PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvidor Seriento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jol Katarin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jol Katarin was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Seriento
vs
Katarin

190 cm
27
198 lbs
9 - 13 - 0

186 cm
32
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvidor Seriento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jol Katarin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seriento lands a head kick!
Seriento tries to move into range but Katarin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Katarin lands a left and a right that send Seriento crashing to the mat, dazed. Katarin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Salvidor Seriento has been cut.
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!
Katarin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Katarin gets a takedown into half guard.
Seriento trying to control here.
Katarin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Seriento looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katarin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seriento blocking the ground and pound attempt from Katarin.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Katarin lands a nice short elbow.
Katarin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Katarin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Katarin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seriento is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Katarin thows a huge punch but Seriento dodges it nicely.
Katarin lands strikes from half guard.
Seriento trying to control but Katarin postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katarin prevents Seriento from improving his position.
Katarin stops Seriento from getting back to his feet.
Katarin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Katarin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Seriento pushes Katarin off looking to stand but Katarin dives back in and keeps control.
Katarin frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Katarin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Katarin with shots to the head and body - Seriento looks very uncomfortable down there.

Seriento is rocked!
Katarin is landing with some decent strikes but Seriento is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Seriento is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katarin postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Seriento out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Katarin goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jol Katarin!
An out of breath Jol Katarin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.