PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adnan Catic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Door Knob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Catic comes to the cage accompanied by Fali mi Ljubav. 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.

Catic
vs
Knob

186 cm
27
210 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
210 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adnan Catic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Door Knob!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to de liver by Knob. Beautiful body shot.
Knob scores with a shot to the body.
Catic dodges the punch combination from Knob.

Knob rushes Catic and presses him up against the cage.
Knob wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Knob fails to land.
Knob holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Knob breaks from the clinch.
Catic throws a hook but Knob avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Knob.
Knob lands a body shot.
Knob staying out of range there.
Catic moves away from the strike by Knob.
Catic misses with a combination
and Knob counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Adnan Catic has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Catic walks into a left hand.
Knob throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Catic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Catic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knob bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Catic's head backwards.
Knob moves away from the strike by Catic.
Catic moves out of range of the strikes.
Knob connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knob scores with a three punch combo!
Catic scores with a hook to the body. Knob takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Catic misses with an uppercut. Knob saw that one coming.
Knob lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A punch lands to the side of Catic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Catic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adnan Catic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Knob misses.
Catic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knob's head backwards.
Nice cross by Knob.
Catic throws the left hand but Knob avoids the punch easily.
Knob has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Catic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Catic misses with a double jab
and Knob counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Catic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Catic throws out a loose jab but Knob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knob showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Catic.
Knob moves away from the strike by Catic.
Adnan Catic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Catic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Catic throws a shot from downtown. Knob moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knob.
Knob getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knob thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knob is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Good shot there by Knob.
Knob ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Catic moves away.
Catic throws a lazy right hand but Knob sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knob lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Adnan Catic's cut is getting worse.
Catic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knob slips under a jab from Catic.

Knob drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Knob stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Catic swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knob is looking to stand up but Catic won't let him.
Knob trying to move into half guard but instead Catic has managed to sweep!
Catic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Knob controls Catic momentarily but Catic frees himself.

Knob has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Catic can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Catic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Knob controls Catic momentarily but Catic frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Knob's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Knob duly obliges.
Knob misses with an uppercut. Catic saw that one coming.
Catic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knob.
The fighters circling - Catic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Catic misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut there from Knob.
Knob uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Catic.
Knob takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Danga de danga de dang - Knob scores with a four punch combination!
Catic misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Door Knob dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adnan Catic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Knob avoids the body shot from Catic.
Catic dodges the punch combination from Knob.
Catic throws a hook but Knob blocks it.
Catic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knob circles away quickly and effectively.
Catic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Catic.
Knob scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Catic. Knob does a little dance to reset his feet.
Catic misses with a shot to the body

and Knob counters with a shoot takedown. Catic fights it but they end up in guard.
Knob slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Catic keeping full guard, as Knob tries to pass.
Catic keeping moving, preventing Knob from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knob drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Knob jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Knob passes Catic's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Knob seems to be looking for submissions.
Catic trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Knob is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Catic reverses the position - he's now on top in Knob's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knob working a defensive guard here.

Knob is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Catic is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knob trying to control the position here.
Knob looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Knob lands with a nice body punch.
Knob throws a lazy right hand but Catic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knob is trying hard to land a takedown here. Catic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Catic slips a jab from Knob.
Good standup being displayed there by Catic as he connects with a hook.
Catic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Door Knob has been cut.
Catic is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Knob's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Catic misses with a shot to the body
and Knob connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knob works the jab nicely.
Knob shoots in for a takedown but Catic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Knob gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Knob looks to land a right hand but Catic moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Knob misses the target.
Knob misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Catic.
Knob fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Catic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knob.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Catic, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Door Knob will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Knob ducks under a wild hook from Catic.
Knob on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Door Knob seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Catic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Catic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knob.
Knob slips a straight right by Catic.
Catic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
No joy there for Knob, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knob misses with a wild body shot.
Knob's corner calls for a 1-2. Knob obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Knob moves away from the strike by Catic.
Knob shoots in and drives through. Catic sprawls well.
Catic looks to score with a jab to the body but Knob is just out of range.
Knob throws an overhand right that lands on Catic's shoulder, as Catic tries to avoid the shot.
Knob tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Catic was well out of range. Poor timing from Knob.
A big right from Catic misses.
Knob throws a lazy right hand but Catic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knob slips under a jab.
Knob throws a jab but it's blocked by Catic.
The fighters circling - Catic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knob thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knob lands with an overhand left.
Catic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knob.
Knob is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Catic.
Knob smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Catic connects with a nice looking jab.
Catic throws the left hand but Knob avoids the punch easily.
Catic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knob manages to avoid it.
Knob lands with a cross.
Catic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Adnan Catic's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Catic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Catic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knob takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Catic misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Knob does it's job there.
Knob takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knob just misses with a punch to the body.
Catic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Catic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Catic loads up on a big right hand but Knob slips the punch.
Knob misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knob steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Catic.
Catic misses with a wild body shot.
Knob uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Catic.
Knob uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Catic.
Catic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knob counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Catic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Catic scores with a decent looking hook.
Catic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Catic fails to land with a series of punches.
Knob connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Catic slips under a jab from Knob.
Catic throws a body punch but Knob moves out of range.
Knob looks to score with a jab to the body but Catic is just out of range.
Knob fails to land the takedown.
Catic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knob's head.

That has opened up Door Knob's cut even more.
Knob misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Knob.
Knob takes a swing at Catic's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Catic throws a hook but Knob avoids it easily.
Catic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Catic throws a series of punches but Knob moves out of range.
Knob punishes Catic's body with a nice straight punch.
Catic slips a straight right by Knob.
Catic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knob.
Knob misses the jab.
Knob walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Catic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knob was well out of range. Poor timing from Catic.
Catic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knob bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Catic's head backwards.
Catic takes one on the button.
Catic misses the shot to the body.
Catic leaves Knob with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Adnan Catic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Door Knob.
A punch combination from Catic misses.
Catic walks into a straight right hand from Knob.
Catic swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Catic throws the left hand but Knob avoids the punch easily.
Catic avoids the body shot from Knob.
Knob throws an overhand right that lands on Catic's shoulder, as Catic tries to avoid the shot.
Catic misses with a shot to the body
and Knob makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Knob fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Knob is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Catic's half guard.
Knob prevents Catic from standing back up.
Adnan Catic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, if Knob is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knob is just content to waste time from the top position. Catic takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adnan Catic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knob 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Door Knob!