PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie White (ranked 439 p4p, 62 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 767 p4p, 108 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by The Bleeding. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

White
vs
Sirakanian

164 cm
23
178 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

182 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Watson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by White.
Sirakanian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
Sirakanian digs a right hand into White's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on White's gas tank.
Sirakanian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sirakanian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
White blocks a body shot from Sirakanian.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sirakanian.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian misses with a punch to the body.
Sirakanian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White tries a body shot but Sirakanian blocks it.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sirakanian tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Sirakanian back against the cage.
Sirakanian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and White avoids it.
White jumps guard but Sirakanian turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
White throws a head punch that misses.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White prevents a body shot from Sirakanian.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sirakanian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sirakanian.
White cracks Sirakanian with a nice body shot.
I was talking to White's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
White scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sirakanian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sirakanian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sirakanian misses with a punch to the body.
White blocks a body shot from Sirakanian.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.
Sirakanian blocking some punches.

White is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sirakanian can't fight it off and eventually White manages to take the fight to the floor. Sirakanian looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sirakanian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Sirakanian trying to keep a closed guard but White is proving a slippery customer.
Sirakanian wants to sweep but no luck.
Sirakanian wants to hit a switch here but White passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sirakanian there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

White moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Sirakanian has worked his arm free - good work by Sirakanian!
Sirakanian is not content to let White control the position.
White working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
White looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sirakanian is avoiding damage well.
Sirakanian is trying to improve his position.
Sirakanian manages to get back to half guard.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
White trying to mount his opponent but Sirakanian defends it.
Sirakanian felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
White wants to control but Sirakanian is keeping him busy.
Sirakanian desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sirakanian trying to control but White postures up.
White working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sirakanian has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. White is working away from the top position though.
White prevents Sirakanian from improving his position.
White throwing shots but Sirakanian is blocking nicely.

White looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Sirakanian pushes White off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White wants to clinch but Sirakanian slips to the side
and Sirakanian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps White thinking.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

White clinches with his opponent.
Sirakanian is pressed up against the cage. White has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sirakanian down to the mat. Sirakanian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Sirakanian cracks White with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sirakanian thows a left - swing and a miss!
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sirakanian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirakanian throws a hook but White blocks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice left hand lands by White.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sirakanian prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sirakanian lands a nice uppercut.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Sirakanian.
White drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sirakanian pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sirakanian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White is looking to clinch but Sirakanian is avoiding it.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. White looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White closes the distance and pushes Sirakanian back into the cage.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sirakanian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sirakanian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
White is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronnie White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sirakanian prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
Sirakanian prevents a body shot from White.
White goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sirakanian prevents it.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sirakanian backwards.
Sirakanian tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Sirakanian pushes White back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sirakanian scores a nice knee to the body.
Sirakanian lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Sirakanian.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sirakanian lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White misses with some punches.
Sirakanian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
Sirakanian tries a body shot but White blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands with a light punch inside.
Sirakanian lands with a right to the head.
Sirakanian lands a body shot.
Sirakanian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
Sirakanian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirakanian looking to throw knees to the head but White is blocking nicely.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White working aggressively here.
Sirakanian blocks a body shot from White.
Sirakanian misses with a punch to the body.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian prevents the takedown attempt.
A body shot lands from Sirakanian.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sirakanian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sirakanian lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Sirakanian tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Sirakanian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sirakanian.
White is looking to take this one to the mat.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sirakanian backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands a right hand.
Sirakanian cracks White with a nice body shot.
White avoiding damage as Sirakanian throws knees to the body.
Sirakanian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hand to the body from Sirakanian.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from White.
White goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sirakanian tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.

White has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Sirakanian clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
White has the hooks in. Sirakanian is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
White not allowing Sirakanian to control his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sirakanian covers up after that shot from White.
Sirakanian tries to escape but White has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Ronnie White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sirakanian is looking for a way out.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is landing with strikes. Sirakanian can't take much more of this.
White is hanging on to Sirakanian's back as he tries to escape.
White scores with strikes from the back.
Sirakanian is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
White struggling to keep hold of the position.
Can Sirakanian hold on?! White is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
White wants to control but Sirakanian is keeping busy.
White controlling well, preventing Sirakanian from escaping the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - White's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Sirakanian trying to control the position but White manages to sink in the hooks.
White lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee is taking a good look at Sirakanian as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from White!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

White tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sirakanian sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten White somewhat.
A leg kick checked by White.
White tries to clinch but Sirakanian moves out of range.
White staying out of range there.
White wants to clinch but Sirakanian slips to the side
and Sirakanian counters with a left to the body.
White darts in trying to clinch
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sirakanian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from White.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but White avoids it with no problem.
Narek Sirakanian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

White clinches.
White is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sirakanian gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronnie White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sirakanian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sirakanian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White jumps guard but Sirakanian stands there with White around his waist. White gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Sirakanian working aggressively here.
White has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sirakanian after a bit of a struggle.
A short right from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ronnie White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sirakanian works on White's body with a couple of short punches.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
Sirakanian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Sirakanian.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sirakanian.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sirakanian scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sirakanian trying to land knees to the body.
Sirakanian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whites head.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sirakanian looking to throw knees to the head but White is blocking nicely.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Sirakanian on the inside.
White scores with a shot to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Sirakanian lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Sirakanian.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sirakanian missing with knees to the body.
Sirakanian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sirakanian tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sirakanian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sirakanian lands with a right to the head.
White scores with a shot to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Sirakanian lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.
Sirakanian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sirakanian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but White has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sirakanian prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Narek Sirakanian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sirakanian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sirakanian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sirakanian lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White lands with a right to the head.
White tries a body shot but Sirakanian blocks it.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sirakanian backwards.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sirakanian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from White.
Sirakanian prevents a body shot from White.
Sirakanian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sirakanian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White lands with a light punch inside.
White misses with some punches.
Sirakanian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sirakanian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sirakanian avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Narek Sirakanian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sirakanian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narek Sirakanian!
A victorious Narek Sirakanian thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.