PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aharon Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy McPhail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aharon Sarkisyan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sarkisyan
vs
McPhail

173 cm
19
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
29
170 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aharon Sarkisyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paddy McPhail!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPhail misses with a looping right.
Sarkisyan defending well as McPhail loads up on a big left hand.
McPhail fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sarkisyan staying out of range there.
McPhail looks to land a right hand but Sarkisyan moved out of range.
Sarkisyan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sarkisyan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Paddy McPhail seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sarkisyan, right into the meat.
McPhail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarkisyan moves away.
Sarkisyan scores with a leg kick.
Sarkisyan takes one to the side of the head.
Sarkisyan is looking to score with low kicks.
Sarkisyan throws a low kick but it's checked well by McPhail.
Sarkisyan throws a leg kick that misses.
Sarkisyan misses with a body shot.
Sarkisyan tries to score with a low kick but McPhail moves his leg out of the way.
McPhail waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sarkisyan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sarkisyan throws a nice looking combination but McPhail bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPhail lands a nice looking body shot.
McPhail misses with a right hand
and Sarkisyan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
McPhail lands a jab.
Sarkisyan slips a straight right by McPhail.
Nice uppercut there from Sarkisyan.
McPhail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sarkisyan.
The fighters circling - McPhail throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McPhail throws a jab when Sarkisyan was well out of range.
A slow jab from McPhail misses its intended target.
McPhail throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sarkisyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sarkisyan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
McPhail looks to land a left hand but Sarkisyan moved out of range nicely.
Sarkisyan lands a nice looking body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McPhail throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sarkisyan manages to avoid it.
McPhail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McPhail misses with a hook. Sarkisyan ducked under it nicely.
McPhail misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from McPhail.
McPhail has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sarkisyan wants to land a leg kick but McPhail is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sarkisyan. That's going to slow McPhail down.
McPhail on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McPhail lands the left hand.
Sarkisyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McPhail misses the shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sarkisyan, right into the meat.
Sarkisyan throws a low kick but McPhail avoids it.
Sarkisyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McPhail.
McPhail moves out of range as Sarkisyan throws a body kick.
Sarkisyan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McPhail takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sarkisyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McPhail.
Sarkisyan wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
McPhail misses with a straight left.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sarkisyan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPhail throws a hook to the side of Sarkisyan's head but Sarkisyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sarkisyan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
McPhail on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sarkisyan. Sarkisyan obviously looking to wear him down.
Sarkisyan throws a half hearted mid kick.
McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
McPhail stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sarkisyan.
A jab from McPhail misses.
McPhail scores with a jab.
McPhail steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sarkisyan. That one must have hurt.
McPhail comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McPhail misses with a hook to the body
and Sarkisyan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McPhail's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McPhail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarkisyan moves away.
Sarkisyan is looking to counter with a body kick.
McPhail misses with a hook to the body
and Sarkisyan counters with a good low kick that McPhail was not able to check.
McPhail throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sarkisyan throws a low kick but McPhail avoids it.
McPhail looks to throw the jab but Sarkisyan is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPhail fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sarkisyan manages to avoid it.
McPhail misses with a hook.
Sarkisyan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McPhail throws out the jab.
McPhail misses with a hook.
Nice cross by McPhail.
McPhail wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McPhail blocks a low kick nicely.
Sarkisyan avoids the body shot from McPhail.
McPhail misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
McPhail takes a swing at Sarkisyan's ribcage but misses.
Sarkisyan tried to counter with a leg kick but McPhail avoided it.
McPhail looks to score with a jab to the body but Sarkisyan is just out of range.
McPhail tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sarkisyan was well out of range. Poor timing from McPhail.
McPhail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sarkisyan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Sarkisyan.
The fighters circling - McPhail throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sarkisyan throws a low kick but it's checked well by McPhail.
Sarkisyan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paddy McPhail will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

McPhail just misses with a punch to the body.
Paddy McPhail seems to be getting the better of the standup.

McPhail gets tackled into the cage by Sarkisyan. Sarkisyan maintains the clinch.

Sarkisyan breaks the clinch.

