PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Romega Vartanein (ranked 3799 p4p, 6255 weight class) and Tenshin Nas (ranked 193 p4p, 280 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Vartanein
vs
Nas

179 cm
20
130
2 - 5 - 0

172 cm
21
135
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Romega Vartanein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tenshin Nas!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nas slips under a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Vartanein.
Nas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Vartanein misses with a body shot.
Romega Vartanein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Nas.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nas.
Vartanein wants to slow Nas down by chopping away at his legs.
Nas punishes Vartanein's body with a nice straight punch.
Nas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick from Nas misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vartanein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nas.
Vartanein lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vartanein buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vartanein misses with a hook. Nas ducked under it nicely.
Vartanein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Vartanein.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nas.
Vartanein lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vartanein. Nas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vartanein steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nas. That one must have hurt.
Good leg kick by Vartanein.
Nas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vartanein cracks a nice hook into Nas's ribs.
Nas walks into a left hand.
Nas delivers a nice body kick.
Vartanein works Nas's body with a nice hook.
Vartanein looks to score with a jab to the body but Nas is just out of range.
Vartanein really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vartanein has time to react.
A slow jab from Vartanein misses its intended target.
Nas follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Nas keeps Vartanein at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vartanein.
Nas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vartanein at a distance.
Vartanein loads up on a big right hand but Nas slips the punch.
Nas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nas wants to counter the offense by Vartanein and move into the clinch position.
Vartanein blocks the body kick.
Vartanein cracks Nas with a good jab.

Nas clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Nas.
Nas swings wildly with an uppercut but Vartanein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nas lands a hook that snaps the head of Vartanein backwards.
Vartanein tries a knee to the head but Nas blocks it.
Nas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vartaneins head.
A right hook to the body lands for Nas.
Nas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nas lands an uppercut.
Vartanein wants to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nas.

Vartanein is rocked!
Nas struggles to land a body shot inside as Vartanein controls his hands.
Vartanein is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vartanein backwards.
Vartanein prevents a body shot from Nas.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vartanein is trying to break the clinch but Nas has him pressed against the cage.
Nas controlling the action here for a moment.
Nas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nas taking a breather.
Nas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vartanein looking to slow down the pace here.
Vartanein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vartanein trying to control the position but instead, Nas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vartanein into the cage.
Vartanein stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vartanein.
Nas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Vartanein up against the cage.
Nas being controlled against the cage.
A short right from Nas on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Nas.
Nas has Vartanein pushed against the cage.
Nas misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tenshin Nas dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Vartanein fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vartanein lands with a shot to the body.
Nas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vartanein softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vartanein seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Nas can turn it around.
Vartanein is looking to control Nas's arms but Nas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vartanein has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Nas fails to land.
Nas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nas misses with some punches.
Vartanein misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vartanein has a couple of punches blocked by Nas.
Tenshin Nas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vartanein working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Nas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vartanein.
Vartanein wants to stall.
Vartanein blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nas misses with the head strike.
Nas is leaning against Vartanein and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Nas.
Nas avoiding damage as Vartanein throws knees to the body.
Nas tries a body shot but Vartanein blocks it.
Nas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vartanein.
Vartanein is working Nas over against the cage.
Nas lands with a short shot to the head.
Vartanein throws a head punch that misses.
Nas effectively controlling the action here.
Nice body punch from Nas - that landed with a thud.
Vartanein has a couple of punches blocked by Nas.
Vartanein is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Nas.
A short right from Nas on the inside.
Nas scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Vartanein is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nas presses Vartanein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nas lands with a right to the head.
Vartanein can't break the clinch.
Nas is struggling to control the position.
Nas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vartanein seems to have got his legs back now.
Nas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vartanein's efforts to push away.
Nas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vartanein prevents a body shot from Nas.
Nas scores with a shot to the side of Vartanein's head.
Vartanein working hard to break the clinch.
Nas stalling.
Nas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vartanein throws a head punch that misses.
Nas scores with a shot to the side of Vartanein's head.
Vartanein swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vartanein or not.
Nas misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Nas.
Nas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nas lands a body shot.
Nas leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nas.
Nas scores with a shoulder strike.
Nas tries a body shot but Vartanein blocks it.

Vartanein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Vartanein's head coaches at Canucks Combat Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Vartanein throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nas makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Vartanein really felt that one!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nas wants to counter the offense by Vartanein and move into the clinch position.
Romega Vartanein is winning the standup battle so far.
Vartanein misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vartanein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nas.
Vartanein connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nas's hands.
Vartanein scores with a shot to the body.
Nas avoids the body shot from Vartanein.
Vartanein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nas lands a jab.
Nas delivers a nice body kick.
Nas tries to move into range but Vartanein moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vartanein throws a head kick but Nas moves out of range.
Vartanein will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nas fakes the leg kick and cracks Vartanein in the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vartanein crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nas - the referee stops the clock and Vartanein gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nas. Vartanein manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vartanein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nas is looking to slow Vartanein down with leg kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tenshin Nas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nas connects with a body shot.
Vartanein swings for the body but Nas moves out of range.
Nas wants to counter with a clinch but Vartanein pushes him away.
Nas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vartanein on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vartanein takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nas throws a push kick but Vartanein slaps the foot to one side.
Nas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nas lands a high kick!
Nas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vartanein connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vartanein connects with a looping right hand.

Nas is rocked!
Nas walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Vartanein swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Romega Vartanein!
Romega Vartanein decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.