PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chevy Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarethyan comes to the cage accompanied by Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind. Nguyen has chosen Oetori as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nazarethyan
vs
Nguyen

155 cm
29
150 lbs
28 - 8 - 1

167 cm
33
147 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Chevy Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan misses with a body shot.
Nguyen misses with a hook.
Nazarethyan misses the jab.
Nazarethyan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sloppy strikes from Nazarethyan. Those never looked like landing.
Nguyen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nazarethyan.
Nguyen lands the left hand.
Nazarethyan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nguyen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nazarethyan scores with a three punch combo!
Nazarethyan is looking to clinch but Nguyen is avoiding it.
Nazarethyan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nguyen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nguyen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nazarethyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazarethyan lands an overhand right.

Nazarethyan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Nguyen wants to control but Nazarethyan is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan wants to control but Nguyen is keeping him busy.
Nguyen is looking for a sweep. Nazarethyan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nazarethyan slips a nice elbow through Nguyen's hands, connecting with Nguyen's forehead.
Nazarethyan moves nicely into side control.
Nguyen is looking for a sweep.
Nazarethyan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nguyen seems a little lost for a moment, as Nazarethyan dominates the positioning.
Nguyen is looking to regain half guard here but Nazarethyan keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan wants to control but Nguyen is keeping him busy.
Nazarethyan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nguyen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nazarethyan happy to just control the position for now.
Nazarethyan trying to control the position but Nguyen is working away.
Nguyen looks to move to half guard but instead Nazarethyan has passed into mount! Damn!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nguyen tries to hold on but Nazarethyan pushes him away.
Nazarethyan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan prevents Nguyen from getting the reversal.
Nguyen tries to lock up and control but Nazarethyan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nguyen regains half guard.
Nguyen is trying to get back to full guard.
Nguyen is refusing to be controlled, as Nazarethyan sits in half guard.
Nazarethyan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nazarethyan wants to control but Nguyen is keeping him busy.
Nazarethyan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nguyen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nazarethyan slips a nice elbow through Nguyen's hands, connecting with Nguyen's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nguyen is trying to get back to full guard.
Nguyen is refusing to be controlled, as Nazarethyan sits in half guard.
Nguyen is looking to control Nazarethyan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nguyen avoid being mounted?
Nguyen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nguyen.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazarethyan connects with a couple of short punches.
Nguyen keeping full guard, as Nazarethyan tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nazarethyan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nguyen defends it nicely.
Nazarethyan jabs at Nguyen's body.

Nazarethyan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nguyen is looking to reverse the position.
Nazarethyan working away.
Suren Nazarethyan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nazarethyan scoring with punches from side control.
Nazarethyan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nguyen tries to buck Nazarethyan off but Nazarethyan is having none of it.
Nazarethyan lands a few punches from side control.
Nazarethyan scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan trying to control the position but Nguyen is working away.
Nazarethyan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nguyen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nazarethyan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nazarethyan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Nguyen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nazarethyan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nguyen.
Nguyen is keen to just control but Nazarethyan is a slippery customer.
Nazarethyan tries to get to full guard but Nguyen has control of the leg.
Nguyen is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan is refusing to be controlled, as Nguyen sits in half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Chevy Nguyen.
Horrible takedown by Nazarethyan or perhaps it was just good defense by Nguyen which made him look bad.
Nazarethyan moves out of range of the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nguyen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Nazarethyan.
Nguyen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazarethyan moves away.
Nazarethyan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nazarethyan moves out of range of the body kick.
Nazarethyan cracks the inside of Nguyen's front leg.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nguyen.
Nazarethyan misses with an uppercut. Nguyen saw that one coming.
Nazarethyan throws a looping overhand right but Nguyen ducks down to avoid it.
Nazarethyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nazarethyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nazarethyan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Nguyen.
Suren Nazarethyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen throws a body punch but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Nguyen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Nazarethyan rushes Nguyen and presses him up against the cage.
Nguyen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nazarethyan is keeping busy.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nguyen's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nazarethyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nazarethyan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan can't find room to land a body shot as Nguyen controls the action.
Nazarethyan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nazarethyan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazarethyan tries to work over Nguyen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nguyen is looking to control Nazarethyan's arms but Nazarethyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nguyen has his back to the cage.
Nazarethyan tries to work over Nguyen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nazarethyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nguyen's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nazarethyan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nguyen checks it well.
Nazarethyan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nazarethyan misses with a straight right.
Nazarethyan scoring well with a low kick there.
Nazarethyan staying out of range there.
Nazarethyan fails with a takedown attempt.
Nguyen checks a low kick from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan blocks a low kick nicely.
Nguyen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Nazarethyan counters with a shoot takedown. Nguyen fights it but they end up in guard.
Nazarethyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Nguyen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nguyen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nazarethyan is fighting to break Nguyen's control of his arms but Nguyen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nazarethyan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nazarethyan throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nazarethyan misses with a takedown attempt - Nguyen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nazarethyan misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nazarethyan misses with a wild body shot.
Nguyen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nazarethyan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nazarethyan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A leg kick checked by Nguyen.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nguyen.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nguyen.
Nazarethyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nguyen is able to avoid easily.
Nazarethyan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nguyen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nazarethyan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Nguyen 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen misses with a looping left.
Nazarethyan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Suren Nazarethyan is winning the standup battle so far.
Nguyen swings for the body but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nguyen just misses with a punch to the body.
Nguyen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazarethyan.

