PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 637 p4p, 84 weight class) and Furio Spartan (ranked 697 p4p, 94 weight class). Spartan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Davidyan
vs
Spartan

189 cm
27
191 lbs
12 - 5 - 2

187 cm
28
193 lbs
15 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gurgen Davidyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Furio Spartan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spartan.
Spartan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spartan.
Davidyan staying out of range there.
Spartan is looking to score with low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidyan. Spartan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan throws a head kick but Spartan moves out of range.
Spartan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Spartan moves out of range of the strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Spartan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Davidyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Davidyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Davidyan misses with a wild body shot.
Spartan misses with a wild combination.
Davidyan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davidyan, right into the meat.
Davidyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Spartan is looking to score with low kicks.
Spartan misses with a right hand
and Davidyan counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davidyan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spartan's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Spartan misses with a leg kick
letting Davidyan counter with a right hand.
Spartan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davidyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Spartan defending well as Davidyan loads up on a big left hand.
Davidyan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spartan under the eye.
Spartan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spartan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Davidyan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spartan scrambles back to his feet.
Davidyan lands a jab to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davidyan.
Davidyan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
As Spartan backs away, Davidyan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Gurgen Davidyan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davidyan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A clash of legs there as Spartan blocks the low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spartan scores with a jab to the body.
Gurgen Davidyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidyan misses with a right hand
and Spartan counters with a straight right hand.
Spartan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Davidyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spartan dips to his left and cracks Davidyan with an uppercut!
A lazy body kick from Davidyan

