PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduard Melkonyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goliaf Tor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melkonyan comes to the cage accompanied by 25/17 . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Melkonyan
vs
Tor

183 cm
31
253 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

188 cm
24
270 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eduard Melkonyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goliaf Tor!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melkonyan scores with a sloppy right hand. Tor should have avoided that one.

It looks like Goliaf Tor has been cut.
Eduard Melkonyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Melkonyan gets caught flat footed, as Tor shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tor wants to control from the top but Melkonyan keeps moving.
Melkonyan has Tor pulled in close to control his posture.
Melkonyan looking to control.
Tor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Melkonyan swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Melkonyan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tor gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Melkonyan working for a triangle but Tor defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tor lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melkonyan is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tor is looking to work some ground and pound but Melkonyan has wrist control.
Tor connects with a couple of short punches.
Melkonyan controls Tor momentarily but Tor frees himself.
Melkonyan keeping moving, preventing Tor from controlling successfully.
Tor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tor looking to sit in guard and control but Melkonyan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Melkonyan scoring with some ground and pound.
Melkonyan throws a big right hand that misses.
Melkonyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Melkonyan throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melkonyan postures up in Tor's guard and throws a big left but Tor blocks it.
Melkonyan tries to free his leg and advance position but Tor is retaining full guard.
Melkonyan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tor gets full guard.
Melkonyan advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Melkonyan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Melkonyan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melkonyan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Melkonyan is working Tor over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tor manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tor gets full guard.
Tor keeping moving, preventing Melkonyan from controlling successfully.
Melkonyan throwing strikes but missing.
Melkonyan landing with the ground and pound.
Tor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tor controlling the position.
Melkonyan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tor's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tor is pulling down on Melkonyan's head to control his posture.
Melkonyan postures up in Tor's guard and throws a big left but Tor blocks it.
Melkonyan trying to control but Tor is working from the bottom.
Melkonyan postures up in Tor's guard and throws a big left but Tor blocks it.
Tor is pulling down on Melkonyan's head. It's preventing any offense from Melkonyan, at least for the moment.
Melkonyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Tor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Goliaf Tor hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Tor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melkonyan.

Tor feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tor trying to control the position from guard on top but Melkonyan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Melkonyan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eduard Melkonyan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Goliaf Tor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Melkonyan looks to throw the jab but Tor is out of range.

Tor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Melkonyan quickly recovers to half guard.
Tor throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Melkonyan to regain full guard.
Melkonyan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Melkonyan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tor!
Tor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tor is in a horrible position here. Melkonyan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tor tries to hold on but Melkonyan pushes him away.

Melkonyan goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Tor is on top in guard.
Melkonyan keeping full guard, as Tor tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melkonyan controlling the position.
Tor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tor throws a big right hand that misses.
Melkonyan keeping moving, preventing Tor from controlling successfully.
Melkonyan wants to sweep but no luck.
Tor wants to control from the top but Melkonyan keeps moving.
Melkonyan controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Goliaf Tor.
Tor defending well as Melkonyan loads up on a big left hand.

Tor darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Melkonyan gets full guard.
Melkonyan keeping moving, preventing Tor from controlling successfully.
Tor scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tor forces his way into half guard.
Melkonyan gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melkonyan pulls Tor in to control the position.
Tor is looking to work some ground and pound but Melkonyan has wrist control.
Melkonyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melkonyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Goliaf Tor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tor throws a big elbow that misses.
Tor preventing the sweep.
Melkonyan working a defensive guard here.
Melkonyan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tor's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tor looking for a sweep. Not yet Tor, not yet.
Tor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Melkonyan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tor postures up in Melkonyan's guard and throws a big left but Melkonyan blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Melkonyan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tor!
Tor is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Goliaf Tor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Goliaf Tor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tor avoids the body shot from Melkonyan.
Melkonyan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Tor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tor showed some decent athleticism there.
Tor throwing shots but Melkonyan is blocking nicely.
Tor is thwarting Melkonyan's attempts to control the position.
Tor working the head and body with strikes.
Tor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Melkonyan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Melkonyan tries to get to full guard but Tor has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melkonyan desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Melkonyan won't allow Tor to pass to mount.
Melkonyan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tor.
Melkonyan is trying to get back to full guard.
Tor working Melkonyan over with strikes.
Tor controlling the action here.
Tor is looking to take a break and control but Melkonyan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tor with the ground and pound but Melkonyan uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Tor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Melkonyan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Melkonyan looking for a sweep. Not yet Melkonyan, not yet.
Tor cracks Melkonyan with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melkonyan keeping moving, preventing Tor from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Melkonyan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tor wants to control from the top but Melkonyan keeps moving.
Melkonyan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tor is one step ahead there.
Tor throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Melkonyan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Melkonyan's head.
Melkonyan has Tor pulled in close to control his posture.
Melkonyan is trying to keep Tor in close.
Melkonyan keeping moving, preventing Tor from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Melkonyan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tor tries to get back to half guard but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Goliaf Tor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Goliaf Tor!