Nazarethyan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nguyen gets back to half guard.
Nazarethyan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nazarethyan is keen to just control but Nguyen is a slippery customer.
Nazarethyan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan thows a huge punch but Nguyen dodges it nicely.
Nguyen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nazarethyan content to stall in guard here.
Nguyen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nazarethyan is one step ahead there.
Nazarethyan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nguyen is trying to keep Nazarethyan in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nguyen misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a left hand
and Nguyen counters with a low kick, right behind Nazarethyan 's knee.
Good work by Nguyen as he checks the leg kick.
Nazarethyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nguyen.
Nazarethyan misses with a low kick.
Nazarethyan misses the body punch
and Nguyen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Nazarethyan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nazarethyan trying to control the action but Nguyen is working from the bottom.
Nazarethyan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen is trying to get back to full guard.
Nazarethyan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nazarethyan lands strikes from half guard.
Nazarethyan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nazarethyan wants to take a breather but Nguyen is having none of it.
Nguyen works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nguyen controls Nazarethyan momentarily but Nazarethyan frees himself.
Nguyen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nazarethyan's guard.
Nazarethyan wants to sweep here but Nguyen controlling him for the moment.
My spies in SWF GYM - JUDO 'n' MMA inform me that Nguyen has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Nazarethyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nazarethyan controls Nguyen momentarily but Nguyen frees himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nazarethyan is trying to control the position but Nguyen postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen throwing strikes but missing.
Nguyen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nazarethyan is trying to keep Nguyen in close.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Suren Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan closes the distance but Nguyen moves to the side
and Nguyen counters with a stiff right hand.
Nazarethyan misses with a low kick.
Nguyen misses the shot to the body.
Nguyen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nazarethyan throws out the jab.
Nguyen throws a shot to the body.
Nazarethyan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan scores with a jab to the body.
Nazarethyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nguyen.
Nazarethyan dodges the punch combination from Nguyen.
Nguyen lands a jab to the nose.
Nazarethyan lands a right hook to the body.
Nazarethyan scores with a shot to the body.
Nguyen on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Nazarethyan clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazarethyan working aggressively here.
Nguyen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nazarethyan misses with a punch to the body.
Nguyen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan had his way with Chevy Nguyen in that round.
That's time! Nazarethyan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nazarethyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nazarethyan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nazarethyan tries for a takedown but Nguyen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nazarethyan avoids the head kick by Nguyen.
Nazarethyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nguyen tried to score with a low kick but Nazarethyan checks it.
Nazarethyan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nazarethyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Nazarethyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazarethyan throws a front kick aimed at Nguyen's knee but Nguyen avoids it well.
Nazarethyan is looking to wear down Nguyen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nazarethyan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarethyan missing with a left hand there. Nguyen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nguyen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan misses with a straight left.
Nazarethyan cracks the inside of Nguyen's front leg.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook.
Nazarethyan jabs at Nguyen's body.
Nazarethyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nazarethyan wants to clinch up but Nguyen keeps it at a distance.
Nazarethyan is looking to slow Nguyen down with leg kicks.
Nazarethyan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nguyen defending well as Nazarethyan loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nazarethyan.
Suren Nazarethyan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen lands a jab to the nose.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot that snaps Nguyen's head back.
Nguyen misses with a body punch
and Nazarethyan counters with a left to the body.
Nazarethyan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nguyen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nguyen misses with an uppercut.
Nazarethyan lands with a kick to the temple. Nguyen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A clash of legs there as Nguyen blocks the low kick.
Nazarethyan staying out of range there.
Nguyen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nazarethyan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nguyen.
Nazarethyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Nazarethyan. That's going to slow Nguyen down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan tries to land a leg kick but Nguyen saw it coming and moves away.
Nazarethyan misses with a left hand
and Nguyen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nazarethyan.
Nguyen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nazarethyan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nazarethyan shoots for a double leg takedown but Nguyen sprawls well. He's pushed Nazarethyan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Suren Nazarethyan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nazarethyan connects with a high kick.
Nazarethyan throws a body punch but Nguyen moves out of range.
Nazarethyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazarethyan drops his hands momentarily and Nguyen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nazarethyan lands with a good body shot.
Chevy Nguyen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan takes a swing at Nguyen's ribcage but misses.
Nguyen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nazarethyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Nazarethyan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Nguyen misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Nazarethyan. Those never looked like landing.
Nazarethyan misses with a takedown attempt - Nguyen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nazarethyan, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice sprawl there from Nazarethyan as Nguyen shoots in.
Nguyen feints and then cracks Nazarethyan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nazarethyan down.
Nguyen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Suren Nazarethyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nazarethyan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suren Nazarethyan!
A victorious Suren Nazarethyan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Chevy Nguyen stepped up to the mic, saying 'More fighting less training...'.