PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Himayalan Cheetah (ranked 24480 p4p, 22185 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 510 p4p, 541 weight class). Nazaryan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cheetah
vs
Nazaryan

179 cm
26
160
3 - 3 - 0

167 cm
53
162
39 - 48 - 1

Good knees
Granite chin

Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Himayalan Cheetah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 48 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Cheetah forces Nazaryan back against the ropes and clinches.
Cheetah connects with a knee to the head.

Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nazaryan gets tackled into the ropes by Cheetah. Cheetah maintains the clinch.
Cheetah slows down the pace here.

Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cheetah pushes Nazaryan up against the ropes in a clinch.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cheetah counters with a left and a right that stings Nazaryan.

Cheetah has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Nazaryan misses the target.
Cheetah ducks under a wild hook from Nazaryan.
Cheetah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nazaryan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cheetah counters with a three punch combo that has Nazaryan backing up. Nazaryan nods at Cheetah to acknowledge the strikes.
Cheetah definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Cheetah takes the fight into the clinch.
Cheetah landing knees to the body.

Nazaryan breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan throws a big shot that misses.
Nazaryan tries a head kick but it misses.
Nazaryan looks winded!

Cheetah closes the distance and clinches.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nazaryan missing with a left hand there. Cheetah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Cheetah closes the distance and pushes Nazaryan back into the ropes.

Nazaryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheetah.

Cheetah takes the fight into the clinch.

Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheetah lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Cheetah darts in and clinches Nazaryan up against the ropes.
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!
Nazaryan being controlled against the ropes.
Cheetah connects with a knee to the head.
Cheetah lands a good knee to the midsection. Nazaryan won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cheetah breaks the clinch.

Cheetah forces Nazaryan back against the ropes and clinches.
Nazaryan takes a knee right on the jaw!

Cheetah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah scores with a leg kick.
A head kick from Cheetah lands but Nazaryan takes it in his stride.
Cheetah fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nazaryan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Cheetah clinches up with Nazaryan and pushes him back against the ropes.

Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cheetah closes the distance and clinches.
Cheetah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cheetah lands with a light punch inside.
Cheetah connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cheetah effectively controlling the action here.
Cheetah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nazaryan's face.

Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Himayalan Cheetah dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cheetah closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Cheetah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cheetah lands a knee to the head.
Cheetah stalling.
Cheetah stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cheetah connects with a knee to the head.

Nazaryan manages to break the clinch.

Cheetah clinches up against the ropes.
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!
Cheetah connects with a knee to the head.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch.

Cheetah closes the distance and pushes Nazaryan back into the ropes.

Nazaryan manages to break the clinch.
Nazaryan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cheetah moves into the clinch.
Cheetah is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazaryan can do to turn this around?

Cheetah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cheetah lands a knee to the head.

Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Cheetah instigates a clinch.

Nazaryan breaks from the clinch.
Himayalan Cheetah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Cheetah closes the distance and clinches.

Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cheetah has managed to clinch.

Cheetah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cheetah has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Cheetah breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cheetah rushes Nazaryan and presses him up against the ropes.
Cheetah lands a knee to the head.
Cheetah stalling in the clinch.

Cheetah breaks the clinch.
Nazaryan throws a head kick that misses.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cheetah rushes Nazaryan and presses him up against the ropes.

Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nazaryan tries to keep at a distance but Cheetah has taken the fight into the clinch.

Nazaryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nazaryan should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Nazaryan throws a sloppy head kick
and Cheetah counters with a one-two to the body.

Cheetah moves into the clinch.
Cheetah lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazaryan takes a knee to the side of the body.

Cheetah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cheetah closes the distance and pushes Nazaryan back into the ropes.
Cheetah avoiding damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Himayalan Cheetah dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cheetah gets a clinch.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheetah ducks under a wild hook from Nazaryan.
Cheetah throws a big counter combination but Nazaryan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nazaryan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Himayalan Cheetah is winning the standup battle so far.

Cheetah takes the fight into the clinch.

Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nazaryan throws a leg kick but Cheetah sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Cheetah rushes Nazaryan and presses him up against the ropes.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cheetah clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch.

Cheetah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Cheetah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan misses with a right hand
and Cheetah counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazaryan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cheetah counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cheetah clinches with his opponent.
Nazaryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Nazaryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cheetah clinches with his opponent.

Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cheetah pushes Nazaryan up against the ropes in a clinch.
Vrej Nazaryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cheetah manages to break the clinch.
Nazaryan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Cheetah to counter with a crisp jab.

Cheetah forces Nazaryan back against the ropes and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cheetah takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cheetah landing knees to the head.

Cheetah breaks from the clinch.

Cheetah has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cheetah moves into range and clinches up with Nazaryan.
Cheetah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nazaryan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cheetah connects with a knee to the head.

Cheetah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cheetah gets a clinch.
Cheetah digs a right hand into Nazaryan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nazaryan's gas tank.

Cheetah breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Cheetah closes the distance and clinches.

Cheetah breaks from the clinch.

Cheetah has closed the distance and engaged Nazaryan in a clinch.
Cheetah blocking some punches.

Nazaryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cheetah takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheetah is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Himayalan Cheetah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Cheetah breaks from the clinch.

Cheetah has Nazaryan up against the ropes in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Himayalan Cheetah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cheetah 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Himayalan Cheetah!