PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Katsumoto
vs
Price

170 cm
32
175 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

188 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takashi Katsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Price!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Katsumoto shoots in and gets a takedown into Price's guard.
Katsumoto trying to control but Price is working from the bottom.
Price manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Katsumoto manages to get himself to full guard.
Price throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Katsumoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Price stopping the sweep attempt from Katsumoto.

Katsumoto pushes Price off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Price tries to keep at a distance but Katsumoto has taken the fight into the clinch.

Katsumoto works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsumoto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Price's head.
Katsumoto wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.
Katsumoto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Katsumoto is working Price over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Katsumoto landing some decent shots from guard.
Katsumoto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Katsumoto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Price's guard.
Katsumoto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Katsumoto scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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!
Price gets full guard.
Katsumoto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Katsumoto postures up.
Katsumoto is working Price over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Katsumoto works over Price with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Katsumoto preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Katsumoto content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Katsumoto scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Katsumoto works over Price with some ground and pound from guard.
Katsumoto lands a couple of digs.

Price is rocked!
Katsumoto with a nice head shot there.
Price is still in real trouble! Can Katsumoto finish him?

Price throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Katsumoto loads up on a big left hand. Price felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Katsumoto looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Price can't hide his disappointment, as Katsumoto celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takashi Katsumoto!
Takashi Katsumoto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.