PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jager Hoffman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarethyan comes to the cage accompanied by Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind. Hoffman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sharpshooter by Motorhead. Jager Hoffman is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nazarethyan
vs
Hoffman

155 cm
21
150 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

165 cm
29
138 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

•• Beast Mode ••

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 7 - 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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jager Hoffman!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nazarethyan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Hoffman.

It looks like Suren Nazarethyan has been cut.
Nazarethyan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Nazarethyan.
Hoffman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoffman stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Nazarethyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hoffman working hard to break the clinch.
Hoffman misses with a knee strike.
Nazarethyan gets through Hoffman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hoffman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoffman's elbow.
Hoffman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nazarethyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazarethyan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nazarethyan lands an uppercut.
Nazarethyan tries to throw a body punch but Hoffman avoids it by throwing Nazarethyan back against the cage.

Hoffman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoffman fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hoffman instigates a clinch.
Nazarethyan is pushing Hoffman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoffman misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Nazarethyan.
Hoffman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoffman looking to throw knees to the head but Nazarethyan is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Nazarethyan.
Hoffman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nazarethyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoffman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nazarethyan scores with a hook to the body.
Hoffman trying to stall but Nazarethyan improves his position.
Hoffman tries to land a knee to the head but Nazarethyan blocks with his arms.
Nazarethyan digs a right hand underneath Hoffman's ribcage. Hoffman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Nazarethyan on the inside.
A short uppercut from Nazarethyan.

Hoffman is rocked!
Nazarethyan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoffman backwards.
Hoffman is still on wobbly legs! Can Nazarethyan finish him?
Nazarethyan working aggressively here.
Nazarethyan creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hoffman's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hoffman drops to his knees and Nazarethyan pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suren Nazarethyan!
During a confident post fight interview, Suren Nazarethyan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.