PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Katona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Condit
vs
Katona

192 cm
24
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
169 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlos Condit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leo Katona!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katona blocks the body kick.
Katona circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Katona.
Katona pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Katona takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Condit feints and then cracks Katona's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Katona down.
Katona throws a head kick that misses.

Condit pushes Katona up against the cage in a clinch.
Katona tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Condit smiles and moves away.
Katona misses with a combination

and Condit counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Katona is not content to let Condit control the position.
Katona stops Condit from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Condit goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Katona rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Condit's guard! Nice work there by Katona!
Katona controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Condit wants to stand up but Katona is controlling him.
Katona postures up and lands a big shot to Condit's brow.
Condit keeping moving, preventing Katona from controlling successfully.
Condit not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katona is looking to work some ground and pound but Condit has wrist control.
Condit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Condit really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Katona passes into half guard.
Condit avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Katona.
Condit tries to roll over but Katona keeps him under control.
Katona controlling the action here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Condit is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katona is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Condit knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Katona on the ground.
Condit is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Katona unloading with bombs!
Condit is looking to get to half guard.
Condit is breathing heavily.
Katona fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Katona breaks from Condit's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Katona landing strikes, looking to finish!
Katona in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Condit really wants to buck Katona off and get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katona tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Katona dominating with strikes here.
Katona with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katona dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Condit that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Katona lands a nice shot to the head.

Katona looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Katona with a couple of short strikes.
Katona has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Katona tries to control but Condit wriggling away.
Katona landing shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katona tries to control but Condit wriggling away.
Katona lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Katona trying to control but Condit is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Katona dominated that round.
That's time! Condit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Katona shoots in for a takedown but Condit shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Condit on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Katona enables Condit to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Katona manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Condit passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Condit with the ground and pound but Katona regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

Condit is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Katona is trying to stand up here but Condit is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit trying to pass the guard but Katona defending well.
Katona works his way to full guard. Good work.

Katona working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Condit doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Condit manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Katona lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katona lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Condit is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katona slips nicely into half guard.

Katona is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Condit has managed to free his arm - good work.
Katona lands strikes from half guard.
Condit wants to get back to full guard but Katona has passed into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katona landing strikes.
Condit is trying to escape the position but Katona is controlling the position.
Condit is not content to let Katona control the position.
Katona takes a little break here. Condit wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katona lands a decent elbow from side control.
Katona wants to lay and pray for a moment but Condit keeps working.
Condit is trying to get back to half guard.
Katona moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Condit is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katona tries to advance to mount but Condit denies him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Katona working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Katona wants to lay and pray for a moment but Condit keeps working.
Katona scores with a couple of short elbows.
Condit gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Condit throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katona controlling his opponent.
Condit taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Katona showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Katona misses with a two punch combination.
Katona throws a nice looking combination but Condit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Condit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Condit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Katona tries to clinch up but Condit circles away and keeps his distance.
Condit misses with a head kick.
Katona circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leo Katona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katona fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Condit manages to avoid it.
Katona throws a body shot but no joy.

Condit looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Katona!
Katona manages to get back to half guard.
Katona is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit is controlling the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Katona wants to get back to full guard.
Condit is stalling here. Katona is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Condit seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Katona has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Katona wants to lay and pray for a moment but Condit keeps working.
Condit is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Katona's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Condit is looking to reverse the position.

Katona is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Condit is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Katona sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Condit is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
A lull in the action here.
Condit gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Katona sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katona looking to finish Condit with some ground and pound. This is bad for Condit!
Condit is looking to get to half guard.

Katona working for a submission but Condit is keeping him at bay.
Katona landing strikes from the mount.
Katona looking to control and managing it successfully.
Katona with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Condit that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Katona fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Katona can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Condit is looking to escape.
Leo Katona is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Katona tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Katona pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Condit's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Katona connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katona takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo Katona comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Katona winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leo Katona!