PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles BatzCastelmore (ranked 163 p4p, 21 weight class) and Katsu Laoka (ranked 289 p4p, 39 weight class). BatzCastelmore comes to the cage accompanied by Dogtanian France theme. Laoka has chosen The Bell Tolls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

BatzCastelmore
vs
Laoka

195 cm
31
220 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

188 cm
38
205 lbs
29 - 14 - 5

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles BatzCastelmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Katsu Laoka!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by BatzCastelmore.
Laoka throws a leg kick but BatzCastelmore moved away.
BatzCastelmore was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Laoka just misses with a punch to the body.
BatzCastelmore misses the shot to the body.
Laoka appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Laoka looks to land a left hand but BatzCastelmore moved out of range nicely.
BatzCastelmore misses with a kick to the body.
Laoka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laoka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
BatzCastelmore looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laoka walks into a jab.
BatzCastelmore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Laoka throws a low kick, looking for BatzCastelmore's leg but BatzCastelmore calmly moves out of range.
Laoka misses with an uppercut. BatzCastelmore saw that one coming.
Laoka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BatzCastelmore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
BatzCastelmore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Laoka misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore lands with an uppercut that bounces Laoka off the cage and back into range.
BatzCastelmore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BatzCastelmore scores with the left hand. Laoka knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore misses the shot to the body.
Laoka now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
BatzCastelmore has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
BatzCastelmore throws a lazy right hand but Laoka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
BatzCastelmore scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
BatzCastelmore uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Laoka misses with a looping left.
Laoka connects with a solid leg kick.
BatzCastelmore is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice shot lands for BatzCastelmore.
A head kick misses from BatzCastelmore.
Laoka is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A left and a right from Laoka both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BatzCastelmore throws a nice head kick!
Laoka avoids the head kick by BatzCastelmore.
Laoka is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Laoka lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
BatzCastelmore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore avoids the head kick by Laoka.
BatzCastelmore ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
BatzCastelmore cracks Laoka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
BatzCastelmore lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
BatzCastelmore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
BatzCastelmore has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore throws a lazy right hand but Laoka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laoka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
BatzCastelmore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laoka moves away.
BatzCastelmore chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laoka can pounce on him.
BatzCastelmore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laoka throws out the jab.
Laoka lands a right hook to the body.
BatzCastelmore moves in looking to clinch but Laoka pushes him off.
Laoka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Laoka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Laoka throws a head kick but BatzCastelmore moves out of range.
Laoka moves out of range of the strikes.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laoka.
Laoka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. BatzCastelmore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laoka avoids a kick to the body.
BatzCastelmore takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Laoka lands a jab.

