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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Narek Sirakanian (ranked 450 p4p, 814 weight class) and Louis Princip (ranked 69 p4p, 119 weight class). Princip has chosen Lord of This World by Black Sabbath as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 28 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Princip!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Princip cracks Sirakanian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Princip looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Princip swings widly with a right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a nice body shot.
Princip works Sirakanian's body with a nice hook.
Princip lands with an uppercut that bounces Sirakanian off the cage and back into range.
Some wild striking there from Princip.
Princip throws a right hand that Sirakanian ducks under and follows up with a left that Sirakanian also avoids with ease.
A quick step to the side and Sirakanian tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis Princip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirakanian throws a series of punches but Princip moves out of range.
Princip misses with a straight right.
Sirakanian dodges the punch combination from Princip.
Princip paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sirakanian blocks a jab.
Princip cracks Sirakanian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Princip slips under a jab from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Princip blocks the leg kick.
Sirakanian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sirakanian attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sirakanian has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Princip loads up on a big right hand but Sirakanian slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sirakanian counters with an inside leg kick.
Princip looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sirakanian takes a swing at Princip's ribcage but misses.
Princip doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Princip scores with a nice strike.
Princip throws a nice looking combination but Sirakanian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Princip looks to throw the jab but Sirakanian is out of range.
Princip takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sirakanian throws a hook but Princip blocks it.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Princip.
Princip jabs Sirakanian to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sirakanian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Princip sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Princip lands a head shot.
Princip tries to clinch but Sirakanian moves away
and Sirakanian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sirakanian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Sirakanian. That's going to slow Princip down.
Princip throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a solid leg kick but Princip takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sirakanian.
Sirakanian tests Princip's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Princip manages to avoid it.
Sirakanian misses with an uppercut. Princip saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princip thuds his right hand into Sirakanian's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Princip works the jab nicely.
Sirakanian slips a jab from Princip.
Princip throws a shot to the body.
Princip is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sirakanian had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Princip throws a shot from downtown. Sirakanian moves away and avoids it.
Princip lands a nice shot that snaps Sirakanian's head back.
Princip lands a jab.
Sirakanian with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Princip to score with a decent uppercut.
Princip takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Princip finds it's way through Sirakanian's defenses.
Princip lunges at Sirakanian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sirakanian's hand.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
Good shot there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Princip's sensitive parts.
Princip misses with a series of wild punches.
Princip misses with an uppercut.
Princip lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sirakanian at a distance.
Princip blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian tests Princip's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Princip avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Princip swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Princip is just out of range.
Princip throws the left hand but Sirakanian avoids the punch easily.
Good work by Princip as he checks the leg kick.
Sirakanian looks to throw the jab but Princip is out of range.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Princip lands a body shot.
Princip looks to score with a jab to the body but Sirakanian is just out of range.
Princip misses with a looping right.
Princip on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Princip throws a shot from downtown. Sirakanian moves away and avoids it.
Sirakanian is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.
Princip throws a jab but it's blocked by Sirakanian.
Princip lands a lovely overhand right.
Princip slips a jab from Sirakanian.
Princip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirakanian manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Princip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian missing with a left hand there. Princip was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Princip lands a glancing blow to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Princip bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Princip swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Princip lands.
Princip bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Sirakanian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Princip lands a nice shot that snaps Sirakanian's head back.
Sirakanian throws a hook but Princip blocks it.
Sirakanian connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Princip momentarily.
A slow jab from Sirakanian misses its intended target.
Sirakanian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Princip finds it's way round the side to connect with Sirakanian's head.
Princip throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sirakanian scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirakanian lands a nice looking body kick.
Sirakanian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sirakanian tries to work over Princip's front leg with a kick but Princip checks it.
Sirakanian defending well as Princip loads up on a big left hand.
A little feinted left hand from Sirakanian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Princip dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sirakanian misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from Princip on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Princip throws the left hand but Sirakanian avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Sirakanian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sirakanian might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Princip uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian is looking to slow Princip down with leg kicks.
Sirakanian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Princip misses with a hook
and Sirakanian counters with a low kick, right behind Princip 's knee.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirakanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
Sirakanian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Sirakanian.
Princip darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sirakanian looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sirakanian throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Sirakanian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Princip connects with a looping right hand.
Princip misses with a series of wild punches.
A left lands for Sirakanian.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Princip scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sirakanian in his tracks.
Sirakanian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Princip defending well as Sirakanian loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Princip! But no joy.
Sirakanian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Princip was well out of range. Poor timing from Sirakanian.
Princip is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice body punch from Princip.
Princip throws a right and a left that Sirakanian avoids nicely.
Sirakanian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Princip.
Princip misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian with a hook.
Princip staying out of range there.
Princip scores with a nice strike.
