PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drwal has chosen Nightwish Crimson Tide as his entrance music. Takashi Katsumoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Katsumoto
vs
Drwal

170 cm
31
175 lbs
24 - 12 - 1

190 cm
30
187 lbs
15 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Dragon
Nutrition Your Way!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takashi Katsumoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Drwal!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsumoto shoots in but no luck this time.
Jab from Drwal.
Katsumoto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Katsumoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Katsumoto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drwal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Katsumoto dives in and grabs Drwal's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drwal pushes down on Katsumoto's head and hops out.
Drwal scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Drwal with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Drwal forces Katsumoto back against the cage and clinches.
Drwal working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drwal prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takashi Katsumoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Katsumoto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drwal gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Katsumoto prevents Drwal from breaking the clinch.
Katsumoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drwal is pressed up against the cage. Katsumoto has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Drwal down to the mat. Drwal avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Drwal tries to clinch up but Katsumoto circles away and keeps his distance.
Katsumoto shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drwal sprawls well. Drwal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Katsumoto gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice cross by Drwal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Katsumoto doesn't seem bothered though.

Drwal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Katsumoto.
Drwal scores with a shot to the side of Katsumoto's head.
Drwal tries to throw a body punch but Katsumoto avoids it by throwing Drwal back against the cage.
Drwal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drwal will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Katsumoto up against the cage.
Katsumoto prevents Drwal from breaking the clinch.
Katsumoto wants a takedown but no success here.
Drwal has Katsumoto pushed against the cage.
Drwal pushes Katsumoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Katsumoto drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drwal prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drwal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Drwal closes the distance and pushes Katsumoto back into the cage.
Drwal gets through Katsumoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Katsumoto has clasped his hands together around Drwal's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Katsumoto throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Katsumoto in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Drwal is trying to get back to his feet.
Drwal tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Katsumoto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
You can see the frustration on Drwal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Katsumoto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Katsumoto working the ground and pound from side control.
Drwal throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Katsumoto working the ground and pound but Drwal is defending the strikes.
Katsumoto working the head and body with strikes.
Katsumoto works to advance to full mount. Drwal defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drwal throwing hammer fists to the chest of Katsumoto. What's that going to do exactly?
Drwal is trying to escape the mount.
Katsumoto lands a couple of good shots and Drwal has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Katsumoto thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Katsumoto wants to control but Drwal is keeping busy.

Katsumoto has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Katsumoto lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katsumoto misses with a punch to the head.
Drwal covers up after that shot from Katsumoto.
Drwal covering up well under a series of strikes from Katsumoto.

Drwal is trying to shake Katsumoto off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Katsumoto won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drwal lands a nice looking body kick.
Drwal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katsumoto moves away.
Takashi Katsumoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Katsumoto closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Drwal's guard.
Katsumoto with a nice head shot there.
Drwal controls Katsumoto momentarily but Katsumoto frees himself.
Drwal is looking to stand up but Katsumoto isn't so interested in that idea.
Drwal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Katsumoto prevents Drwal from getting back to his feet.
Katsumoto passes Drwal's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Drwal kicks off Katsumoto and gets to his feet.

Katsumoto has closed the distance and engaged Drwal in a clinch.
The referee calls for Drwal to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Takashi Katsumoto will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Drwal swats away the attempt to clinch by Katsumoto.
Drwal stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drwal wants it to stay on the feet.
Katsumoto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Drwal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Katsumoto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drwal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch but Katsumoto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Katsumoto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jab from Drwal.
Drwal wants to clinch up but Katsumoto keeps it at a distance.
Katsumoto shoots in for a takedown but Drwal shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takashi Katsumoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drwal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Katsumoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Drwal. Those never looked like landing.

Katsumoto has closed the distance and engaged Drwal in a clinch.
Katsumoto drops down looking for an ankle pick but Drwal pulls his leg out and moves away.
Katsumoto tries to clinch up but Drwal circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto tries to close the distance and clinch but Drwal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Katsumoto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Drwal as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Drwal as Katsumoto shoots in.
Katsumoto doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Drwal counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drwal tries to clinch but Katsumoto moves out of range.
Katsumoto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drwal.

Drwal rushes Katsumoto and presses him up against the cage.
Drwal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Drwal avoids a wild elbow strike from Katsumoto.
Drwal trying to control the position but instead, Katsumoto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drwal into the cage.
Katsumoto goes for a takedown in the clinch but Drwal prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Drwal manages to break the clinch.
Katsumoto shoots in for a takedown but Drwal shows good takedown defense.
Katsumoto tries to clinch but Drwal moves away
and Drwal counters with a left and a right that stings Katsumoto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drwal slaps away a takedown attempt from Katsumoto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Drwal is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Drwal stuffs the takedown attempt from Katsumoto. Katsumoto gets slowly back to his feet.
Katsumoto misses with a takedown
and Drwal counters with a flying knee that drops Katsumoto! Drwal dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomasz Drwal!
Tomasz Drwal is the new middleweight champion!
Tomasz Drwal looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'POZDRAWIAM WSZYSTKICH POLAKÓW I MAMEDA KHALIDOVA. '.
In defeat, Takashi Katsumoto stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want an immediate rematch! I slipped but it won't happen again!'.