PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Felterbush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armen Aharonian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aharonian is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Felterbush
vs
Aharonian

186 cm
24
200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
196 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donnie Felterbush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armen Aharonian!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Aharonian.
Armen Aharonian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aharonian clobbers Felterbush with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Felterbush looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Aharonian throws a poor cross that misses
and Felterbush counters with a nice uppercut.
Aharonian misses with an uppercut. Felterbush saw that one coming.
That kick from Felterbush tenderised Aharonian's leg. Aharonian is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aharonian scores with a hook to the body. Felterbush takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aharonian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aharonian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Felterbush counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Felterbush is looking to score with low kicks.
Felterbush misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Felterbush finds it's way through Aharonian's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Felterbush uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aharonian.
Felterbush wants to clinch
and Felterbush takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Donnie Felterbush has been cut.
Felterbush fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Felterbush throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aharonian just misses with a punch to the body.
Aharonian throws out a loose jab but Felterbush uses good head movement to avoid it.
Armen Aharonian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Felterbush gets a clinch.

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

Aharonian lands a left and a right that send Felterbush crashing to the mat, dazed. Aharonian thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Felterbush throws a leg kick but Aharonian checks it.

Aharonian gets tackled into the cage by Felterbush. Felterbush maintains the clinch.
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!
A short right from Felterbush.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Aharonian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Felterbush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Felterbush lands a lovely overhand right.
Felterbush uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aharonian.
Felterbush scores with a sloppy right hand. Aharonian should have avoided that one.
Felterbush looks to land a body kick but Aharonian moved away.
Aharonian only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aharonian moves out of range of the strikes.
Aharonian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Aharonian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Felterbush slips under a jab.

Felterbush closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Aharonian to the mat! Aharonian manages to get full guard.
Aharonian has control of Felterbush's left arm, preventing Felterbush from doing any damage.
Aharonian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Felterbush postures up in Aharonian's guard and throws a big left but Aharonian blocks it.
Felterbush throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aharonian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Aharonian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Felterbush tries to free his leg and advance position but Aharonian is retaining full guard.
Aharonian looking for a sweep. Not yet Aharonian, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felterbush throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Felterbush throwing strikes from guard but Aharonian blocks nicely.
Aharonian pulls Felterbush in close to prevent any damage.
Felterbush pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aharonian is keeping the position for now.
Aharonian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Felterbush throwing strikes from guard but Aharonian blocks nicely.
Felterbush stops Aharonian from standing up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Felterbush pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aharonian swats away the attempt to clinch by Felterbush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Aharonian shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Felterbush tried to counter with a leg kick but Aharonian avoided it.
Aharonian throws a hook but Felterbush blocks it.
Aharonian throws a jab when Felterbush was well out of range.
Felterbush feinted with a counter takedown.
Felterbush pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Aharonian back to the cage. Felterbush follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Aharonian throws a body shot but no joy.
Aharonian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Felterbush fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aharonian jabs Felterbush to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Felterbush throws a shot from downtown. Aharonian moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Aharonian.
Felterbush tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Aharonian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Armen Aharonian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Donnie Felterbush's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Felterbush looks to score with a jab to the body but Aharonian is just out of range.
It seemed like Aharonian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aharonian lands a nice hook to Felterbush's body. Felterbush takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Aharonian throws a leg kick but Felterbush checks it.
Felterbush wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Armen Aharonian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Felterbush tries to clinch but Aharonian is having none of it.
Aharonian throws an off balance right hand
and Felterbush counters with a stiff right hand.
Aharonian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Felterbush moves out of range as Aharonian strikes.
Felterbush waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aharonian.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felterbush. Aharonian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aharonian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Felterbush moves away.
Felterbush appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aharonian throws a body punch but Felterbush moves out of range.
As Aharonian tries to get set, Felterbush tries to push him back and clinch up but Aharonian manages to avoid the attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Aharonian takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Felterbush slips a jab from Aharonian.
Felterbush moves out of range of the body kick from Aharonian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aharonian fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Felterbush misses.
Felterbush throws a leg kick which misses Aharonian's front leg but catches the back leg as Aharonian tries to avoid it.
Felterbush misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Felterbush lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aharonian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Felterbush.
Felterbush wants to clinch.
Aharonian throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Felterbush fails with the takedown
and Aharonian counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aharonian throws a sloppy head kick and Felterbush moves out of range easily.
Felterbush lands a glancing blow to the side of Aharonian's head.
Aharonian moves away from the strike by Felterbush.
Felterbush fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Felterbush blocks a leg kick.
Aharonian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Felterbush walks into a straight right hand from Aharonian.
Aharonian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aharonian misses with a straight left.

Felterbush looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Aharonian!
Aharonian is looking for a sweep.
Felterbush in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Felterbush tries to move to mount but Aharonian blocks the move with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aharonian takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Aharonian is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Felterbush scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Aharonian is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Felterbush can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donnie Felterbush!
An out of breath Donnie Felterbush thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.