PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Beznisko (ranked 3 p4p, 1 weight class) and Daniel Grigoryan (ranked 41 p4p, 6 weight class). Grigoryan has chosen Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh as his entrance music. 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!

Beznisko
vs
Grigoryan

178 cm
30
215 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

188 cm
28
209 lbs
14 - 1 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergey Beznisko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Grigoryan!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigoryan swats away the attempt to clinch by Beznisko.
Grigoryan blocks a jab.
Grigoryan connects with a jab.
Beznisko missing with a left hand there. Grigoryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beznisko throws a looping overhand right but Grigoryan ducks down to avoid it.
Beznisko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Beznisko misses its intended target.
Grigoryan misses with a straight left.
Beznisko ducks right into an uppercut from Grigoryan.
Beznisko ducks under a wild hook from Grigoryan.
Beznisko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beznisko appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigoryan.
A little feinted left hand from Beznisko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice cross by Beznisko.
Beznisko tries to land a front kick but Grigoryan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beznisko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grigoryan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoryan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beznisko.
Grigoryan misses with a body shot.
Grigoryan misses with a few strikes there.
Grigoryan stuffs the takedown.
Beznisko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grigoryan.

Grigoryan gets caught flat footed, as Beznisko shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Grigoryan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beznisko throws an elbow that misses. Grigoryan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Beznisko's guard. Nice move by Grigoryan!

Grigoryan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beznisko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beznisko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beznisko wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko looking to control.
Beznisko lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Grigoryan is controlling Beznisko's posture.
Beznisko looking to sit in guard and control but Grigoryan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grigoryan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Beznisko keeping full guard, as Grigoryan tries to pass.
Grigoryan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grigoryan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Beznisko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Beznisko looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Grigoryan!
Grigoryan sneaks back into half guard.
Grigoryan is trying to get back to full guard.
Grigoryan wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Grigoryan is trying to stand.
Beznisko thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grigoryan's head.
Beznisko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grigoryan is trying to stand back up but Beznisko is controlling him
Grigoryan manages to get to full guard.
Beznisko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grigoryan has momentary wrist control but Beznisko slips an elbow through the middle.
Grigoryan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grigoryan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Beznisko is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Grigoryan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Beznisko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grigoryan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Grigoryan lands with an overhand left.
Beznisko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grigoryan.
Beznisko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Grigoryan tries to keep at a distance but Beznisko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beznisko pushes Grigoryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Beznisko's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Grigoryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beznisko tries to score a body lock takedown but Grigoryan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Grigoryan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beznisko misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grigoryan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beznisko backwards.
Beznisko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grigoryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Beznisko controls his hands.
Beznisko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beznisko lands a body shot.
Beznisko scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grigoryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Beznisko.
Grigoryan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Beznisko.
Grigoryan is pressed up against the cage. Beznisko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grigoryan down to the mat. Grigoryan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Beznisko takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Beznisko moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Grigoryan.
Beznisko is working for takedown but Grigoryan is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Beznisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grigoryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grigoryan misses with a body punch.
Grigoryan throws a head punch that misses.
Grigoryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Beznisko wants to stall.
Grigoryan has a couple of punches blocked by Beznisko.
Grigoryan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beznisko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Grigoryan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beznisko gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Grigoryan regains guard.
Beznisko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grigoryan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grigoryan has Beznisko pulled in close to control his posture.
Beznisko is looking to work some ground and pound but Grigoryan has wrist control.
Beznisko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beznisko stopping the sweep attempt from Grigoryan.
Beznisko postures up.
Grigoryan pulls Beznisko in close to prevent any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Grigoryan wants to stand and escape but Beznisko is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Beznisko misses.
Beznisko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beznisko looks to score with a jab to the body but Grigoryan is just out of range.
Grigoryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beznisko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grigoryan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grigoryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beznisko.
Good exchange - Beznisko coming out on top.
Grigoryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beznisko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Beznisko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grigoryan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grigoryan.
Donk. Grigoryan catches Beznisko right on the button with a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Grigoryan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slow jab from Beznisko misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grigoryan. That's going to slow Beznisko down.
Grigoryan slips under a jab from Beznisko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Beznisko misses.
Grigoryan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beznisko's sensitive parts.
Beznisko scores with a punch to the head.
Grigoryan throws out a powerful jab.
Beznisko is looking to clinch but Grigoryan is avoiding it.
A shot to the liver by Grigoryan. Beautiful body shot.
Beznisko throws a poor cross that misses
and Grigoryan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Beznisko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Beznisko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grigoryan is looking to slow Beznisko down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Daniel Grigoryan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Beznisko blocks a jab.
Beznisko attempts a counter takedown but Grigoryan avoids it well and moves away.
Grigoryan just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grigoryan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Beznisko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Beznisko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Beznisko feints and as Grigoryan raises his hands in defense, Beznisko changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beznisko prevents Grigoryan from getting back to his feet.
Grigoryan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beznisko trying to control but Grigoryan is working from the bottom.
Beznisko postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Grigoryan wants to sweep but no luck.
Grigoryan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Beznisko manages to get himself to full guard.

