PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fidelity Castro (ranked 2784 p4p, 3045 weight class) and Joe Smo (ranked 375 p4p, 415 weight class). Fidelity Castro is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Castro
vs
Smo

191 cm
35
201
12 - 5 - 0

193 cm
35
196
15 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fidelity Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Smo!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smo moves into the clinch successfully.
Smo missing with knees to the body.

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

Smo moves into the clinch.
Castro has had enough of the clinch but Smo keeps him there for the moment.
Castro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Castro has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castro avoids it.

Castro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Castro misses with a looping left.

Castro moves into the clinch.
Smo leaning against his opponent.
Smo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castro avoids it.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smo is looking to clinch.

Smo forces Castro back against the cage and clinches.
Castro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smo has him pressed against the cage.
Castro misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castro. Smo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smo tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Smo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Castro, pushing him back against the cage.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castro avoids it.
Castro wants to get back to striking at distance but Smo won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castro avoids it.
Castro struggles to land a body shot inside as Smo controls his hands.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Smo takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Smo.
Smo crunches a lovely knee into Castro's ribcage.
Smo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smo landing knees to the body.
Castro takes a knee to the side of the body.
Castro is breathing heavily.
Castro is trying to force a seperation but Smo has the dominant position.
Smo is working Castro over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Castro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Castro trying to stall but Smo improves his position.
Smo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Castro's face.
Smo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Smo pulls guard effortlessly.
Castro throwing strikes from guard but Smo blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Smo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Castro trying to control the position from guard on top but Smo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Castro looking to pass the guard.
Smo is controlling Castro's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smo looking for a sweep. Not yet Smo, not yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smo dodges the punch combination from Castro.
Smo throws a body punch but Castro moves out of range.
Smo tries to clinch but Castro moves away
and Castro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smo throws a wild body kick that Castro sees coming a mile off.

Smo clinches.

Castro breaks the clinch.

Smo drives through and clinches with Castro against the cage.
Castro managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
Smo blocks an uppercut.
Smo working Castro over with knees to the body.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Smo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Castro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smo at a distance.
Smo tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Smo tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Smo blocks a jab.
Smo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smo throws a sloppy head kick and Castro moves out of range easily.

Smo rushes Castro and presses him up against the cage.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Castro.
Castro misses with a punch on the inside.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
Smo tries to work over Castro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro avoiding damage.
Good body shot from Smo.
Smo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castro's efforts to push away.
Smo lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro tries to land knees in the clinch but Smo avoids the damage to the body.
Smo keeps control of Castro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Castro walks away with a smile on his face. Smo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Smo closes the distance and clinches.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Castro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Castro takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Fidelity Castro has been cut.

Castro breaks the clinch.
Castro swats away the attempt to clinch by Smo.
Smo tries to clinch up.
Smo tries to clinch up.

Smo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

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

Castro tries to keep at a distance but Smo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Castro taking a breather.
Castro misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.
Smo struggles to land a body shot inside as Castro controls his hands.
Castro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castro avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Castro wants to break free but Smo has control.

Castro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fidelity Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
Castro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smo is able to avoid easily.

Castro clinches up against the cage.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castro avoids it.
Smo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castro.
Castro tries to throw a body punch but Smo avoids it by throwing Castro back against the cage.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo crunches a lovely knee into Castro's ribcage.
Smo lands a right hand.

Smo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Smo knocks Castro to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Castro is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castro trying to remain calm as Smo controls from the top position.
Oh Castro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castro tries to bench press Smo off him but Smo keeps the position.
Smo taking a breather here.
Castro is looking to get back to his feet here but Smo is keeping cool and he's managed to take Castro's back.
Smo keeps control of the position easily here as Castro tries to buck him off.
Smo throwing wild punches that miss their target.

Smo tightening his grip on Castro, looking for the choke.
Castro seems to have got his legs back now.
Smo controlling the position well here. Castro rolled but Smo kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Smo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fidelity Castro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Smo moves into range and clinches up with Castro.
Smo being controlled against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castro.

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

Smo darts in and clinches Castro up against the cage.

Castro breaks from the clinch.
Castro looks to clinch
letting Smo counter with a right hand.

Smo has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice jab there from Castro.
Castro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Smo has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smo tries a knee to the head but Castro blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Castro breaks from the clinch.
Castro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smo manages to avoid it.
Castro tries to clinch up but Smo circles away and keeps his distance.
Smo is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Smo staying out of range there.

Smo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smo lands a knee to the body.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castro.
Smo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smo lands a nice knee to the body.
Smo stalling in the clinch.
Joe Smo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Smo crunches a lovely knee into Castro's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
Castro tries to work over Smo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Smo - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smo lands a good knee to the midsection. Castro won't want to take too many of those.
Smo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Smo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Smo.

Smo closes the distance and clinches.
Castro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Castro taking a breather.
Castro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castro misses with a punch to the body.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castro is defending well for now.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castro avoids it.
Castro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castro wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Castro is trying to break the clinch but Smo is controlling him.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castro.
A frustrated look appears on Castro's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Smo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Castro wants to pass the guard but Smo is keeping the position.
Castro sitting in guard here, content to control.
Castro postures up.
Smo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castro stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Smo moves in looking to clinch but Castro pushes him off.

Castro pushes Smo up against the cage in a clinch.
Fidelity Castro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castro.
Smo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Smo breaks from the clinch.
Smo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smo throws a head kick that Castro semi-blocks.
Joe Smo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Smo misses with a head kick.

Smo clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Smo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Smo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Smo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Smo!
Joe Smo thanked the fans post fight for their support.