PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aristotle Polidori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vahan Karamyenyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karamyenyan has chosen Saw Theme - Bonecrusher ft. Lil Jon as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Polidori
vs
Karamyenyan

188 cm
30
220 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

186 cm
29
216 lbs
9 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Aristotle Polidori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vahan Karamyenyan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Karamyenyan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Karamyenyan misses with a two punch combination.
Polidori swings for the body but Karamyenyan moves out of range.
A slow jab from Karamyenyan misses its intended target.
Polidori digs a good hook to Karamyenyan's body.
Karamyenyan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Karamyenyan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Polidori avoids the head kick by Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Polidori misses with a wild combination.
Karamyenyan digs a good body shot into Polidori's ribs.
A nice combination there by Polidori.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polidori throws a hook to the side of Karamyenyan's head but Karamyenyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Polidori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Polidori shoots for a takedown but Karamyenyan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Karamyenyan misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Polidori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karamyenyan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamyenyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Polidori's sensitive parts.

Karamyenyan waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Polidori. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Polidori to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Aristotle Polidori has been cut.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Karamyenyan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Polidori wants to sweep but no luck.
Karamyenyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Polidori has control of Karamyenyan's left arm, preventing Karamyenyan from doing any damage.
Karamyenyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Karamyenyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Polidori can't keep his opponent in guard - Karamyenyan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polidori taking some punishment here, with Karamyenyan in his half guard.
Karamyenyan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Polidori has hold of Karamyenyan's hands but Karamyenyan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Karamyenyan trying to work for an americana but Polidori has managed to regain full guard.

Polidori looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Polidori's head.
Polidori looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Karamyenyan stands up over Polidori, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Karamyenyan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Polidori's head.

Polidori is rocked!
Karamyenyan won't allow Polidori to sweep him here.
Oh Polidori is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Polidori preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Polidori seems to have got his legs back now.
Karamyenyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karamyenyan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Karamyenyan is working Polidori over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polidori looking to control.
Karamyenyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Karamyenyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Karamyenyan drops back looking for a leg! Polidori is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Polidori manages to kick Karamyenyan off! Karamyenyan jumps back into Polidori's guard.
Karamyenyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polidori pulls Karamyenyan in to control the position.
Polidori keeping full guard, as Karamyenyan tries to pass.
Karamyenyan won't allow Polidori to sweep him here.
Polidori has momentary wrist control but Karamyenyan slips an elbow through the middle.
Karamyenyan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Polidori wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Karamyenyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Karamyenyan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Polidori wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Polidori keeping full guard, as Karamyenyan tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karamyenyan throws a strike but Polidori rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Karamyenyan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Polidori throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Karamyenyan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Polidori throwing strikes from guard but Karamyenyan blocks nicely.
Karamyenyan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Karamyenyan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Karamyenyan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Polidori trying to control but Karamyenyan is working from the bottom.
Karamyenyan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Polidori's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Polidori sitting in guard here, content to control.
Polidori stopping the sweep attempt from Karamyenyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vahan Karamyenyan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aristotle Polidori's cut.
That's time! Polidori's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Polidori misses with the combination.

Polidori shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Karamyenyan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Polidori misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Polidori working the body and head with strikes.
Karamyenyan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Polidori's best efforts.

Karamyenyan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Polidori pulls his head out easily.
Polidori is nestled in close to Karamyenyan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Polidori lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Polidori is trying to control. Karamyenyan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Polidori keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Polidori winds up and cracks Karamyenyan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Karamyenyan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Polidori.
Karamyenyan works his way to full guard. Good work.

Karamyenyan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Karamyenyan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Polidori doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Polidori manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamyenyan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Polidori with a nice head shot there.

Karamyenyan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Karamyenyan working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Polidori has passed into half guard!
Karamyenyan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Polidori looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karamyenyan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karamyenyan has hold of Polidori's hands but Polidori slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Karamyenyan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Polidori.
Karamyenyan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Polidori.
Polidori takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Polidori is trying to control. Karamyenyan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Karamyenyan looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karamyenyan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Polidori looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karamyenyan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karamyenyan taking some punishment here, with Polidori in his half guard.
Vahan Karamyenyan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karamyenyan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Polidori connects with a nice short shot to Karamyenyan's temple.
Polidori throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Karamyenyan looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Polidori pushes past his half guard into mount!
Polidori with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Polidori with a couple of short strikes.
Karamyenyan tries to reverse the position but Polidori maintains control.
Polidori scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Karamyenyan is rocked!
Polidori lands with some strikes.
Karamyenyan is still in real trouble! Can Polidori finish him?
Karamyenyan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Karamyenyan seems to have recovered his senses.
Polidori working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan is looking to improve his position but Polidori isn't that keen on the idea.
Polidori tries to control but Karamyenyan wriggling away.
Polidori postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Karamyenyan badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Polidori around the waist but Polidori pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Polidori is the winner by TKO! Polidori jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aristotle Polidori!
Aristotle Polidori seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.