PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Da Vincible (ranked 2321 p4p, 0 weight class) and Levon Minasian (ranked 16385 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Leonardo Da Vincible has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Da Vincible
vs
Minasian

205 cm
29
238 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

195 cm
35
246 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonardo Da Vincible!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Levon Minasian!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Vincible is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Minasian.
Da Vincible stuffs the takedown attempt from Minasian. Minasian gets slowly back to his feet.
Minasian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Da Vincible.
Da Vincible throws a hook but Minasian avoids it easily.
Da Vincible tries to bum rush Minasian with a series of wild strikes but Minasian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A countering left hand to the body from Minasian misses.
Da Vincible throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Minasian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crunch! Da Vincible slams his shin into Minasian's torso.
Da Vincible misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Minasian counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Da Vincible blocking the ground and pound attempt from Minasian.
Da Vincible is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Gangsterdamage, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Minasian prevents Da Vincible from improving his position.
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!
Minasian trying to control from half guard but Da Vincible is working away.
Da Vincible knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Minasian on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minasian missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Minasian is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Minasian throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Minasian working Da Vincible over with strikes.
Da Vincible wants to improve his position but Minasian is controlling well.
Da Vincible moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Da Vincible preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minasian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Da Vincible is keeping the position for now.
Minasian wants to control from the top but Da Vincible keeps moving.
Da Vincible avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minasian throws a big right hand that misses.
Minasian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Minasian wants to pass the guard but Da Vincible is keeping the position.
Da Vincible avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Minasian lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Minasian working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Da Vincible's head.
Minasian wants to control from the top but Da Vincible keeps moving.
Minasian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Da Vincible swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Minasian throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Da Vincible preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Minasian wants to control from the top but Da Vincible keeps moving.
Minasian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Minasian trying to control but Da Vincible is working from the bottom.
Minasian works over Da Vincible with some ground and pound from guard.
Minasian trying to control but Da Vincible is working from the bottom.
Da Vincible 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.
Minasian looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Da Vincible keeping moving, preventing Minasian from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Minasian blocks a jab.
Da Vincible misses with a hook. Minasian ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Minasian releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Da Vincible displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Minasian throws out the jab.
Minasian tests Da Vincible's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Da Vincible swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Da Vincible scoring well with a low kick there.
Minasian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Da Vincible manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Minasian.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Minasian misses with a left hand
and Da Vincible cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Da Vincible throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Minasian throws a body shot but no joy.
Da Vincible tried to counter with a leg kick but Minasian avoided it.
Da Vincible looks to land a right hand but Minasian moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Levon Minasian dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Minasian pushes Da Vincible up against the cage in a clinch.

