PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamad Al Zahran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tigran Badoyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tigran Badoyan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Al Zahran
vs
Badoyan

188 cm
24
178 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

209 cm
24
264 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conquer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hamad Al Zahran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tigran Badoyan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Badoyan!
Al Zahran keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Badoyan swings for the body but Al Zahran moves out of range.
Badoyan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Al Zahran if he has to take too many more of those.
Badoyan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Badoyan misses with a wild body shot.

Badoyan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
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!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Badoyan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Al Zahran is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Hits Like A Girl, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Al Zahran is pressing down on Badoyan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Badoyan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Al Zahran is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Badoyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Al Zahran wants to get back to his feet but Badoyan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Badoyan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badoyan throwing strikes but missing.
Badoyan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Badoyan preventing the sweep.
Al Zahran is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al Zahran looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Badoyan chips away with some ground and pound.
Al Zahran wants to get back to his feet but Badoyan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Badoyan content to stall in guard here.
It looks like Badoyan might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Tigran Badoyan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Al Zahran throws a low kick but Badoyan moves out of range easily.
Al Zahran blocks a head kick by Badoyan.
Badoyan cracks Al Zahran with an open hand slap.
Badoyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Zahran is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Zahran throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Badoyan shoots in but Al Zahran avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hamad Al Zahran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Al Zahran takes a swing at Badoyan's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Badoyan finds it's target.
Al Zahran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Badoyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Al Zahran.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good leg kick by Badoyan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good work by Badoyan as he checks the leg kick.
Badoyan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Badoyan throws a nice looking combination but Al Zahran bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Al Zahran misses with a looping left.
Badoyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Badoyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Zahran manages to avoid it.
Al Zahran moves out of range of the body kick.

Badoyan drives through with a takedown into Al Zahran's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Al Zahran working a defensive guard here.
Al Zahran looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Badoyan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Badoyan is taking a breather. Al Zahran says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Al Zahran is refusing to be controlled, as Badoyan sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan controlling the action here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Al Zahran kicks Badoyan off and gets back to his feet.
Al Zahran defending well as Badoyan loads up on a big left hand.
Al Zahran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Badoyan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Badoyan showed some decent athleticism there.
Badoyan stops Al Zahran from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Zahran avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Badoyan.
Al Zahran might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Al Zahran avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Badoyan.
Badoyan is pressing down on Al Zahran's thigh, looking to free his foot. Al Zahran is holding on for now.
Badoyan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Al Zahran defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigran Badoyan dominated that round.
That's time! Al Zahran's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Badoyan checks a low kick from Al Zahran.
Badoyan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Al Zahran to score with a decent uppercut.
Badoyan wants to slow Al Zahran down by chopping away at his legs.
Badoyan throws a low kick but Al Zahran moves out of range easily.
Badoyan throws a hook but Al Zahran blocks it.
Badoyan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Al Zahran connects with a solid leg kick.
Badoyan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Al Zahran rather than just go for the knockout.
Al Zahran takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Badoyan throws a right hand that Al Zahran ducks under and follows up with a left that Al Zahran also avoids with ease.
Decent striking displayed by Badoyan there.
Badoyan misses the shot to the body.
Badoyan misses with a body punch
and Al Zahran counters with a thumping low kick.
Al Zahran takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Badoyan. Al Zahran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Badoyan scores with a punch to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Al Zahran lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Badoyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Badoyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Al Zahran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Badoyan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badoyan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Al Zahran.
Badoyan avoids the head kick by Al Zahran.
Al Zahran moves out of range of the body kick.
Badoyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Badoyan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Al Zahran checks it well.
Al Zahran slips under a jab.
Al Zahran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badoyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Zahran moves away.
Tigran Badoyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badoyan.
Al Zahran throws a shot from downtown. Badoyan moves away and avoids it.
Al Zahran lands a front kick.
Badoyan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Badoyan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Al Zahran's waist but Al Zahran gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Badoyan off to one side.
Al Zahran looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Badoyan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Al Zahran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Badoyan needs to keep his hands up - Al Zahran had a free shot at his head there.
Badoyan is looking to land body kicks.
Al Zahran attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Badoyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Badoyan misses with a straight right.
Badoyan fails with a takedown attempt.
Badoyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Badoyan checks a leg kick.
Badoyan misses with a hook
and Al Zahran counters with a straight right hand.
Al Zahran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Badoyan moves away.
Badoyan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Badoyan avoids a kick to the body.
Al Zahran pivots, looking for a leg kick but Badoyan is out of range and Al Zahran settles back down.
Badoyan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Al Zahran.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Badoyan, as that shot connected.
Tigran Badoyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Zahran closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Hamad Al Zahran has been cut.
Al Zahran throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Badoyan.
Badoyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Al Zahran.
Badoyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Badoyan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Al Zahran is looking to slow Badoyan down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badoyan connects with a right hand. Al Zahran shakes it off.
Al Zahran cracks the inside of Badoyan's front leg.
Al Zahran throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Al Zahran is looking to land body kicks.
Al Zahran avoids a punch combination nicely.
Badoyan lands with a straight right. Al Zahran didn't see that one coming.

Al Zahran is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran misses with a low kick.
Badoyan lands a leg kick that knocks Al Zahran off balance momentarily.
Al Zahran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Badoyan throws out the jab.
Al Zahran misses with a body kick.
Badoyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Badoyan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Al Zahran misses with a hook.
Badoyan lands with an uppercut that bounces Al Zahran off the cage and back into range.
Oh Al Zahran is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Badoyan pounces like a tiger and cracks Al Zahran with a vicious hook! Al Zahran is down but not out! Badoyan follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tigran Badoyan!
Tigran Badoyan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.