PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arjen Lucassen (ranked 1434 p4p, 184 weight class) and Gurgen Davidyan (ranked 1219 p4p, 149 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lucassen
vs
Davidyan

174 cm
35
186 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

189 cm
32
191 lbs
19 - 9 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arjen Lucassen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gurgen Davidyan!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lucassen manages to avoid it.
Lucassen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lucassen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lucassen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davidyan.
Nice cross by Davidyan.
Lucassen moves away from the strike by Davidyan.
Lucassen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Big Bear Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Lucassen swats away the attempt to clinch by Davidyan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucassen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Davidyan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Davidyan throws out a leg kick but Lucassen moves out of range and Davidyan only half commits.
A little feinted left hand from Lucassen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Davidyan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davidyan looks to land a left hand but Lucassen moved out of range nicely.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan throws a shot from downtown. Lucassen moves away and avoids it.
Davidyan checks a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Davidyan, as that shot connected.
Davidyan lands a jab to the nose.
Lucassen lands with a cross.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davidyan.
Davidyan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Davidyan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lucassen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Davidyan thows a body kick. Lucassen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lucassen slips under a jab.
It looked like Lucassen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davidyan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lucassen's head backwards.
Davidyan misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Lucassen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Davidyan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Davidyan instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lucassen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lucassen.
A short left from Lucassen.
Davidyan misses with a punch to the body.
Davidyan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davidyan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Davidyan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Lucassen fails to land.
Lucassen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lucassen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lucassen misses with some punches.
Lucassen working aggressively here.
Lucassen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davidyan misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Davidyan.
Lucassen swings wildly with an uppercut but Davidyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davidyan has a couple of punches blocked by Lucassen.
Lucassen lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidyan lands a shot to the body.
Lucassen lands an uppercut.
Lucassen blocks an uppercut.
Lucassen throws a punch but it's blocked by Davidyan.
Lucassen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Davidyan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Davidyan.
Davidyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lucassen backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lucassen.
Davidyan working aggressively here.
Davidyan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Lucassen.
Lucassen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Davidyan breaks the clinch.
Davidyan misses the shot to the body.
Lucassen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davidyan swings for the body but Lucassen moves out of range.
Davidyan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Davidyan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Davidyan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lucassen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Lucassen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucassen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davidyan looks to land a left hand but Lucassen moved out of range nicely.
Lucassen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lucassen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davidyan blocks a jab.
Lucassen misses with a looping left.
Davidyan scores with a head kick. Lucassen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Davidyan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lucassen on the side of the head.
Gurgen Davidyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davidyan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lucassen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davidyan moves away.
Lucassen moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davidyan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Davidyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lucassen moves away.
Lucassen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lucassen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Davidyan on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gurgen Davidyan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lucassen throws a leg kick which misses Davidyan's front leg but catches the back leg as Davidyan tries to avoid it.
Davidyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jab from Davidyan.
Davidyan swings for the body but Lucassen moves out of range.
Davidyan throws a poor cross that misses
and Lucassen counters with a left to the body.
Lucassen moves out of range of the strikes.
Davidyan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Davidyan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lucassen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Davidyan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A good leg kick by Davidyan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidyan punishes Lucassen's body with a nice straight punch.
Davidyan scores with a jab.
Davidyan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Davidyan lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davidyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Lucassen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Lucassen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lucassen scores with a one two! Davidyan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Davidyan throws an overhand right that lands on Lucassen's shoulder, as Lucassen tries to avoid the shot.
Davidyan misses with a hook
and Lucassen counters with a huge left! Davidyan is in big trouble! He's backing up but Lucassen isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Davidyan from any more damage. A dominating finish by Lucassen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arjen Lucassen!
After winning the bout, Arjen Lucassen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.