PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Forever War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takashi Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). War comes into the arena with War Ensemble blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

War
vs
Katsumoto

186 cm
24
178 lbs
17 - 5 - 2

170 cm
24
175 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Forever War!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takashi Katsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
War stuns Katsumoto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for War.
War shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
War throws a leg kick that is checked
and Katsumoto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Katsumoto scores with a decent looking hook.
Katsumoto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. War sees it coming and avoids it easily.
War lands a jab to the head.
War tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katsumoto was well out of range. Poor timing from War.
War throws a leg kick
and Katsumoto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Katsumoto throws a sloppy head kick and War moves out of range easily.
War with a hook.
War moves away from the strike by Katsumoto.
War swings for the body but Katsumoto moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
War misses with a wild body shot.

Katsumoto has managed to clinch.
War throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Katsumotos head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Katsumoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards War's brow.
Katsumoto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
War misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto wants to stall.
War lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katsumoto backwards.
War takes an elbow to the temple.
Katsumoto tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Katsumoto.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
Katsumoto has a couple of punches blocked by War.
War misses with a body punch.
Katsumoto tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
War avoids a wild elbow strike from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Katsumoto lands with a left to the head.
A short left from War.
Katsumoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
War goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
War lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
War tries a body shot but Katsumoto blocks it.
War blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

War's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Katsumoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
War rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Katsumoto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
War connects with a body shot.
War ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsumoto moves away.
War comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
War lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Katsumoto circles away quickly and effectively.
War ducks under a wild hook from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but War swats him away and circles back towards the center.
War thumps Katsumoto with a low kick.
Katsumoto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice cross by War.
War fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katsumoto manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by War.
Katsumoto throws a chopping leg kick but War manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
War misses with a wild body shot.
War defending well as Katsumoto loads up on a big left hand.
War comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from War misses
and Katsumoto counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A good leg kick by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto scores with a head kick.
War connects with the punch.
War throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
War just misses with a punch to the body.
War motions for Katsumoto to come forward. War throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
War swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Forever War seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
War checks a low kick from Katsumoto.
War looks for the body kick but Katsumoto saw that one coming.
War throws a solid leg kick but Katsumoto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at War.
A left lands for War.
Katsumoto throws a low kick, looking for War's leg but War calmly moves out of range.
War misses with a wild body shot.
War keeps the fight on the outside.
Katsumoto tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katsumoto lands a nice looking body kick.
War thuds a left hand into Katsumoto's body.
War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
War thows a body kick. Katsumoto tries to catch it but that hurt him.
War misses with a body shot.
Katsumoto slips a straight right by War.
Decent striking displayed by War there.
War chopping away at his opponent's legs.
War digs a good body shot into Katsumoto's ribs.
War lands a front kick.
Katsumoto is looking to clinch but War is avoiding it.
War fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
War slips a jab from Katsumoto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from War finds it's way through Katsumoto's defenses.
A thudding body kick lands there by War!
War misses with a wild body shot.
Katsumoto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from War finds it's way round the side to connect with Katsumoto's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

War throws a low kick but Katsumoto avoids it.
War is looking to wear down Katsumoto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Katsumoto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by War.
War blocks a head kick by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Katsumoto misses with a body kick.
Forever War is winning the standup battle so far.
War cracks the inside of Katsumoto's front leg.
Katsumoto ducks under a wild hook from War.
Katsumoto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Katsumoto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
War is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
War defending well as Katsumoto loads up on a big left hand.
Katsumoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Katsumoto misses with a body kick.
Katsumoto connects with an inside leg kick.
War misses with a kick to the body.
Good work by War as he checks the leg kick.
War is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Katsumoto avoids the body shot from War.
Katsumoto fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches War on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Katsumoto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Katsumoto looks to land a right hand but War moved out of range.
War cracks Katsumoto with a good jab.
War checks a leg kick.
War fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice leg kick lands there from War.
War cracks Katsumoto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Katsumoto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
War misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
War tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Katsumoto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Katsumoto looks to throw the jab but War is out of range.
Katsumoto throws a body punch but War moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as War throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto throws a head kick but War moves out of range.
Katsumoto throws the left hand but War avoids the punch easily.
War throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
War scores with a nice strike.
Katsumoto connects with an inside leg kick.
Katsumoto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by War. War obviously looking to wear him down.
Katsumoto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
War lands a nice looking kick to the body. Katsumoto takes a step back to recover.
Katsumoto is breathing heavily.
War looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by War.
Katsumoto throws an overhand right that lands on War's shoulder, as War tries to avoid the shot.
Katsumoto throws a jab but it's blocked by War.
Katsumoto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before War can pounce on him.
War slips a jab from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto throws a push kick but War slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katsumoto. That did some damage!
Katsumoto missing with a left hand there. War was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Katsumoto scores with a head kick.
War paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
War lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
War swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Katsumoto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
War fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
War tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katsumoto was well out of range. Poor timing from War.
War lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circle momentarily. War darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
War checks a leg kick.
Katsumoto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
War throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Katsumoto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from War.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
War lands with a kick to the ribs.
War misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by War.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from War.
War scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A cross from War lands.
War connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
War lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
War avoids a kick to the body.
Katsumoto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
War thows a body shot but no joy.
War scores with a nice strike.
Katsumoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
War scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Katsumoto misses with a straight right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsumoto connects with a solid leg kick.
Katsumoto throws out a loose jab but War uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by War.
War takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

War buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
War works Katsumoto's body with a nice hook.
Katsumoto throws a body punch but War moves out of range.
Katsumoto throws a half hearted mid kick.
War takes a swing at Katsumoto's ribcage but misses.
War lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Katsumoto at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. War darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
War moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
War moves out of range of the body kick from Katsumoto.
War comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
War tries to work over Katsumoto's front leg with a kick but Katsumoto checks it.
War connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
War looks to land a body kick but Katsumoto moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for War.
War thumps Katsumoto with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katsumoto defending well as War loads up on a big left hand.
Nice jab there from War.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War throws a lazy right hand but Katsumoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
War jabs Katsumoto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Katsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Katsumoto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
War scores with the left hand. Katsumoto knows he should have avoided that one.
Katsumoto is looking to land body kicks.
War misses with a looping left.
War lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Katsumoto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
War listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
War scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
War scores with a jab. Katsumoto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
War lets loose with a powerful body kick. Katsumoto will feel that in the morning.
War dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Katsumoto is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Katsumoto throws a hook but War avoids it easily.
Katsumoto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Katsumoto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but War checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto walks into a jab.
War tries a head kick but it misses.
Katsumoto misses with a straight right.
Katsumoto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for War.
Katsumoto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Katsumoto throws a big shot that misses.
Katsumoto defending well as War loads up on a big left hand.
War avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
War lands a nice looking body shot.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses.
War lands a leg kick that knocks Katsumoto off balance momentarily.
War scores with a shot to the body.
War lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
War fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katsumoto manages to avoid it.
War fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Katsumoto on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War lands a glancing blow to the side of Katsumoto's head.
War lands a head shot.
War darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
War scores with a jab to the body.
War fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katsumoto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
War throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katsumoto misses with a body kick.
War connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Katsumoto momentarily.
War misses the jab.
Katsumoto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Katsumoto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Katsumoto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some bone on bone action there as War checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
War lands a nice leg kick that just misses Katsumoto's sensitive parts.
Katsumoto lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
War throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by War. Beautiful body shot.
War is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Katsumoto can do to turn this around?
War tries to score with a low kick but Katsumoto moves his leg out of the way.
Katsumoto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice uppercut lands for War. That snapped Katsumoto's head back.
A leg kick checked by War.
Katsumoto takes one on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from War, right into the meat.
War scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Katsumoto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
War uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
War throws a right hand that misses
and Katsumoto counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsumoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Katsumoto misses with a looping right.
Katsumoto throws a leg kick but War sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Katsumoto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to War's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War clearly takes 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.

Katsumoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Katsumoto moves out of range as War strikes.
Katsumoto misses the shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by War.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Katsumoto lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and War has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from War and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
War is looking to slow Katsumoto down with leg kicks.
Katsumoto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Katsumoto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Katsumoto walks into a jab.
War uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Katsumoto.
Good work by War as he checks the leg kick.
War works the jab nicely.
War lands a nice hook to Katsumoto's body. Katsumoto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
War throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Katsumoto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Katsumoto is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nice body punch from War.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katsumoto.
War scores with a hook to the body. Katsumoto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Katsumoto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
War dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
War throws a good cross that connects.
An inside leg kick from Katsumoto misses.
Katsumoto scores with a head kick. War tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
War throws a low kick but Katsumoto avoids it.
Katsumoto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
War goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Katsumoto scores with a spinning back kick!
War scores with a punch to the head.
War misses with a straight right.
Katsumoto thuds his shin into the meat of War's side.
War looks to score with a jab to the body but Katsumoto is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
War misses with a low kick.
War misses with a jab, cross combination.
Katsumoto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
War finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Katsumoto misses the jab.
War thumps Katsumoto with a low kick.
War tries a head kick but it misses.
Katsumoto checks a low kick from War.
War throws a poor cross that misses
and War takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Katsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
War throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
War throws a quick inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as War checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Katsumoto tries to land a leg kick but War saw it coming and moves away.
Katsumoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto throws a leg kick that is checked
and War counters with a good low kick that Katsumoto was not able to check.
War delivers a nice body kick.
War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Katsumoto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Katsumoto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Katsumoto.
Decent striking displayed by War there.
War misses with a wild body shot.
War misses with a looping right.
Katsumoto blocks a jab.
War moves out of range as Katsumoto throws a body kick.
Katsumoto tries to work over War's front leg with a kick but War checks it.
Katsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Katsumoto thumps War with a low kick.
Katsumoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
War connects with a jab.
War lands a nice hook to Katsumoto's body. Katsumoto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as War blocks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from War.
War throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
War throws a wild body kick that Katsumoto sees coming a mile off.
War changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
War on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
War scoring well with a low kick there.
War ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsumoto moves away.
War throws a leg kick
and Katsumoto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
War lands a nice looking body shot.
War scores with a body shot.
War checks a low kick from Katsumoto.
War avoids the head kick by Katsumoto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War had his way with Takashi Katsumoto in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Katsumoto walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. War checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
War throws a combination. Katsumoto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Katsumoto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
War throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katsumoto misses with a low kick.
War dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
War fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katsumoto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Katsumoto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Katsumoto.
War misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Katsumoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Katsumoto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Katsumoto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from War.
War blocks a head kick by Katsumoto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Katsumoto!
War bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Katsumoto's head backwards.
Katsumoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katsumoto tries a head kick but it misses.
War throws a half hearted mid kick.
War defending well as Katsumoto loads up on a big left hand.
Katsumoto throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
War swings for the body but Katsumoto moves out of range.
War fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
War misses with a looping left.
War misses the jab.
Katsumoto scores with a nice right hand.
War moves away from the strike by Katsumoto.
War looks to land a left hand but Katsumoto moved out of range nicely.
War throws a leg kick but Katsumoto sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
War blocks a low kick nicely.
Katsumoto moves out of range as War strikes.
War thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katsumoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by War.
Nice defenses there by Katsumoto.
War connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Katsumoto momentarily.
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!
Katsumoto goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A jab from War does it's job there.
War looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Katsumoto throws a series of punches but War moves out of range.
Katsumoto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but War checks it well.
War lands a leg kick that knocks Katsumoto off balance momentarily.
A big left from Katsumoto misses.
A head kick misses from War.
War takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Katsumoto is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
War pushes Katsumoto away with a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice leg kick lands there from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Katsumoto misses with a series of wild punches.
A leg kick checked by Katsumoto.
War with a hook.
Katsumoto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to War's calf.
Katsumoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takashi Katsumoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
War takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
War fakes the leg kick and cracks Katsumoto in the body.
Katsumoto misses with a hook.
Katsumoto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
War takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. War darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Katsumoto motions for War to come forward. Katsumoto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
War tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katsumoto was well out of range. Poor timing from War.
War takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katsumoto scores with a spinning back kick!
War moves away from the strike by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto throws a head kick that misses.
Katsumoto misses with a low kick.
War misses with a wild body shot.
War chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Katsumoto swings for the body but War moves out of range.
War throws a head kick but Katsumoto moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
War lands a nice looking body shot.
War fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Katsumoto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Forever War is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Katsumoto throws a lazy head kick
and War counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Katsumoto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from War finds it's way round the side to connect with Katsumoto's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Forever War.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for War, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 50:45
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:45
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Forever War!
Forever War thanked the fans post fight for their support.