PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Katana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and English Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Katana
vs
Bull

160 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Nordic Battle Gear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Katana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, English Bull!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katana lands with a cross.

It looks like English Bull has been cut.
Bull looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Katana scores with a body shot.

Katana moves into the clinch successfully.
Katana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bull is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Katana gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Katana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Katana tries to break the clinch but Bull is controlling the position.
Bull wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Katana has him pressed against the cage.
Bull wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Katana has him pressed against the cage.
Katana blocking some punches.

Katana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bull takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Katana moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull keeps control of Katana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Katana tries to break the clinch but Bull is controlling the position.

Katana manages to break the clinch.
Katana lands a with a good body shot.
Katana scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bull takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Katana closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Katana misses with a wild combination.
Katana connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana lands with a nice combination. Bull backs away looking to recover.
Katana lands an overhand right.
Katana with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Katana lands a nice looking body shot.
Bull takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Katana dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bull shoots in and drives through. Katana sprawls well.
Katana lands with a nice body punch.
Bull tries to clinch
and Katana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Katana lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Katana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Katana throws a right and a left that Bull avoids nicely.
Katana lands a head shot.

Katana drives through and clinches with Bull against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull prevents Katana from breaking the clinch.
Katana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Katana breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bull keeps control of Katana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Katana is trying to break free.

Katana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Katana throws a series of punches but Bull moves out of range.
Katana jabs Bull right on the nose. Bull blinks but takes it well.

Katana clinches up with Bull and pushes him back against the cage.

Katana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katana lands a nice looking body shot.
James Katana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Katana throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Katana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Katana moves into range and clinches up with Bull.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull tries to work over Katana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Katana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katana lands with a nice body punch.
Katana scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Katana fails to land with a series of punches.
Bull takes one to the chin there.
Katana lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bull shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Katana fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bull, pushing him back against the cage.

Katana breaks from the clinch.
Bull avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bull fails with the takedown
and Bull takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James Katana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of English Bull.
Bull swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Katana counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katana prevents Bull from breaking the clinch.
Bull wants a takedown but no success here.

Katana breaks the clinch.
A nice combination there by Katana.
Bull misses with a takedown attempt
and Katana counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bull shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Katana but Katana pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Katana misses with the combination.
Bull fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Katana closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katana is trying to break free.
Katana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Katana prevents the takedown attempt.
Bull is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Katana gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Katana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on English Bull's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Katana moves into the clinch successfully.
Katana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bull can do to turn this around?
Katana can't break the clinch.
Bull wants to get back to striking at distance but Katana won't allow it.
Katana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bull trying to stall but Katana improves his position.
Bull keeps control of Katana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bull has a couple of punches blocked by Katana.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bull has him pressed against the cage.
Bull wants a takedown.
Katana could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Katana can't break the clinch.

Katana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Katana stalks Bull and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bull's face. Bull staggers backwards, shaken.
Katana throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Katana fails to land with a series of punches.
Bull takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katana lands a nice hook to Bull's body. Bull takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Katana is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bull closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bull is trying desperately to land a takedown but Katana is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Bull.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana throws a combination. Bull tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Katana scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Katana throws a series of punches but Bull avoids them all with ease.
Bull closes the distance and clinches up with Katana, looking for a takedown. Bull pushes Katana against the cage but Katana circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bull dodges the punch combination from Katana.
Bull shoots in and drives through. Katana sprawls well.
James Katana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of English Bull.
Bull shoots for a takedown but Katana saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Katana has Bull up against the cage in a clinch.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Bull has him pressed against the cage.

Bull breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Katana is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bull avoids the body shot from Katana.
Nice takedown defense from Katana. No joy for Bull on that attempt.
Katana lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katana scores with a nice strike.
Bull wants to clinch up but Katana keeps it at a distance.
Katana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Katana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bull tries to clinch but Katana moves away

and Katana counters by moving into the clinch.
Katana can't break the clinch.
Bull is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Katana is trying to break free.
Katana is trying to break the clinch but Bull has him pressed against the cage.
Bull keeps control of Katana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Katana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bull looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Katana is fending him off so far but Bull persists. Nope, Katana circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katana misses with the combination.
Katana with a jab.
Bull with a lazy takedown attempt
and Katana counters with a right hand to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bull.
Katana wants to clinch

and Bull counters by moving into the clinch.
Katana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Katana wants to break free but Bull has control.
Katana tries to break the clinch but Bull is controlling the position.
Bull is trying to drag Katana to the mat but Katana just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bull has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Katana is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bull works on Katana's body with a couple of short punches.

Katana breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Katana misses with a body shot.
Bull will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bull looks for a takedown but Katana sprawls well.
Bull misses with a takedown attempt - Katana sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bull slips a jab and a cross from Katana.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bull.
English Bull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bull.
Bull has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Katana misses with a double jab.
Katana digs a good hook to Bull's body.
James Katana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Katana misses with a combination
and Bull counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Katana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on English Bull's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bull shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Katana as he avoids it easily.
Bull slips a jab and a cross from Katana.
Bull looks for a takedown but Katana sprawls well.
Katana scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bull takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab, jab by Katana - just one landing.
James Katana is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice sprawl there from Katana as Bull shoots in.
James Katana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of English Bull.
Bull is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Katana.

Katana closes the distance and clinches.

Bull has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Katana uses from the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bull can do anything to dispel that myth.

Bull looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Katana trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bull's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bull looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Katana stopping the sweep attempt from Bull.
Katana tries to stand but Bull is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Bull looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bull scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bull.

Katana has managed to clinch.
Bull is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Katana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katana scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bull doesn't seem bothered though.
Katana takes a swing at Bull's ribcage but misses.
Bull shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Katana as he jumps to the side.

Katana instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Katana breaks the clinch.
Bull fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Katana lands a right hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Katana.
Katana scores with a jab.
Katana throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bull moves into the clinch.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bull has him pressed against the cage.
Katana is looking to break free of the clinch but Bull has double underhooks.
Katana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bull is trying to break the clinch but Katana has him pressed against the cage.
Bull prevents Katana from breaking the clinch.
Katana can't break the clinch.

Katana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bull closes this distance looking for a takedown but Katana circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katana throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bull stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Katana pushes Bull up against the cage in a clinch.
Katana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Bull breaks the clinch.
Bull looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
English Bull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Katana clinches up with Bull and pushes him back against the cage.
Katana wants to break free but Bull has control.
Katana gets underhooks to prevent Bull's takedown attempt.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bull has him pressed against the cage.
Katana keeps control of Bull as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bull is looking to break free of the clinch but Katana has double underhooks.
Katana stops a takedown attempt from Bull.
James Katana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Katana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Katana looks to land a combination but Bull avoids it well.
Bull throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Katana.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Katana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Katana, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Katana!