PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Musashi Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jima Jamm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato comes to the cage accompanied by 神風. 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.

Kato
vs
Jamm

188 cm
27
190 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

179 cm
27
198 lbs
17 - 3 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Musashi Kato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jima Jamm!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Kato.
Kato throws a leg kick
and Jamm counters with a thumping low kick.

Kato darts in and clinches Jamm up against the cage.
Jamm wants to break free but Kato has control.
Kato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Kato fails to land.
Kato pushes Jamm back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jamm's elbow.
Jamm can't break the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Kato has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Kato lands a nice uppercut.
Jamm is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kato is defending well for now.
Kato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jamm backwards.
Kato misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jamm.
Kato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Kato.
Kato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jamm crunches a lovely knee into Kato's ribcage.
Jamm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamm struggles to land a body shot inside as Kato controls his hands.
Jamm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Kato.
Kato tries a body shot but Jamm blocks it.
Kato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kato avoiding damage as Jamm throws knees to the body.
Jamm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jamm misses with a knee to the head.
Jamm is trying to break free.
Jamm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kato.
Jamm tries to land knees in the clinch but Kato avoids the damage to the body.
Jamm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jamm pushes Kato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Musashi Kato has been cut.
Kato working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Jamm.
A short body shot lands from Kato as the two fighters clinch.
Jamm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kato.
Kato is working Jamm over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jamm throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kato blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jamm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kato swings wildly with an uppercut but Jamm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kato working aggressively here.
Kato scores with a shoulder strike.
Jamm misses with a knee to the head.
Kato blocking some punches.
Jamm has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kato seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jamm can turn it around.
Kato misses with some punches.
Jamm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kato avoiding damage as Jamm throws knees to the body.
Kato working aggressively here.
Jamm blocking some punches.
Jamm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kato's elbow.
Jamm blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kato.
Kato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jamm is trying to force a seperation but Kato has the dominant position.
Kato works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jamm has a couple of punches blocked by Kato.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jamm manages to break the clinch.
Kato misses the shot to the body.
Kato works Jamm's body with a nice hook.
Jamm takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Musashi Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jamm blocks a head kick by Kato.
Kato looks to throw the jab but Jamm is out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kato prevents a body shot from Jamm.
Kato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kato on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jamm with a knee to the head.
Kato misses with a punch on the inside.
Jamm struggles to land a body shot inside as Kato controls his hands.
Kato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamm gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jamm turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jamm rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Kato counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jamm tries to work over Kato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jamm backwards.
Kato blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Kato fails to land.
Kato throws a head punch that misses.
Kato blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kato.
Jamm misses with a knee strike.
Jamm throws a head punch that misses.
Kato blocking some punches.
Jamm scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Musashi Kato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato'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.

Jamm scores with a jab.
Jamm gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kato wants to slow Jamm down by chopping away at his legs.
Kato looks to score with a jab to the body but Jamm is just out of range.
Nice shot by Jamm.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kato shoots for a takedown but Jamm saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jamm goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kato connects with a right hand. Jamm shakes it off.
Donk. Kato catches Jamm right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jamm takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jamm checks the leg kick.
Jamm throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kato.
Jamm defending well as Kato loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kato misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jamm counters with a low kick, right behind Kato 's knee.
Kato scores with a hook.
Jamm wants to clinch up but Kato keeps it at a distance.
Musashi Kato is winning the standup battle so far.
Jamm missing with a left hand there. Kato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kato takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jamm.
Kato throws a low kick but Jamm avoids it.
Jamm throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kato lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jamm backs up against the cage.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a nice looking combination but Jamm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kato scores with a sloppy right hand. Jamm should have avoided that one.
Jamm thows a body kick. Kato tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jamm is looking to clinch but Kato is avoiding it.
Jamm throws a hook to the side of Kato's head but Kato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kato scores with a hook.
Jamm throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Kato counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kato on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jamm lands a left hand.
Jamm lands a knee to the body.
Jamm blocking some punches.
Kato pushes Jamm back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jamm using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato has Jamm pressed against the cage, preventing Jamm from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jamm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A knee to the head by Jamm.
Jamm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jamm prevents a body shot from Kato.
Jamm is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kato is defending well for now.
Jamm crunches a lovely knee into Kato's ribcage.
Kato working aggressively here.
Jamm misses with some punches.
Jamm blocks an uppercut.
Jamm looking to throw knees to the head but Kato is blocking nicely.
Kato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kato lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Kato.
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!
Jamm lands a body punch.
Jamm lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body punch from Jamm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kato creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jamm.
Kato is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jamm blocking some punches.
Kato misses with the head strike.
Kato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kato misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jamm.
Jamm tries to circle away but Kato has him pinned against the cage.
Kato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jamm pushes off an throws an elbow but Kato leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jamm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kato avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato misses with the head strike.

Jamm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jamm takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kato defending well as Jamm loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jima Jamm will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jamm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kato.
Jamm takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jamm lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kato ducks right into an uppercut from Jamm.

Kato takes the fight into the clinch.
Jima Jamm seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kato misses with some punches.
Kato leaning against his opponent.
Kato misses with some punches.
Kato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jamm blocks a body shot from Kato.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jamm.
Kato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jamm pushes Kato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kato misses with a short punch on the inside.

