PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brent Wyatt (ranked 3134 p4p, 328 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 2768 p4p, 295 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wyatt
vs
Sirakanian

181 cm
23
183 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brent Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sirakanian swings for the body but Wyatt moves out of range.
Wyatt is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.
Wyatt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've been hearing reports that Wyatt has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wyatt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sirakanian at a distance.
Wyatt thuds a left hand into Sirakanian's body.
Wyatt throws an off balance right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wyatt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Wyatt.
Sirakanian thuds his right hand into Wyatt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wyatt's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wyatt duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wyatt.
Sirakanian thuds his right hand into Wyatt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian throws out a loose jab but Wyatt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Wyatt. Those never looked like landing.
It seemed like Sirakanian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wyatt swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sirakanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian slips a jab and a cross from Wyatt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sirakanian! But no joy.
Sirakanian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wyatt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice jab there from Wyatt.
Wyatt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brent Wyatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wyatt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sirakanian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wyatt throws out the jab.
Sirakanian throws a jab when Wyatt was well out of range.
Sirakanian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sirakanian throws a low kick, looking for Wyatt's leg but Wyatt calmly moves out of range.
Wyatt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wyatt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sirakanian.
Wyatt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wyatt defending well as Sirakanian loads up on a big left hand.
Sirakanian looks to throw the jab but Wyatt is out of range.
Wyatt throws a big counter combination but Sirakanian scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the body.
Sirakanian lands a right hook to the body.
Sirakanian lands a glancing blow to the side of Wyatt's head.
Sirakanian misses with an uppercut.
Sirakanian lands with an overhand left.
Sirakanian lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Sirakanian to counter with a crisp jab.
Sirakanian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wyatt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sirakanian digs a good hook to Wyatt's body.
Wyatt misses with a wild combination.
Sirakanian is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wyatt had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sirakanian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wyatt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sirakanian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wyatt dips to his left and cracks Sirakanian with an uppercut!

Sirakanian forces Wyatt back against the cage and clinches.
Wyatt is trying to force a seperation but Sirakanian has the dominant position.
Wyatt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt is trying to force a seperation but Sirakanian has the dominant position.
Sirakanian missing with knees to the body.
Wyatt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sirakanian blocks a body shot from Wyatt.
Sirakanian working aggressively here.
Wyatt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wyatt managing to block the knees to the body from Sirakanian.
Wyatt is trying to force a seperation but Sirakanian has the dominant position.
Sirakanian keeps control of Wyatt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sirakanian has Wyatt pressed against the cage, preventing Wyatt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sirakanian struggles to land a body shot inside as Wyatt controls his hands.
Sirakanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Wyatt.
Sirakanian swings wildly with an uppercut but Wyatt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sirakanian misses with a body punch.
Wyatt tries to break free but Sirakanian pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Wyatt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sirakanian has a couple of punches blocked by Wyatt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Narek Sirakanian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wyatt misses with a two punch combination.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Wyatt.
Wyatt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sirakanian. Sirakanian obviously looking to wear him down.
Wyatt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sirakanian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wyatt misses with a combination
and Sirakanian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sirakanian has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sirakanian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Wyatt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A cross from Sirakanian lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wyatt in his tracks.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Wyatt appears to be looking for a big counter.
Wyatt throws a hook but Sirakanian avoids it easily.
Sirakanian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt misses with a wild combination.
Wyatt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wyatt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the body.
Sirakanian connects with a nice looking jab.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Sirakanian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wyatt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sirakanian just misses with a punch to the body.
Wyatt moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wyatt misses with a jab to the body
and Sirakanian counters with a nice uppercut.
Wyatt misses with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian scores with a punch to the head.

Wyatt is rocked!
Sirakanian throws a monster overhand right that drops Wyatt! Sirakanian follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Narek Sirakanian!
Narek Sirakanian thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Brent Wyatt had this to say: 'Ill be back '.