PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Katzin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Harland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Katzin
vs
Harland

175 cm
27
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

165 cm
21
152 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Machiavelli Boutique
Instinct

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan Katzin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zander Harland!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katzin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Katzin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Katzin throws a head kick but Harland moves out of range.
Katzin misses with a head kick.
Katzin throws a head kick but Harland moves out of range.

Harland shoots in and bounces Katzin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Katzin trying to keep a closed guard but Harland is proving a slippery customer.
Harland lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harland has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harland throwing strikes from guard but Katzin blocks nicely.
Katzin keeping moving, preventing Harland from controlling successfully.
Harland is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harland in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harland trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Katzin looking to control.
Harland content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Harland postures up and lands a big shot to Katzin's brow.
Katzin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harland on the ground.
Harland stays in close to Katzin's body and controls the position.
Harland lands a couple of elbows.
Katzin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harland postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Harland lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katzin looking to control.
Harland stands up over Katzin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Katzin wants to stand up but Harland is controlling him.
Harland lands a couple of elbows.
Harland's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harland trying to control but Katzin is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harland looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Harland throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Harland is working Katzin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harland throws a big elbow that misses.
Harland is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Harland distracts Katzin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Katzin has momentary wrist control but Harland slips an elbow through the middle.
Harland passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harland connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Katzin some visible discomfort.
Harland scoring with punches from side control.
Katzin is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Harland has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Katzin struggling a bit here.
Harland lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harland in side control, throwing shots but Katzin defends.
Harland scoring with punches and elbows.
Katzin takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Harland working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Katzin struggling a bit here.
Harland lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Katzin down.
Harland is chipping away with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harland is working Katzin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Harland landing strikes.
Katzin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Harland landing a few strikes.
Katzin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zander Harland dominated that round.
That's time! Katzin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Katzin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Harland has Katzin up against the cage in a clinch.
Harland keeps control of Katzin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Harland.
Katzin blocks an elbow strike.
Harland misses with an elbow strike.
Harland blocking some punches.
Harland has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Katzin working hard to break the clinch.
Harland misses with an elbow over the top.
Katzin looking to slow down the pace here.
Katzin working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harland lands an elbow inside that Katzin shrugs off.

It looks like Stefan Katzin has been cut.
Katzin wants to break free but Harland has control.
Katzin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harland stalling the fight.
Harland lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katzin tries to break the clinch but Harland is controlling the position.

Harland lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Katzin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Katzin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harland takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Harland digs a good body shot into Katzin's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katzin throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katzin.
Katzin throws a sloppy head kick and Harland moves out of range easily.

Harland gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harland is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice elbow from Harland.
Harland lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Katzin is trying to break the clinch but Harland has him pressed against the cage.
Katzin has had enough of the clinch but Harland keeps him there for the moment.
Harland is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katzin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Katzin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Katzin dodges an elbow strike from Harland.
Harland will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Katzin up against the cage.
Katzin is trying to push Harland away but Harland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Katzin tries to break free but Harland pushes him back against the cage.
Harland throws an elbow but it misses.
Harland struggles to land a body shot inside as Katzin controls his hands.
Harland lands an elbow that stopped Katzin in his tracks for a moment.
Katzin wants to get back to striking at distance but Harland won't allow it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Katzin's brow.

Harland turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Harland manages to end up in side control.
Harland lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harland postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Harland fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Harland working away.
Harland landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Katzin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Harland scores with punches from side control.
Katzin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harland connects with a decent elbow.

Stefan Katzin's cut is getting worse.
Harland cracks Katzin with a big right hand but Katzin just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Harland controls the position.
Harland working the ground and pound from side control.

Katzin is rocked!
Harland scoring with punches from side control.
Oh Katzin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Stefan Katzin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stefan Katzin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Zander Harland!
Zander Harland thanked the fans post fight for their support.