PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mocha Latte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reima Katekismus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Latte comes to the cage accompanied by Vauvan teko homma. Katekismus has chosen Reima's Requiem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Latte
vs
Katekismus

185 cm
22
180 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

180 cm
23
183 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Resistance

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mocha Latte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reima Katekismus!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Katekismus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Latte blocks an uppercut.
Latte wants a takedown but no success here.
Katekismus prevents the takedown attempt.
Latte misses with an elbow strike.
Latte wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mocha Latte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Katekismus gets through Latte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Katekismus as Latte tries to tie him up.
Latte has Katekismus pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Katekismus manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Katekismus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Latte is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Katekismus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Katekismus takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Latte blocks an uppercut.
Latte wants a takedown.
Katekismus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Katekismus.
Katekismus scores with a shoulder strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Katekismus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Katekismus breaks from the clinch.
Katekismus looks to land a combination but Latte avoids it well.
Katekismus catches Latte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Katekismus lands a nice shot to the body.

Katekismus clinches.
Katekismus trying to stall but Latte improves his position.

Katekismus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Latte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Latte 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Katekismus rushes Latte and presses him up against the cage.
Latte has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Katekismus is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Katekismus prevents the takedown attempt.
Latte is breathing heavily.
Katekismus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Katekismus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Latte backwards.
Katekismus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Latte has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Katekismus is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Katekismus lands with a right to the head.
Katekismus is looking to control Latte's arms but Latte gets an underhook and turns him. Now Katekismus has his back to the cage.

Katekismus breaks from the clinch.

Latte tries to keep at a distance but Katekismus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Latte wants to stall.
Latte is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Katekismus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Latte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Katekismus is keeping busy.
A left hand lands to the body for Katekismus.
Latte has Katekismus pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Katekismus manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Katekismus has Latte pushed against the cage.

Katekismus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheers as Katekismus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Latte doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Katekismus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Katekismus jabs Latte to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Katekismus has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Katekismus is stalling here.
Latte wants a takedown.
Latte looking for a takedown.
Nice body punch from Katekismus.
Katekismus tries to break the clinch but Latte is controlling the position.
Katekismus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Katekismus just leaning against Latte, taking a breather.
Katekismus digs a right hand underneath Latte's ribcage. Latte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Katekismus is looking to break free of the clinch but Latte has double underhooks.
Katekismus lands a nice uppercut.
Katekismus lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Katekismus breaks the clinch.
Katekismus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Latte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Katekismus shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Katekismus showed some decent athleticism there.
Katekismus is thwarting Latte's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Katekismus is keen to just control but Latte is a slippery customer.
Katekismus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Katekismus there.
Katekismus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Latte slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Latte wants to sweep but no luck.
Katekismus is working Latte over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Latte wants to sweep here but Katekismus controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Latte keeping moving, preventing Katekismus from controlling successfully.
Katekismus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Katekismus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Latte is pulling down on Katekismus's head. It's preventing any offense from Katekismus, at least for the moment.
Katekismus throws a big right hand that misses.
Katekismus must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Katekismus wants to control from the top but Latte keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Latte keeping full guard, as Katekismus tries to pass.
Katekismus is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reima Katekismus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Latte avoids the body shot from Katekismus.
Latte has his takedown stuffed
and Katekismus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Latte tries for a takedown but Katekismus circles away easily

and Katekismus counters with a takedown into side control.
Latte is trying to get back to half guard.
Latte is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Latte keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Katekismus looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Katekismus trying to control the action but Latte is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Katekismus is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Katekismus wants to stand but Latte has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Latte wants to control but Katekismus is keeping busy.
Latte makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Latte.
Katekismus slips nicely into half guard.
Katekismus tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Katekismus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Latte trying to hold on to Katekismus's head to control him but Katekismus postures up.
Katekismus has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katekismus prevents Latte from getting the reversal.
Latte tries to hold on but Katekismus pushes him away.
Katekismus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Latte gets back to half guard.
Katekismus controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Latte is trying to get back to full guard.
Latte is holding on to half guard well.
Katekismus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Latte flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Latte wants to get back to full guard.
Katekismus trying to control from half guard but Latte is working away.

Katekismus looking for a submission but Latte manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Katekismus is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Katekismus postures up in Latte's guard and throws a big left but Latte blocks it.
Latte wants to sweep but no luck.
Katekismus wants to control from the top but Latte keeps moving.
Latte wants to sweep here but Katekismus controlling him for the moment.
Katekismus trying to stand up but can't free himself from Latte's guard.
Latte preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Latte is pulling down on Katekismus's head. It's preventing any offense from Katekismus, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reima Katekismus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Katekismus lunges at Latte with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Latte's hand.
Latte shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Katekismus counters with a right hand to the body.
Latte fails with the takedown
and Katekismus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Katekismus lands a body shot.
Katekismus jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Katekismus looks to land a combination. Latte sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Katekismus throws a right hand that Latte ducks under and follows up with a left that Latte also avoids with ease.
Latte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Katekismus.
Latte takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Latte tries to clinch there but Katekismus circles away.
Katekismus paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Latte misses with a takedown
and Katekismus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mocha Latte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Katekismus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Latte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Latte has his takedown stuffed

and Katekismus counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Latte!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katekismus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Katekismus trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Katekismus working for a guillotine from mount but Latte is in no mood to give up.
Latte is bucking up trying to escape but Katekismus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Latte is trying to escape the mount.
Katekismus looking to control but Latte is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Katekismus lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Latte hang on?
Reima Katekismus has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katekismus throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Latte because Katekismus loaded up on that one.
Katekismus is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Latte can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Katekismus looking to finish with strikes here!
Latte gets back to half guard.

Katekismus is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Latte defends it well.
Katekismus is thwarting Latte's attempts to control the position.
Katekismus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Latte keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Katekismus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Latte does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Reima Katekismus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Latte has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Katekismus is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katekismus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Katekismus tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Katekismus stalling away here and it's allowed Latte to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Katekismus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Latte is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Katekismus wants to improve his position but Latte is controlling well.
Katekismus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Latte.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Latte is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Katekismus defends it well.

Latte is working for a submission of some sort.
Mocha Latte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Katekismus wants to improve his position but Latte is controlling well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reima Katekismus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Katekismus 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reima Katekismus!