PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ben Kater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Anastasia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kater's entrance music is Seringai - "Akselerasi Maksimum". A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Anastasia's choice of entrance music: Cold As Ice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Kater
vs
Anastasia

173 cm
21
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
31
148 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Kater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Albert Anastasia!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anastasia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Anastasia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kater wants to clinch

and Anastasia holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kater is trying to push Anastasia away but Anastasia has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kater is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anastasia is defending well for now.

Anastasia breaks from the clinch.
Ben Kater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kater swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Anastasia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anastasia throws a lazy body kick
and Kater makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Anastasia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A lazy left from Anastasia finds it's target.
Kater wants to clinch

and Anastasia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anastasia.

Anastasia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kater closes the distance but Anastasia moves to the side

and Anastasia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Anastasia manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Anastasia.
Kater doesn't manage to clinch there - Anastasia circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kater is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anastasia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kater on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anastasia. Anastasia obviously looking to wear him down.
Anastasia misses the shot to the body.
Kater tries to clinch there but Anastasia circles away.
Kater throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Anastasia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheers as Anastasia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kater doesn't seem phased though.
Anastasia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kater was well out of range. Poor timing from Anastasia.
Kater tries to close the distance and clinch but Anastasia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anastasia cracks the inside of Kater's front leg.
Kater tries to clinch there but Anastasia circles away.
Anastasia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kater will feel that in the morning.
Anastasia lands a jab to the nose.

Kater is rocked!
Kater tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anastasia counters with a huge right that knocks Kater out cold! Anastasia is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Albert Anastasia!
A very excited looking Albert Anastasia made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.