PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bronek Simson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isamu Katsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsuki has chosen 10 Years Today by Bullet For My Valentine as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Simson
vs
Katsuki

183 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bronek Simson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isamu Katsuki!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsuki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Simson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Katsuki tries to clinch but Simson moves out of range.

Simson has managed to clinch.
Katsuki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bronek Simson has been cut.

Simson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Katsuki is trying to keep an underhook but Simson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Simson not doing much here.
Simson is keen to just control but Katsuki is a slippery customer.
Simson trying to control the pace.
Simson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Bronek Simson just wasn't active enough.
Simson moves out of range of the body kick.

Simson forces Katsuki back against the cage and clinches.

Simson pulls Katsuki into guard.
Katsuki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Katsuki throws a strike but Simson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Katsuki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Simson gets to his feet - Katsuki follows without any prompting.
Simson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simson throws a right hand that Katsuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Katsuki also avoids with ease.
Katsuki throws a jab but it's blocked by Simson.
Simson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Katsuki swivels and escapes.
Katsuki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Simson's waist but Simson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Katsuki off to one side.
Katsuki misses with a body kick.
Katsuki dodges the punch combination from Simson.
Nice body kick from Katsuki.
Katsuki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Simson rushes Katsuki and presses him up against the cage.
Simson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Katsuki landing knees to the head.
Katsuki looks gassed!
Simson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Simson keeps control of Katsuki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki looking to throw knees to the head but Simson is blocking nicely.

Simson manages to pull guard.
Simson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Simson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Katsuki controls the pace.
Simson managing to control the position.
Katsuki is looking to work some ground and pound but Simson has wrist control.
Simson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Simson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Katsuki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Katsuki throws a strike but Simson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Simson tries to free his leg and advance position but Katsuki is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Simson wants to clinch up but Katsuki keeps it at a distance.
Simson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Katsuki gets tackled into the cage by Simson. Simson maintains the clinch.
Katsuki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Katsuki looking to throw knees to the head but Simson is blocking nicely.

Simson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Katsuki is refusing to be controlled, as Simson sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bronek Simson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bronek Simson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Katsuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Simson.

Simson drives through with a takedown into Katsuki's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Simson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Simson trying to control but Katsuki is working from the bottom.

Simson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Katsuki looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Katsuki looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Katsuki!
Simson can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsuki throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Simson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Katsuki is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Simson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Simson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Katsuki.
Simson trying to control from the bottom.
Katsuki drops an elbow to the side of Simson's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Simson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Katsuki pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simson has hold of Katsuki's hands but Katsuki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Simson trying to control but Katsuki postures up.
Simson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Katsuki.
Simson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Katsuki on the ground.
Simson wants to get back to his feet.
Katsuki prevents Simson from improving his position.
Simson is working hard here to advance position.
Katsuki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Katsuki is trying to control the action in half guard but Simson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsuki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Simson is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki is thwarting Simson's attempts to control the position.
Katsuki throwing shots but Simson is blocking nicely.
Simson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Katsuki.
Simson is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Simson wants to control but Katsuki is keeping busy.
Katsuki prevents Simson from standing back up.
Katsuki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Simson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Simson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Katsuki.
Katsuki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Simson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Katsuki is breathing heavily.
Simson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Katsuki is one step ahead there.
Katsuki connects with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katsuki postures up and lands a big shot to Simson's brow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simson wants to get back to his feet but Katsuki passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Isamu Katsuki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bronek Simson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Katsuki misses with a few strikes there.
Simson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Katsuki avoids it really well and circles away.
Katsuki scores with a head kick.
Katsuki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Katsuki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simson blocks the body kick.
Katsuki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Katsuki misses with a body kick.
Simson misses with a series of wild punches.
Simson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Katsuki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsuki misses with a leg kick

and Simson moves into the clinch.
Katsuki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Simson manages to break the clinch.
Katsuki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Simson gets a clinch.
Simson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simson missing with knees to the body.
Katsuki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simson fails to pull guard.
Katsuki throws a knee to the head but misses.

Simson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Katsuki walks into a stiff left hand from Simson.

Simson closes the distance and pushes Katsuki back into the cage.
Simson with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki misses with a knee to the head.
Katsuki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simson is trying to pull guard but Katsuki has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bronek Simson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Simson scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simson'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.
Simson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Simson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Katsuki smiles and moves away.

Simson moves into the clinch.
Katsuki misses with a knee to the head.

Simson breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki misses with the combination.
Simson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Katsuki but Katsuki pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Simson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Simson is trying to pull guard but Katsuki turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Katsuki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Simson - that landed with a thud.
Simson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Katsuki throws an elbow that misses.
Simson is pushing Katsuki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Katsuki looking to throw knees to the head but Simson is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Simson breaks from the clinch.
Katsuki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Simson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Simson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bronek Simson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Katsuki working aggressively here.

Simson jumps into guard, dragging Katsuki to the mat.
Katsuki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Simson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Simson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katsuki tries to free his leg and advance position but Simson is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bronek Simson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Simson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bronek Simson!