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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mawunyo Kato (ranked 5712 p4p, 2954 weight class) and Kendrick Sosa (ranked 529 p4p, 343 weight class). Kendrick Sosa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mawunyo Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kendrick Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kato slips a straight right by Sosa.
Sosa misses with a takedown attempt
and Kato counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kato.
A bit of stalling here from Kato.
Sosa jumps guard and drags Kato to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kato wants to control from the top but Sosa keeps moving.
Sosa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sosa controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sosa can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa keeping moving, preventing Kato from controlling successfully.
Sosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sosa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kato can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa is controlling Kato's posture.
Sosa keeping moving, preventing Kato from controlling successfully.
Sosa looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kato passes into side control.
Sosa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sosa struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kato trying to control the action but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Sosa is trying to get back to half guard.
Kato trying to control the position but Sosa is working away.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Kato tries to stand but Sosa is controlling his head.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato is looking to clinch.
Sosa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kato pinned against the cage. Kato gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kato tries to counter by clinching up but Sosa breaks away and moves out of range.
Mawunyo Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendrick Sosa.
Kato moves into the clinch.
Kato gets underhooks to prevent Sosa's takedown attempt.
Kato displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sosa up against the cage.
Kato wants to stall.
Sosa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kato pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato is struggling to control the position.
Kato wants to stall.
Sosa is trying to pull guard but Kato has him pressed against the cage.
Kato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mawunyo Kato.
Kato moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
And Sosa tries to counter it with a takedown but Kato pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kato but Kato pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sosa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kato could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sosa misses with a body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kato is looking to clinch but Sosa is avoiding it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mawunyo Kato dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kato is looking to clinch.
Sosa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kato sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sosa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kato avoids it really well and circles away.
Kato seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kato rushes Sosa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kato prevents it.
Mawunyo Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendrick Sosa.
Kato is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kato trying to control the position but instead, Sosa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kato into the cage.
Kato seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Sosa is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Sosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sosa has Kato pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kato manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kato is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kato trying to stall but Sosa improves his position.
Sosa tries to pull guard but Kato won't allow it.
Kato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sosa can do to turn this around?
Sosa is trying to pull guard but Kato turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kato.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kato holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mawunyo Kato.
Sosa takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa has Kato pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kato manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sosa can't get the takedown.
Kato will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sosa up against the cage.
Kato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sosa is keeping busy.
Kato tries to work over Sosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sosa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sosa is trying to maintain a safe position but Kato gets an underhook and turns Sosa into the cage.
Kato wants to stall.
Kato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sosa tries for a takedown but Kato manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato slows down the pace here.
Kato gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sosa.
Kato will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sosa up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mawunyo Kato.
Kato tries to clinch up.
Sosa misses with a double jab.
Kato doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
It seemed like Sosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sosa pushes Kato up against the cage in a clinch.
Kato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sosa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato tries to stall but Sosa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sosa lands a body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sosa tries to pull guard but Kato holds him up against the cage and eventually Sosa drops back down to his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Sosa.
Sosa tries to stall but Kato uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sosa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kato pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kato moves into range and clinches up with Sosa.
Sosa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kato to keep the fight standing.
Sosa letting Kato take a breather here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mawunyo Kato will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sosa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kato is pushing Sosa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kato stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kato's brow.
Kato is trying to maintain a safe position but Sosa gets an underhook and turns Kato into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sosa.
Sosa drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa pulls Kato in to control the position.
Sosa wants to get back to his feet but Kato is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kato trying to control but Sosa is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kato's guard.
Sosa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kato is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kato is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kato prevents Sosa from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is trying to control but Kato manages to pass to mount!
Sosa is squirming around, avoiding Kato's attempts to control the action.
Kato is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sosa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sosa tries to hold on but Kato pushes him away.
Kato trying to control but Sosa is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Kato. What's that going to do exactly?
Kato controlling from mount.
Sosa is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sosa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kato avoids the attempt from Sosa to control.
Sosa is trying to escape the mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kendrick Sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sosa regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kendrick Sosa.
I think Kato has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mawunyo Kato!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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