PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 952 p4p, 124 weight class) and Aharon Sarkisyan (ranked 755 p4p, 86 weight class). Sarkisyan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh. Aharon Sarkisyan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Winston Churchill's chin.

Churchill
vs
Sarkisyan

170 cm
34
165 lbs
29 - 27 - 1

173 cm
27
163 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
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 29 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aharon Sarkisyan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Churchill fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sarkisyan, pushing him back against the cage.
Sarkisyan can't find room to land a body shot as Churchill controls the action.
Sarkisyan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sarkisyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Churchill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Churchill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Sarkisyan.
Churchill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Churchill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sarkisyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Churchills head.
Sarkisyan throws a punch but it's blocked by Churchill.
Churchill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sarkisyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill pushes Sarkisyan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sarkisyan takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Churchill.
Sarkisyan prevents a body shot from Churchill.
Sarkisyan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Churchill lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sarkisyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Churchill.
Sarkisyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Churchill's elbow.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill works on Sarkisyan's body with a couple of short punches.
Sarkisyan blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Sarkisyan.
I was talking to Churchill's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sarkisyan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sarkisyan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Churchill lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sarkisyan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Churchill lands an uppercut.
Churchill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sarkisyan lands a shot to the body.
Churchill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sarkisyan's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Churchill creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sarkisyan misses with the head strike.
Sarkisyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Churchill.
Sarkisyan can't find room to land a body shot as Churchill controls the action.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Sarkisyan lands with a light punch inside.
Sarkisyan misses with a punch to the body.
Sarkisyan prevents a body shot from Churchill.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Churchill misses with a body punch.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sarkisyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sarkisyan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Churchill seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sarkisyan can turn it around.
Sarkisyan working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill tries to work over Sarkisyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Churchill blocks an uppercut.
Sarkisyan lands a hook that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
A short right from Sarkisyan.
Churchill scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Churchill fails to land.
Sarkisyan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill tries to work over Sarkisyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
Sarkisyan scores with a shot to the side of Churchill's head.
Churchill makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Sarkisyan on the inside.
Sarkisyan misses with a punch to the body.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sarkisyan backwards.
Sarkisyan working aggressively here.
Sarkisyan prevents a body shot from Churchill.
A nice left hand lands by Sarkisyan.

Churchill is rocked!
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Churchill.
Sarkisyan misses with a body punch.
Churchill tries to work over Sarkisyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan prevents a body shot from Churchill.
A short right from Churchill.
Churchill has Sarkisyan pressed against the cage, preventing Sarkisyan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Churchill.
Sarkisyan misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Churchill.
Churchill struggles to land a body shot inside as Sarkisyan controls his hands.
Sarkisyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Oh Churchill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Churchill blocking some punches.
Sarkisyan lands a hook that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sarkisyan fails to land.
Churchill tries a body shot but Sarkisyan blocks it.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill tries to throw a body punch but Sarkisyan avoids it by throwing Churchill back against the cage.
Sarkisyan lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Churchill.
Sarkisyan throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill scores with a nice hook to the head.
Churchill misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill scores with a shot to the side of Sarkisyan's head.
Churchill goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Churchill gets through Sarkisyan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Churchill.
Nice body punch from Sarkisyan.
Churchill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Sarkisyan.
Churchill seems to have got his legs back now.
Churchill goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Churchill scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sarkisyan lands a right hand.
Sarkisyan working aggressively here.
Sarkisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Churchill.
Sarkisyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Churchill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sarkisyan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sarkisyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Sarkisyan as the two fighters clinch.
Sarkisyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Churchills head.
Sarkisyan is working Churchill over against the cage.
Churchill is breathing heavily.
Sarkisyan scores with a shot to the side of Churchill's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aharon Sarkisyan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sarkisyan thuds a left hand into Churchill's body.
Sarkisyan drops Churchill with a naaaaasty hook - Churchill is in real trouble here! Sarkisyan dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aharon Sarkisyan!
A victorious Aharon Sarkisyan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.