PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Katarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon Vega will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Katarn
vs
Vega

169 cm
23
189 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Tends to cut

Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Katarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Vega!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vega doesn't manage to clinch there - Katarn circles away.
Katarn closes the distance but Vega moves to the side

so Vega counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katarn trying to strike off his back.
Katarn strikes from his own guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katarn throwing short punches from the bottom.

Katarn uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Vega tries to clinch up but Katarn circles away and keeps his distance.
Katarn is looking to clinch but Vega is avoiding it.

Katarn shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Vega's guard.
Katarn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vega works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vega avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Katarn stands up over Vega, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katarn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vega is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Katarn is looking to work some ground and pound but Vega has wrist control.
Katarn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Vega preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Katarn is looking to work some ground and pound but Vega has wrist control.
Vega wants to stand but Katarn is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Vega pushes Katarn off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Vega clinches up with Katarn and pushes him back against the cage.
Vega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Katarn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vega looks gassed!
Vega is trying to stall.

Katarn gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Katarn slips a nice elbow through Vega's hands, connecting with Vega's forehead.
Vega is trying to stand up here but Katarn is controlling him well.
Katarn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vega defending well though.
Katarn working over Vega with some ground and pound. Vega looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Katarn scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Katarn working Vega over with strikes.
Katarn drops an elbow to the side of Vega's head.
Vega taking some punishment here, with Katarn in his half guard.

Vega is rocked!
Nice strikes from Katarn there.
Vega is still in real trouble! Can Katarn finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katarn drops an elbow to the side of Vega's head.
Vega is looking to escape.
Katarn is nestled in close to Vega, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vega taking some punishment here, with Katarn in his half guard.
Katarn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Katarn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vega tries to kick Katarn off but Katarn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Katarn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Katarn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vega tries to kick Katarn off but Katarn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Katarn is nestled in close to Vega, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Katarn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Katarn is nestled in close to Vega, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Katarn drops an elbow to the side of Vega's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katarn working over Vega with some ground and pound. Vega looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Katarn drops an elbow to the side of Vega's head.
Vega on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Vega on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Vega seems to have recovered his senses.
Katarn working Vega over with strikes.
Vega is looking to escape.
Katarn drops an elbow to the side of Vega's head.

Vega kicks off Katarn and gets to his feet.
Katarn wants to clinch up but Vega keeps it at a distance.

Vega forces Katarn back against the cage and clinches.
Vega misses with a knee to the head.
Vega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Katarn.
Katarn looking for a takedown.
Vega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Katarn blocks it with crossed arms.
Vega content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vega misses with a knee strike.
Katarn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Katarn is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katarn lands a hook that snaps the head of Vega backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vega stops a takedown attempt from Katarn.
Katarn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Katarn lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Katarn as the two fighters clinch.
Vega is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Katarn is keeping busy.
Vega with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Katarn can't break the clinch.

Katarn works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Katarn cracks Vega with a solid left hand.
Vega is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katarn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Katarn chips away with some ground and pound.
Katarn scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Katarn dominated that round.
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.

Katarn missing with a left hand there. Vega was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vega circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vega tries to clinch up but Katarn circles away and keeps his distance.
Katarn tries to clinch but Vega is having none of it.
Vega ducks under a wild hook from Katarn.
Vega ducks under a wild hook from Katarn.
Katarn is looking to clinch but Vega is avoiding it.
Nice shot by Katarn.
Vega tries to clinch but Katarn is having none of it.

Vega gets a clinch.
Katarn letting Vega take a breather here.

Katarn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Katarn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vega, pushing him back against the cage.
Vega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Katarn blocks it with crossed arms.
Vega trying to stall but Katarn improves his position.
Katarn is trying to drag Vega to the mat but Vega just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katarn looking to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Katarn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vega throws a knee to the head but misses.

Katarn has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Vega is trying to keep an underhook but Katarn manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Vega looks like he's trying to stand up.
Katarn looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Katarn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Vega kicks Katarn off and gets back to his feet.