Sarkisyan has closed the distance and engaged McPhail in a clinch.
McPhail is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Sarkisyan manages to break the clinch.
Sarkisyan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sarkisyan misses with a hook.
Sarkisyan scores with a leg kick.
McPhail lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McPhail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarkisyan moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McPhail's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sarkisyan under the eye.
McPhail jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sarkisyan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
McPhail sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Sarkisyan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sarkisyan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A left lands for Sarkisyan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPhail misses with a hook.
Sarkisyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McPhail steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sarkisyan. That one must have hurt.
McPhail jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Sarkisyan closes the distance and clinches.
McPhail prevents a body shot from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan misses with a body punch.
Sarkisyan working aggressively here.
Sarkisyan misses with some punches.
Sarkisyan throws a punch but it's blocked by McPhail.
Sarkisyan struggles to land a body shot inside as McPhail controls his hands.
Sarkisyan working aggressively here.
Sarkisyan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McPhail.
Sarkisyan misses with some punches.
Sarkisyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by McPhail.
McPhail blocking some punches.
McPhail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Sarkisyan breaks from the clinch.
McPhail takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McPhail looks to score with a jab to the body but Sarkisyan is just out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McPhail misses with a shot to the body
and Sarkisyan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sarkisyan throws a leg kick
and McPhail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McPhail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McPhail scores with a jab to the head.
McPhail steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sarkisyan. That one must have hurt.
Sarkisyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Sarkisyan gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPhail lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McPhail blocking some punches.
McPhail blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Sarkisyan.
McPhail wants to get back to striking at distance but Sarkisyan won't allow it.
McPhail blocking some punches.
Sarkisyan can't find room to land a body shot as McPhail controls the action.
Sarkisyan lands a right hand.
McPhail lands a left hand.
A short left from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan pushes McPhail back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sarkisyan scores with a shot to the side of McPhail's head.
McPhail blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sarkisyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sarkisyan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McPhail can do to turn this around?
Sarkisyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McPhail can't break the clinch.
Sarkisyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sarkisyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McPhail's elbow.
Sarkisyan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sarkisyan tries to work over McPhail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sarkisyan lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McPhail's elbow.

Sarkisyan manages to break the clinch.
McPhail is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sarkisyan connects with a body shot.
McPhail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sarkisyan throws a head kick but McPhail moves out of range.
McPhail fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McPhail has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sarkisyan.
McPhail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sarkisyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aharon Sarkisyan 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sarkisyan motions for McPhail to come forward. Sarkisyan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sarkisyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses McPhail's sensitive parts.
Sarkisyan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sarkisyan thumps McPhail with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A low kick from Sarkisyan misses
and McPhail counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sarkisyan. That's going to slow McPhail down.
Sarkisyan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McPhail misses with a hook. Sarkisyan ducked under it nicely.
Sarkisyan scores with the left hand. McPhail knows he should have avoided that one.
McPhail throws a body punch but Sarkisyan moves out of range.
McPhail takes a swing at Sarkisyan's ribcage but misses.
McPhail throws a hook but Sarkisyan blocks it.
A slow jab from McPhail misses its intended target.
Sarkisyan thinks about countering with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McPhail tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sarkisyan was well out of range. Poor timing from McPhail.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from McPhail misses.
McPhail takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sarkisyan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McPhail misses with a looping right.
Sarkisyan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sarkisyan misses with a head kick.
Sarkisyan scores with a leg kick.
Sarkisyan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Sarkisyan takes the fight into the clinch.
McPhail is looking to break free of the clinch but Sarkisyan has double underhooks.
McPhail blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McPhail blocks a body shot from Sarkisyan.
McPhail misses with the head strike.
Sarkisyan misses with the head strike.
Sarkisyan scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Sarkisyan manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Sarkisyan.
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!
McPhail throws an off balance right hand
and Sarkisyan counters with a straight right hand.

McPhail is rocked!
McPhail rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sarkisyan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McPhail is still on wobbly legs! Can Sarkisyan finish him?
McPhail swings for the body but Sarkisyan moves out of range.
A big right from McPhail misses.
Whack! Sarkisyan lands a heavy head kick that drops McPhail. The ref tackles Sarkisyan to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because McPhail was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Aharon Sarkisyan!