Da Vincible breaks the clinch.
Minasian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Minasian moves out of range of the body kick from Da Vincible.
Minasian lands a nice shot to the body.
Da Vincible uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Minasian.
A little feinted left hand from Da Vincible on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Minasian misses with a straight right.
Da Vincible dips to his left and cracks Minasian with an uppercut!
Minasian tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Da Vincible swivels and escapes.
It looked like Da Vincible was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Minasian.
Da Vincible looks to score with a jab to the body but Minasian is just out of range.
A lazy left from Da Vincible finds it's target.
Da Vincible throws a leg kick which misses Minasian's front leg but catches the back leg as Minasian tries to avoid it.
Minasian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Minasian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Vincible lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Minasian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Da Vincible.
Minasian is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Da Vincible scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Da Vincible does no damage.
Da Vincible stuns Minasian with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Da Vincible avoids the body shot from Minasian.
Leonardo Da Vincible seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Minasian tests Da Vincible's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Da Vincible does no damage.
Minasian slips under a jab from Da Vincible.
Minasian fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Da Vincible.
Minasian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Minasian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Da Vincible throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Minasian lands with a straight right. Da Vincible didn't see that one coming.
Da Vincible lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minasian throws a jab but it's blocked by Da Vincible.
Da Vincible throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Vincible misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Minasian.
Minasian misses with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Da Vincible, as that shot connected.
Da Vincible throws a leg kick but Minasian checks it.
Da Vincible throws an overhand right that lands on Minasian's shoulder, as Minasian tries to avoid the shot.
Da Vincible misses with a body shot.
Minasian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Da Vincible misses with a wild body shot.
Minasian slips a straight right by Da Vincible.
Minasian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Da Vincible avoids the body shot from Minasian.
A quick step to the side and Da Vincible tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da Vincible throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Minasian tries to clinch up.
Minasian throws a body shot but no joy.
Minasian throws a jab when Da Vincible was well out of range.
A quick step to the side and Da Vincible tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Minasian loads up on a big right hand but Da Vincible slips the punch.
Minasian shoots in for a takedown but Da Vincible shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Da Vincible lands.
Da Vincible scores with a jab.
Minasian throws a body shot but no joy.
Da Vincible misses with a looping right.
Minasian drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Da Vincible defends it well.
Da Vincible ducks under a wild hook from Minasian.
Da Vincible slips under a jab from Minasian.
Da Vincible steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Minasian.
Da Vincible thinks about countering with a head kick.
Da Vincible tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Minasian was well out of range. Poor timing from Da Vincible.
Minasian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Da Vincible pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Vincible misses with a head kick.
Da Vincible connects with a leg kick. Minasian looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Da Vincible cracks Minasian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Da Vincible misses with a looping right.
Da Vincible goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Minasian fails with a takedown attempt.
Leonardo Da Vincible has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Levon Minasian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minasian shoots for a double leg takedown but Da Vincible sprawls well. He's pushed Minasian's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Da Vincible is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Minasian can do to turn this around?
Da Vincible plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Da Vincible dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Minasian. That did some damage!
Minasian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Vincible.
Minasian misses with a body shot.
Minasian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Minasian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Da Vincible fails to land with a series of punches.
Minasian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Da Vincible misses with a looping left.
Minasian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Da Vincible staying out of range there.
Minasian looks to clinch
and Da Vincible counters with a straight right hand.
Minasian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Da Vincible dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Da Vincible gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Minasian.
Minasian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Da Vincible looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Da Vincible fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Minasian manages to avoid it.
Minasian swings for the body but Da Vincible moves out of range.
Da Vincible throws a body punch but Minasian moves out of range.
Minasian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Da Vincible keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Minasian lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Minasian scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Minasian is keen to just control but Da Vincible is a slippery customer.
Minasian not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Minasian throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Da Vincible has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Minasian is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Vincible is not content to let Minasian control the position.
Minasian slows the pace down in half guard.
Minasian looks to land a strike but Da Vincible avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Minasian throws a big elbow that misses.
Minasian controlling from the top position.
Da Vincible utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Minasian makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Minasian is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Minasian throwing strikes from guard but Da Vincible blocks nicely.
Minasian with a flurry of punches that miss.
Minasian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Minasian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Minasian controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Da Vincible ducks under a wild hook from Minasian.
Minasian connects with a nice looking jab.
Da Vincible tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Minasian connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Vincible momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Da Vincible misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian moves away from the strike by Da Vincible.
Minasian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Minasian ducks under a wild hook from Da Vincible.
Minasian throws a predictable looking body shot
and Da Vincible counters with a stiff right hand.
Da Vincible misses with a combination
letting Minasian counter with a right hand.
Minasian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Da Vincibles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Da Vincible throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Da Vincible connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Minasian lands with a right hand.
A head kick from Da Vincible lands but Minasian takes it in his stride.
Da Vincible rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Minasian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Minasian walks into a stiff left hand from Da Vincible.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Minasian is defended easily by Da Vincible.
Da Vincible went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minasian jabs Da Vincible to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Minasian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Da Vincible.
Da Vincible throws the left hand but Minasian avoids the punch easily.
Da Vincible lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Decent striking displayed by Da Vincible there.

Minasian shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Minasian showed some decent athleticism there.
Minasian is looking to advance position but Da Vincible won't allow it.
Minasian missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Levon Minasian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Minasian 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Levon Minasian!
Our winner, Levon Minasian, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.