and Spartan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Davidyan kicks off Spartan and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slow jab from Davidyan misses its intended target.
Davidyan throws a wild body kick that Spartan sees coming a mile off.
Spartan drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Davidyan defends it well.
A leg kick checked by Davidyan.
Spartan avoids the body shot from Davidyan.
Davidyan connects with a body shot.
Spartan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davidyan throws out the jab.
Davidyan lands with an uppercut that bounces Spartan off the cage and back into range.
Davidyan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidyan. Spartan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Spartan misses with a takedown attempt - Davidyan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Davidyan misses with a shot to the body
and Spartan counters with a one-two to the body.
Davidyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spartan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spartan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Davidyan is out of range and Spartan settles back down.
Spartan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davidyan throwing a counter right hand but Spartan manages to avoid it.
Davidyan cracks Spartan with an open hand slap.
Davidyan avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan clobbers Spartan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Spartan throws an off balance right hand
and Davidyan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Spartan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spartan throws a looping overhand right but Davidyan ducks down to avoid it.
Spartan throws a right and a left that Davidyan avoids nicely.
Spartan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spartan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Davidyan throws a sloppy head kick and Spartan moves out of range easily.
Davidyan tests Spartan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Davidyan.
Spartan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Davidyan is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Spartan.
A solid body kick from Spartan.
Spartan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davidyan blocks a jab.
Davidyan walks into a left hand.
Davidyan misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan is looking to land body kicks.
Nice sprawl there from Davidyan as Spartan shoots in.
Spartan missing with a left hand there. Davidyan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davidyan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Davidyan moves out of range of the body kick from Spartan.
Davidyan throws out a powerful jab.
Spartan throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Davidyan misses its target.
Spartan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spartan.
Davidyan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spartan.
Davidyan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Spartan misses with a two punch combination.
Davidyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spartan manages to avoid it.
Davidyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spartan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davidyan throws a leg kick which misses Spartan's front leg but catches the back leg as Spartan tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Davidyan misses.
Spartan looks to land a left hand but Davidyan moved out of range nicely.
Spartan jabs at Davidyan's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Spartan moves out of range of the body kick.
That kick from Davidyan tenderised Spartan's leg. Spartan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Spartan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Davidyan throws a head kick but Spartan moves out of range.
Spartan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Davidyan throws a hook but Spartan blocks it.
Spartan wants to counter the offense by Davidyan and move into the clinch position.
Spartan clobbers Davidyan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Davidyan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Spartan.
Spartan tries to land a leg kick but Davidyan saw it coming and moves away.
Spartan throws a leg kick but Davidyan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Davidyan avoids a kick to the body.
Spartan misses with a kick to the body.
Davidyan misses with a leg kick
and Spartan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Spartan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spartan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Spartan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Davidyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Davidyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Spartan tries a low kick but Davidyan avoids it.
Spartan shoots in for a takedown but Davidyan shows good takedown defense.
Spartan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Davidyan's head.
Spartan misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Spartan misses.
Spartan is looking to score with low kicks.
Davidyan throwing a counter right hand but Spartan manages to avoid it.
Spartan takes one on the button.
Davidyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spartan.
Davidyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spartan.
Spartan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Davidyan misses its target.
Spartan misses with a low kick.
Davidyan misses with a body shot.
Spartan feints the counter takedown.
Spartan moves out of range as Davidyan throws a body kick.
Davidyan misses with a kick to the body.
Spartan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jab by Davidyan.
Gurgen Davidyan is winning the standup battle so far.
Davidyan misses with a head kick.
Davidyan throws a front kick aimed at Spartan's knee but Spartan avoids it well.
Davidyan misses with a straight left.
Davidyan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Spartan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Davidyan. Davidyan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartan throws a hook but Davidyan blocks it.
Spartan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davidyan misses with an uppercut. Spartan saw that one coming.
Davidyan tries a low kick but Spartan avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Spartan.
Davidyan throws the left hand but Spartan avoids the punch easily.
Spartan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davidyan throws out the jab.
Davidyan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spartan at a distance.
Davidyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spartan moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davidyan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidyan. Spartan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spartan misses with a head kick.
Davidyan cracks Spartan with an open hand slap.
Spartan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davidyan. That did some damage!
Davidyan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Spartan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davidyan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Spartan in his tracks.
Spartan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan moves out of range as Spartan strikes.
Spartan needs to keep his hands up - Davidyan had a free shot at his head there.
Spartan throws a low kick but Davidyan avoids it.
A big left from Davidyan misses.
Spartan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Spartan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Spartan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Davidyan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spartan scrambles back to his feet.
Davidyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Davidyan tried to score with a low kick but Spartan checks it.
Davidyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spartan was well out of range. Poor timing from Davidyan.
Davidyan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spartan checks it well.
Spartan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Davidyan connects with a nice looking jab.
Spartan misses the jab.
Davidyan throws a push kick but Spartan slaps the foot to one side.
Jab by Spartan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davidyan checks a low kick from Spartan.
Davidyan throws a right and a left that Spartan avoids nicely.
Spartan throws a hook but Davidyan avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spartan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Davidyan under the eye.
Spartan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davidyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davidyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Spartan's calf.
Both fighters circling a little - Spartan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Spartan throws a nice looking combination but Davidyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spartan scores with a jab.
Spartan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Davidyan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Spartan throws a front kick aimed at Davidyan's knee but Davidyan avoids it well.
Davidyan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Davidyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Spartan's calf.
Davidyan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Davidyan throws a hook but Spartan blocks it.
Davidyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Spartan's calf.
Spartan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davidyan.
As Spartan backs away, Davidyan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davidyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spartan lands a front kick.
Davidyan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spartan misses with a body shot
letting Davidyan counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gurgen Davidyan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Davidyan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spartan's head.
Davidyan connects with a right hand. Spartan shakes it off.
Spartan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Davidyan misses its target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Spartan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Davidyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Davidyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Spartan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some bone on bone action there as Spartan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Spartan misses with a hook.
Davidyan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Spartan looks for the body kick but Davidyan saw that one coming.
Davidyan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Spartan if he has to take too many more of those.
Davidyan misses with an uppercut.
Davidyan cracks Spartan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Spartan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davidyan blocks a low kick nicely.
Spartan slips under a jab.
Davidyan slips under a jab.
Davidyan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Spartan doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spartan lands a jab to Davidyan's midsection.
Spartan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Spartan.
Spartan walks into a stiff left hand from Davidyan.
Davidyan is looking to score with low kicks.
Davidyan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spartan. That did some damage!
Davidyan slips under a jab.
Spartan throws a big shot that misses.
Spartan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spartan moves away from the strike by Davidyan.
Spartan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spartan. Davidyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davidyan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spartan throws a solid leg kick but Davidyan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Spartan.
Davidyan looks to land a body kick but Spartan moved away.
Davidyan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Spartan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Spartan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Spartan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Spartan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Spartan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Furio Spartan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gurgen Davidyan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan ducks under a wild hook from Spartan.
Davidyan with a nice cross.
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!
Davidyan blocks a jab.
Spartan misses with a left hand
and Davidyan counters with a nice uppercut.
Davidyan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spartan checks it well.
And Spartan tries to counter it with a takedown but Davidyan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Spartan misses with a lunging right hand
and Davidyan counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Davidyan.
Davidyan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Spartan moves away from the strike by Davidyan.
Jab by Davidyan.
Spartan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davidyan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spartan moves out of range of the strikes.
Davidyan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Spartan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davidyan jabs at Spartan's body.
Spartan takes a swing at Davidyan's ribcage but misses.
Spartan misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Spartan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Davidyan lands with a good body shot.
Davidyan thuds a left hand into Spartan's body.
Davidyan connects with a crisp jab.
Nice body kick there by Davidyan.
Spartan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Davidyan throws a front kick aimed at Spartan's knee but Spartan avoids it well.
Davidyan looks to throw the jab but Spartan is out of range.
Davidyan walks into a jab.
Spartan slips under a jab from Davidyan.
Spartan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spartan throws a body kick that misses.
Davidyan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Spartan momentarily.
Spartan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spartan misses with a double jab.
Spartan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
A big left from Davidyan misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spartan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Spartan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice shot by Spartan.
Davidyan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Spartan if he has to take too many more of those.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spartan throws a leg kick but Davidyan moved away.
Davidyan is looking to counter with a body kick.
Spartan throws a wild body kick that Davidyan sees coming a mile off.
Davidyan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spartan.
Spartan misses with a head kick.
Spartan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Davidyan scores with a nice right hand.
Spartan throws a hook to the side of Davidyan's head but Davidyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A low kick from Spartan is predictable there
and Davidyan counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spartan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davidyan.
Spartan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davidyan.
Davidyan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Davidyan moves out of range of the body kick from Spartan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gurgen Davidyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davidyan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gurgen Davidyan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gurgen Davidyan made sure he mentioned Reaper Combatwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.