PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Catalina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santos Tobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Catalina
vs
Tobar

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Country Boy MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Catalina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santos Tobar!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tobar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Catalina looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Tobar is looking to clinch.
Tobar tries to clinch up.
Catalina stalks Tobar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tobar's face. Tobar staggers backwards, shaken.
Tobar throws a series of punches but Catalina avoids them all with ease.
Catalina stuffs the takedown.
Tobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Catalina is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tobar.
Catalina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tobar.
Tobar throws a series of punches but Catalina moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Catalina keeps control of Tobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.
Tobar wants to break free but Catalina has control.
Catalina wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Catalina drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tobar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Tobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tobar can't break the clinch.
Tobar cracks Catalina with a nice body shot.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.
Tobar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.
Tobar can't break the clinch.
Tobar lands a hook that snaps the head of Catalina backwards.
Tobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Catalina keeps control of Tobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.

Catalina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tobar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tobar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tobar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Catalina fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Tobar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tobar wants to break free but Catalina has control.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Tobar.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Catalina prevents Tobar from breaking the clinch.
Catalina keeps control of Tobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tobar gets underhooks to prevent Catalina's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Catalina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tobar tries to break the clinch but Catalina is controlling the position.
Tobar can't break the clinch.
Catalina tries to pull guard but Tobar holds him up against the cage and eventually Catalina drops back down to his feet.

Catalina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Catalina has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Catalina tries to clinch but Tobar is having none of it.
Santos Tobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tobar throws a right and a left that Catalina avoids nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Tobar. No joy for Catalina on that attempt.

Catalina closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Catalina lands in his opponent's guard.
Tobar is looking to stand up but Catalina isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Catalina stands and steps away. Tobar gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tobar works Catalina's body with a nice hook.
Tobar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tobar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Catalina takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Tobar.
Tobar falls off balance throwing a combination

and Catalina counters with a shoot takedown. Tobar fights it but they end up in guard.
Catalina tries to free his leg and advance position but Tobar is retaining full guard.
Tobar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Catalina is controlling him.
Catalina pushes down on Tobar's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tobar pushes Catalina off looking to stand but Catalina dives back in and keeps control.
Tobar pushes Catalina off but Catalina dives into side control.
Tobar is pushing Catalina's head away, looking to escape. Catalina manages to hold on to the position though.
Tobar tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tobar wants to get back to his feet.
Tobar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Catalina. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Catalina has his opponent's back but Tobar is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Catalina.
Tobar's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tobar duly obliges.
Tobar lands a glancing blow to the side of Catalina's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tobar!
Tobar is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tobar is looking to clinch but Catalina is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Catalina dominated that round.
That's time! Catalina's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Catalina closes the distance and clinches up with Tobar, looking for a takedown. Catalina pushes Tobar against the cage but Tobar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tobar looks to clinch
and Catalina makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tobar really felt that one!
Tobar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Catalina circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tobar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tobar wants to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tobar.
Catalina takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Catalina tries to clinch but Tobar moves out of range.
Tobar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tobar throws a combination. Catalina tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tobar blocks a head kick by Catalina.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tobar lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tobar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tobar wants to clinch.
Tobar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tobar tries to clinch but Catalina moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tobar looks to land a combination. Catalina sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tobar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tobar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tobar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tobar's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tobar duly obliges.
Tobar misses with a wild combination.
Tobar throws a one two combo.
Tobar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Catalina closes the distance but Tobar moves to the side
and Tobar counters with a two punch combo.
Tobar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tobar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tobar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tobar misses with a two punch combination.
Catalina looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Some wild striking there from Tobar.
Tobar doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Catalina counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tobar works over Catalina's head and body with a nice combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tobar!
A nice combination there by Tobar.
Tobar fails to land with a series of punches.
Catalina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tobar.
Tobar lands a right hook to the body.
Tobar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tobar throws a right and a left that Catalina avoids nicely.
Tobar shoots in for a takedown but Catalina shows good takedown defense.
Tobar looks to land a combination but Catalina avoids it well.
Catalina takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Catalina with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tobar to score with a decent uppercut.
Tobar fails to land with a series of punches.
James Catalina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tobar works over Catalina's head and body with a nice combination.
Tobar fails with a takedown attempt.
James Catalina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santos Tobar.
Tobar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Catalina shoots in for a takedown but Tobar shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tobar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Catalina's waist but Catalina gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tobar off to one side.
Catalina shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tobar as he jumps to the side.
No joy there for Tobar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tobar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tobar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tobar's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tobar duly obliges.
Catalina tries to clinch there but Tobar circles away.
Tobar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tobar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Catalina misses with an uppercut
and Tobar counters with a two punch combo.
Tobar throws a nice looking combination but Catalina bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tobar!
Tobar looks to land a combination. Catalina sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tobar misses with a wild combination.
Catalina throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tobar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tobar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tobar throws a combination that misses

