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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garegin Balayan (ranked 394 p4p, 55 weight class) and Trametinib Mekinist (ranked 896 p4p, 124 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Garegin Balayan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trametinib Mekinist!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balayan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Balayan lands a slapping body shot.
Mekinist tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mekinist throws out a loose jab but Balayan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balayan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mekinist lands a jab to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mekinist with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balayan to score with a decent uppercut.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mekinist throws out the jab.
Mekinist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Balayan scores with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Mekinist.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balayan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mekinist takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Balayan pushes Mekinist away with a front kick.
Mekinist misses with a straight right.
Balayan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balayan lands a jab to the head.
Balayan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Balayan ducks right into an uppercut from Mekinist.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Balayan misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Balayan.
Balayan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Balayan lands a leg kick that knocks Mekinist off balance momentarily.
Balayan walks into a jab.
Balayan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balayan. Mekinist does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balayan connects with a right hand. Mekinist shakes it off.
Balayan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Balayan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mekinist drops his hands momentarily and Balayan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mekinist ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some wild striking there from Mekinist.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balayan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Balayan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Balayan wants to slow Mekinist down by chopping away at his legs.
Mekinist throws a predictable looking body shot
and Balayan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mekinist throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mekinist getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice uppercut lands for Mekinist. That snapped Balayan's head back.
Mekinist misses with a lunging right hand
and Balayan counters with an inside leg kick.
Mekinist might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Balayan does it's job there.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mekinist throws out the jab.
Balayan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mekinist has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Balayan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mekinist is able to avoid easily.
Balayan wants to slow Mekinist down by chopping away at his legs.
Balayan punishes Mekinist's body with a nice straight punch.
Mekinist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balayan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Balayan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mekinist takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mekinist's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mekinist throws a jab when Balayan was well out of range.
Trametinib Mekinist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balayan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Balayan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Balayan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mekinist lands with a hook. Balayan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mekinist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balayan moves away from the strike by Mekinist.
Good exchange - Mekinist coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balayan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mekinist momentarily.
Mekinist takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Balayan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Balayan.
Balayan connects with a solid leg kick.
Balayan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mekinist walks into a stiff left hand from Balayan.
Mekinist avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balayan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Balayan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mekinist manages to avoid it.
Mekinist looks to land a right hand but Balayan moved out of range.
Mekinist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Balayan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Balayan thumps Mekinist with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balayan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mekinist just misses with a punch to the body.
Mekinist lands with a nice body punch.
Mekinist misses with a straight left.
Balayan connects with a looping right hand.
Mekinist missing with a left hand there. Balayan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mekinist fails with an attempt to clinch.
Balayan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mekinist misses with a straight right.
A jab lands there for Mekinist.
Balayan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mekinist has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mekinist misses with a hook
and Balayan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mekinist's knee momentarily.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mekinist throws out the jab.
Mekinist scores with a hook.
Balayan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mekinist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mekinist changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Balayan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mekinist throws a lazy right hand but Balayan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mekinist rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balayan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mekinist throws the left hand but Balayan avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balayan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Balayan scores with a decent looking hook.
Mekinist stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balayan.
Sloppy strikes from Balayan. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garegin Balayan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mekinist misses with a body shot.
Balayan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mekinist under the eye.
Balayan lands with a nice body punch.
Mekinist misses with a jab to the body
and Balayan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Balayan.
Balayan works the jab nicely.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mekinist throws out the jab.
Balayan scoring well with a low kick there.
Balayan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balayan jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Mekinist scores with a decent looking hook.
Mekinist scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mekinist takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mekinist takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balayan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Balayan is rocked!
Balayan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balayan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Balayan catches Mekinist with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circling - Mekinist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garegin Balayan is winning the standup battle so far.
Balayan moves out of range as Mekinist strikes.
Balayan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mekinist.
Balayan slips a jab from Mekinist.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mekinist takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mekinist misses with a hook. Balayan ducked under it nicely.
Balayan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mekinist throws a left and a right that both miss
and Balayan counters with a right hand to the body.
Crunch! Balayan slams his shin into Mekinist's torso.
Balayan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mekinist throws a body punch but Balayan moves out of range.
Balayan moves out of range as Mekinist strikes.
Balayan throws a body kick that misses.
Balayan lands with a right hand.
Balayan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mekinist throws a jab when Balayan was well out of range.
Mekinist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balayan circles away quickly and effectively.
Balayan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Balayan. Beautiful body shot.
Crunch! Balayan slams his shin into Mekinist's torso.
Balayan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Balayan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mekinist.
Balayan throws a head kick but Mekinist moves out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mekinist might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Balayan has got the better of the exchanges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan connects with an inside leg kick.
Mekinist closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Balayan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mekinist jabs Balayan right on the nose. Balayan blinks but takes it well.
Mekinist throws a shot from downtown. Balayan moves away and avoids it.
Mekinist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balayan manages to avoid it.
As Mekinist looks to move away, Balayan throws a big counter combo but Mekinist just gets out of the way.
Mekinist has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mekinist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balayan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Balayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Balayan.
Balayan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Balayan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mekinist on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mekinist loads up on a big right hand but Balayan slips the punch.
Balayan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Mekinist jabs Balayan right on the nose. Balayan blinks but takes it well.
Balayan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Balayan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Balayan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mekinist stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balayan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Balayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Balayan looks to land a combination but Mekinist avoids it well.
Mekinist looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Balayan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mekinist can do to turn this around?
Balayan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Balayan slips under a jab from Mekinist.
Balayan looks to land a right hand but Mekinist moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mekinist on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Balayan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Balayan throws a head kick but Mekinist moves out of range.
Mekinist just misses with a punch to the body.
Mekinist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mekinist takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Balayan keeps Mekinist at a distance using the push kick.
A good leg kick by Balayan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mekinist throws a poor cross that misses
and Balayan counters with a good low kick that Mekinist was not able to check.
Balayan throws a jab when Mekinist was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mekinist on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mekinist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balayan circles away quickly and effectively.
Balayan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mekinist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Mekinist lands.
Balayan connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balayan slips under a jab from Mekinist.
Balayan is looking to counter punch.
Mekinist throws a right hand that misses
and Balayan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mekinist throws a body shot but no joy.
Mekinist loads up on a big right hand but Balayan slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Balayan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Balayan cracks Mekinist with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Balayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Mekinist misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Balayan.
Balayan cracks Mekinist with an open hand slap.
Balayan throws a head kick that misses.
Crunch! Balayan slams his shin into Mekinist's torso.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mekinist throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mekinist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mekinist misses with a hook
and Balayan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mekinist is breathing heavily.
Mekinist takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mekinist on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balayan. Balayan obviously looking to wear him down.
Mekinist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garegin Balayan dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Balayan scores with a decent looking hook.
Balayan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mekinist loads up on a big right hand but Balayan slips the punch.
Mekinist thuds a left hand into Balayan's body.
Balayan throws a wild body kick that Mekinist sees coming a mile off.
Balayan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Balayan scores with a body shot.
Balayan throws a jab but it's blocked by Mekinist.
Balayan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Balayan scores with a head kick. Mekinist tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mekinist has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Balayan.
Balayan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mekinist rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mekinist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mekinist swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Balayan counter with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Balayan there.
Balayan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mekinist keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Oh Balayan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mekinist throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balayan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Mekinist, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mekinist takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mekinist lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Balayan is looking to close the distance but Mekinist sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Balayan crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Balayan is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Trametinib Mekinist!
After winning the bout, Trametinib Mekinist thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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