PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Katasonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katasonov comes to the cage accompanied by In Extremo - Wind. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rios's choice of entrance music: Insane in the Membrane. This should be fireworks!

Katasonov
vs
Rios

175 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

161 cm
23
147 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pavel Katasonov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Rios!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios tries to bum rush Katasonov with a series of wild strikes but Katasonov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Katasonov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rios throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Katasonov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Katasonov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rios at a distance.
Katasonov punishes Rios's body with a nice straight punch.
Rios looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katasonov lands a with a good body shot.

Rios gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Katasonov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Katasonov slips nicely into half guard.
Katasonov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rios keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katasonov controlling the action here.

Katasonov looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Katasonov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rios doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Katasonov.
Katasonov is thwarting Rios's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Katasonov moves nicely into side control.
Rios is not content to let Katasonov control the position.
Katasonov staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Katasonov trying to control the action but Rios is working from the bottom.
Katasonov tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Katasonov trying to control the action but Rios is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rios wants to get back to his feet.
Katasonov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rios keeps working.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Pavel Katasonov just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rios takes one to the side of the head.
Katasonov misses with a takedown attempt - Rios sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rios motions for Katasonov to come forward. Rios throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Katasonov cracks a nice hook into Rios's ribs.
Katasonov scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Katasonov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Katasonov lands with a right that hurts Rios. Rios looks to clinch but Katasonov throws a short knee that drops Rios. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Pavel Katasonov!
Pavel Katasonov retains his lightweight title!