PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Katsaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsaros's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 卍卍卍. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Katsaros
vs
Lao

193 cm
25
218 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

192 cm
26
220 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

KAISER

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonidas Katsaros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kung Lao!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lao cracks Katsaros with a good jab.
Lao looks to land a left hand but Katsaros moved out of range nicely.
Lao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Katsaros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Katsaros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Katsaros turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Katsaros fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lao manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Katsaros throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Katsaros has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lao.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Lao. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lao.
Crunch! Katsaros slams his shin into Lao's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao tries to work over Katsaros's front leg with a kick but Katsaros checks it.
Katsaros swings for the body but Lao moves out of range.
Lao throws a hook but Katsaros blocks it.
Katsaros thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lao if he has to take too many more of those.
Katsaros looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Katsaros feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Katsaros checks a leg kick.
Lao throws a hook to the side of Katsaros's head but Katsaros sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A low kick from Lao is predictable there
and Katsaros counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leonidas Katsaros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros defending well as Lao loads up on a big left hand.
Lao is looking to chop away at Katsaros's legs.
Lao misses with the body kick
and Katsaros counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lao is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Katsaros misses with a kick to the body
and Lao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Katsaros keeps Lao at a distance using the push kick.
Katsaros lunges at Lao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lao's hand.
A lazy body kick from Lao
and Katsaros counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katsaros was well out of range. Poor timing from Lao.
Lao avoids the body shot from Katsaros.
Kung Lao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lao to score with a decent uppercut.
Katsaros avoids a kick to the body.
Lao moves out of range of the body kick from Katsaros.
Katsaros turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Katsaros takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Lao does it's job there.
Lao cracks Katsaros with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Katsaros defending well as Lao loads up on a big left hand.
Lao blocks a jab.
Katsaros jabs at Lao's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katsaros paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lao goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Katsaros. Those never looked like landing.
Lao connects with a crisp jab.
Katsaros looks to throw a body kick
enabling Lao to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Lao.
Katsaros lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Katsaros sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kung Lao will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Katsaros lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lao will feel that in the morning.
Katsaros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lao.
Lao throws a hook but Katsaros blocks it.
Katsaros throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Katsaros.
Lao cracks Katsaros with an open hand slap.
Leonidas Katsaros is winning the standup battle so far.
Katsaros listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lao throws a leg kick
and Katsaros counters with a solid body kick.
Lao is breathing heavily.
Katsaros works the jab nicely.
Katsaros misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Lao.
Lao connects with a leg kick. Katsaros looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Katsaros connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Katsaros slips a straight right by Lao.
Lao misses with a right hand
and Lao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lao misses with a wild body shot.
Katsaros fails to land with a series of punches.
Katsaros bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lao missing with a left hand there. Katsaros was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Katsaros lands with a nice body kick.

That's two 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!
Lao throws a sloppy head kick
and Katsaros counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lao misses with a hook
and Katsaros counters with a right hand to the body.
Katsaros blocks a jab.
Katsaros digs a good body shot into Lao's ribs.
Lao misses with an uppercut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lao 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 Katsaros has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Katsaros and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Katsaros connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lao.
Katsaros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lao moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros moves out of range of the strikes.
Lao avoids the body shot from Katsaros.
Lao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Katsaros takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Katsaros is looking to slow Lao down with leg kicks.
Lao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Katsaros scores with a leg kick.
Katsaros throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Katsaros lands a big head kick that sends Lao tumbling to the mat! Katsaros takes a step backwards and waves Lao back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Kung Lao has been cut.

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!

Katsaros feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lao sprawling to the canvas! Lao rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Katsaros finish him?!

Lao is rocked!
Katsaros dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lao. That did some damage!
Lao is still on wobbly legs! Can Katsaros finish him?
Lao tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lao seems to have recovered his senses.
Katsaros thuds a left hand into Lao's body.
Katsaros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lao has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Katsaros.
Katsaros thumps Lao with a low kick.
Katsaros takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lao throws a front kick aimed at Katsaros's knee but Katsaros avoids it well.
Lao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonidas Katsaros dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kung Lao's cut.
That's time! Katsaros's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Katsaros fails to land with a series of punches.
Katsaros with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Katsaros slips under a jab.
Lao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsaros moves away.
Lao throws a body kick that misses.
Lao checks a low kick from Katsaros.
Lao looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Katsaros lands a big head kick that sends Lao tumbling to the mat! Katsaros takes a step backwards and waves Lao back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lao takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lao lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsaros moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Katsaros drops Lao with a beautiful combination! Lao stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Katsaros is looking for the KO!
Katsaros is looking to wear down Lao with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsaros ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lao dips to his left and cracks Katsaros with an uppercut!
Katsaros digs a good hook to Lao's body.
Katsaros feints a jab promting Lao to slip. Katsaros then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lao slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Katsaros.
Lao throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Katsaros slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Katsaros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Katsaros.
Katsaros is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lao can do to turn this around?
Katsaros lands a head kick!
Katsaros slips a jab from Lao.
Lao's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lao swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Katsaros.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lao might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Katsaros has got the better of the exchanges.
Katsaros throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lao on the side of the head.
Katsaros misses with a wild combination.
Katsaros misses with a two punch combination.
Lao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lao scores with a hook.
Katsaros changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lao takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Katsaros!
Katsaros throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Katsaros misses.
Lao throws the left hand but Katsaros avoids the punch easily.
Lao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katsaros.
Lao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katsaros.
Lao misses with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsaros misses the body punch
enabling Lao to counter with a crisp jab.
Lao looks to score with a jab to the body but Katsaros is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonidas Katsaros showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Katsaros 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonidas Katsaros!
Leonidas Katsaros decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.