PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigran Badoyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burke is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Manish Boy. Tigran Badoyan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Badoyan
vs
Burke

209 cm
25
264 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
183 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conquer

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 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tigran Badoyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, James Burke!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burke takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Badoyan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Burke will feel that in the morning.
Burke misses with a body shot.
Burke connects with a solid leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Burke has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Badoyan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch combination from Badoyan misses.
Badoyan thows a leg kick but Burke checks it

and Burke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Badoyan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Badoyan trying to keep a closed guard but Burke is proving a slippery customer.
Badoyan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Burke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badoyan has control of Burke's left arm, preventing Burke from doing any damage.

Tigran Badoyan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Badoyan throws a front kick that sends Burke stumbling back into the cage.
Badoyan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Badoyan checks a low kick from Burke.
Badoyan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Badoyan throws a head kick that misses.
Burke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burke misses with a low kick.
Burke avoids a kick to the body.
Burke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Badoyan.
Badoyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burke's sensitive parts.
Burke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Badoyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Burke.
Badoyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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!
Burke lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Burke goes for a double leg but Badoyan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Badoyan continues to drive forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke lands with a left to the head.
Badoyan lands an uppercut.
Badoyan avoiding damage.
Badoyan blocking some punches.

Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Badoyan.
Burke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Badoyan throws out the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Burke checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Badoyan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burke looks to land a right hand but Badoyan moved out of range.
Badoyan tests Burke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badoyan.
Badoyan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Badoyan throws a head kick that misses.
Badoyan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burke. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan cracks a nice hook into Burke's ribs.
Badoyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burke manages to avoid it.

Badoyan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Burke's guard.

Burke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burke keeping moving, preventing Badoyan from controlling successfully.
Badoyan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burke swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan lands a couple of elbows.
Badoyan trying to control but Burke is working from the bottom.
Burke trying to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tigran Badoyan just wasn't active enough.
Badoyan throws a body punch but Burke moves out of range.
Badoyan misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigran Badoyan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Burke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A thudding body kick lands there by Badoyan!
Burke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tigran Badoyan is winning the standup battle so far.
Badoyan throws an overhand right that lands on Burke's shoulder, as Burke tries to avoid the shot.
Badoyan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Badoyan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Badoyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burke.
Badoyan throws a leg kick

and Burke counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Badoyan can't do much from the bottom here.
Burke scores with punches from side control.
Burke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Badoyan keeps working.
Burke is trying to ground and pound but Badoyan uses the momentary lack of control by Burke to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Burke wants to free his trapped foot but Badoyan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Burke prevents Badoyan from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Badoyan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Burke wants to control from the top but Badoyan keeps moving.
Burke looking to pass the guard.
Badoyan is trying to keep Burke in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan has Burke pulled in close to control his posture.
Burke throwing strikes but missing.
Burke throws a big elbow that misses.
Burke trying to control the position from guard on top but Badoyan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Badoyan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Badoyan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan is pulling down on Burke's head. It's preventing any offense from Burke, at least for the moment.
Badoyan seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tigran Badoyan wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Burke looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Badoyan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Badoyan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burke circles away quickly and effectively.
Burke throws a jab but it's blocked by Badoyan.
Burke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badoyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burke.
Burke throws a body punch but Badoyan moves out of range.
Badoyan slips under a jab from Burke.
Badoyan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Badoyan thuds his right hand into Burke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burke scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burke doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Badoyan lands with a kick to the temple. Burke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Badoyan connects with a leg kick. Burke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Badoyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burke is looking to slow Badoyan down with leg kicks.
Burke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Badoyan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Badoyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burke moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Tigran Badoyan has been cut.
Badoyan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Badoyan connects with a leg kick. Burke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot by Badoyan.
Burke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab lands there for Burke.
Badoyan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burke is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigran Badoyan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tigran Badoyan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Badoyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab by Burke.
Badoyan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burke swings for the body but Badoyan moves out of range.
Badoyan throws a push kick but Burke slaps the foot to one side.
A lazy left from Burke finds it's target.
Badoyan ducks under a wild hook from Burke.
Burke throws a lazy uppercut
and Badoyan counters with a nice uppercut.
Burke blocks a head kick by Badoyan.
Burke throws a shot from downtown. Badoyan moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Burke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badoyan throws a leg kick which misses Burke's front leg but catches the back leg as Burke tries to avoid it.
Burke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Badoyan.
Burke misses with a low kick.
Burke shoots in for a double leg but Badoyan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Badoyan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badoyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Burke's calf.
Burke misses with a hook. Badoyan ducked under it nicely.
Burke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Badoyan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Burke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Burke drops his hands momentarily and Badoyan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Badoyan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Badoyan misses with a hook. Burke ducked under it nicely.
Badoyan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Badoyan.
Burke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Horrible takedown by Burke or perhaps it was just good defense by Badoyan which made him look bad.
Badoyan loads up on a big right hand but Burke slips the punch.

Badoyan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Badoyan is looking to take a break and control but Burke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke can't do much from the bottom here.
Badoyan throws a strike aimed at the side of Burke's head but Burke avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Burke is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Burke is looking to reverse the position.
James Burke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Burke takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Burke is not content to let Badoyan control the position.
Burke avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Badoyan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan is staying tight to Burke's torso, preventing him from escaping.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tigran Badoyan.
Badoyan throws the left hand but Burke avoids the punch easily.
Badoyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burke throws an overhand right that lands on Badoyan's shoulder, as Badoyan tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tigran Badoyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Badoyan 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tigran Badoyan!
Tigran Badoyan took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Conquer for their support in the buildup to the fight.