PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 3254 p4p, 264 weight class) and Guilhaume Prevot (ranked 14953 p4p, 406 weight class). Nazarethyan comes to the cage accompanied by Amerika. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nazarethyan
vs
Prevot

155 cm
51
150 lbs
51 - 55 - 2

164 cm
33
153 lbs
12 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 51 - 55 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Suren Nazarethyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guilhaume Prevot!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prevot closes the distance and clinches up with Nazarethyan, looking for a takedown. Prevot pushes Nazarethyan against the cage but Nazarethyan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Prevot fails in his attempt to clinch.

Nazarethyan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nazarethyan throws an elbow but Prevot slips to the side and avoids it well.
Nazarethyan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Prevot is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prevot can't do much from the bottom here.
Prevot taking punishment in the form of punches.
Prevot takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nazarethyan slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nazarethyan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Prevot struggling a bit here.
Nazarethyan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan throws an elbow but Prevot slips to the side and avoids it well.
Nazarethyan wants to control but Prevot is keeping him busy.
Nazarethyan working the ground and pound.
Nazarethyan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nazarethyan controls the position from side control.
Nazarethyan 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.
Nazarethyan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Prevot is looking to regain half guard here but Nazarethyan keeps moving and retains side control.
Nazarethyan is looking to take a break and control but Prevot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Prevot tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Nazarethyan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nazarethyan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Prevot is working to get back to half guard.
Prevot taking shots to the head.
Nazarethyan lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarethyan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nazarethyan with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Nazarethyan.
Prevot really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nazarethyan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prevot is bucking up trying to escape but Nazarethyan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nazarethyan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nazarethyan controlling the pace for now.
Nazarethyan landing strikes from the mount and Prevot is in trouble!
Nazarethyan avoids the attempt from Prevot to control.
Nazarethyan controlling the pace for now.
Nazarethyan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prevot hang on?
Nazarethyan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Prevot is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nazarethyan controlling the pace for now.
Nazarethyan lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan avoids the attempt from Prevot to control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nazarethyan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazarethyan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nazarethyan with a couple of short strikes.
Nazarethyan could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nazarethyan with good strikes from the mount here!
Prevot is squirming around, avoiding Nazarethyan's attempts to control the action.
Nazarethyan cracks Prevot with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nazarethyan working the ground and pound effectively.
Nazarethyan looking to control but Prevot is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nazarethyan landing punches.
Prevot is desperately trying to improve his position but Nazarethyan has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Prevot connects with a body shot that sends Nazarethyan's belly button to the back.
Prevot 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.
Prevot tries a head kick but it misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nazarethyan.
Prevot avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nazarethyan.

Nazarethyan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nazarethyan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nazarethyan advances to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prevot taking shots to the head.
Nazarethyan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prevot is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prevot takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nazarethyan landing punches.
Nazarethyan landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Prevot that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Prevot wants to hold on but Nazarethyan pushes him away.
Nazarethyan raining down shots from the mount!
Nazarethyan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Prevot?
Nazarethyan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Prevot wants to control but Nazarethyan is having none of it.
Nazarethyan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Prevot looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prevot really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nazarethyan landing strikes from the mount.
Nazarethyan raining down hammerfists from mount.
Nazarethyan lands a heavy elbow.
Nazarethyan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nazarethyan lands a couple of good shots and Prevot has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Nazarethyan controls the position.
Nazarethyan lands strikes to the head.
Nazarethyan punches Prevot on the ear.
Nazarethyan landing with strikes.
Nazarethyan lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Nazarethyan.
Prevot trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Nazarethyan scores with punches and elbows.
Nazarethyan scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Nazarethyan is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Nazarethyan is landing with strikes from the back.
Good control from Nazarethyan.
Prevot prevents Nazarethyan from getting a body triangle.
Prevot is covering up but some of the strikes from Nazarethyan are getting through and doing damage.
Nazarethyan lands strikes to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan scores with strikes from the back.
Suren Nazarethyan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nazarethyan has Prevot flattened out and is raining down punches.
Nazarethyan scores with strikes from the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Prevot takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Prevot staying busy and making it hard for Nazarethyan to control.
Nazarethyan is punishing Prevot with strikes - can he finish him?!
Nazarethyan keeps control of the position easily here as Prevot tries to buck him off.
Nazarethyan is landing with strikes from the back.
Nazarethyan controls the position.

Nazarethyan looking to break Prevot's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Prevot remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Nazarethyan will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Suren Nazarethyan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nazarethyan throws a body punch but Prevot moves out of range.
Nazarethyan lands a two punch combo.
Prevot looks for a takedown but Nazarethyan sprawls well.
Prevot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nazarethyan counters with a one-two to the body.
Prevot throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nazarethyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Nazarethyan shoots in and bounces Prevot off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazarethyan connects with a couple of short punches.
Prevot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nazarethyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan postures up and lands a big shot to Prevot's brow.
Nazarethyan won't allow Prevot to sweep him here.
Nazarethyan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nazarethyan chips away with some ground and pound.
Nazarethyan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prevot can do to turn this around?
Nazarethyan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nazarethyan cracks Prevot with a solid left hand.
Prevot pulls Nazarethyan in to control the position.
Nazarethyan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nazarethyan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nazarethyan chips away with some ground and pound.
Nazarethyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nazarethyan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nazarethyan wants to control from the top but Prevot keeps moving.
Suren Nazarethyan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nazarethyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Prevot preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nazarethyan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nazarethyan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Nazarethyan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Prevot looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Nazarethyan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nazarethyan controlling the position.
Nazarethyan working the head and body with strikes.
Nazarethyan working away.
Prevot is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
You can see the frustration on Prevot's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan just content to control the position.
Nazarethyan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Guilhaume Prevot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nazarethyan cracks Prevot with a big right hand but Prevot just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nazarethyan is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Suren Nazarethyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nazarethyan 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Suren Nazarethyan!
Our winner, Suren Nazarethyan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.