PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nickolay Katorjnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanye West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katorjnov comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the name - Fort Minor. West has chosen Jesus Walks as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Katorjnov
vs
West

178 cm
25
181 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

176 cm
24
184 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Shango Designs
Knock Out Artistry

Crippler's Corner

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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nickolay Katorjnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kanye West!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West walks into a left hand.
West scores with a crisp jab that stopped Katorjnov in his tracks.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by West.
A right-left combo lands from West.
West fails to land with a series of punches.
West throws a right and a left that both miss.
West blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
West tests Katorjnov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
West throws an overhand right that lands on Katorjnov's shoulder, as Katorjnov tries to avoid the shot.
Nickolay Katorjnov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from West misses its intended target.
West stuns Katorjnov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Katorjnov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
Katorjnov keeps the fight on the outside.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Katorjnov throws out the jab.
West tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katorjnov was well out of range. Poor timing from West.
Katorjnov connects with a nice looking jab.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Katorjnov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
West has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from West there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Kanye West has been cut.
Katorjnov with a hook.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West lands a jab-cross combination.
Katorjnov dips to his left and cracks West with an uppercut!
Kanye West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West dodges the punch combination from Katorjnov.
West lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Katorjnov at a distance.
Katorjnov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
West thuds a left hand into Katorjnov's body.
Katorjnov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Katorjnov wants it to stay on the feet.
Katorjnov looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range.
Katorjnov misses with the combination.
West throws a right hand that Katorjnov ducks under and follows up with a left that Katorjnov also avoids with ease.
Katorjnov throws a leg kick but West sees it coming and moves out of range.
West tries to land a leg kick but Katorjnov saw it coming and moves away.
West lands a glancing blow to the side of Katorjnov's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katorjnov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Katorjnov keeps the fight on the outside.
West just misses with a punch to the body.
Katorjnov catches West with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
West is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Katorjnov rather than just go for the knockout.
West takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Katorjnov 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 West has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from West and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
West swings for the body but Katorjnov moves out of range.
Katorjnov with a hook.
West tries to clinch up but Katorjnov circles away and keeps his distance.
Katorjnov swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
A swing and a miss from West.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West slips a jab and a cross from Katorjnov.
West lands a glancing blow to the side of Katorjnov's head.
Katorjnov motions for West to come forward. Katorjnov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Katorjnov as he checks the leg kick.
West swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Katorjnov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West tries to clinch there but Katorjnov circles away.
West thows a body shot but no joy.
Katorjnov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
West throws a jab when Katorjnov was well out of range.
Katorjnov lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West throws a right and a left that Katorjnov avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West misses with a shot to the body
and West takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
West throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
West misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nickolay Katorjnov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kanye West's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

West misses with a double jab.
Katorjnov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Katorjnov avoids the body shot from West.
Katorjnov throws out a leg kick but West moves out of range and Katorjnov only half commits.
West throws a lazy right hand but Katorjnov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West misses with a hook to the body
and Katorjnov counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Katorjnov misses.
A punch lands to the side of West 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That has opened up Kanye West's cut even more.
West misses with a wild body shot.
West is breathing heavily.
Katorjnov throws a leg kick but West sees it coming and moves out of range.
Katorjnov swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Katorjnov drops West with a beautiful combination! West stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Katorjnov is looking for the KO!

West is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katorjnov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract West.
West is still on wobbly legs! Can Katorjnov finish him?
Katorjnov stuffs the takedown.
West seems to have recovered his senses.
West looks to land a left hand but Katorjnov moved out of range nicely.
Katorjnov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. West doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick from Katorjnov misses.
Katorjnov lands a nice shot to the body.
West takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
West moves away from the strike by Katorjnov.
A big right from Katorjnov misses.
West scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Katorjnov.
Katorjnov avoids the body shot from West.
Katorjnov scores with a jab to the jaw.

The cut above Kanye West's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West slips under a jab from Katorjnov.
West tries to move into range but Katorjnov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Kanye West's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West is looking to chop away at Katorjnov's legs.
A shot to de liver by Katorjnov. Beautiful body shot.
Katorjnov lands with a hook. West tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kanye West's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nickolay Katorjnov!