PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vahan Karamyenyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karamyenyan comes to the cage accompanied by Saw Theme - Bonecrusher ft. Lil Jon. Burns is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank. Alex John Conor Burns has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Karamyenyan
vs
John Conor Burns

186 cm
29
216 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Instinct
Bullet Proof System

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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vahan Karamyenyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex John Conor Burns !
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns avoids a kick to the body.
Burns let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Burns throws a body punch but Karamyenyan moves out of range.
Karamyenyan blocks a low kick nicely.
Karamyenyan fails with a takedown attempt.
Burns appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Karamyenyan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Burns throws a chopping leg kick but Karamyenyan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karamyenyan misses with a body kick.
As Karamyenyan backs off Burns throws a huge counter combo but Karamyenyan manages to avoid it all.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karamyenyan is defended easily by Burns .
Karamyenyan tries to clinch but Burns moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Burns will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Burns throws a front kick aimed at Karamyenyan's knee but Karamyenyan avoids it well.
Horrible takedown attempt by Karamyenyan or perhaps it was just good defense by Burns , which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vahan Karamyenyan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns scores with a jab.

It looks like Vahan Karamyenyan has been cut.
A head kick by Karamyenyan misses
and Burns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karamyenyan throws a right hand that misses
and Burns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karamyenyan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Karamyenyan throws a chopping leg kick but Burns manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Burns is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Burns takes a swing at Karamyenyan's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karamyenyan is defended easily by Burns .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan shoots in but no luck this time.
Karamyenyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Burns gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karamyenyan throws an elbow but it misses.
Burns avoids the elbow strike from Karamyenyan, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karamyenyan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burns 's brow.
Burns lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
Karamyenyan throws an elbow but it misses.

Burns manages to break the clinch.
Burns throws a wild body kick that Karamyenyan sees coming a mile off.
Burns with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burns swings for the body but Karamyenyan moves out of range.
Burns scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karamyenyan doesn't seem bothered though.
Karamyenyan throws a chopping leg kick but Burns manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Karamyenyan misses with a body punch
and Burns cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karamyenyan tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan moves out of range of the body kick.
Karamyenyan misses the jab.
Karamyenyan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Burns counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Burns fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Burns lands a nice shot to the body.
Burns has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Burns lands a really nice looking cross but Karamyenyan seems unphased.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Burns ! Karamyenyan is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex John Conor Burns !
After winning the bout, Alex John Conor Burns thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.