PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gevorg Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rabi Rabijan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Petrosyan
vs
Rabijan

185 cm
23
216 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

182 cm
24
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gevorg Petrosyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rabi Rabijan!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabijan moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Rabijan misses the target.
Petrosyan throws a right hand that Rabijan ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabijan also avoids with ease.
Rabijan lands the left hand.
Rabijan throws a hook but Petrosyan blocks it.
Petrosyan slips a jab and a cross from Rabijan.
Petrosyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Petrosyan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petrosyan misses with a wild combination.
Rabijan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rabijan!
Petrosyan misses with the combination.
Petrosyan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rabijan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rabijan throws a shot from downtown. Petrosyan moves away and avoids it.
Petrosyan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rabijan counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabijan scores with a jab.
Rabijan defending well as Petrosyan loads up on a big left hand.
Rabijan slips a straight right by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petrosyan scores with a one two! Rabijan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Petrosyan throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Rabijan to counter with a crisp jab.
Petrosyan ducks under a wild hook from Rabijan.
Petrosyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rabijan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Petrosyan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Petrosyan misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Rabijan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Petrosyan misses.
Petrosyan jabs Rabijan right on the nose. Rabijan blinks but takes it well.
Petrosyan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rabijan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Rabijan.
Petrosyan misses with a low kick.
Rabijan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrosyan.
Rabijan lands a nice shot to the body.
Petrosyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rabijan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Petrosyan swinging wildly here.
Rabijan looks to throw the jab but Petrosyan is out of range.
Petrosyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petrosyan lands a body shot.
Petrosyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rabijan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Petrosyan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rabijan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Petrosyan misses the jab.
A big left from Rabijan misses.
Rabijan throws a lazy right hand but Petrosyan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rabijan finds it's way through Petrosyan's defenses.
A jab lands there for Petrosyan.
Rabijan gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Petrosyan gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gevorg Petrosyan!
Gevorg Petrosyan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.