Katarn shoots in and bounces Vega off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Katarn prevents Vega from getting back to his feet.
Katarn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Katarn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Katarn with a nice head shot there.

Vega pushes Katarn off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vega slips a straight right by Katarn.

Vega moves into range and clinches up with Katarn.

Vega is fighting off a takedown attempt but Katarn is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Vega to the mat. Vega regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vega is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Katarn chips away with some ground and pound.

Vega wriggles free and stands up.
Vega keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Katarn.
Vega is looking to clinch.
Brandon Vega is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Katarn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Katarn tries to clinch but Vega is having none of it.
Vega wants to clinch but Katarn slips to the side
enabling Katarn to counter with a crisp jab.
Katarn fails with a takedown attempt.
Katarn shoots in for a takedown but Vega shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Katarn. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katarn tries to clinch there but Vega circles away.
Katarn is looking to clinch but Vega is avoiding it.
Katarn throws a hook but Vega avoids it easily.
Vega is looking to clinch.
Katarn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vega fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Katarn tries to clinch but Vega moves out of range.
Katarn misses with an uppercut.
Katarn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vega but Vega pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Vega instigates a clinch.
Vega trying to land knees to the body.

Katarn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Katarn tests Vega's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Katarn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vega, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katarn wants a takedown.
Vega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Katarn.
Vega misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Katarn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Katarn works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Kyle Katarn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vega avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Katarn throwing strikes from guard but Vega blocks nicely.
Katarn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vega wants to stand but Katarn is controlling the position.
Katarn landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vega is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Katarn is controlling him.
Katarn is working Vega over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Katarn dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Katarn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Vega is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Katarn with good strikes from the mount here!
Vega is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Katarn with a couple of short strikes.
Katarn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vega?
Katarn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Katarn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Vega is trying to stand.
Katarn unloading with bombs!
Vega is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Katarn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Katarn working Vega over with strikes here.
Katarn looking to finish Vega with some ground and pound. This is bad for Vega!
Katarn connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Katarn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarn is landing with some decent strikes but Vega is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Vega somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Vega closes the distance and clinches.
Vega with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vega gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Katarn.
Vega tries a knee to the head but Katarn blocks it.
Katarn avoiding damage as Vega throws knees to the body.
Katarn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vega is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Katarn lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Katarn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Katarn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vega with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Katarn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Katarn drops an elbow to the side of Vega's head.
Vega tries to kick Katarn off but Katarn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Vega makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katarn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vega circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Katarn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Katarn throws a hook but Vega blocks it.
Vega walks into a stiff left hand from Katarn.
Katarn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Katarn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vega, pushing him back against the cage.
Vega trying to control the position but instead, Katarn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vega into the cage.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Katarn is trying to break free.
Katarn looking for a takedown.
Vega tries to stall but Katarn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Katarn has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Vega regains guard immediately.

Vega pushes Katarn off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Vega clinches.
Katarn scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega is trying to maintain a safe position but Katarn gets an underhook and turns Vega into the cage.
Katarn is trying to drag Vega to the mat but Vega just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Katarn takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Katarn gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Vega regains guard.
Katarn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Katarn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vega's head.
Vega is looking to stand up but Katarn isn't so interested in that idea.
Katarn throwing strikes from guard but Vega blocks nicely.
Katarn won't allow Vega to get back to his feet.
Katarn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Katarn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Katarn works over Vega with some ground and pound from guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Katarn tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vega tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Katarn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Katarn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vega pinned against the cage. Vega gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vega is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brandon Vega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vega moves away from the strike by Katarn.
Katarn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Katarn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vega wants to clinch but Katarn slips to the side
and Katarn counters with a straight right hand.

Katarn pushes Vega up against the cage in a clinch.
Vega with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vega.
A right hand to the body from Katarn.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Katarn lands an uppercut.
Katarn is trying to break the clinch but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
Katarn can't break the clinch.
Vega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Katarn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Katarn is trying to drag Vega to the mat but Vega just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Vega prevents the takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Katarn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Katarn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Katarn!