Sirakanian slips under a jab.
Princip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Louis Princip seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Princip misses with a looping right.
Princip lands a jab to Sirakanian's midsection.
Princip falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sirakanian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princip misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Princip misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Princip lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Princip throws a shot to the body.
Princip connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sirakanian momentarily.
Sirakanian tries to land a leg kick but Princip saw it coming and moves away.
Sirakanian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Princip misses with a hook
and Sirakanian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sirakanian tried to score with a low kick but Princip checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sirakanian.
Princip has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Princip there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sirakanian throws a body shot but no joy.
Sirakanian takes a jab right on the kisser.
Princip's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Princip keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sirakanian.
Princip smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick but Princip sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Princip throws a right and a left that Sirakanian avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Princip. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Sirakanian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip connects with the punch.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Princip tries to clinch there but Sirakanian circles away.
Princip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Princip walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Princip lands a slapping body shot.
Princip tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slow jab from Sirakanian misses its intended target.
Princip dips to his left and cracks Sirakanian with an uppercut!
Princip connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sirakanian misses with a looping left.
Princip connects with a nice looking jab.
Sirakanian chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Princip misses with an uppercut. Sirakanian saw that one coming.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sirakanian walks into a straight right hand from Princip.
Sirakanian staying out of range there.
Princip lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Princip does no damage.
Sirakanian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Princip misses with a jab, cross combination.
Princip misses with a hook. Sirakanian ducked under it nicely.
Sirakanian throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sirakanian misses with a looping right.
Princip lands a jab-cross combination.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sirakanian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sirakanian scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from Sirakanian tenderised Princip's leg. Princip is trying to keep his angry face on.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Princip checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian lands a right hook to the body.
Sirakanian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Princip.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirakanian misses with a looping left.
Princip swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Princip.
Princip uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Princip.
Sirakanian throwing a counter right hand but Princip manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Louis Princip will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sirakanian takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirakanian. Princip does a little dance to reset his feet.
Princip misses with an uppercut. Sirakanian saw that one coming.
Princip paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Princip jabs Sirakanian right on the nose. Sirakanian blinks but takes it well.
Princip takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Princip misses with a looping right.
Princip lands a nice shot to the body.
Princip throws a hook but Sirakanian blocks it.
Princip takes a swing at Sirakanian's ribcage but misses.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Princip.
Princip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Princip blocks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Princip takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sirakanian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sirakanian lands with a good body shot.
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 slips a jab from Princip.
Sirakanian lands with a hook. Princip tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Princip cracks Sirakanian with a good jab.
Sirakanian lands with an uppercut that bounces Princip off the cage and back into range.
Princip is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sirakanian works Princip's body with a nice hook.
Princip misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sirakanian counters with a nice low kick that buckles Princip's knee momentarily.
Princip gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Princip tests Sirakanian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Princip listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sirakanian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sirakanian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Princip connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sirakanian momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Princip takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Princip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirakanian manages to avoid it.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Princip moves out of range.
Princip with a jab.
Sirakanian cracks a nice hook into Princip's ribs.
Sirakanian avoids the body shot from Princip.
Good shot there by Princip.
Sirakanian moves away from the strike by Princip.
Sirakanian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Princip sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Princip fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sirakanian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sirakanian throws a front kick aimed at Princip's knee but Princip avoids it well.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Princip.
Sirakanian takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Princip avoids the body shot from Sirakanian.
Princip lands with a straight right. Sirakanian didn't see that one coming.
Princip lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sirakanian circles away quickly and effectively.
Princip blocks a jab.
Princip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian throws a looping overhand right but Princip ducks down to avoid it.
Princip displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Princip swings for the body but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Sirakanian tries a low kick but Princip avoids it.
Princip slips under a jab from Sirakanian.
Princip throws a shot to the body.
Sirakanian defending well as Princip loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Sirakanian.
Princip fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sirakanian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sirakanian lands a nice shot that snaps Princip's head back.
Sirakanian finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Princip misses with a two punch combination.
Sirakanian lands with a right hand.
Princip with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Princip swings for the body but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Sirakanian is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Princip throws a lazy right hand but Sirakanian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Princip throws a nice looking combination but Sirakanian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Princip throws a hook but Sirakanian blocks it.
Princip connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sirakanian moves out of range as Princip strikes.
Princip misses with a series of wild punches.
Narek Sirakanian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sirakanian misses with a straight right.
A jab lands there for Princip.
Princip misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Sirakanian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sirakanian motions for Princip to come forward. Sirakanian throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Princip uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Princip takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Princip checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirakanian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sirakanian misses the jab.
Sirakanian slips under a jab.
Sirakanian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Princip comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Princip has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Princip!
An out of breath Louis Princip thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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