PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Sheppards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazaryan comes to the cage accompanied by DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nazaryan
vs
Sheppards

167 cm
26
158 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

181 cm
26
159 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carl Sheppards!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheppards scores with a three punch combo!
Nazaryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nazaryan misses with a hook. Sheppards ducked under it nicely.
Sheppards misses the jab.
Nazaryan feints and then cracks Sheppards's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sheppards down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nazaryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sheppards's efforts to push away.
I was talking to Nazaryan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nazaryan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nazaryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nazaryan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
Nazaryan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sheppards is trying to stall.
Nazaryan works on Sheppards's body with a couple of short punches.
Nazaryan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazaryan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazaryan can't find room to land a body shot as Sheppards controls the action.
Nazaryan misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Carl Sheppards has been cut.
Sheppards is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sheppards leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nazaryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Sheppards uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nazaryan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike.
Nazaryan cracks Sheppards with a nice body shot.
Nazaryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nazaryan lands with a light punch inside.
Sheppards is trying to force a seperation but Nazaryan has the dominant position.
Sheppards has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nazaryan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sheppards can turn it around.
Sheppards is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nazaryan is keeping busy.
Nazaryan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sheppards breaks the clinch.
Sheppards throws out a loose jab but Nazaryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sheppards takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Sheppards misses.
Nazaryan half committed to a counter leg kick.

Nazaryan instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazaryan can't find room to land a body shot as Sheppards controls the action.
Nazaryan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sheppards slows down the pace here.
Nazaryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan keeps control of Sheppards as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nazaryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nazaryan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sheppardss head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sheppards takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nazaryan misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan lands an uppercut.
Nazaryan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nazaryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sheppards wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nazaryan has him pressed against the cage.
Nazaryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nazaryan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sheppards has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nazaryan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
Sheppards has had enough of the clinch but Nazaryan keeps him there for the moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nazaryan.
Good body shot from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Nazaryan on the inside.
Nazaryan throws a head punch that misses.
Nazaryan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sheppards is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheppards tries to stall but Nazaryan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nazaryan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nazaryan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nazaryan.
Sheppards has Nazaryan pushed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nazaryan - that landed with a thud.
Sheppards looks winded!
Sheppards is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nazaryan is keeping busy.
Nazaryan pushes Sheppards back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike.
Sheppards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nazaryan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
Nazaryan lands a hook that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sheppards blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrej Nazaryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Sheppards's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nazaryan!

Nazaryan gets a clinch.
Sheppards is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nazaryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sheppards.
Nazaryan scores with a shot to the side of Sheppards's head.
Nazaryan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sheppards trying to control the position but instead, Nazaryan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sheppards into the cage.
Nazaryan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sheppards can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Sheppards's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sheppards's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sheppards trying to stall but Nazaryan improves his position.
Nazaryan lands a body punch.
Sheppards is pushing Nazaryan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nazaryan is working Sheppards over against the cage.
Sheppards is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazaryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands with a short shot to the head.
Nazaryan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nazaryan lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Nazaryan.
Sheppards is trying to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nazaryan cracks Sheppards with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Nazaryan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazaryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan lands an uppercut.
Nazaryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Nazaryan scores with a shot to the side of Sheppards's head.

Sheppards is rocked!
Nazaryan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sheppards is still on wobbly legs! Can Nazaryan finish him?
A short uppercut from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nazaryan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazaryan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sheppards backwards.
Nazaryan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sheppards.
Nazaryan just leaning against Sheppards, taking a breather.
Nazaryan stalling against the cage.
Nazaryan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nazaryan lands a right hand.
Nazaryan lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sheppards to his knees! Nazaryan keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vrej Nazaryan!
Vrej Nazaryan is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Vrej Nazaryan rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.