PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Katana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Katana's choice of entrance music: Baby got back. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Robinson
vs
Katana

180 cm
26
159 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

160 cm
27
156 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlton Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, James Katana!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Katana's hands.
Robinson misses the body punch
and Katana counters with a straight right hand.
Robinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson misses with a body shot.
Robinson slaps away a takedown attempt from Katana, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Carlton Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Katana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Robinson lands a head shot.
Robinson slips a jab from Katana.
Robinson moves out of range as Katana strikes.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Katana throws a lazy right hand but Robinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Robinson connects with a right hand. Katana shakes it off.

It looks like James Katana has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Katana is just out of range.
Robinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Katana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robinson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Katana's head backwards.
Robinson lands a nice shot to the body.
Katana throws a shot from downtown. Robinson moves away and avoids it.
Katana avoids the body shot from Robinson.
Katana swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Nice body punch from Robinson.
Carlton Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Robinson moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robinson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Robinson scores with a hook.
Robinson is looking to wear down Katana with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katana changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Robinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Katana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robinson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Katana on the side of the head.
Robinson throws a body punch but Katana moves out of range.
A big left from Robinson misses.
Robinson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Katana connects with a crisp jab.
Katana moves away from the strike by Robinson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robinson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Katana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Robinson takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Katana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Katana wants to break free but Robinson has control.
A short right from Robinson.
Katana goes for a takedown in the clinch but Robinson prevents it.
Robinson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robinson has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katana is looking to break free of the clinch but Robinson has double underhooks.
Robinson can't find room to land a body shot as Katana controls the action.

Robinson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Katana slips under a jab from Robinson.
Katana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robinson misses the body punch
and Katana counters with a stiff right hand.
Robinson scores with the left hand. Katana knows he should have avoided that one.
Katana misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katana moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Robinson moves into range and clinches up with Katana.
Robinson effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Robinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Katana's cut.
That's time! Robinson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Robinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robinson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Katana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robinson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Katana keeps the fight on the outside.
Robinson clobbers Katana with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Robinson takes a swing at Katana's ribcage but misses.
Robinson digs a good body shot into Katana's ribs.
Katana throws out a loose jab but Robinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robinson.
Robinson throws a hook to the side of Katana's head but Katana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robinson swings for the body but Katana moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson lands with a good body shot.
Katana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Robinson throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Katana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robinson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Katana dodges the punch combination from Robinson.
Katana ducks right into an uppercut from Robinson.
Katana lands the left hand.
Robinson throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Robinson clinches with his opponent.
Katana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robinson has him pressed against the cage.
Katana is trying to force a seperation but Robinson has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Katana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Robinson gets through Katana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Robinson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Robinson has Katana pressed against the cage, preventing Katana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Robinson prevents Katana from breaking the clinch.
Robinson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Katana backwards.
Robinson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Katana or not.
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!
A hook to the body from Robinson.
Robinson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Katana's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katana throws a head punch that misses.
Katana is looking to break free of the clinch but Robinson has double underhooks.
Katana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Katana can't find room to land a body shot as Robinson controls the action.
Robinson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robinson stops a takedown attempt from Katana.
A short right from Robinson on the inside.
Robinson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Robinson digs a right hand into Katana's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Katana's gas tank.

Robinson manages to break the clinch.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a hook to the body
and Robinson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Robinson takes a swing at Katana's ribcage but misses.
Robinson works the jab nicely.
Robinson swings for the body but Katana moves out of range.
Robinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katana was well out of range. Poor timing from Robinson.
Katana rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Robinson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katana swings widly with a right hand
and Robinson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robinson lands a body shot.
A big right from Katana misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlton Robinson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Katana's cut.
That's time! Robinson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Robinson lands with a cross.
Katana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson dips to his left and cracks Katana with an uppercut!

Katana is rocked!
Katana misses with a looping left.
A jab from Katana misses.
Robinson throws a looping overhand right but Katana ducks down to avoid it.
Katana looks to throw the jab but Robinson is out of range.
Katana might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Robinson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Katana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Robinson misses with a shot to the body
and Katana counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk. Robinson catches Katana right on the button with a cross.
Katana is still on wobbly legs! Can Robinson finish him?
Katana looks up at the clock. Bad move! Robinson lands a right hand from hell, dropping Katana. Robinson pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlton Robinson!