and Catalina counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tobar is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Catalina stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Tobar to get to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Catalina, right into the meat.
Tobar throws a right and a left that Catalina avoids nicely.
Catalina stuffs the takedown.
Tobar fails to land the takedown.
A lazy body kick from Catalina
and Tobar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tobar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Catalina moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tobar.
Tobar lunges at Catalina with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Catalina's hand.
Tobar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tobar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Catalina backs up against the cage.
Tobar swinging wilding here.
Tobar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tobar scores with a three punch combo!
Tobar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that James Catalina will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Catalina tries to keep at a distance but Tobar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tobar tries to break the clinch but Catalina is controlling the position.
Catalina is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tobar pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Catalina prevents Tobar from breaking the clinch.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Catalina prevents Tobar from breaking the clinch.
Tobar lands with a light punch inside.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Tobar manages to break the clinch.
Tobar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tobar connects with a body shot.
Tobar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tobar.
Tobar scores with a three punch combo!
Tobar throws a left and a right that both miss

and Catalina counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tobar is trying to break free.
Catalina prevents Tobar from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tobar wants to break free but Catalina has control.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Catalina won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Catalina won't allow it.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Catalina tries to break the clinch but Tobar is controlling the position.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tobar is trying to break free.
Tobar tries to break the clinch but Catalina is controlling the position.
Catalina has had enough of the clinch but Tobar keeps him there for the moment.
Catalina keeps control of Tobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Catalina prevents Tobar from breaking the clinch.

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

Catalina darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tobar is trying to stand up here but Catalina is controlling him well.

Tobar has one foot on Catalina's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Tobar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tobar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Catalina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tobar misses with a double jab.
Catalina throws a right and a left that Tobar avoids nicely.
Tobar checks the leg kick.
Tobar works over Catalina's head and body with a nice combination.
Catalina circles away from the clinch attempt

and Catalina holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Catalina won't allow it.
Catalina tries to break the clinch but Tobar is controlling the position.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.
Tobar prevents Catalina from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tobar.
Tobar can't break the clinch.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Catalina has him pressed against the cage.
Tobar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Catalina fails to pull guard.
Catalina has had enough of the clinch but Tobar keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tobar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Catalina keeps control of Tobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tobar lands a shot to the body.
Tobar has had enough of the clinch but Catalina keeps him there for the moment.
Tobar wants to get back to striking at distance but Catalina won't allow it.
Catalina keeps control of Tobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Catalina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tobar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Catalina attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tobar doesn't manage to clinch there - Catalina circles away.
Tobar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Catalina swings widly with a right hand
and Tobar counters with a three punch combo that has Catalina backing up. Catalina nods at Tobar to acknowledge the strikes.
Tobar stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Catalina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tobar.
Catalina takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tobar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Catalina avoids a punch combination nicely.
Catalina avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A right-left combo lands from Tobar.
Tobar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A nice combination there by Tobar.
Catalina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tobar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Catalina counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Catalina keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Catalina shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Catalina showed some decent athleticism there.
Tobar is staying active underneath Catalina, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tobar wants to get back to his feet.
James Catalina overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tobar tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Catalina manages to move to mount!
Tobar squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Santos Tobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tobar flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Catalina showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Catalina, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Catalina!