PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hettie Kate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pytorvra Narcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kate's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Peanuts Theme. Pytorvra Narcus told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kate
vs
Narcus

172 cm
31
160 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

170 cm
27
162 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hettie Kate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pytorvra Narcus!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kate closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A combination from Narcus does no damage.
Kate moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kate throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kate throws a sloppy head kick and Narcus moves out of range easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Narcus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kate landing knees to the head.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kate lands a knee to the head.
Kate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kate lands an elbow that stopped Narcus in his tracks for a moment.
Narcus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kate has him pressed against the cage.
Narcus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kate is defending well.
Kate is pressed up against the cage. Narcus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kate down to the mat. Kate avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kate tries to close the distance and clinch but Narcus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Narcus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kate is trying to control the position but Narcus postures up.
Kate 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Narcus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Narcus prevents Kate from getting back to his feet.
Narcus passes into half guard.
Narcus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Kate has one foot on Narcus's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Kate lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kate throws a head kick that half lands.
Kate tries to clinch but Narcus is having none of it.
Kate connects with a single shot there.
Narcus looks to land a combination but Kate avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Narcus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Narcus lands a two punch combo.
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!
Kate throws a head kick that half lands.
Narcus shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kate pinned against the cage. Kate gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hettie Kate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pytorvra Narcus.
Narcus takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kate misses with an uppercut. Narcus saw that one coming.
Kate lands a head kick!
Kate feints and then cracks Narcus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Narcus down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narcus throws a series of punches but Kate avoids them all with ease.
Kate turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Narcus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab from Kate.
Narcus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kate.
Kate lands a nice looking body kick.
Kate throws a head kick that half lands.
Kate lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hettie Kate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kate scores with a three punch combo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate throws a one two combo.

Kate has closed the distance and engaged Narcus in a clinch.
Kate gets through Narcus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kate.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Narcus is looking for a takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Kate.
Narcus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kate gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Narcus tries to break free but Kate pushes him back against the cage.
Narcus is working for takedown but Kate is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kate presses Narcus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Narcus looks winded!
Narcus tries for a takedown but Kate manages to get underhooks.
Kate stalls.
Narcus takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Narcus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Kate closes the distance and clinches.
Kate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kate displaying some good clinch control by pressing Narcus up against the cage.
Narcus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kate is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Narcus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hettie Kate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pytorvra Narcus.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Narcus is rocked!

It looks like Pytorvra Narcus has been cut.
Narcus is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Kate.
Narcus is still on wobbly legs! Can Kate finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Narcus is working for takedown but Kate is calmly controlling the position for now.
Narcus seems to have recovered his senses.
Kate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kate works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kate digs a right hand into Narcus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Narcus's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Kate.
Kate lands a hook that snaps the head of Narcus backwards.
Kate's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kate for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Kate is pressed up against the cage. Narcus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kate down to the mat. Kate avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Narcus.
Kate lands a head kick!

Kate has closed the distance and engaged Narcus in a clinch.
Hettie Kate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kate is pressed up against the cage. Narcus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kate down to the mat. Kate avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Narcus tries to keep at a distance but Kate has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kate holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narcus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kate pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kate scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narcus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Narcus has Kate pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kate manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kate scores with a hook to the body.
Narcus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kate lands a shot to the body.
Kate lands a body shot.
Kate lands with a right to the head.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kate displaying some good clinch control by pressing Narcus up against the cage.
Kate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Narcus's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kate taking a breather.
Kate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Narcus's face.
Kate lands a knee to the head.
Kate lands a good knee to the midsection. Narcus won't want to take too many of those.
Narcus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kate gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Kate.
Kate scores a nice knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Kate.
Kate stalling against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kate landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.
Kate lands a good knee to the midsection. Narcus won't want to take too many of those.
Kate lands a knee to the body.
Kate lands an elbow inside.
Kate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kate landing knees to the body.
Kate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Narcus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Narcus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kate gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Kate.
Narcus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Kate - that landed with a thud.
Kate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Narcus can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kate connects with a knee to the head.
Narcus wants to break free but Kate has control.
Kate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hettie Kate dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pytorvra Narcus's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Kate plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Narcus avoids the head kick by Kate.
Kate pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Narcus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kate.

Kate clinches.
Kate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kate crunches a lovely knee into Narcus's ribcage.
Narcus wants a takedown.
Kate is working Narcus over against the cage.
Kate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kate pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kate.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kate slows down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Kate.
Kate lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Kate.
Narcus has Kate pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kate manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kate lands a damaging elbow.
Kate landing knees to the body.
Kate lands a nice elbow.
Kate lands a damaging elbow.
Narcus has Kate pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kate manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hettie Kate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pytorvra Narcus.
Kate landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kate.
Kate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Kate.
Narcus has Kate pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kate manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.
Kate lands a knee to the body.
Kate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kate with a knee to the head.
Kate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kate lands a nice uppercut.
Kate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Narcus is working for takedown but Kate is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kate lands a nice knee to the body.
Kate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Kate.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kate.
Kate connects with a knee to the head.
Kate with a knee to the head.
Narcus drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kate lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Narcus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Narcus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Narcus takes an elbow to the temple.
Kate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kate with a knee to the head.
Kate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Narcus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Narcus is trying to force a seperation but Kate has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate controlling the action here for a moment.
Kate is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A right hand to the body from Kate.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narcus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kate avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kate.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kate digs a right hand into Narcus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Narcus's gas tank.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Narcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kate lands a nice elbow.
Narcus takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Narcus's face.
Kate lands an elbow just above Narcus 's eye.
Narcus looking for a takedown.
Pytorvra Narcus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hettie Kate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kate scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hettie Kate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kate, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hettie Kate!
Our winner, Hettie Kate, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.