PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Harada (ranked 673 p4p, 91 weight class) and Edgar Avetisyan (ranked 968 p4p, 120 weight class). Akira Harada has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harada
vs
Avetisyan

169 cm
21
171 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

182 cm
20
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Harada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Edgar Avetisyan!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Summer Carpenter and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harada misses with a hook.
Avetisyan misses with a straight right.
Avetisyan misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Harada on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Avetisyan defending well as Harada loads up on a big left hand.
Harada closes the distance looking to clinch
and Avetisyan counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Harada.
Harada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Avetisyan.
Avetisyan lands a jab to the nose.
Harada staying out of range there.
Nice uppercut lands for Avetisyan. That snapped Harada's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Avetisyan. Those never looked like landing.
Harada looks to throw the jab but Avetisyan is out of range.
Harada misses with a looping left.
Akira Harada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Harada lands.

It looks like Edgar Avetisyan has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harada tries to land a body kick
and Avetisyan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harada is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Avetisyan's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Avetisyan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avetisyan lands a jab to Harada's midsection.
Harada cracks Avetisyan with an open hand slap.
Avetisyan ducks right into an uppercut from Harada.
Avetisyan slips a straight right by Harada.
Avetisyan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harada misses the jab.
Avetisyan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Avetisyan moves out of range of the strikes.
Avetisyan defending well as Harada loads up on a big left hand.
Harada throws a body kick that misses.
Harada slips a straight right by Avetisyan.
Avetisyan slips a straight right by Harada.
Harada throws a body shot but no joy.
Harada misses with a lunging right hand
and Avetisyan counters with a right hand to the body.
Harada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Avetisyan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Avetisyan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harada rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Avetisyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Avetisyan slips a jab from Harada.
Harada jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avetisyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Harada misses its intended target.
Harada is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Harada misses with a lunging right hand
and Avetisyan counters with a stiff right hand.
Harada misses with a straight left.
Harada needs to keep his hands up - Avetisyan had a free shot at his head there.
Avetisyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Harada is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Avetisyan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Avetisyan misses with an uppercut.
Avetisyan misses with a hook.
Avetisyan keeps the fight on the outside.
Harada throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Avetisyan counter with a right hand.
Avetisyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harada.
Avetisyan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Avetisyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harada's calf.
Avetisyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harada manages to avoid it.
Avetisyan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avetisyan missing with a left hand there. Harada was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Avetisyan moves out of range of the body kick.
Avetisyan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harada had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Avetisyan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harada.
Danga de danga de dang - Avetisyan scores with a four punch combination!

Harada is rocked!
Avetisyan pounces like a tiger and cracks Harada with a vicious hook! Harada is down but not out! Avetisyan follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Edgar Avetisyan!
A very excited looking Edgar Avetisyan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.