PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chayton Catawanee (ranked 1828 p4p, 1686 weight class) and Emilio Morterero (ranked 246 p4p, 228 weight class). Morterero has chosen Tequila Sunrise (Spanish Version) as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Catawanee
vs
Morterero

181 cm
23
170
5 - 5 - 0

171 cm
23
169
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sakura Style

Pulling Guard
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chayton Catawanee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emilio Morterero!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Catawanee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morterero smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morterero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Catawanee slips a jab from Morterero.
A clash of legs there as Catawanee blocks the low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Catawanee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morterero staying out of range there.
A big left from Morterero misses.
Morterero's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Morterero's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Catawanee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chayton Catawanee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morterero swats away the attempt to clinch by Catawanee.
Catawanee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Catawanee misses with a left hand
and Morterero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Catawanee has managed to clinch.
Morterero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Catawanee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Catawanee scores with a shoulder strike.
Morterero blocking some punches.
Catawanee has Morterero pressed against the cage, preventing Morterero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Catawanee trying to control the position but instead, Morterero has worked for underhooks and has pushed Catawanee into the cage.
Morterero has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Catawanee misses with some punches.
Catawanee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Catawanee can't find room to land a body shot as Morterero controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Catawanee fails to land.
Catawanee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morterero backwards.
Catawanee lands a body punch.
Catawanee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morterero's efforts to push away.
Catawanee tries to throw a body punch but Morterero avoids it by throwing Catawanee back against the cage.
Catawanee throws a punch but it's blocked by Morterero.
Catawanee misses with a punch to the body.
Catawanee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morterero's elbow.
Catawanee swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catawanee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morterero blocks a body shot from Catawanee.
Catawanee has Morterero pressed against the cage, preventing Morterero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Catawanee misses with a punch to the body.
Morterero is trying to push Catawanee away but Catawanee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morterero blocks a body shot from Catawanee.
Catawanee definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Catawanee tries to throw a body punch but Morterero avoids it by throwing Catawanee back against the cage.
Morterero has had enough of the clinch but Catawanee keeps him there for the moment.
Morterero wants to break free but Catawanee has control.
Morterero tries to break free but Catawanee pushes him back against the cage.
Catawanee lands a shoulder strike.

Morterero breaks the clinch.
Morterero on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Catawanee. Catawanee obviously looking to wear him down.
Catawanee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morterero finds it's way round the side to connect with Catawanee's head.
Morterero avoids a kick to the body.
Catawanee misses with a body kick.
Morterero with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Catawanee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Emilio Morterero has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morterero lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morterero scores with a nice right hand.
Morterero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Catawanee circles away quickly and effectively.
Morterero is looking to land body kicks.
Catawanee looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Catawanee moves out of range as Morterero throws a body kick.
Morterero with a nice cross.
Catawanee doesn't manage to clinch there - Morterero circles away.
Morterero connects with a right hand. Catawanee shakes it off.

Catawanee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Catawanee - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Morterero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Catawanee throws a head kick but Morterero moves out of range.
Morterero scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Catawanee is looking to score with low kicks.
Morterero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morterero keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Catawanee misses with a right hand
and Morterero counters with a stiff right hand.

Catawanee is rocked!
Morterero slips under a jab from Catawanee.
Morterero is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Catawanee had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Morterero misses with a left hand
and Catawanee counters with a straight right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Catawanee.
The fighters circling - Morterero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morterero misses with a lunging right hand
and Catawanee counters with a low kick, right behind Morterero 's knee.
Morterero avoids the head kick by Catawanee.
Catawanee lands a glancing blow to the side of Morterero's head.

Catawanee darts in and clinches Morterero up against the cage.
Catawanee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Catawanee throws a head punch that misses.
Morterero is trying to break free.
Catawanee throws a punch but it's blocked by Morterero.
Catawanee scores with a shot to the side of Morterero's head.
Catawanee swings wildly with an uppercut but Morterero uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Catawanee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chayton Catawanee will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Emilio Morterero's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Catawanee scores with a jab.
Catawanee staying out of range there.
Catawanee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morterero lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morterero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Catawanee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Catawanee misses with a low kick.
Morterero blocks a head kick by Catawanee.
A little jabbing left from Morterero on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morterero connects with a crisp jab.
Catawanee throws an overhand right that lands on Morterero's shoulder, as Morterero tries to avoid the shot.
Catawanee looks to land a right hand but Morterero moved out of range.
Catawanee loads up on a big right hand but Morterero slips the punch.
Morterero avoids the head kick by Catawanee.
Catawanee smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Catawanee throws a predictable looking body shot
and Morterero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morterero connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Catawanee cracks Morterero with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Catawanee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morterero on the side of the head.

Morterero is rocked!
Catawanee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morterero. That did some damage!
Morterero is still on wobbly legs! Can Catawanee finish him?
Morterero is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Catawanee doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Morterero crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Morterero's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chayton Catawanee!