Beznisko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Beznisko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grigoryan is looking to improve his position.
Grigoryan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beznisko.
Beznisko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beznisko trying to control from half guard but Grigoryan is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan is trying to maintain the position but Beznisko is very close to passing his half guard.
Beznisko lands with a punch from half guard.
Beznisko wants to pass to mount but Grigoryan is defending the position.
Grigoryan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Grigoryan wants to get back to his feet.
Beznisko is stalling here. Grigoryan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Beznisko seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Grigoryan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Grigoryan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko lands a nice hook to Grigoryan's body. Grigoryan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grigoryan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Beznisko looks to land a right hand but Grigoryan moved out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Beznisko, as that shot connected.
Grigoryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Beznisko.
Beznisko walks into a straight right hand from Grigoryan.
Beznisko lands a jab to the nose.
Beznisko lands a head shot.
Grigoryan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beznisko missing with a left hand there. Grigoryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daniel Grigoryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Beznisko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grigoryan misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Beznisko. Grigoryan shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan ducks under a wild hook from Beznisko.
A swing and a miss from Grigoryan.
Beznisko closes the distance and clinches up with Grigoryan, looking for a takedown. Beznisko pushes Grigoryan against the cage but Grigoryan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grigoryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beznisko was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigoryan.
Beznisko misses with a takedown attempt - Grigoryan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Daniel Grigoryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donk. Grigoryan catches Beznisko right on the button with a cross.
Grigoryan connects with a nice looking jab.
Beznisko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Beznisko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beznisko dodges the punch combination from Grigoryan.

Beznisko closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Beznisko clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grigoryan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grigoryan thows a leg kick but Beznisko checks it

and Beznisko decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grigoryan's guard.
Grigoryan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beznisko.
Beznisko looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Beznisko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grigoryan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko trying to control but Grigoryan is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoryan wants to stand up but Beznisko is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beznisko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Beznisko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grigoryan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Beznisko with a poor takedown
and Grigoryan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beznisko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Grigoryan slips a straight right by Beznisko.
Beznisko looks to clinch
and Grigoryan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beznisko thinking.
Grigoryan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grigoryan misses with a looping left.
Grigoryan misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan lands a head shot.
Grigoryan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Grigoryan lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beznisko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grigoryan avoids a kick to the body.
Beznisko moves out of range as Grigoryan strikes.
Grigoryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Beznisko throws an off balance right hand
enabling Grigoryan to counter with a crisp jab.
Beznisko misses with the combination.
Beznisko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grigoryan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beznisko tries for a takedown but Grigoryan circles away easily
and Grigoryan counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Beznisko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Grigoryan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grigoryan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grigoryan throws out a loose jab but Beznisko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beznisko looks to throw the jab but Grigoryan is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grigoryan. Beznisko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beznisko misses with a combination
and Grigoryan counters with a right hand to the body.
Grigoryan scores with a hook.
Beznisko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Grigoryan misses the target.
Beznisko tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Grigoryan defends well and Beznisko ends up having to push Grigoryan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Beznisko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grigoryan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beznisko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grigoryan.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Beznisko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko tries to clinch but Grigoryan is having none of it.
Grigoryan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Grigoryan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beznisko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grigoryan lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grigoryan lands with an uppercut that bounces Beznisko off the cage and back into range.
Nice cross by Grigoryan.
Beznisko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beznisko misses with a looping left.
Beznisko gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grigoryan misses with a hook. Beznisko ducked under it nicely.
A good leg kick by Grigoryan.
Beznisko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grigoryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beznisko.
Grigoryan cracks Beznisko with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Grigoryan dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Grigoryan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Grigoryan.
Beznisko misses with a left hand
and Grigoryan counters with a left and a right that stings Beznisko.

Beznisko closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Grigoryan is trying is best to control the position here.
Beznisko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beznisko thows a huge punch but Grigoryan dodges it nicely.
Beznisko winds up and cracks Grigoryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Beznisko prevents Grigoryan from standing back up.
Beznisko trying to control the pace.
Grigoryan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grigoryan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Beznisko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Beznisko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beznisko throwing shots but Grigoryan is blocking nicely.
Beznisko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grigoryan wants to improve his position but Beznisko is controlling well.
Grigoryan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beznisko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grigoryan defending well though.
Sergey Beznisko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grigoryan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Beznisko drops an elbow to the side of Grigoryan's head.
Sergey Beznisko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grigoryan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beznisko.
Beznisko winds up and cracks Grigoryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Beznisko wants to take a breather but Grigoryan is having none of it.

Grigoryan kicks off Beznisko and gets to his feet.

Beznisko looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beznisko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Let's hope that Grigoryan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Beznisko throwing strikes from guard but Grigoryan blocks nicely.
Beznisko throws a big elbow that misses.
Beznisko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grigoryan is keeping the position for now.
Grigoryan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Beznisko engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grigoryan punishes Beznisko's body with a nice straight punch.
Beznisko scores with the left hand. Grigoryan knows he should have avoided that one.
Grigoryan connects with a single shot there.
Beznisko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A lazy left from Beznisko finds it's target.

Beznisko scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Beznisko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sergey Beznisko.
I think Grigoryan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47

The fight is ruled a draw!
Sergey Beznisko retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!