PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Katze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karl Katze has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Katze
vs
Pereira de Souza Nascimento

200 cm
18
213 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karl Katze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Katze closes the distance and clinches.

de Souza Nascimento tightens his grip and picks Katze up, before dumping him to the ground. Katze manages to land in guard.
de Souza Nascimento wants to control from the top but Katze keeps moving.
de Souza Nascimento preventing the sweep.

Katze is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Katze wants to sweep here but de Souza Nascimento controlling him for the moment.
de Souza Nascimento wants to control from the top but Katze keeps moving.
de Souza Nascimento preventing the sweep.
de Souza Nascimento tries to free his leg and advance position but Katze is retaining full guard.
Katze keeping moving, preventing de Souza Nascimento from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

de Souza Nascimento tries to keep at a distance but Katze has taken the fight into the clinch.
Katze drops down looking for an ankle pick but de Souza Nascimento pulls his leg out and moves away.
de Souza Nascimento swats away the attempt to clinch by Katze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza Nascimento misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
de Souza Nascimento changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Katze tries to avoid it but de Souza Nascimento manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Katze to the ground. Katze escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Katze rushes de Souza Nascimento and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
de Souza Nascimento goes for a takedown attempt but Katze pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Karl Katze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento.
de Souza Nascimento shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Katze as he jumps to the side.
de Souza Nascimento fails with the takedown.

Katze darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katze working the head and body with strikes.
de Souza Nascimento has hold of Katze's hands but Katze slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

It looks like Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katze wants to lay and pray for a moment but de Souza Nascimento keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Katze is looking for a kimura but de Souza Nascimento is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Katze to get the leverage.
Katze is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Katze is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

de Souza Nascimento throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
de Souza Nascimento looks gassed!
de Souza Nascimento is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Katze has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Katze lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Katze trying to control but de Souza Nascimento is working from the bottom.
de Souza Nascimento pulls Katze in close to his closed guard and prevents Katze from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Katze with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
de Souza Nascimento should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katze looking to pass the guard.
Katze trying to control but de Souza Nascimento is working from the bottom.
Katze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Katze wants to control from the top but de Souza Nascimento keeps moving.

de Souza Nascimento is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Katze drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Katze jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
de Souza Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Katze from controlling successfully.
Katze throws a strike but de Souza Nascimento rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Katze looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
de Souza Nascimento fails with the takedown

and Katze counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Katze.
Katze looking to throw knees to the head but de Souza Nascimento is blocking nicely.
Katze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Souza Nascimento drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Katze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Katze scores with a shot to the side of de Souza Nascimento's head.

de Souza Nascimento pulls Katze into guard.
de Souza Nascimento controls Katze momentarily but Katze frees himself.

de Souza Nascimento has his foot on Katze's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Katze works his way back into a safe position though.
Katze thows a big elbow that misses.
de Souza Nascimento seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Katze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

de Souza Nascimento looking for a guillotine here but Katze defends easily.
Katze works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Katze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Katze closes the distance and clinches.
de Souza Nascimento goes for a takedown in the clinch but Katze prevents it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Katze throws an elbow but misses.

de Souza Nascimento manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
de Souza Nascimento is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Katze actively working from the bottom here.
Katze is pressing down on de Souza Nascimento's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Katze looking to hit a scissor sweep but de Souza Nascimento is one step ahead there.
Katze is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
de Souza Nascimento has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Katze is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza Nascimento is positioning himself well to prevent Katze advancing to mount.
de Souza Nascimento is breathing heavily.
Katze is looking to advance position but de Souza Nascimento won't allow it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Katze connects with a nice short shot to de Souza Nascimento's temple.
de Souza Nascimento gets back to full guard.
de Souza Nascimento is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Katze wants to pass the guard but de Souza Nascimento is keeping the position.
de Souza Nascimento has momentary wrist control but Katze slips an elbow through the middle.
de Souza Nascimento wants to sweep but no luck.
Katze wants to pass the guard but de Souza Nascimento is keeping the position.
Katze lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katze scoring with some ground and pound.
Katze trying to control the position from guard on top but de Souza Nascimento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Katze landing with the ground and pound.
Katze wants to pass the guard but de Souza Nascimento is keeping the position.

Katze is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
de Souza Nascimento is trying to control the position but Katze postures up.
Katze looking to pass the guard.
de Souza Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Katze from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Katze shoots in and drives through. de Souza Nascimento sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Katze gets a clinch.

Katze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Katze thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katze walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. de Souza Nascimento checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
de Souza Nascimento tries for a takedown but Katze circles away easily

and Katze counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Katze.
Katze looking to pass the guard.

de Souza Nascimento is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Katze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de Souza Nascimento is keeping the position for now.
de Souza Nascimento wants to sweep but no luck.
Katze connects with a couple of short punches.
Katze throws a big right hand that misses.
de Souza Nascimento lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Katze!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katze wants to control but de Souza Nascimento is having none of it.
Katze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Katze gets back to half guard.
de Souza Nascimento seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Katze does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Katze is trying to get back to full guard.
Katze is refusing to be controlled, as de Souza Nascimento sits in half guard.
Karl Katze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Katze is trying to control but can't.
de Souza Nascimento is tying to control. Katze wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
de Souza Nascimento prevents Katze from improving his position.
de Souza Nascimento passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Katze!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Katze dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Katze tries to clinch but de Souza Nascimento is having none of it.
Katze tries to clinch there but de Souza Nascimento circles away.
Thiago Pereira de Souza Nascimento is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Souza Nascimento misses with a takedown

and Katze counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Katze lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
de Souza Nascimento wants to control but Katze is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Katze is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
de Souza Nascimento is looking for a sweep. Katze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
de Souza Nascimento is in trouble now - Katze has advanced to mount!

Katze looking to secure an arm triangle but de Souza Nascimento defends it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Katze lands with some strikes.

de Souza Nascimento is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katze loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have de Souza Nascimento scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Katze land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Katze stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Katze!