PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Katsaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsaros kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 卍卍卍. The crowd seem to be enjoying Christianson's choice of entrance music: Like a Boss. 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.

Katsaros
vs
Christianson

193 cm
26
218 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

189 cm
26
214 lbs
12 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

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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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonidas Katsaros!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabe Christianson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christianson throws the left hand but Katsaros avoids the punch easily.
Christianson tries a low kick but Katsaros avoids it.
Christianson fails with the takedown.
Katsaros with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Christianson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Christianson throws out a powerful jab.
Katsaros lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Katsaros displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christianson throws out the jab.
Katsaros lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsaros moves forwards but Christianson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Christianson throws a leg kick
and Katsaros counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christianson slips a straight right by Katsaros.
Christianson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katsaros.
Katsaros bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Christianson's head backwards.
Christianson throws the kick towards the body but Katsaros avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Katsaros.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katsaros throws a leg kick which misses Christianson's front leg but catches the back leg as Christianson tries to avoid it.
Christianson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gabe Christianson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Christianson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Katsaros chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christianson throws a leg kick
and Katsaros counters with a solid body kick.
Christianson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Katsaros as he jumps to the side.
Katsaros pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Christianson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christianson thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christianson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Katsaros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christianson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Katsaros looks for the body kick but Christianson saw that one coming.
Christianson throws a leg kick
and Katsaros counters with a nice uppercut.
Katsaros shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Katsaros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice body kick there by Katsaros.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christianson misses with an uppercut
and Christianson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christianson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Christianson looks winded!
Christianson throws an off balance right hand
and Katsaros counters with a left to the body.
Leonidas Katsaros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Katsaros lands a nice looking body shot.
Katsaros throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christianson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Katsaros ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Katsaros scores with a push kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christianson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Katsaros staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonidas Katsaros dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Christianson misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Christianson.
Christianson lands a head shot.
Katsaros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christianson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Katsaros thuds a left hand into Christianson's body.
Christianson scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsaros looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Katsaros throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Christianson counters with a stiff right hand.
Christianson is breathing heavily.
Christianson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christianson 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.
Katsaros swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Christianson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Katsaros looks to score with a jab to the body but Christianson is just out of range.
Katsaros thuds a left hand into Christianson's body.
Christianson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsaros moves away.
Christianson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Katsaros can pounce on him.
Katsaros throws a head kick but Christianson moves out of range.
Katsaros is looking to wear down Christianson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros lands a jab to the head.
Christianson fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christianson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Katsaros batters Christianson with a massive right followed by a huge left! Christianson is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Katsaros lands a final crushing right hand to drop Christianson to the mat with a gruesome thud! Katsaros is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leonidas Katsaros!
Leonidas Katsaros retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Leonidas Katsaros, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.