Jamm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jamm feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kato's calf.
Jamm throws a shot from downtown. Kato moves away and avoids it.
Jamm sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jamm wants to clinch but Kato slips to the side

and Kato holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jamm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kato scores with a shoulder strike.

Jamm manages to break the clinch.
Kato is looking to clinch.
Kato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kato lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jamm backs up against the cage.
Kato lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato misses with a kick to the body.
Kato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kato throws a hook but Jamm blocks it.
Kato throws a leg kick
and Jamm counters with a stiff right hand.
Jamm takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Jamm is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kato.
Jamm moves out of range of the body kick.
Kato misses with a low kick.
Kato thumps Jamm with a low kick.
Kato throws a body kick that misses.
Jamm throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamm swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kato moves into the clinch.
Kato tries a body shot but Jamm blocks it.

Jamm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jamm tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jamm lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kato's sensitive parts.
Kato lands with a straight right. Jamm didn't see that one coming.
Jamm misses with a body kick.
Jamm misses with a leg kick.
Kato throws a body kick that misses.
Kato connects with the punch.
Jamm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kato throws out the jab.
Kato jabs Jamm right on the nose. Jamm blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kato shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kato misses the jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamm looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jamm with a nice cross.
Kato is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jamm throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kato stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jamm throws a low kick, looking for Kato's leg but Kato calmly moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kato works Jamm's body with a nice hook.
Kato looks to land a combination but Jamm avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Musashi Kato clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jamm slips under a jab from Kato.
Kato misses with a wild body shot.
Jamm tries to clinch up but Kato circles away and keeps his distance.
Kato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jamm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kato moves in looking to clinch but Jamm pushes him off.
Kato scores with a decent looking hook.
Kato tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Jamm has closed the distance and engaged Kato in a clinch.
Kato wants to stall.
Jamm misses with a punch to the body.
Kato tries a body shot but Jamm blocks it.
Jamm misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jamm is trying to push Kato away but Kato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kato can't find room to land a body shot as Jamm controls the action.
Jamm using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jamm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kato will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jamm up against the cage.
Kato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Jamm.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jamm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kato or not.

Jamm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jamm drives through and clinches with Kato against the cage.
Jamm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kato lands a left hand.
Jamm gets through Kato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kato has Jamm pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamm struggles to land a body shot inside as Kato controls his hands.
Jamm using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jamm misses with a knee to the head.
Jamm lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Jamm.
Jamm blocking some punches.

Jamm breaks from the clinch.
Kato lands with a slapping head kick.
Kato stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jamm.
Jamm moves in looking to clinch but Kato pushes him off.
Jamm connects with an inside leg kick.
Kato is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kato blocks the body kick.
Kato checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jamm gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kato.
Kato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jamm throws a hook but Kato avoids it easily.
Jamm pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kato misses with a double jab.
Kato thows a body shot but no joy.
Kato missing with a left hand there. Jamm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kato connects with a looping right hand.
Jamm thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a body punch but Jamm moves out of range.
Kato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jamm lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jamm throws a low kick but Kato moves out of range easily.
A lazy body kick from Kato
and Jamm counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kato slips under a jab from Jamm.
Jamm connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Musashi Kato's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kato fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jamm looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jamm takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jima Jamm dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Musashi Kato's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A punch lands to the side of Jamm 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kato throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kato scores with a body shot.
Jamm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Jamm misses its intended target.
Jamm throws out a leg kick but Kato moves out of range and Jamm only half commits.
Kato tries to clinch but Jamm is having none of it.
Jamm is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kato.
Jamm wants to land a leg kick but Kato is out of range.
Kato scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamm pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kato cracks Jamm with a good jab.
Jamm blocks a head kick by Kato.
Kato misses with a looping left.
Kato scores with a hook to the body. Jamm takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kato takes a swing at Jamm's ribcage but misses.
Kato avoids the head kick by Jamm.
Jamm on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jamm. Jamm circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kato blocks a jab.
Kato swings for the body but Jamm moves out of range.
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!
Kato throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kato throws a front kick aimed at Jamm's knee but Jamm avoids it well.
Kato misses with a hook. Jamm ducked under it nicely.
Jamm takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jamm walks into a stiff left hand from Kato.
Jamm thuds his right hand into Kato's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kato digs a good body shot into Jamm's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jamm manages to avoid it.
Kato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jamm moves away.
Kato connects with an inside leg kick.
Jamm throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kato misses with a hook to the body
and Jamm counters with a body kick that stops Kato in his tracks momentarily.
Kato misses with a shot to the body
and Jamm counters with a big head kick but Kato shrugs it off.
Kato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Jamm tries to clinch but Kato is having none of it.
Kato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jamm checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamm on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kato throws a leg kick but Jamm checks it.
Kato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jamm moves out of range of the body kick from Kato.
No luck for Kato with that takedown attempt.
Jamm misses with a body shot.
Jamm has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kato misses with a looping right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jamm connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jamm.
Jamm throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kato.

And that's the end of the fight!
Musashi Kato showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kato has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 48:47
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 48:47
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Musashi Kato!
Musashi Kato is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Musashi Kato thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.