PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boy Dagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Katsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dagan
vs
Katsuki

184 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boy Dagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sonny Katsuki!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsuki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Katsuki falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dagan counters with a one-two to the body.
Katsuki misses with a combination
and Dagan counters with a two punch combo.
Katsuki tries to clinch up.
Dagan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Boy Dagan has been cut.
Katsuki misses with a hook
and Dagan counters with a two punch combo.
Katsuki tries to clinch up.
Dagan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Katsuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dagan counters with a one-two to the body.

Katsuki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsuki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Katsuki landing knees to the body.
Dagan wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Dagan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dagan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dagan wants to break free but Katsuki has control.
A knee to the head by Katsuki.
Dagan working hard to break the clinch.
Katsuki has Dagan pressed against the cage, preventing Dagan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dagan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Katsuki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dagan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Katsuki.
Dagan is breathing heavily.
Katsuki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dagan takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Katsuki scores with a knee to the head.

Katsuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Katsuki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Katsuki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Katsuki drives through and clinches with Dagan against the cage.

Katsuki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Katsuki lands a high kick!
Sonny Katsuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katsuki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Katsuki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick from Katsuki lands but Dagan takes it in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Katsuki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Katsuki is looking to clinch but Dagan is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki swinging wildly here.

Katsuki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Katsuki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dagan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Katsuki breaks the clinch.

Katsuki gets a clinch.

Katsuki manages to break the clinch.

Katsuki moves into the clinch.
Dagan takes an elbow to the temple.

Katsuki breaks the clinch.
Katsuki connects with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Katsuki moves into the clinch.

Katsuki breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katsuki scores with a head kick. Dagan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Katsuki has closed the distance and engaged Dagan in a clinch.
Katsuki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Katsuki breaks the clinch.
Katsuki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dagan keeps the fight on the outside.

Katsuki clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Katsuki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boy Dagan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Katsuki scores with a nice strike.

A big head kick from Katsuki and Dagan is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Dagan is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Katsuki stands up and waves to Dagan to follow him.
Oh Dagan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Katsuki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Katsuki instigates a clinch.
Dagan seems to have got his legs back now.
Dagan tries to break free but Katsuki pushes him back against the cage.

Katsuki breaks from the clinch.
Katsuki wants to clinch.
Katsuki wants to clinch
and Dagan counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsuki tries a head kick but it misses.

Katsuki pushes Dagan up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Katsuki.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katsuki crunches a lovely knee into Dagan's ribcage.

Katsuki manages to break the clinch.

Katsuki closes the distance and pushes Dagan back into the cage.
Katsuki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Katsuki manages to break the clinch.

Katsuki gets a clinch.

Katsuki breaks the clinch.
Katsuki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dagan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dagan gets tackled into the cage by Katsuki. Katsuki maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Katsuki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Katsuki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Katsuki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Katsuki landing knees to the head.

Boy Dagan's cut is getting worse.

Katsuki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Katsuki lands a nice hook to Dagan's body. Dagan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Katsuki lands a head kick!

Katsuki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Katsuki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dagan's face.
Katsuki scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Katsuki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dagan keeps the fight on the outside.

Katsuki moves into the clinch successfully.
Katsuki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Katsuki lands a knee to the body.

Katsuki breaks from the clinch.
Dagan 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.
Katsuki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Katsuki lands a head kick!

Katsuki moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Katsuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Katsuki instigates a clinch.
Katsuki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Katsuki breaks from the clinch.

Katsuki moves into range and clinches up with Dagan.
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!
A knee to the head by Katsuki.
Dagan is looking to break free of the clinch but Katsuki has double underhooks.

Katsuki breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsuki connects with a leg kick. Dagan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boy Dagan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Katsuki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Katsuki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Boy Dagan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A chopping leg kick lands by Katsuki.

Katsuki forces Dagan back against the cage and clinches.
Dagan has had enough of the clinch but Katsuki keeps him there for the moment.

Katsuki breaks from the clinch.
Katsuki is looking to clinch.
Katsuki throws a combination that misses
and Dagan counters with a series of strikes. Katsuki will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Katsuki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slapping leg kick lands for Katsuki.

Katsuki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dagan, pushing him back against the cage.
Dagan wants to get back to striking at distance but Katsuki won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dagan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Katsuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katsuki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dagan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Katsuki.
Katsuki throws a series of punches but Dagan avoids them all with ease.
Katsuki wants to clinch up but Dagan keeps it at a distance.
Katsuki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dagan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Katsuki tries to clinch up.
Katsuki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Katsuki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki wants to clinch up but Dagan keeps it at a distance.
Katsuki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dagan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Katsuki tries to clinch up.

Katsuki moves into the clinch.
Dagan takes a knee right on the jaw!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Katsuki in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Katsuki manages to break the clinch.
Katsuki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dagan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Katsuki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dagan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Katsuki closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dagan takes an elbow to the forehead.

Katsuki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Katsuki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Katsuki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dagan's head.
Katsuki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Katsuki fails in his attempt to clinch.

Katsuki moves into range and clinches up with Dagan.
Sonny Katsuki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dagan is trying to push Katsuki away but Katsuki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Katsuki.
Katsuki lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katsuki lands an elbow inside that Dagan shrugs off.

Katsuki breaks from the clinch.
Katsuki misses with an uppercut
and Dagan counters with a left and a right that stings Katsuki.

Katsuki clinches.
Katsuki lands a knee to the head.
Dagan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dagan wants to get back to striking at distance but Katsuki won't allow it.

Katsuki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Katsuki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Katsuki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Katsuki crunches a lovely knee into Dagan's ribcage.
Boy Dagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sonny Katsuki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dagan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sonny Katsuki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Katsuki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sonny Katsuki!
Sonny Katsuki was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.