It looks like Charles BatzCastelmore has been cut.
Laoka lands a nice looking body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from BatzCastelmore. Laoka shrugs it off though.
Laoka throws a right hand that BatzCastelmore ducks under and follows up with a left that BatzCastelmore also avoids with ease.
BatzCastelmore takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
BatzCastelmore takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Laoka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laoka lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BatzCastelmore lands a head kick!
Laoka lands a leg kick that knocks BatzCastelmore off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka takes a swing at BatzCastelmore's ribcage but misses.
It looked like BatzCastelmore wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Laoka digs a good body shot into BatzCastelmore's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore punishes Laoka's body with a nice straight punch.
Laoka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck BatzCastelmore on the side of the head.
Laoka misses with a low kick as BatzCastelmore jumps back.
BatzCastelmore thinks about countering with a head kick.
Laoka blocks a low kick nicely.
BatzCastelmore lands with a nice body kick.
BatzCastelmore misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from BatzCastelmore. Laoka does a little dance to reset his feet.
BatzCastelmore scores with a head kick. Laoka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jab, jab by Laoka - just one landing.
Laoka 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Katsu Laoka will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charles BatzCastelmore's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Laoka blocks a head kick by BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laoka.
It looked like BatzCastelmore wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good exchange - Laoka coming out on top.
BatzCastelmore throws the kick towards the body but Laoka avoids it.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
BatzCastelmore throws a hook to the side of Laoka's head but Laoka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laoka appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
BatzCastelmore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
BatzCastelmore misses with a body kick.
BatzCastelmore takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A clash of legs there as Laoka blocks the low kick.
Laoka throws the kick towards the body but BatzCastelmore avoids it.
BatzCastelmore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laoka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laoka tries a low kick but BatzCastelmore avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BatzCastelmore throws out a leg kick but Laoka moves out of range and BatzCastelmore only half commits.
Nice defenses there by Laoka.
Laoka misses with a hook. BatzCastelmore ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Laoka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice body kick there by Laoka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by BatzCastelmore. Beautiful body shot.
BatzCastelmore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laoka doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Laoka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses.
Laoka is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
BatzCastelmore misses with a low kick.
Laoka checks the leg kick.
BatzCastelmore misses with a right hand
and Laoka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
BatzCastelmore throws a right hand that Laoka ducks under and follows up with a left that Laoka also avoids with ease.
BatzCastelmore throws a front kick that sends Laoka stumbling back into the cage.
Laoka throws a jab when BatzCastelmore was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from BatzCastelmore on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Laoka throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Laoka lands with a nice body kick.
Laoka just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laoka.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BatzCastelmore with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laoka to score with a decent uppercut.
BatzCastelmore avoids the body shot from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore throws a right hand that misses
and Laoka counters with a right hand to the body.
BatzCastelmore scores with a decent looking hook.
Laoka needs to keep his hands up - BatzCastelmore had a free shot at his head there.
An inside leg kick from BatzCastelmore misses.
Laoka takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Laoka tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laoka connects with an inside leg kick.
Laoka scores with a jab to the head.
Laoka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but BatzCastelmore checks it well.
Laoka takes one to the side of the head.
A slow jab from BatzCastelmore misses its intended target.
Laoka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt BatzCastelmore.
Laoka keeps BatzCastelmore at a distance using the push kick.
BatzCastelmore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laoka.
Laoka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but BatzCastelmore moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laoka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laoka.
BatzCastelmore throws a big counter combination but Laoka scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Laoka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and BatzCastelmore has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Katsu Laoka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laoka avoids the body shot from BatzCastelmore.
Laoka misses with a hook. BatzCastelmore ducked under it nicely.
Laoka misses with a low kick.
Laoka digs a good hook to BatzCastelmore's body.
BatzCastelmore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
BatzCastelmore throws a body shot but no joy.
BatzCastelmore misses with a head kick.
BatzCastelmore just misses with a punch to the body.
Laoka scores with a nice right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Laoka misses the target.
BatzCastelmore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laoka moves out of range as BatzCastelmore strikes.
Laoka let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore misses with a few strikes there.
Laoka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
BatzCastelmore misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laoka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Laoka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laoka moves away from the strike by BatzCastelmore.
Laoka tries a quick counter leg kick but BatzCastelmore is wise to it.
Laoka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laoka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
BatzCastelmore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laoka throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
BatzCastelmore throws a chopping leg kick but Laoka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
BatzCastelmore lands a nice hook to Laoka's body. Laoka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
BatzCastelmore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laoka moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsu Laoka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Charles BatzCastelmore's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Laoka cracks BatzCastelmore with a good jab.
BatzCastelmore looks to land a right hand but Laoka moved out of range.
BatzCastelmore scores with a nice body kick.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch there but Laoka circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Laoka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Laoka.
BatzCastelmore lets loose with a powerful body kick. Laoka will feel that in the morning.
Laoka tries to score with a low kick but BatzCastelmore moves his leg out of the way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses.
BatzCastelmore misses with a straight left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from BatzCastelmore lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Laoka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laoka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laoka throws a right and a left that BatzCastelmore avoids nicely.
Laoka misses the jab.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laoka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from BatzCastelmore.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laoka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
BatzCastelmore lands a nice looking body kick.
Laoka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laoka checks the leg kick nicely there.
BatzCastelmore takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Laoka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on BatzCastelmore. That did some damage!
Laoka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore throws a jab when Laoka was well out of range.
Laoka wants to counter with a clinch but BatzCastelmore pushes him away.
Laoka misses the shot to the body.
BatzCastelmore scores with a head kick. Laoka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
BatzCastelmore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
BatzCastelmore throws a series of punches but Laoka avoids them all with ease.
BatzCastelmore moves away from the strike by Laoka.
BatzCastelmore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laoka throws out the jab.
A low kick from BatzCastelmore is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BatzCastelmore lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore throws a body kick that misses
and Laoka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laoka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but BatzCastelmore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
BatzCastelmore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch up.
BatzCastelmore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
BatzCastelmore tries a head kick but it misses.
Laoka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
BatzCastelmore moves away from the strike by Laoka.
Good leg kick by Laoka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laoka looks to score with a jab to the body but BatzCastelmore is just out of range.
Laoka thuds his right hand into BatzCastelmore's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Laoka connects with a looping right hand.
BatzCastelmore misses with a head kick.
Laoka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
BatzCastelmore takes a kick to the side of the head.
Laoka has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore looks for the body kick but Laoka saw that one coming.
Laoka loads up on a big right hand but BatzCastelmore slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laoka swings for the body but BatzCastelmore moves out of range.
BatzCastelmore walks into a straight right hand from Laoka.
Laoka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laoka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and BatzCastelmore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laoka scrambles back to his feet.
Laoka takes one to the side of the head.
Laoka misses with a looping right.
Laoka throws a body shot but no joy.
Laoka just misses with a punch to the body.
BatzCastelmore moves away from the strike by Laoka.
BatzCastelmore went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
BatzCastelmore needs to keep his hands up - Laoka had a free shot at his head there.
BatzCastelmore moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
BatzCastelmore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
BatzCastelmore doesn't manage to clinch there - Laoka circles away.
BatzCastelmore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Charles BatzCastelmore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
BatzCastelmore blocks a head kick by Laoka.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laoka missing with a left hand there. BatzCastelmore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by BatzCastelmore. That's going to slow Laoka down.
A clash of legs there as BatzCastelmore blocks the low kick.
Laoka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Laoka misses with a hook.
Katsu Laoka is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
BatzCastelmore slips a straight right by Laoka.
Laoka throws the kick towards the body but BatzCastelmore avoids it.
Laoka lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
BatzCastelmore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laoka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
BatzCastelmore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
BatzCastelmore uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laoka.
BatzCastelmore throws a leg kick that misses.
BatzCastelmore digs a good hook to Laoka's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Katsu Laoka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laoka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsu Laoka!
A very excited looking Katsu Laoka rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
The defeated Charles BatzCastelmore had this to say: 'Merde!'.