PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lincoln Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vahan Karamyenyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawk kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Winner Takes it All. Karamyenyan has chosen Saw Theme - Bonecrusher ft. Lil Jon as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hawk
vs
Karamyenyan

188 cm
20
214 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
216 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lincoln Hawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vahan Karamyenyan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk throws a nice looking combination but Karamyenyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karamyenyan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A nice combination there by Karamyenyan.
Hawk thumps Karamyenyan with a low kick.
Hawk seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hawk throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Karamyenyan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hawk.
Karamyenyan misses with a two punch combination.
Karamyenyan throws the kick towards the body but Hawk avoids it.
Karamyenyan looks to land a body kick but Hawk moved away.
Karamyenyan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hawk doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hawk pushes Karamyenyan up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karamyenyan's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Karamyenyan is trying to break the clinch but Hawk is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Karamyenyan.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Karamyenyan trying to stall but Hawk improves his position.
Hawk lands an uppercut.
Hawk is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk goes for a takedown attempt but Karamyenyan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Karamyenyan takes a swing at Hawk's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan looks to land a combination but Hawk avoids it well.
Hawk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karamyenyan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Hawk decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hawk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Karamyenyan trying to get back to full guard but Hawk takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Karamyenyan wants to hold on but Hawk pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Karamyenyan's face.
Karamyenyan felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karamyenyan can't escape the position.
Hawk lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hawk scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Karamyenyan?
Hawk unloading with bombs!
Karamyenyan is looking to get to half guard.
Karamyenyan is in a horrible position here. Hawk smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hawk lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk wants to control the pace but Karamyenyan is squirming around nicely.
Karamyenyan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Karamyenyan wants to control but Hawk is keeping busy.
Hawk slips a nice elbow through Karamyenyan's hands, connecting with Karamyenyan's forehead.
Hawk content to control rather than advance.
Hawk is trying to control. Karamyenyan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hawk is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Karamyenyan reverses the position - he's now on top in Hawk's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk managing to control the position.
Karamyenyan wants to control from the top but Hawk keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Lincoln Hawk just wasn't active enough.
Karamyenyan throws a series of punches but Hawk avoids them all with ease.
Hawk shoots in for a takedown but Karamyenyan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lincoln Hawk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karamyenyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Hawk fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Karamyenyan sprawls well initially but Hawk persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hawk not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hawk is looking to take a break and control but Karamyenyan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hawk sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A punch combination from Karamyenyan misses.
Karamyenyan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Karamyenyan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hawk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karamyenyan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hawk.

It looks like Vahan Karamyenyan has been cut.
Karamyenyan throws a series of punches but Hawk moves out of range.
Hawk is trying hard to land a takedown here. Karamyenyan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Hawk closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawk is looking to take this one to the mat.
Karamyenyan managing to block the knees to the body from Hawk.
Karamyenyan throws an elbow that misses.

Hawk manages to break the clinch.
Hawk lands the left hand.

Karamyenyan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Karamyenyan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk postures up and lands a big shot to Karamyenyan's brow.
Hawk chips away with some ground and pound.

Karamyenyan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Karamyenyan keeping moving, preventing Hawk from controlling successfully.
Hawk with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hawk landing some decent shots from guard.
Hawk throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan keeping moving, preventing Hawk from controlling successfully.
Hawk advances to half guard.
Hawk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Hawk is working for a submission of some sort.
Hawk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
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!
Karamyenyan taking some punishment here, with Hawk in his half guard.
Hawk has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lincoln Hawk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Karamyenyan is squirming around, avoiding Hawk's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hawk landing strikes from the mount.

Karamyenyan is rocked!
Hawk unloading with bombs!
Karamyenyan is still in real trouble! Can Hawk finish him?
Hawk wants to control the pace but Karamyenyan is squirming around nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawk loads up with a big shot that hurts Karamyenyan! He's pulled Hawk in close but Hawk has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Karamyenyan survive? More strikes from Hawk and Karamyenyan is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lincoln Hawk!
Lincoln Hawk really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that The Big Kabosh logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.