PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alonzo Cataan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Thromonavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thromonavich has chosen Angel of Death - Slayer as his entrance music. Alonzo Cataan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cataan
vs
Thromonavich

196 cm
21
248 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

194 cm
22
233 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alonzo Cataan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikhail Thromonavich!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cataan fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cataan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cataan looking to sit in guard and control but Thromonavich gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cataan seems keen to control Thromonavich's posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thromonavich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cataan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Thromonavich preventing the sweep.
Cataan has Thromonavich pulled in close to control his posture.
Thromonavich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cataan seems keen to control Thromonavich's posture.
Thromonavich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cataan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cataan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thromonavich wants to control from the top but Cataan keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thromonavich keeps the fight on the outside.
Cataan is looking to clinch but Thromonavich is avoiding it.

Thromonavich darts in and clinches Cataan up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cataan.
Thromonavich tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cataan prevents Thromonavich from breaking the clinch.
Thromonavich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cataan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cataan with a knee to the head.

Cataan decides to pull guard.
Thromonavich landing some decent shots from guard.
Cataan keeping moving, preventing Thromonavich from controlling successfully.
Cataan seems keen to control Thromonavich's posture.
Cataan working a defensive guard here.
Thromonavich is looking to stand up but Cataan won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cataan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thromonavich is one step ahead there.
Cataan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cataan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thromonavich manages to get himself to full guard.
Thromonavich looks gassed!

Cataan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Thromonavich is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cataan, into his guard.
Cataan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thromonavich postures up and lands a big shot to Cataan's brow.
Thromonavich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cataan pulls Thromonavich in to control the position.

Cataan working for a triangle but Thromonavich defends it easily.
Thromonavich is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thromonavich thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cataan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Still in half guard, Cataan seems content to control.

Cataan stands up and beckons Thromonavich to join him on the feet.
Thromonavich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cataan swivels and escapes.

Cataan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thromonavich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cataan is trying to break the clinch but Thromonavich has him pressed against the cage.
Thromonavich looking for a takedown.
Alonzo Cataan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Thromonavich.
Thromonavich fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thromonavich wants to get back to striking at distance but Cataan won't allow it.

Thromonavich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cataan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cataan moves in looking to clinch but Thromonavich pushes him off.
Cataan shoots in and drives through. Thromonavich sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thromonavich stalks Cataan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cataan's face. Cataan staggers backwards, shaken.
Cataan ducks right into an uppercut from Thromonavich.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thromonavich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cataan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thromonavich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thromonavich blocks an elbow strike.

Thromonavich breaks from the clinch.
Cataan closes the distance looking to clinch

and Thromonavich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cataan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cataan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Cataan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Thromonavich puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cataan desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Cataan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Thromonavich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Thromonavich 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.

Cataan rushes Thromonavich and presses him up against the cage.
Thromonavich avoids the elbow strike from Cataan, against the cage.
Cataan lands an elbow that stopped Thromonavich in his tracks for a moment.

Thromonavich manages to break the clinch.
Thromonavich misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cataan tries to clinch but Thromonavich moves out of range.

Thromonavich fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cataan sprawls well initially but Thromonavich persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cataan is looking for a sweep. Thromonavich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cataan manages to get to full guard.
Thromonavich postures up.
Cataan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mikhail Thromonavich has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thromonavich is breathing heavily.
Cataan looking to control.
Thromonavich is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cataan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cataan is trying to keep Thromonavich in close.
Thromonavich wanted to stand there but Cataan had control of the position.
Thromonavich trying to control the position from guard on top but Cataan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cataan has his foot on Thromonavich's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thromonavich works his way back into a safe position though.
Cataan wants to stand but Thromonavich is controlling the position.
Cataan 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.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Cataan dodges the punch combination from Thromonavich.

Cataan pushes Thromonavich up against the cage in a clinch.
Thromonavich can't break the clinch.
Cataan avoiding damage.
Thromonavich fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Cataan.
Cataan throws a knee to the head but misses.

