PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ola Afolabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato comes to the cage accompanied by STILL BALLIN. Sun Kato has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kato
vs
Afolabi

187 cm
38
220 lbs
33 - 11 - 0

191 cm
34
220 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sun Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ola Afolabi!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Afolabi.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sun Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Afolabi moves to clinch but Kato breaks away
and Kato counters with a left to the body.
Afolabi looks to clinch
and Kato counters with a thumping low kick.
Kato throws a push kick but Afolabi slaps the foot to one side.
Kato misses with a kick to the body
and Afolabi counters with an outside leg kick.
Kato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Afolabi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Afolabi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kato.
Kato's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kato duly obliges.
Kato swats away the attempt to clinch by Afolabi.
Afolabi wants to clinch
and Kato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato swats away the attempt to clinch by Afolabi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Afolabi's head backwards.
Afolabi moves out of range of the strikes.
Afolabi closes the distance but Kato moves to the side
and Kato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A clash of legs there as Afolabi blocks the low kick.
Kato misses with a leg kick
and Afolabi counters with a two punch combo.
A big left from Kato misses.
Afolabi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kato swings away with a body shot that misses
and Afolabi counters with a big head kick but Kato shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Afolabi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Afolabi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kato throws an overhand right that lands on Afolabi's shoulder, as Afolabi tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi misses with a body kick.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Afolabi's sensitive parts.
Kato digs a good hook to Afolabi's body.
Afolabi tries to clinch there but Kato circles away.
Kato throws a body punch but Afolabi moves out of range.
Kato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Afolabi moves out of range as Kato throws a body kick.
A head kick by Afolabi misses
letting Kato counter with a right hand.
Kato jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kato scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Ola Afolabi has been cut.
The fighters circling - Kato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Afolabi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Kato to counter with a crisp jab.
Afolabi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kato tries a low kick but Afolabi avoids it.
Kato is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Kato throws a lazy right hand but Afolabi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Afolabi drives through and clinches with Kato against the cage.
Kato struggles to land a body shot inside as Afolabi controls his hands.
Kato gets through Afolabi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Afolabi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Afolabi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kato is trying to push Afolabi away but Afolabi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Afolabi misses with a knee to the head.
Afolabi is looking to control Kato's arms but Kato gets an underhook and turns him. Now Afolabi has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi prevents a body shot from Kato.
Kato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Afolabi lands a nice elbow.
Afolabi is looking to control Kato's arms but Kato gets an underhook and turns him. Now Afolabi has his back to the cage.
Afolabi tries a body shot but Kato blocks it.
Afolabi looking to slow down the pace here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kato can't find room to land a body shot as Afolabi controls the action.
Kato misses with a punch on the inside.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by Afolabi.
Kato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Afolabi.
Afolabi tries to throw a body punch but Kato avoids it by throwing Afolabi back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kato misses with a punch to the body.
Kato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Afolabi or not.
Kato throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Afolabi blocks it with crossed arms.
Kato throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ola Afolabi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kato avoids the head kick by Afolabi.
Kato tries to clinch but Afolabi is having none of it.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Afolabi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ola Afolabi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A bone on bone clash there as Afolabi blocks the leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Afolabi. Those never looked like landing.
Afolabi wants to clinch up but Kato keeps it at a distance.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
Kato catches Afolabi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Afolabi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Afolabi moves in looking to clinch but Kato pushes him off.
Afolabi tries to clinch up but Kato circles away and keeps his distance.
Sun Kato is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato looks to land a right hand but Afolabi moved out of range.
Afolabi wants to clinch up but Kato keeps it at a distance.
Kato tries to close the distance and clinch but Afolabi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Afolabi checks a leg kick.
Kato punishes Afolabi's body with a nice straight punch.
Kato swats away the attempt to clinch by Afolabi.

Kato pushes Afolabi up against the cage in a clinch.
Kato tries a body shot but Afolabi blocks it.
Kato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Afolabi closes the distance and pushes Kato back into the cage.
Kato lands a hook that snaps the head of Afolabi backwards.
Afolabi misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Afolabi's elbow.
Afolabi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Afolabi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Afolabi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kato avoids it.
Afolabi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kato up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kato fails to land.
Kato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Kato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Afolabi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kato pushes Afolabi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Afolabi has him pressed against the cage.
Afolabi prevents a body shot from Kato.
Kato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Afolabi cracks Kato with a nice body shot.
Afolabi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Afolabi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kato - that landed with a thud.
Afolabi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Afolabi is keeping busy.
Kato managing to block the knees to the body from Afolabi.
Kato lands a nice shot to the body.
Kato avoiding damage as Afolabi throws knees to the body.
Afolabi takes a shot to the head.
Kato dodges an elbow strike from Afolabi.
Afolabi prevents a body shot from Kato.
Afolabi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by Afolabi.
Kato taking a breather.

Kato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kato throws a head kick but Afolabi moves out of range.
Kato scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Afolabi doesn't manage to clinch there - Kato circles away.
Kato rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Afolabi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Afolabi tries to close the distance and clinch but Kato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice straight punches there by Kato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kato.
Kato misses with a right hand
and Afolabi counters with a thumping low kick.
Afolabi moves to clinch but Kato breaks away
and Kato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kato has Afolabi up against the cage in a clinch.
Afolabi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Kato scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ola Afolabi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Afolabi tries to close the distance and clinch but Kato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Afolabi avoids the body shot from Kato.
Kato scores with a nice head shot.
Afolabi scores with a leg kick.
Afolabi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kato.
Kato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Afolabi.
Kato keeps the fight on the outside.
Kato connects with an inside leg kick.
Crunch! Kato slams his shin into Afolabi's torso.

Afolabi moves into range and clinches up with Kato.
Afolabi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Afolabi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato takes a swing at Afolabi's ribcage but misses.
Afolabi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kato works the jab nicely.
Kato throws a head kick that misses.
Kato throws out a leg kick but Afolabi moves out of range and Kato only half commits.
Afolabi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kato.
Kato tries to close the distance and clinch but Afolabi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Afolabi tries to clinch up but Kato circles away and keeps his distance.
Kato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Afolabi tries to clinch but Kato moves away
and Kato counters with a right hand to the body.
Kato rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Afolabi counters with a left and a right that stings Kato.
Afolabi darts in trying to clinch
and Kato makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato misses with a kick to the body.
Afolabi tries to clinch but Kato moves away
and Kato counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato misses with a body kick.
Kato swats away the attempt to clinch by Afolabi.
Kato throws a body punch but Afolabi moves out of range.
Afolabi tries to clinch there but Kato circles away.
Kato throws a big shot that misses.
Afolabi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kato.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Afolabi down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Afolabi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kato tries to land a leg kick but Afolabi saw it coming and moves away.
Kato throws the left hand but Afolabi avoids the punch easily.
Afolabi tries to bum rush Kato with a series of wild strikes but Kato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kato keeps the fight on the outside.
Kato throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Afolabi's head.
Afolabi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kato counters with a nice uppercut.
Ola Afolabi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kato tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Afolabi counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Afolabi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kato counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kato punishes Afolabi's body with a nice straight punch.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Afolabi's calf.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato throws the left hand but Afolabi avoids the punch easily.
Sun Kato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Afolabi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Afolabi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kato counters with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Kato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kato 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Kato!
A victorious Sun Kato thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Ola Afolabi spoke after the fight, saying 'Win lose or draw. I always come prepare to fight. I'll be back better, stronger and more prepared'.