PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Saint Louis Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel Nouveaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint Louis Kato looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Louis Kato
vs
Nouveaux

175 cm
26
166 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

10th World Order

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Saint Louis Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nigel Nouveaux!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nouveaux circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nouveaux counters with a leg kick.

Kato has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nouveaux blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nouveaux scores a nice knee to the body.
Kato is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nouveaux.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nouveaux.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nouveaux connects with a knee to the head.
Nouveaux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Our sources have told us that Kato has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Nouveaux taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nouveaux lands a nice knee to the body.
Nouveaux lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nouveaux lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nouveaux stalling the fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nouveaux.
Nouveaux avoids a wild elbow strike from Kato.
Nouveaux struggles to land a body shot inside as Kato controls his hands.
Nouveaux avoiding damage as Kato throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nouveaux is trying to stall.
Kato throws an elbow that misses.
Nouveaux cracks Kato with a nice body shot.
Nouveaux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kato's elbow.
Nouveaux tries a body shot but Kato blocks it.

Nouveaux's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kato wants to clinch
and Nouveaux counters with a three punch combo that has Kato backing up. Kato nods at Nouveaux to acknowledge the strikes.
Kato tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nouveaux counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Saint Louis Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nouveaux lands a right hook to the body.
Kato on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nouveaux. Nouveaux obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Nouveaux.
Kato on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nouveaux throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Nouveaux lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kato doesn't seem phased though.

Nouveaux clips Kato with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Kato a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

Kato is rocked!
Kato walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Kato is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nigel Nouveaux!
A victorious Nigel Nouveaux thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.