PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leo Katona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Danielson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leo Katona has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Katona
vs
Danielson

189 cm
27
169 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

173 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leo Katona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bryan Danielson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danielson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Katona.
Katona throws a left and a right that both miss
and Danielson counters with a three punch combo that has Katona backing up. Katona nods at Danielson to acknowledge the strikes.
Danielson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Danielson!

Danielson clinches with his opponent.

Katona's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Katona. Danielson does a little dance to reset his feet.

Danielson forces Katona back against the cage and clinches.

Danielson breaks the clinch.
Bryan Danielson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danielson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Katona seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Katona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danielson works over Katona's head and body with a nice combination.
A head kick misses from Katona.
Danielson throws a counter combo.
Danielson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Leo Katona has been cut.
Danielson blocks a head kick by Katona.
Danielson misses with a double jab.
Katona ducks under a wild hook from Danielson.
Katona tries to counter with a takedown but Danielson is quick to defend against it.
Danielson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danielson takes the fight into the clinch.

Katona breaks from the clinch.
Katona throws a left and a right that both miss

and Danielson counters by clinching up.

Katona breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danielson swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Danielson misses.
Katona rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Danielson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice shot by Danielson.
Danielson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Danielson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Danielson.
Danielson with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Danielson. No joy for Katona on that attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danielson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Katona back to the cage. Danielson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Danielson moves into the clinch.

Danielson breaks from the clinch.

Danielson moves into range and clinches up with Katona.

Danielson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Katona misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Danielson does no damage.
Katona went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A combination from Katona does no damage.
Danielson avoids a kick to the body.
Katona throws a right hand that Danielson ducks under and follows up with a left that Danielson also avoids with ease.
Katona avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danielson jabs Katona to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Danielson moves into the clinch successfully.
Danielson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Katonas head.

Danielson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danielson works over Katona's head and body with a nice combination.
Katona misses with an attempted mid kick.
A punch combination from Danielson misses.
It appears Katona was looking to counter with a kick there.
Katona throws a sloppy head kick and Danielson moves out of range easily.
Katona misses the shot to the body.
Katona tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danielson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danielson just misses with a punch to the body.
Katona appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Danielson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Katona in his tracks.

Katona is rocked!

Danielson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Katona, pushing him back against the cage.
Oh Katona is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Danielson pushes Katona back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Danielson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Danielson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Katona scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Danielson has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Golden Gym 14 Elite Coachs. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katona passes to side control.
Katona is breathing heavily.
Danielson is pushing Katona's head away, looking to escape. Katona manages to hold on to the position though.
Katona misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Katona really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Danielson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Katona taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katona has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Katona seems to have got his legs back now.

Katona is working to tighten his grip on Danielson's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Danielson has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Katona is really squeezing tight and eventually Danielson passes out! Katona breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Leo Katona!
Bryan Danielson spoke after the fight, saying 'I just decided I wanted to get a loss on my record I don't like zero's so I decided I want a few numbers added there!'.