PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Efriam Haldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarethyan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind. Efriam Haldi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Suren Nazarethyan's chin.

Nazarethyan
vs
Haldi

155 cm
21
150 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

167 cm
20
144 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Brute

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Efriam Haldi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haldi throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nazarethyan swings for the body but Haldi moves out of range.
Haldi misses with a low kick.
Haldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Nazarethyan has closed the distance and engaged Haldi in a clinch.
Nazarethyan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nazarethyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Haldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nazarethyan stalling against the cage.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazarethyan is defending well for now.
Nazarethyan blocks an elbow strike.
Haldi missing with knees to the body.
Nazarethyan lands with a short shot to the head.
Haldi with a knee to the head.
Nazarethyan scores with a hook to the body.
Haldi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nazarethyan.
Haldi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haldi landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan just leaning against Haldi, taking a breather.
Haldi looking to throw knees to the head but Nazarethyan is blocking nicely.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haldi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haldi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nazarethyan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Haldi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nazarethyan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haldi up against the cage.
Haldi tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazarethyan avoids the damage to the body.
Nazarethyan gets through Haldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Haldi prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Haldi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haldi slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Nazarethyan - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazarethyan digs a right hand into Haldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Haldi's gas tank.
Nazarethyan leaning against his opponent.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nazarethyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Haldi controls his hands.
Haldi tries to land a knee to the head but Nazarethyan blocks with his arms.
Nazarethyan works on Haldi's body with a couple of short punches.
Haldi lands a good knee to the midsection. Nazarethyan won't want to take too many of those.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haldi misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nazarethyan digs a right hand underneath Haldi's ribcage. Haldi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nazarethyan leaning against his opponent.
Nazarethyan gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haldi backwards.
Haldi prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nazarethyan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nazarethyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haldi backwards.
Haldi missing with knees to the body.
Haldi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nazarethyan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haldi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nazarethyan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haldi or not.
Nazarethyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haldi backwards.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazarethyan has Haldi pressed against the cage.
Haldi throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan lands with a left to the head.
Nazarethyan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nazarethyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nazarethyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haldi backwards.
Nazarethyan managing to block the knees to the body from Haldi.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nazarethyan is working Haldi over against the cage.
Haldi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nazarethyan lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nazarethyan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nazarethyan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nazarethyan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haldi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nazarethyan's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that round.
That's time! Nazarethyan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice defenses there by Haldi.
Haldi wants to clinch up but Nazarethyan keeps it at a distance.
Haldi is looking to clinch.
Nazarethyan avoids the head kick by Haldi.
Haldi throws a sloppy body shot
and Nazarethyan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Nazarethyan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nazarethyan avoiding damage as Haldi throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazarethyan.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nazarethyan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haldi trying to control the position but instead, Nazarethyan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haldi into the cage.
Haldi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nazarethyan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nazarethyan avoids the elbow strike from Haldi, against the cage.
Nazarethyan lands with a light punch inside.
Haldi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nazarethyan avoids it.
Haldi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nazarethyan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Haldi up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Nazarethyan.
Haldi blocks a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Haldi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nazarethyan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Nazarethyan.
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!
Nazarethyan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haldi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nazarethyan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan tries a body shot but Haldi blocks it.
Knees to the body from Haldi.
Haldi misses with an elbow over the top.
Suren Nazarethyan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nazarethyan taking a breather.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nazarethyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haldi letting Nazarethyan take a breather here.
Nazarethyan digs a right hand into Haldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Haldi's gas tank.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nazarethyan scores with a shot to the side of Haldi's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haldi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nazarethyan avoids it.
Nazarethyan avoiding damage as Haldi throws knees to the body.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazarethyan is defending well for now.
Haldi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nazarethyan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nazarethyan managing to block the knees to the body from Haldi.
Nazarethyan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haldi backwards.
Haldi tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazarethyan avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nazarethyan stalling the fight.
Good body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haldi or not.
Haldi is breathing heavily.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan misses with a body punch.
Haldi misses with a knee strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Nazarethyan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haldi tries to land a knee to the head but Nazarethyan blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haldi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nazarethyan's brow.
Haldi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan scores with a hook to the body.
Nazarethyan is stalling here.
Nazarethyan managing to block the knees to the body from Haldi.
Nazarethyan lands with a right to the head.
Nazarethyan lands with a light punch inside.
Nazarethyan pushes Haldi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nazarethyan dodges an elbow strike from Haldi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nazarethyan lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Haldi is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that second round.
That's time! Nazarethyan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Nazarethyan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nazarethyan throws a shot to the body.
Nazarethyan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haldi's hands.
Nazarethyan walks into a jab.
Haldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Nazarethyan clinches with his opponent.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazarethyan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nazarethyan scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Nazarethyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haldi trying to stall but Nazarethyan improves his position.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Haldi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haldis head.
Nazarethyan has Haldi pushed against the cage.
Nazarethyan pushes Haldi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nazarethyan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short uppercut from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Nazarethyan - that landed with a thud.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Nazarethyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haldis head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Haldi trying to land knees to the body.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazarethyan is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nazarethyan.
Suren Nazarethyan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan gets through Haldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Haldi.
A right hook to the body lands for Nazarethyan.
Haldi misses with an elbow strike.
Nazarethyan gets through Haldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nazarethyan scores with a hook to the body.
Haldi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nazarethyan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Haldi obliges.
Nazarethyan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nazarethyan lands with a left to the head.
Nazarethyan managing to block the knees to the body from Haldi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haldi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lands a body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haldi looking to throw knees to the head but Nazarethyan is blocking nicely.
Haldi missing with knees to the body.
Nazarethyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haldi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haldi tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazarethyan avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Nazarethyan.
Haldi trying to land knees to the body.
Nazarethyan stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haldi trying to land knees to the body.
Nazarethyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haldi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haldi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nazarethyan is defending well for now.
Nazarethyan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nazarethyan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Haldi tries to land a knee to the head but Nazarethyan blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Haldi connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is keeping an eye on Haldi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Suren Nazarethyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nazarethyan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suren Nazarethyan!
After winning the bout, Suren Nazarethyan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.