryan.

Terteryan clinches up against the cage.

Terteryan manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Terteryan wants to stand up but Rutten is controlling him.

Terteryan has his feet on Rutten's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sarkis Terteryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terteryan cracks the inside of Rutten's front leg.

Terteryan darts in and clinches Rutten up against the cage.

Terteryan is trying to trip Rutten. He has hold of a leg but Rutten is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Terteryan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terteryan wants to control from the top but Rutten keeps moving.
Terteryan lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Rutten looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Terteryan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rutten's head.
Terteryan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Terteryan postures up in Rutten's guard and throws a big left but Rutten blocks it.
Terteryan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Terteryan throws a big right hand that misses.
Terteryan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Terteryan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terteryan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Terteryan postures up in Rutten's guard and throws a big left but Rutten blocks it.
Terteryan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Rutten has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Terteryan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terteryan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Terteryan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Terteryan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Terteryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Rutten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Terteryan is looking to work some ground and pound but Rutten has wrist control.
Terteryan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Terteryan stays in close to Rutten's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terteryan lands a couple of digs.

Rutten is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Terteryan is aware though and is defending well.
Terteryan is in close to Rutten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Terteryan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Terteryan distracts Rutten with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Terteryan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Terteryan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rutten's head.
Rutten controls Terteryan momentarily but Terteryan frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terteryan is in close to Rutten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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!
Terteryan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Terteryan scoring with some ground and pound.

Terteryan stands up and waves to Rutten to follow him.

Rutten gets caught napping as Terteryan dives in and scores a takedown. Rutten manages to retain guard.
Terteryan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terteryan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Terteryan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Terteryan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sarkis Terteryan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Terteryan scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Bas Rutten has been cut.

Terteryan lands a huge takedown. Rutten is out but the ref is slow to react and Terteryan lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Rutten lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sarkis Terteryan!
Sarkis Terteryan retains his light heavyweight title!
Sarkis Terteryan really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Das Labor logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.