PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marty Robbins (ranked 985 p4p, 132 weight class) and Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 822 p4p, 110 weight class). Robbins comes to the cage accompanied by Big Iron. 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.

Robbins
vs
Davidyan

186 cm
29
187 lbs
27 - 9 - 0

189 cm
31
191 lbs
19 - 8 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gurgen Davidyan!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robbins throws a chopping leg kick but Davidyan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Robbins throws a hook but Davidyan blocks it.
Davidyan tries a quick counter leg kick but Robbins is wise to it.
Robbins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davidyan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robbins.
Davidyan blocks a jab.
Davidyan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Davidyan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Robbins under the eye.
Robbins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davidyan.
Robbins throws a body punch but Davidyan moves out of range.
Davidyan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Robbins misses with a jab to the body
letting Davidyan counter with a right hand.
Robbins needs to keep his hands up - Davidyan had a free shot at his head there.
Robbins wants to slow Davidyan down by chopping away at his legs.
Robbins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davidyan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Robbins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Davidyan throws a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robbins throws a body shot but no joy.
Robbins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davidyan.
Davidyan tries a quick counter leg kick but Robbins is wise to it.
Gurgen Davidyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidyan misses with a shot to the body
and Robbins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davidyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Robbins is just out of range.
As Davidyan tries to get set, Robbins tries to push him back and clinch up but Davidyan manages to avoid the attempt.
Davidyan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Robbins stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins moves into range and connects with a jab.
Davidyan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Robbins under the eye.
Robbins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robbins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davidyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robbins checks the leg kick.
Robbins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Robbins is looking to clinch.
Robbins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davidyan.
Davidyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robbins slips a straight right by Davidyan.
Davidyan connects with a right hand. Robbins shakes it off.
Robbins blocks a jab.

Robbins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davidyan, pushing him back against the cage.
Robbins tries a body shot but Davidyan blocks it.
Davidyan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Robbins lands with a short shot to the head.
Robbins misses with an elbow strike.
Davidyan avoids a wild elbow strike from Robbins.
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!
Robbins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davidyan backwards.
Robbins lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robbins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robbins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Davidyan gets through Robbins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Davidyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbins uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Robbins.

It looks like Gurgen Davidyan has been cut.
Robbins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Davidyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Robbins blocks an uppercut.
Davidyan blocks an elbow strike from Robbins.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robbins.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Robbins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davidyan's brow.
Robbins tries to throw a body punch but Davidyan avoids it by throwing Robbins back against the cage.
Davidyan misses with some punches.
Robbins lands an elbow inside that Davidyan shrugs off.
Davidyan has a couple of punches blocked by Robbins.
Robbins blocking some punches.
Robbins misses with a punch to the body.
Robbins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Robbins breaks from the clinch.
Robbins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan misses with a hook. Robbins ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davidyan. That's going to slow Robbins down.
Robbins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davidyan scores with a shot to the body.
Davidyan throws a body punch but Robbins moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Davidyan.
Davidyan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robbins throws out the jab.
It seemed like Davidyan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Robbins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Davidyan momentarily.

Davidyan is rocked!
Davidyan slips a jab from Robbins.
Davidyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robbins moves in looking to clinch but Davidyan pushes him off.
Robbins slips under a jab.
Robbins wants to land a leg kick but Davidyan is out of range.
A shot to the liver by Davidyan. Beautiful body shot.

Robbins gets a clinch.

Davidyan breaks from the clinch.
Davidyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davidyan throws a hook but Robbins blocks it.
A punch combination from Robbins misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins looks to land a left hand but Davidyan moved out of range nicely.
Davidyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robbins manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Robbins blocks the leg kick.
Robbins takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Robbins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davidyan.
Davidyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That kick from Davidyan tenderised Robbins's leg. Robbins is trying to keep his angry face on.
Davidyan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Davidyan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A jab lands there for Davidyan.
Davidyan is looking to land body kicks.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Robbins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins lands an elbow inside.
Robbins lands a shot to the body.
Davidyan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robbins's elbow.
Robbins misses with a body punch.
Davidyan misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marty Robbins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gurgen Davidyan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davidyan walks into a stiff left hand from Robbins.
Davidyan misses with a straight right.
A big right from Davidyan misses.
Davidyan misses with a hook. Robbins ducked under it nicely.
Robbins keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Robbins throws an overhand right that has Davidyan reeling! Robbins follows up with more punches and Davidyan is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marty Robbins!
A relieved looking Marty Robbins thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.