PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

West
vs
Kato

180 cm
35
166 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

176 cm
31
167 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenji Kato!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West connects with the punch.
Kato looks to throw the jab but West is out of range.
West scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kato misses with a jab, cross combination.
West lands a body shot.
Kato scores with a jab to the body.
Kato slips a jab and a cross from West.
Kenji Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kato throws a jab when West was well out of range.
Nice shot by Kato.
West lands with an uppercut that bounces Kato off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

West is rocked!
West lands a nice looking body shot.
Oh West is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kato throws out a leg kick but West moves out of range and Kato only half commits.
West is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kato.
West ducks under a wild hook from Kato.
Kato scores with a shot to the body.
West misses with a body shot.
West lands a high kick!
West looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kato lands a really nice looking cross but West seems unphased.

Kato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kato scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kato misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a hook to the ribs.
West pushes Kato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
West blocks an uppercut.
Kato lands a nice uppercut.
Kato lands with a right to the head.
Kato displaying some good clinch control by pressing West up against the cage.

Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
West blocks a jab.
Kato throws a hook but West avoids it easily.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West backing away here, and Kato unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kato throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot lands for West.
West slips under a jab from Kato.
Kato throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily.
West seems to have got his legs back now.
A big right from West misses.
West ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big left from Kato misses.
Kato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. West checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West scores with a jab. Kato acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a wild body shot.
Kato raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Good shot there by West.
West throws a lazy body kick
and Kato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
West moves away from the strike by Kato.
That kick from Kato tenderised West's leg. West is trying to keep his angry face on.
West 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.
Kato misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.
West blocks a jab.
West keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
West slips under a jab from Kato.
West has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from West there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from West misses the target.
Kato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from West finds it's way round the side to connect with Kato's head.
West is looking to chop away at Kato's legs.
Kato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
West tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kato manages to circle out of the way.
Kato throws an overhand right that lands on West's shoulder, as West tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato blocks a head kick by West.
West takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Kato closes the distance and pushes West back into the cage.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kato's defenses.
A short body shot lands from Kato as the two fighters clinch.
West works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kato is trying to maintain a safe position but West gets an underhook and turns Kato into the cage.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
West blocks an uppercut.
Kato throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Kato blocks with his arms.
Kato blocks a body shot from West.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kato stalling in the clinch.
Kato lands with a left to the head.

Kato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
West slips a straight right by Kato.

West gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of West backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kato.
A short right from Kato.
Kato cracks West with a nice body shot.

Kato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kato lands a big uppercut and West crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but West looks OK. Kato waves West back to his feet!
West throws a jab when Kato was well out of range.
Kato drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of West's head, knocking him out cold! Kato is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kenji Kato!
Our winner, Kenji Kato, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.