PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cain Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Voganoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castillo comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. Igor Voganoff looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Castillo
vs
Voganoff

189 cm
20
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Berserker Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cain Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Voganoff!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo tries to clinch up but Voganoff circles away and keeps his distance.
Castillo misses with a head kick.
Castillo moves in looking to clinch but Voganoff pushes him off.
Castillo tries to clinch but Voganoff is having none of it.
Castillo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cain Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voganoff ducks under a wild hook from Castillo.
Castillo tries to clinch up but Voganoff circles away and keeps his distance.
Castillo tries to clinch up but Voganoff circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castillo connects with a single shot there.

Voganoff is rocked!

Voganoff darts in and clinches Castillo up against the cage.
Voganoff blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo looking to throw knees to the head but Voganoff is blocking nicely.
Voganoff avoiding damage as Castillo throws knees to the body.
Castillo looking to throw knees to the head but Voganoff is blocking nicely.
Castillo throws an elbow that misses.
Castillo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Voganoff decides to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Voganoff managing to control the position.
Castillo wants to control from the top but Voganoff keeps moving.

Castillo stands up from Voganoff's guard - Castillo perhaps looking for a knockout.
Castillo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Voganoff avoids the head kick by Castillo.
Castillo tries to clinch up

and Voganoff counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Voganoff looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Voganoff looks gassed!
Voganoff trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Castillo manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Voganoff throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo preventing the sweep.
Voganoff is trying to control the position but Castillo postures up.
Castillo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Voganoff is proving hard to escape from.
Castillo trying to control but Voganoff is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voganoff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A head kick by Castillo misses

and Voganoff counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Voganoff won't allow Castillo to get back to his feet.

Castillo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Voganoff has passed into half guard!
Castillo is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voganoff perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Castillo tries to kick Voganoff off but Voganoff keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Castillo is in trouble now - Voganoff has advanced to mount!
Castillo is trying to escape the mount.
Voganoff content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Voganoff dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Castillo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Voganoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Voganoff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice combo by Castillo! Oh, that's hurt him - Voganoff falls to the canvas and Castillo follows him into side control.
Voganoff is still in real trouble! Can Castillo finish him?
Voganoff is looking for a sweep.
Voganoff seems to have recovered his senses.
Castillo wants to control but Voganoff is keeping him busy.

Castillo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Voganoff wants to control but Castillo postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voganoff holding on.
Sloppy strikes there by Castillo.

Castillo decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Castillo throws a jab but it's blocked by Voganoff.
The crowd cheers as Castillo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Voganoff doesn't seem phased though.
Voganoff misses with a takedown attempt - Castillo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Voganoff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Castillo misses.
Castillo tries a head kick but it misses.
Castillo tries to clinch but Voganoff moves away

and Voganoff counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Castillo's guard now.
Castillo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Castillo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Voganoff is controlling him.
Castillo keeping moving, preventing Voganoff from controlling successfully.
Voganoff being controlled here momentarily.
Voganoff controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castillo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Voganoff can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Voganoff lands a couple of elbows.
Voganoff is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Castillo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Voganoff with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Castillo being controlled here, momentarily.
Castillo wants to sweep here but Voganoff controlling him for the moment.
Voganoff not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Castillo 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.
Voganoff slips nicely into half guard.
Castillo trying to control here.
Voganoff controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cain Castillo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Castillo tries to clinch but Voganoff moves away

and Voganoff counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Castillo trying to control the position.

Castillo is looking for a triangle but Voganoff pushes his legs off easily.
Voganoff connects with a couple of short punches.
Voganoff content to stall in guard here.
Castillo wants to stand but Voganoff is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Voganoff trying to control the position from guard on top but Castillo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castillo looking for a guillotine here but Voganoff defends easily.
Voganoff is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Voganoff postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Voganoff looking to pass the guard.
Voganoff content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Despite being in the dominant position, Igor Voganoff just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Castillo wants to clinch

and Voganoff counters with a nice double leg into side control. Castillo won't be happy with that.

Voganoff decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Castillo darts in trying to clinch

and Voganoff counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Voganoff is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Voganoff lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voganoff is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Castillo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Castillo wants to stand up but Voganoff is controlling the position.
Voganoff is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Castillo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Castillo's back!
Castillo turns into Voganoff and is now in his guard.
Voganoff is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Castillo gets to his feet. Voganoff looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voganoff shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Castillo pinned against the cage. Castillo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Voganoff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Voganoff swats away the attempt to clinch by Castillo.
A head kick misses from Castillo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castillo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Castillo throws a series of punches but Voganoff avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Voganoff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Voganoff has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Voganoff!