PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 1881 p4p, 218 weight class) and Sergei Ulatov (ranked 2359 p4p, 252 weight class). Nazarethyan's entrance music is Amerika. A fine choice. Sergei Ulatov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Nazarethyan
vs
Ulatov

155 cm
53
150 lbs
59 - 61 - 2

173 cm
28
155 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 59 - 61 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Suren Nazarethyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Ulatov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulatov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nazarethyan really is a fat lump.
Nazarethyan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ulatov checks it well.
Ulatov connects with a solid leg kick.
Ulatov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ulatov is looking to clinch but Nazarethyan is avoiding it.
Ulatov scores with a sloppy right hand. Nazarethyan should have avoided that one.

Ulatov closes the distance and pushes Nazarethyan back into the ropes.
A body shot lands from Ulatov.
Ulatov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ulatov misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulatov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ulatov misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazarethyan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ulatov scores with a hook to the body.
Ulatov misses with some punches.
Nazarethyan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ulatov is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from Ulatov.
Nazarethyan holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulatov swings wildly with an uppercut but Nazarethyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ulatov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ulatov misses with the head strike.
Ulatov throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazarethyan.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nazarethyan working hard to break the clinch.
Ulatov lands with a right to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ulatov as Nazarethyan tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Ulatov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ulatov scores with a sloppy right hand. Nazarethyan should have avoided that one.
Ulatov feints a jab promting Nazarethyan to slip. Ulatov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nazarethyan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nazarethyan throws a head kick that misses
and Ulatov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sergei Ulatov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarethyan swats away the attempt to clinch by Ulatov.
A lazy left from Ulatov finds it's target.
Ulatov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ulatov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ulatov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulatov connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Ulatov does it's job there.

Nazarethyan is rocked!
Ulatov tries to clinch there but Nazarethyan circles away.
Oh Nazarethyan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ulatov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nazarethyan seems to have got his legs back now.
Ulatov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ulatov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sergei Ulatov seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulatov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nazarethyan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and as Nazarethyan looks to reset his feet, Ulatov counters with a string of precision punches, right on the button, sending Nazarethyan crashing to the canvas! Nazarethyan is in big trouble here! The referee has started the count but Nazarethyan is so wobbly that the ref has given up the count at 6 - he's called the bout off! Ulatov is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sergei Ulatov!
An out of breath Sergei Ulatov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Suren Nazarethyan was interviewed post fight and said 'I Will Come Back Stronger Than Before'.