PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vahan Karamyenyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by Blueberry Yum Yum - Ludacris. Karamyenyan has chosen Bonecrusher - Saw Theme Remix as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vahan Karamyenyan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blaze
vs
Karamyenyan

192 cm
28
224 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

186 cm
32
216 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vahan Karamyenyan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karamyenyan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Blaze decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Karamyenyan's guard.

Karamyenyan looking for a guillotine here but Blaze defends easily.
Blaze scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaze with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Blaze preventing the sweep.
Karamyenyan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blaze.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze postures up in Karamyenyan's guard and throws a big left but Karamyenyan blocks it.
Karamyenyan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blaze manages to get himself to full guard.

Blaze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karamyenyan is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blaze preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Karamyenyan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Blaze has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karamyenyan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Karamyenyan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Karamyenyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Blaze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karamyenyan is one step ahead there.
Karamyenyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karamyenyan scoring with some ground and pound.
Karamyenyan wants to control from the top but Blaze keeps moving.
Blaze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Karamyenyan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Blaze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vahan Karamyenyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karamyenyan misses with the body kick

and Blaze counters with a nice double leg into side control. Karamyenyan won't be happy with that.
Blaze creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Karamyenyan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Blaze working the body and head with strikes.
Blaze landing strikes.
Blaze scores with a couple of short elbows.
Karamyenyan is trying to get back to half guard.
Karamyenyan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blaze is thwarting Karamyenyan's attempts to control the position.
Blaze lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blaze seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karamyenyan keeping control of the position.
Blaze scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaze trying to advance position but Karamyenyan counters by regaining guard.
Karamyenyan trying to control the position.

Karamyenyan has his foot on Blaze's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Blaze works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Blaze dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blaze tried to score with a low kick but Karamyenyan checks it.
Blaze misses with a wild body shot.
Blaze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karamyenyan can do to turn this around?
Karamyenyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blaze's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Karamyenyan.
Karamyenyan throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze avoids a kick to the body.
Blaze attempts a counter takedown but Karamyenyan avoids it well and moves away.
Blaze moves out of range as Karamyenyan strikes.
Karamyenyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Karamyenyan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze blocks a head kick by Karamyenyan.
Blaze appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Karamyenyan throws a wild body kick that Blaze sees coming a mile off.
That kick from Blaze tenderised Karamyenyan's leg. Karamyenyan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Karamyenyan.
Blaze appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Blaze moves out of range of the leg kick from Karamyenyan.
Blaze appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamyenyan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Karamyenyan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vahan Karamyenyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karamyenyan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blaze has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Karamyenyan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Blaze to the ground. Karamyenyan is now in Blaze's guard.
Karamyenyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Karamyenyan trying to control but Blaze is working from the bottom.
Karamyenyan throwing strikes but missing.

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

Blaze has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Karamyenyan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blaze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Karamyenyan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Karamyenyan is adopting a defensive guard.
Blaze distracts Karamyenyan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Blaze's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blaze with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan wants to sweep here but Blaze controlling him for the moment.
Karamyenyan has momentary wrist control but Blaze slips an elbow through the middle.
Karamyenyan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blaze controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Blaze keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karamyenyan's head.

Karamyenyan is rocked!
Karamyenyan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blaze distracts Karamyenyan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Karamyenyan is still in real trouble! Can Blaze finish him?
Karamyenyan wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Karamyenyan is on top in guard.

Karamyenyan seems to have recovered his senses.
Karamyenyan preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blaze had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Karamyenyan defends it easily.

Blaze looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Blaze avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blaze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karamyenyan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blaze is keeping the position for now.
Blaze wants to sweep here but Karamyenyan controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vahan Karamyenyan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Karamyenyan tries to land a body kick

and Blaze counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Karamyenyan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Blaze is working Karamyenyan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Karamyenyan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blaze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Blaze wants to control from the top but Karamyenyan keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze postures up and lands a big shot to Karamyenyan's brow.
Blaze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Karamyenyan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blaze throws a big elbow that misses.
Blaze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blaze landing with the ground and pound.
Blaze throwing strikes but missing.
Blaze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karamyenyan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blaze's guard.

Karamyenyan trying to control but Blaze is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan works over Blaze with some ground and pound from guard.

Karamyenyan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blaze has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Karamyenyan has managed to get both his arms back between Blaze's legs - danger averted.
Karamyenyan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Blaze working for a triangle but Karamyenyan defends it easily.
Blaze looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Karamyenyan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Blaze is looking for a sweep. Karamyenyan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blaze looking for subs from the bottom but Karamyenyan mounts him!
Karamyenyan working the ground and pound effectively.
Blaze is looking to get to half guard.
Karamyenyan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Blaze is looking to escape.
Blaze bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Karamyenyan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karamyenyan is trying to keep Blaze in close.
Karamyenyan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blaze is one step ahead there.
Blaze chips away with some ground and pound.
Blaze is looking to work some ground and pound but Karamyenyan has wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Karamyenyan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Blaze scoring with punches to the head and body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Blaze showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blaze has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Blaze!
After winning the bout, Johnny Blaze thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.