PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, STILL BALLIN. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kato
vs
Sparks

187 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Fightworld Formula
Fightworld Formula

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 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sun Kato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Sparks!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparks ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sparks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sparks misses with a series of wild punches.
Sun Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nice combo by Sparks! Oh, that's hurt him - Kato falls to the canvas and Sparks follows him into side control.

Kato is rocked!

It looks like Sun Kato has been cut.
Kato is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparks misses with the ground and pound.
Kato is looking for a sweep.
Sparks creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kato sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sparks looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kato is avoiding damage well.
Sparks trying to control the action but Kato is working from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Sparks.
Sparks is trying to ground and pound but Kato uses the momentary lack of control by Sparks to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sparks looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A clash of legs there as Kato blocks the low kick.
Sparks avoids the head kick by Kato.
Kato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sun Kato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sparks chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sparks moves away from the strike by Kato.
Kato checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparks. Kato does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Kato both land. Nice combination.
Sparks misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sparks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sparks misses with a wild combination.
A solid body kick from Kato.
Kato throws a good cross that connects.
Kato lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sparks closes the distance and clinches up with Kato, looking for a takedown. Sparks pushes Kato against the cage but Kato circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kato swings for the body but Sparks moves out of range.
Kato misses the body punch
and Sparks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato scores with a hook to the body. Sparks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sparks takes a step back to recover.
Kato lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparks's calf.
Sparks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sparks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Sparks's front leg but catches the back leg as Sparks tries to avoid it.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Sparks's front leg but catches the back leg as Sparks tries to avoid it.
Kato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kato feints and then cracks Sparks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparks down.
Sparks moves forwards but Kato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sparks. That did some damage!
Kato lands with a shot to the body.
Kato lands a right hook to the body.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparks's calf.
Sparks moves forwards but Kato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
Kato fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparks takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sun Kato's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kato connects with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sparks is defended easily by Kato.
Sparks chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
Kato cracks the inside of Sparks's front leg.
Sparks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kato. Kato obviously looking to wear him down.
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kato scores with a sloppy right hand. Sparks should have avoided that one.
Sparks is breathing heavily.
Kato lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kato is looking to slow Sparks down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato thumps Sparks with a low kick.
Kato feints and then cracks Sparks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparks down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kato!
Tony Sparks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Sparks down.
Kato scores with a nice body kick.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparks shoots and misses
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparks's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kato. Kato obviously looking to wear him down.
Kato changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kato scores with a head kick.
Sun Kato is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice straight punches there by Kato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kato.
Nice defenses there by Kato.
Kato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sparks misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a left and a right that stings Sparks.
Kato uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sparks sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sparks. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Kato feints and then cracks Sparks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparks down.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A good leg kick by Kato.
Kato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sparks can do to turn this around?
Kato throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sparks's head.
Kato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sparks. Sparks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kato throws a head kick that half lands.
Sparks chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sparks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kato is looking to slow Sparks down with leg kicks.
Kato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sparks looks to score with a jab to the body but Kato is just out of range.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sparks doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kato lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sun Kato's cut.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kato is looking to slow Sparks down with leg kicks.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
Sparks fails to land with a series of punches.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparks's calf.
Sparks has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sparks manages to avoid it.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheers as Kato lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sparks doesn't seem phased though.
Sparks throws a body kick the misses
and Kato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kato feints and then cracks Sparks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparks down.
Kato connects with a high kick.
Sparks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kato lands a jab.
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sparks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sparks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kato counters with a head kick. That will keep Sparks thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Kato misses with a wild body shot.
Kato connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sparks. Sparks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sparks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kato scores with a spinning back kick!
Kato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Kato as he connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Kato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparks.
Kato throws a head kick but Sparks moves out of range.
Kato thuds a left hand into Sparks's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sparks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Sparks's front leg but catches the back leg as Sparks tries to avoid it.
Kato lands with a kick to the temple. Sparks shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sparks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kato cracks the inside of Sparks's front leg.
Sparks swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kato counters with a low kick, right behind Sparks 's knee.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Sparks's ribs.
Sparks takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Sparks's front leg but catches the back leg as Sparks tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato lands with a shot to the body.
Kato throws a head kick that half lands.
Kato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sparks crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kato - the referee stops the clock and Sparks gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kato. Sparks manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato thumps Sparks with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Sparks tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kato cracks the inside of Sparks's front leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Kato is looking to slow Sparks down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Sun Kato's cut.
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.

Kato connects with a solid leg kick.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Sparks misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kato lands a jab to the head.
Kato feints and then cracks Sparks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sparks down.
Nice body kick from Kato.
Kato is looking to clinch but Sparks is avoiding it.

Kato drives through and clinches with Sparks against the cage.
Kato misses with a knee to the head.
Sparks is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kato.
Kato tried to score with a low kick but Sparks checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sparks's sensitive parts.
Kato scores with a push kick.
Sparks sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kato lands with a slapping head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kato!

Kato rushes Sparks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sparks blocks it with crossed arms.

Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kato wants it to stay on the feet.
Sparks takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sparks avoids the head kick by Kato.
Kato lands with an uppercut that bounces Sparks off the cage and back into rage.
Sparks avoids a kick to the body.
Sparks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kato. Kato obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Sparks's ribs.
Kato scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sparks misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a leg kick.
Sparks will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Sparks.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Kato connects with a solid leg kick.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sparks's sensitive parts.
Sparks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Sparks has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kato.
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kato clinches with his opponent.
Kato will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sparks up against the cage.
Sparks wants to break free but Kato has control.

Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kato lands a head kick. Sparks smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kato misses with a kick to the body.
Sparks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kato. Kato obviously looking to wear him down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Sparks's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Sparks down.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparks's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato had his way with Tony Sparks in that round.
The cut man is working on Sun Kato's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kato swings for the body but Sparks moves out of range.

Kato has Sparks up against the cage in a clinch.
Sparks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kato tries to land a knee to the head but Sparks blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kato.
Kato with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Kato breaks the clinch.
Sparks throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sparks is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sparks ducks right into an uppercut from Kato.

Kato drives through and clinches with Sparks against the cage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Kato scores with a knee to the head.
Sparks has had enough of the clinch but Kato keeps him there for the moment.
Kato with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sparks is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kato manages to break the clinch.
Kato moves in looking to clinch but Sparks pushes him off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Sparks moves in looking to clinch but Kato pushes him off.
Kato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kato duly obliges.
Kato misses with a double jab.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Sparks's front leg but catches the back leg as Sparks tries to avoid it.
Sparks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sparks has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sparks connects with a jab.
Kato looks for the body kick but Sparks saw that one coming.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sparks's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks misses with a body shot.
Sparks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kato counters with a head kick.
Kato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sparks was well out of range. Poor timing from Kato.
Kato thuds a left hand into Sparks's body.
Sparks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body kick there by Kato.
Sparks tries for a takedown but Kato circles away easily
and Kato counters with a slapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Kato.
Sparks avoids the head kick by Kato.
Sparks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Kato misses.
Sparks misses with a wild combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kato throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sparks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kato. Sparks shrugs it off though.
Sparks takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice body kick from Kato.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kato lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sparks will feel that in the morning.
Kato plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato lands a lovely overhand right.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
No joy there for Sparks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kato bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tony Sparks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sparks counters with a single leg into guard. Kato didn't expect that.
Kato has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sun Kato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kato bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sparks's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Kato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kato, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 50:42
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:42
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:42

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Kato!
Sun Kato retains his light heavyweight title!