PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hettie Kate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Choi Siwon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kate's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Peanuts Theme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kate
vs
Siwon

172 cm
31
160 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

179 cm
30
165 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hettie Kate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Choi Siwon!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kate throws a head kick that misses.

Kate moves into the clinch successfully.
Kate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siwon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Siwon avoids it.
Siwon looking for a takedown.
Siwon blocks an elbow strike from Kate.
Kate lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kate.
Kate has Siwon pushed against the cage.
Kate lands an elbow inside.
Siwon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kate throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Kate - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kate gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kate lands an elbow inside.
Siwon being controlled against the cage.
Kate connects with a knee to the head.
Kate taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hettie Kate.
Siwon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kate's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siwon swats away the attempt to clinch by Kate.
Kate throws a nice looking combination but Siwon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Siwon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kate is looking to clinch.
Siwon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Siwon tries to keep at a distance but Kate has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kate throws an elbow but it misses.
Siwon is trying to pull guard but Kate turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Siwon avoids a wild elbow strike from Kate.
Siwon managing to block the knees to the body from Kate.
Kate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate throws an elbow that misses.
Siwon tries to score a body lock takedown but Kate shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hettie Kate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Choi Siwon.
Kate lands an uppercut.
Kate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kate misses with a knee strike.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kate looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kate lands an elbow that stopped Siwon in his tracks for a moment.
Kate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Siwon's face.
A hook to the body from Kate.
Kate prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Siwon looks winded!
Kate throws a head punch that misses.
Kate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Siwon's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kate works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kate with a knee to the head.
Kate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siwon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siwon tries to pull guard but Kate forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Siwon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kate walks away with a smile on his face. Siwon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hettie Kate dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Siwon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kate throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kate throws a right hand that misses
and Siwon counters with a three punch combo that has Kate backing up. Kate nods at Siwon to acknowledge the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Kate.
Kate scores with a spinning back kick!
Kate lands a front kick.
Siwon thows a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Siwon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Siwon lands with a shot to the body.
Siwon takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Siwon tries to keep at a distance but Kate has taken the fight into the clinch.
Siwon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kate pushes off an throws an elbow but Siwon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siwon backwards.
Kate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siwon.
Kate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kate lands a knee to the body.
Kate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kate is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siwon blocks an elbow strike from Kate.
Siwon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kate smiles and moves away.
Siwon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Siwon misses the target.

Kate closes the distance and clinches.
Kate tries to land a knee to the head but Siwon blocks with his arms.
Kate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siwon takes an elbow to the temple.
Kate crunches a lovely knee into Siwon's ribcage.
Hettie Kate has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Siwon is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kate to keep the fight standing.
Hettie Kate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Choi Siwon.
Kate struggles to land a body shot inside as Siwon controls his hands.
Siwon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Siwon is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Kate.
Kate has a couple of punches blocked by Siwon.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Siwon wants a takedown.
Kate misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Kate.
Kate digs a right hand into Siwon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Siwon's gas tank.
Siwon tries for a takedown but Kate manages to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate has a couple of punches blocked by Siwon.
Siwon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Siwon can do to turn this around?
Kate lands an elbow inside that Siwon shrugs off.
Kate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kate lands an elbow just above Siwon 's eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Siwon avoids the elbow strike from Kate, against the cage.
Siwon managing to block the knees to the body from Kate.
Kate working Siwon over with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kate taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hettie Kate dominated that second round.
That's time! Kate's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kate scores with a one two! Siwon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kate misses with a two punch combination.
Siwon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kate scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kate throws a leg kick which misses Siwon's front leg but catches the back leg as Siwon tries to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kate.
Kate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Siwon misses with a straight right.
Kate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kate.
Kate scores with a kick to the body.
Kate connects with a high kick.
Hettie Kate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Siwon circles away quickly and effectively.
Kate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kate turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kate throws a head kick that misses.
Kate throws a head kick but Siwon moves out of range.
Siwon throws a shot from downtown. Kate moves away and avoids it.
Kate throws the kick towards the body but Siwon avoids it.
Kate lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Kate 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Siwon throws a series of punches but Kate moves out of range.
Hettie Kate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kate throws a sloppy head kick and Siwon moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Siwon. Those never looked like landing.
Siwon avoids the head kick by Kate.
Siwon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Siwon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kate lands with a slapping head kick.
Kate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Siwon.
Kate misses with a head kick.
Kate bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Siwon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate tries to land a front kick but Siwon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Siwon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kate connects with a solid leg kick.
Kate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Siwon manages to avoid it.
Kate lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kate.
Kate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kate swings widly with a right hand
and Siwon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Siwon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siwon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kate.
Kate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kate misses with a head kick.
Kate throws a head kick that misses.
Kate misses with a body kick.
Choi Siwon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kate throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kate misses with a jab, cross combination.
Siwon blocks a head kick by Kate.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kate throws a head kick that misses.
Kate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siwon.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hettie Kate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kate 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hettie Kate!
During a confident post fight interview, Hettie Kate thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.