PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Mahoney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Katana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mahoney comes to the cage accompanied by click me. James Katana has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Paul Mahoney's chin.

Mahoney
vs
Katana

180 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

160 cm
21
164 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

G'n'P Fight gear
Das Labor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Mahoney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, James Katana!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katana connects with a nice looking jab.
Mahoney is looking to clinch.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but Katana pushes him off.
Mahoney closes the distance and clinches up with Katana, looking for a takedown. Mahoney pushes Katana against the cage but Katana circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Katana scores with a four punch combination!
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but Katana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab lands there for Katana.
Nice sprawl there from Katana as Mahoney shoots in.
Katana throws a big shot that misses.
Mahoney takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Katana closes the distance and clinches.
Katana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Katana can't break the clinch.
Katana wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mahoney has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Katana is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Mahoney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mahoney tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Katana smiles and moves away.
Mahoney is breathing heavily.
Katana fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mahoney shoots in and drives through. Katana sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katana connects with a looping right hand.
Katana misses with a head kick.

Katana moves into the clinch.
Katana is trying to force a seperation but Mahoney has the dominant position.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.
Katana avoids a wild elbow strike from Mahoney.
Katana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Katana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mahoney misses with a knee to the head.
Katana is working for takedown but Mahoney is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mahoney tries a knee to the head but Katana blocks it.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.
Katana is trying to force a seperation but Mahoney has the dominant position.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.
Mahoney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mahoney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney is pressed up against the cage. Katana has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mahoney down to the mat. Mahoney avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Katana will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Katana connects with a right hand. Mahoney shakes it off.
Mahoney tries to clinch up
and Katana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mahoney closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Katana to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Katana.
Mahoney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mahoney misses with a takedown attempt
and Katana counters with a straight right hand.
Mahoney tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Katana holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Mahoney is controlling him.
Mahoney looking to throw knees to the head but Katana is blocking nicely.
Katana is trying to force a seperation but Mahoney has the dominant position.
Katana is looking to break free of the clinch but Mahoney has double underhooks.
Katana tries to break the clinch but Mahoney is controlling the position.
Mahoney tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Katana wants to break free but Mahoney has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Katana dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Katana throws a series of punches but Mahoney moves out of range.
Mahoney moves out of range of the strikes.
Mahoney takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Katana throws a head kick that misses.
Paul Mahoney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mahoney ducks right into an uppercut from Katana.
Mahoney shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney wants to clinch but Katana slips to the side
and Katana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Katana might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mahoney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahoney tries to clinch up

and Katana counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Katana tries to break free but Mahoney pushes him back against the cage.
Mahoney keeps control of Katana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Mahoney is controlling him.
Mahoney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Katana.
Katana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Mahoney is controlling him.
Mahoney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Katana blocks it with crossed arms.
Katana tries to circle away but Mahoney has him pinned against the cage.
Katana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.

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.
Mahoney has Katana pressed against the cage, preventing Katana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Katana is trying to break free.
Mahoney is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mahoney fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Katana goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mahoney prevents it.

Mahoney gets control of Katana's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mahoney will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Katana wants to pass the guard but Mahoney is keeping the position.
Mahoney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Katana throwing strikes but missing.
Mahoney working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Katana.
Katana is looking to work some ground and pound but Mahoney has wrist control.
Katana loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mahoney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Katana trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mahoney takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Paul Mahoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahoney shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Katana lands an overhand right.
Katana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Katana scores with a sloppy right hand. Mahoney should have avoided that one.
Katana connects with a single shot there.
Mahoney takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mahoney fails with the takedown
and Katana counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mahoney thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Mahoney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Katana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Katana lands the left hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahoney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Katana.
Mahoney avoids the head kick by Katana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Katana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Katana connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Katana throws a right and a left that Mahoney avoids nicely.
Katana scores with a nice strike.
Katana scores with a hook.
Mahoney moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mahoney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Katana.
Katana moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mahoney darts in trying to clinch
and Katana counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mahoney closes the distance but Katana moves to the side

and Katana counters by clinching up.
Katana wants to get back to striking at distance but Mahoney won't allow it.
Mahoney has Katana pressed against the cage, preventing Katana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Katana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mahoney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Katana wants to break free but Mahoney has control.
Mahoney lands a knee to the head.
Katana working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mahoney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mahoney tries to land a knee to the head but Katana blocks with his arms.
Katana tries to break free but Mahoney pushes him back against the cage.
Mahoney misses with a knee strike.
Katana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Katana is trying to force a seperation but Mahoney has the dominant position.

Katana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James Katana seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Katana lunges at Mahoney with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mahoney's hand.
Mahoney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahoney takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Katana takes the fight into the clinch.
Mahoney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Katana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Katana lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mahoney.
Katana wants to get back to striking at distance but Mahoney won't allow it.
Katana wants to break free but Mahoney has control.
Katana is trying to break free.
Katana is looking to break free of the clinch but Mahoney has double underhooks.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.
Katana is trying to break free.
Katana is trying to break free.
Mahoney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mahoney looking for a takedown.
Katana wants to get back to striking at distance but Mahoney won't allow it.
Mahoney stops a takedown attempt from Katana.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mahoney has him pressed against the cage.
Mahoney prevents Katana from breaking the clinch.

Katana manages to break the clinch.

Katana moves into range and clinches up with Mahoney.
Katana tries to break free but Mahoney pushes him back against the cage.
Katana has had enough of the clinch but Mahoney keeps him there for the moment.
Katana wants to break free but Mahoney has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mahoney has Katana pressed against the cage, preventing Katana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mahoney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Katana wants to break the clinch but can't.
Katana wants to break the clinch but can't.
Katana tries to break free but Mahoney pushes him back against the cage.
Katana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Katana manages to break the clinch.
Mahoney takes one to the chin there.
Mahoney takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Katana smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Katana throws a head kick but Mahoney moves out of range.
Paul Mahoney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Katana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mahoney stalks Katana and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Katana's face. Katana staggers backwards, shaken.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Katana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Katana winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

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