PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Porrieste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Katarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Porrieste has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Porrieste
vs
Katarn

195 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
23
189 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Greg Porrieste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Katarn!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katarn wants to clinch.
Katarn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Porrieste's waist but Porrieste gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Katarn off to one side.

Katarn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Porrieste wants a takedown.
Katarn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Katarn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Porrieste stops a takedown attempt from Katarn.
Porrieste wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Katarn has him pressed against the cage.
Porrieste is breathing heavily.
Katarn scores with a hook to the body.

Katarn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katarn wants to clinch up but Porrieste keeps it at a distance.
Katarn tries to clinch there but Porrieste circles away.

Katarn gets the takedown into side control.
Katarn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Porrieste down.
Check out the look on Katarn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katarn working the head with strikes.
Katarn lands an elbow.

Porrieste is rocked!

It looks like Greg Porrieste has been cut.
Katarn scoring with punches from side control.
Oh Porrieste is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarn in side control, throwing shots but Porrieste defends.
Porrieste seems to have got his legs back now.
Katarn scores with a couple of short elbows.
Katarn grinds an elbow into Porrieste's temple.
Katarn scores with punches from side control.

Greg Porrieste's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Katarn in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Porrieste looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Katarn turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Katarn!