PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Musashi Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Slader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato comes into the arena with 神風 Musashi Kato is gyrating in front of the ring girls blaring out of the sound system. Slader has chosen Pantera - Walk as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kato
vs
Slader

188 cm
34
178 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

175 cm
29
185 lbs
20 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
GREEN!160

Bullet Proof System

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 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Musashi Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Slader!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slader lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kato's jab looks to have found its range, popping Slader under the eye.
Kato connects with a leg kick. Slader looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Slader swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Slader lands a nice looking body shot.
Kato throws a poor cross that misses
and Slader connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Musashi Kato has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Kato.
Kato takes a swing at Slader's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Slader misses.
Sloppy strikes from Kato. Those never looked like landing.
Slader throws out a counter right but Kato avoids it with no problem.
Kato gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kato fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And Slader responds with a good body kick, but Kato manages to step out the way in time.
Slader moves out of range as Kato strikes.
Slader scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kato fakes the leg kick and cracks Slader in the body.
Kato moves out of range of the leg kick from Slader.
Kato throws the left hand but Slader avoids the punch easily.
Slader ducks under a wild hook from Kato.
Slader tries to counter with a clinch but Kato shakes him off and moves away.
Crunch! Kato slams his shin into Slader's torso.
Slader thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kato appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato misses the shot to the body.
Slader takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kato throws a leg kick

and Slader counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Slader.
Kato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kato working aggressively here.
Slader swings wildly with an uppercut but Kato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by Slader.
Slader pushes Kato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Slader misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slader takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kato.
Slader misses with the head strike.
Kato stalling in the clinch but Slader improves position.
Kato tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Kato - that landed with a thud.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slader backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slader working aggressively here.
Slader tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slader.
A short right from Kato.
Slader presses Kato against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Slader lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Slader misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slader blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slader.

Kato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kato slips under a jab from Slader.
Kato throws a sloppy head kick and Slader moves out of range easily.
Kato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slader.
Slader moves out of range as Kato throws a body kick.
Slader on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Slader attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato tries to work over Slader's front leg with a kick but Slader checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Slader! But no joy.
Kato misses with a straight right.
Musashi Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Kato.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kato!
Slader cracks Kato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kato falls off balance throwing a combination
and Slader counters with a good low kick that Kato was not able to check.
Slader punishes Kato's body with a nice straight punch.
Slader takes a swing at Kato's ribcage but misses.
Kato throws a front kick that sends Slader stumbling back into the cage.
Kato throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Slader to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slader scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kato doesn't seem bothered though.
Slader dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Slader finds it's way through Kato's defenses.
Slader scores with a head kick.
Slader throws a body punch but Kato moves out of range.
Slader scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slader lands a jab to the nose.
Slader throws an overhand right that lands on Kato's shoulder, as Kato tries to avoid the shot.
Slader dips to his left and cracks Kato with an uppercut!
Kato misses with a hook
enabling Slader to counter with a crisp jab.
Kato scores with a one two! Slader had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Randy Slader has been cut.
Slader slips a jab from Kato.
Slader throws a right and a left that Kato avoids nicely.
Slader takes one to the side of the head.

Slader is rocked!
Slader keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Slader avoids the body shot from Kato.
Jab by Slader.
Slader swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Slader misses with a low kick.

Kato drops Slader with a beautiful combination! Slader stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kato is looking for the KO!
Slader is still on wobbly legs! Can Kato finish him?
Kato drops Slader with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kato follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Musashi Kato!
During a confident post fight interview, Musashi Kato thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.