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

Cataan moves into range and clinches up with Thromonavich.
Cataan landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cataan.
Thromonavich wants to break free but Cataan has control.
Cataan crunches a lovely knee into Thromonavich's ribcage.
Cataan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thromonavich pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cataan lands a damaging elbow.

Thromonavich is fighting off a takedown attempt but Cataan is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Thromonavich to the mat. Thromonavich regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Cataan trying to control the position from guard on top but Thromonavich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cataan controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thromonavich keeping moving, preventing Cataan from controlling successfully.
Cataan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thromonavich trying to strike off his back.
Cataan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cataan wants to control from the top but Thromonavich keeps moving.
Cataan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Thromonavich can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cataan controls the pace.
Cataan is working Thromonavich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thromonavich wants to stand and escape but Cataan is having none of it.

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.
Cataan controls from within his opponent's guard.

Cataan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cataan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Thromonavich keeping moving, preventing Cataan from controlling successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Alonzo Cataan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Cataan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cataan scoring with punches from side control.
Thromonavich is looking to reverse the position.
Thromonavich wants to control but Cataan postures up.
Cataan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Thromonavich tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thromonavich is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Thromonavich manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Thromonavich working Cataan over with strikes.
Thromonavich looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonzo Cataan dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Thromonavich scores with a takedown into Cataan's guard.
Cataan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cataan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Thromonavich lands a couple of digs.
Thromonavich trying to control but Cataan is working from the bottom.
Cataan trying to keep a closed guard but Thromonavich is proving a slippery customer.
Thromonavich landing some decent shots from guard.
Cataan wants to sweep here but Thromonavich controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cataan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thromonavich manages to get himself to full guard.
Thromonavich wants to stand and escape but Cataan is having none of it.
Cataan works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thromonavich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cataan.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cataan in particular looking to stall.
Thromonavich is not content to let Cataan control the position.
Thromonavich is trying to control but can't.
Thromonavich is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cataan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cataan's back!
Cataan turns into Thromonavich and is now in his guard.

Thromonavich isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cataan stacks Thromonavich on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cataan!
Cataan is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Thromonavich's shoulder. That is not cool.
Cataan lands a nice forearm strike.

Cataan decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Thromonavich tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Cataan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cataan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cataan trying to control but Thromonavich is working from the bottom.
Thromonavich not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thromonavich is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thromonavich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cataan stops Thromonavich from standing up.

Cataan has gone for a leg lock! Thromonavich slips out almost immediately though and dives into Cataan's guard.
Cataan trying to keep a closed guard but Thromonavich is proving a slippery customer.
Thromonavich preventing the sweep.
Thromonavich thows a big elbow that misses.

Cataan has his feet on Thromonavich's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Thromonavich swats away the attempt to clinch by Cataan.
Thromonavich shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cataan but Cataan pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Cataan clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thromonavich letting Cataan take a breather here.
Thromonavich is trying to break the clinch but Cataan has him pressed against the cage.
Thromonavich changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cataan fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Cataan clinches with his opponent.

Cataan wants the takedown. Thromonavich is fighting it off but Cataan persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Thromonavich's guard against the cage.
Cataan trying to control the position from guard on top but Thromonavich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thromonavich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cataan wants to control from the top but Thromonavich keeps moving.
Thromonavich looking to control.
Cataan wants to control from the top but Thromonavich keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thromonavich is looking to sweep but instead, Cataan has passed into half guard.
Thromonavich is trying to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cataan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thromonavich counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Thromonavich closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cataan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Thromonavich fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Thromonavich fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cataan sprawls well initially but Thromonavich persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cataan tries to roll over but Thromonavich keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cataan gets back to full guard.
Cataan 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alonzo Cataan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cataan 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Alonzo Cataan!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Alonzo Cataan!
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Alonzo Cataan!

Alonzo Cataan wins by unanimous decision!