PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Narek Sirakanian (ranked 383 p4p, 56 weight class) and Kamakiri Yoritomo (ranked 933 p4p, 121 weight class). Yoritomo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Praying Mantis - Praying Mantis. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sirakanian
vs
Yoritomo

182 cm
23
175 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

181 cm
23
177 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamakiri Yoritomo!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yoritomo 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.
Sirakanian punishes Yoritomo's body with a nice straight punch.
Sirakanian avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yoritomo lands a slapping body shot.
Yoritomo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yoritomo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Yoritomo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sirakanian scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoritomo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Sirakanian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yoritomo misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands a nice hook to Yoritomo's body. Yoritomo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yoritomo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sirakanian scoring well with a low kick there.
Sirakanian lands with a hook. Yoritomo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sirakanian moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yoritomo checks it well.
Sirakanian connects with the punch.
Sirakanian misses with the combination.
Yoritomo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sirakanian defends it well.
Sirakanian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoritomo misses with a series of wild punches.
Sirakanian misses with a straight right.
Sirakanian scores with a shot to the body.
Sirakanian jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the head.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Yoritomo.
Narek Sirakanian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yoritomo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the side of Yoritomo's head but Yoritomo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sirakanian defending well as Yoritomo loads up on a big left hand.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoritomo manages to avoid it.
Sirakanian swings widly with a right hand
and Yoritomo counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Narek Sirakanian has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian staying out of range there.
Sirakanian connects with a body shot that sends Yoritomo's belly button to the back.
We've been told by Sirakanian's head coaches at Runts Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yoritomo looks to throw the jab but Sirakanian is out of range.
Sirakanian appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Yoritomo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yoritomo moves out of range of the strikes.
Sirakanian is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sirakanian defending well as Yoritomo loads up on a big left hand.
Yoritomo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sirakanian looks to throw the jab but Yoritomo is out of range.
Yoritomo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sirakanian.
Yoritomo loads up on a big right hand but Sirakanian slips the punch.
Yoritomo looks to land a left hand but Sirakanian moved out of range nicely.
Sirakanian throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yoritomo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Yoritomo's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yoritomo doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Yoritomo.
Yoritomo lands a head shot.
Yoritomo staying out of range there.
Yoritomo just misses with a punch to the body.
Yoritomo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirakanian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Sirakanian finds it's way through Yoritomo's defenses.
Yoritomo slips a jab from Sirakanian.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian scores with a punch to the head.
Narek Sirakanian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some wild striking there from Yoritomo.
Sirakanian throws the left hand but Yoritomo avoids the punch easily.
Yoritomo misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Yoritomo misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yoritomo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sirakanian looks to land a right hand but Yoritomo moved out of range.
Yoritomo throws a shot from downtown. Sirakanian moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoritomo. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A combination from Yoritomo does no damage.
Narek Sirakanian is winning the standup battle so far.
Sirakanian shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yoritomo eats them both and turns towards Sirakanian to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Yoritomo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yoritomo just misses with a punch to the body.
Yoritomo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoritomo moves away.
Sirakanian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yoritomo can do to turn this around?
Yoritomo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoritomo.
A lazy left from Yoritomo finds it's target.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Yoritomo flicks out a counter leg kick but Sirakanian steps away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sirakanian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sirakanian misses with a left hand
and Yoritomo counters with a left to the body.
Sirakanian lands a jab to Yoritomo's midsection.
Yoritomo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sirakanian misses with a wild body shot.
Sirakanian throws out a powerful jab.
Yoritomo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirakanian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yoritomo at a distance.
Sirakanian missing with a left hand there. Yoritomo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yoritomo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Yoritomo misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirakanian throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yoritomo on the side of the head.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoritomo is just out of range.
Sirakanian connects with a crisp jab.
Yoritomo ducks right into an uppercut from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yoritomo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sirakanian throws out the jab.
Sirakanian throws a low kick, looking for Yoritomo's leg but Yoritomo calmly moves out of range.
Yoritomo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sirakanian.
Yoritomo takes a swing at Sirakanian's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian slips a jab from Yoritomo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo throws a hook but Sirakanian avoids it easily.
Sirakanian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jab by Sirakanian.
Yoritomo is looking to clinch but Sirakanian is avoiding it.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirakanian scores with a jab. Yoritomo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoritomo slips under a jab.
Yoritomo misses with a jab to the body
and Sirakanian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sirakanian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yoritomo doesn't seem bothered though.
Yoritomo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Yoritomo.
Yoritomo swings widly with a right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sirakanian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Narek Sirakanian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Narek Sirakanian's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Yoritomo checks a leg kick.
Yoritomo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sirakanian slips a jab from Yoritomo.
Sirakanian throws a series of punches but Yoritomo moves out of range.
Sirakanian sizes up Yoritomo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sirakanian tries to score with a low kick but Yoritomo moves his leg out of the way.
Sloppy strikes from Sirakanian. Those never looked like landing.
Yoritomo throws out a counter right but Sirakanian avoids it with no problem.
Yoritomo misses the body punch
and Sirakanian counters with a nice uppercut.
Yoritomo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirakanian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoritomo misses the target.
A low kick from Yoritomo is predictable there
and Sirakanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sirakanian lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirakanian tests Yoritomo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yoritomo throws a shot from downtown. Sirakanian moves away and avoids it.
Yoritomo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sirakanian connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Sirakanian. Those never looked like landing.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot
and Sirakanian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Sirakanian finds it's way through Yoritomo's defenses.
Yoritomo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sirakanian works the jab nicely.
Sirakanian misses with a hook
and Yoritomo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yoritomo thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo drops his hands momentarily and Sirakanian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yoritomo throws a poor cross that misses
and Sirakanian counters with a stiff right hand.
Sirakanian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
Sirakanian slips under a jab from Yoritomo.
A low kick from Sirakanian is predictable there
and Yoritomo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sirakanian cracks Yoritomo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sirakanian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yoritomo slips under a jab from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian moves away from the strike by Yoritomo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo moves forwards but Sirakanian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Yoritomo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sirakanian throws a poor cross that misses
and Yoritomo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yoritomo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoritomo is just out of range.
Yoritomo throws a hook to the side of Sirakanian's head but Sirakanian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Narek Sirakanian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sirakanian jabs Yoritomo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sirakanian lands a body shot.
No joy there for Yoritomo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sirakanian appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kamakiri Yoritomo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the body.
Sirakanian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sirakanian moves into range and connects with a jab.
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!
Sirakanian scores with a body shot.
Yoritomo throws a lazy right hand but Sirakanian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yoritomo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yoritomo throws a combination that misses
and Sirakanian counters with a one-two to the body.
Yoritomo scores with a shot to the body.
Yoritomo looks to clinch
and Yoritomo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yoritomo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sirakanian thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
Narek Sirakanian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sirakanian has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narek Sirakanian!
During a confident post fight interview, Narek Sirakanian thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Kamakiri Yoritomo stepped up to the mic, saying 'I broke three fingers last night because of this blind referee's sister.'.