PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ingemar Anders (ranked 3512 p4p, 374 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 4032 p4p, 415 weight class). Nazarethyan has chosen Amerika as his entrance music. Ingemar Anders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Anders
vs
Nazarethyan

175 cm
47
153 lbs
48 - 38 - 3

155 cm
48
150 lbs
48 - 47 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Determined

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 48 - 38 - 3, fighting out of New York, Ingemar Anders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 47 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Anders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nazarethyan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ingemar Anders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarethyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anders misses the jab.
No joy there for Anders, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Anders backs off Nazarethyan throws a huge counter combo but Anders manages to avoid it all.
Nazarethyan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anders looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Anders misses.
Anders 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.
Anders throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarethyan checks a leg kick.
Nazarethyan moves out of range of the strikes.
Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anders has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anders moves into the clinch.
Nazarethyan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anders pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nazarethyan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anders.
Nice cross by Anders.
Nazarethyan ducks under a wild hook from Anders.
Nazarethyan shoots in looking for a takedown. Anders tries to sprawl out of it but Nazarethyan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Anders manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nazarethyan.
Anders is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Nazarethyan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Anders sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Anders controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Nazarethyan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Anders trying to control here.
Nazarethyan prevents Anders from improving his position.
Nazarethyan is trying to control the action in half guard but Anders is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Anders looking for submissions off his back.
Nazarethyan throwing shots but Anders is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders is controlling Nazarethyan's trapped leg to prevent Nazarethyan from advancing to side control.
Nazarethyan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Anders is trying to get back to full guard.
Nazarethyan winds up and cracks Anders with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan throws a strike but Anders avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nazarethyan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nazarethyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anders trying to control the position.
Nazarethyan postures up and lands a big shot to Anders's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Anders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ingemar Anders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anders tries to clinch but Nazarethyan moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nazarethyan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anders pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ingemar Anders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Suren Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Anders is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Anders wants to land a leg kick but Nazarethyan is out of range.
Anders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Despite the aggression on Nazarethyan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Anders fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nazarethyan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nazarethyan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Anders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nazarethyan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anders takes a step back to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ingemar Anders dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Anders fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nazarethyan.
Nice shot by Anders.
Ingemar Anders is winning the standup battle so far.
Anders misses with a few strikes there.
Nazarethyan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Suren Nazarethyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anders throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan moved away.
Despite the aggression on Nazarethyan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Anders moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anders.
Anders pushes Nazarethyan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nazarethyan breaks from the clinch.
Anders connects with a leg kick. Nazarethyan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nazarethyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Nazarethyan misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anders has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anders.
Anders prevents the takedown attempt.

Nazarethyan has hold of one of Anders's legs. Anders is fighting the takedown attempt but Nazarethyan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Nazarethyan lands a couple of elbows.

Anders looking for a guillotine here but Nazarethyan defends easily.
Nazarethyan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nazarethyan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Anders wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders is working hard here to advance position.
Anders is pulling down on Nazarethyan's head. It's preventing any offense from Nazarethyan, at least for the moment.
Nazarethyan postures up in Anders's guard and throws a big left but Anders blocks it.
Nazarethyan wants to control from the top but Anders keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Anders scores with a sloppy right hand. Nazarethyan should have avoided that one.
Nazarethyan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nazarethyan counters with a three punch combo that has Anders backing up. Anders nods at Nazarethyan to acknowledge the strikes.
Anders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nazarethyan. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - Anders throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anders throws a body shot but no joy.
Nazarethyan staying out of range there.
Nazarethyan misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Nazarethyan.
Anders throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick from Anders misses.
Nazarethyan ducks under a wild hook from Anders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anders's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Anders duly obliges.
Anders lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anders swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nazarethyan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anders throws an off balance right hand
and Nazarethyan counters with a good low kick that Anders was not able to check.
Anders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazarethyan can do to turn this around?
Anders throws a shot from downtown. Nazarethyan moves away and avoids it.
Nazarethyan tries to counter with a clinch but Anders shakes him off and moves away.
Anders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazarethyan moves away.
Anders lands an overhand right.
Nazarethyan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nazarethyan slips a jab from Anders.
Anders ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nazarethyan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Anders defends well and Nazarethyan ends up having to push Anders into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Anders tries to counter with a takedown but Nazarethyan is quick to defend against it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ingemar Anders dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Anders looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anders chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anders throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nazarethyan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Anders misses the jab.
Anders just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab lands there for Anders.
Nazarethyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Nazarethyan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazarethyan is looking to take a break and control but Anders is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anders is trying to control Nazarethyan's posture but Nazarethyan avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suren Nazarethyan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anders is looking to reverse the position.
Nazarethyan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anders defending against the ground and pound.
Nazarethyan tries to score with some ground and pound. Anders controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Anders tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nazarethyan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anders is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Nazarethyan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Nazarethyan is trying to control the action in half guard but Anders is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Anders is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nazarethyan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nazarethyan's back!
Anders is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anders gets his hands free as Nazarethyan looks to control.

Anders has Nazarethyan's back but decides to stand back up... Obviously he fancies his chances in the standup department!
A head kick misses from Nazarethyan.
A low kick from Anders misses
and Nazarethyan counters with a series of strikes. Anders will be more careful next time no doubt.
Anders looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A lazy left from Anders finds it's target.
Anders misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anders throws an off balance right hand
and Nazarethyan counters with a left and a right that stings Anders.
Anders lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nazarethyan at a distance.
Anders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nazarethyan throws a fast counter high kick but Anders manages to duck under it in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anders fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Donk. Anders catches Nazarethyan right on the button with a cross.
Anders scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Anders misses with a wild body shot.
Anders looks to score with a jab to the body but Nazarethyan is just out of range.
Anders misses with a left hand
and Nazarethyan counters with a two punch combo.
Anders misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Anders is predictable there
and Nazarethyan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anders fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anders.
Ingemar Anders is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anders throws a poor cross that misses
and Nazarethyan counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Anders catches Nazarethyan right on the button with a cross.
Anders takes a kick to the side of the head.
Anders throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Suren Nazarethyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anders throws a leg kick
and Nazarethyan counters with a three punch combo that has Anders backing up. Anders nods at Nazarethyan to acknowledge the strikes.
Anders lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nazarethyan at a distance.
Anders connects with a right hand. Nazarethyan shakes it off.
Nice jab there from Anders.
Nazarethyan throws a head kick that misses.
Nazarethyan misses with an uppercut
letting Anders counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ingemar Anders.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Anders, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ingemar Anders!
A victorious Ingemar Anders thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Suren Nazarethyan had this to say: 'I Will Come Back Stronger Than Before'.