PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armen Aharonian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aharonian comes to the cage accompanied by Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh. Gabriel Rua is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Aharonian
vs
Rua

185 cm
23
196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
33
168 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armen Aharonian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Rua!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aharonian lands an overhand right.
Aharonian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Aharonian. That did some damage!
Rua throws a leg kick that misses.
Aharonian lands a head shot.
Rua moves away from the strike by Aharonian.
Rua throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've been told by Aharonian's head coaches at Gym Amsterdam that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rua misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Aharonian misses the target.
Rua misses with a body kick.
Rua tries to score with a low kick but Aharonian moves his leg out of the way.
Rua misses with a leg kick
and Aharonian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gabriel Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rua.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aharonian connects with a single shot there.
Rua fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Aharonian checks it well.
Rua throws a jab but it's blocked by Aharonian.
Aharonian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rua looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rua lands with a thumping leg kick.
Aharonian takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Aharonian misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua slips a jab and a cross from Aharonian.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.

Rua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aharonian, pushing him back against the cage.
Rua taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Aharonian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rua taking a breather.

Aharonian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rua.
Nice cross by Aharonian.
Rua throws a series of punches but Aharonian avoids them all with ease.
Aharonian is looking to counter the offense by Rua and move into the clinch.
Aharonian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aharonian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rua.
Aharonian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rua connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aharonian lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aharonian.
Rua misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a leg kick that misses.
Aharonian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aharonian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Rua is rocked!
Aharonian misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Aharonian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rua throws a leg kick but Aharonian moved away.
Rua misses with the body kick
and Aharonian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rua tries to clinch up but Aharonian circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Aharonian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aharonian misses with a wild combination.
Aharonian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aharonian fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rua just manages to avoid it.
Rua tries to clinch up but Aharonian circles away and keeps his distance.
Rua wants to land a leg kick but Aharonian is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aharonian checks a leg kick.
Aharonian cracks Rua with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aharonian, right into the meat.
Rua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Aharonian drops Rua with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Rua looks back up at him and smiles so Aharonian waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Rua is still on wobbly legs! Can Aharonian finish him?
Aharonian darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Rua's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Aharonian before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Armen Aharonian!
Our winner, Armen Aharonian, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Gabriel Rua stepped up to the mic, saying 'For Fucks sake.'.