PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Castle
vs
Dela Cruz

182 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Rusty Cage Fightwear (powered by Sabotage, Inc.)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dean Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, King Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dela Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Castle shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Castle throws a nice looking combination but Dela Cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dela Cruz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Castle is trying to stand.
Dela Cruz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Castle's head.
Dela Cruz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Castle is trying to stand back up but Dela Cruz is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dela Cruz lands a nice short elbow.
Castle on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dela Cruz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dela Cruz thows a huge punch but Castle dodges it nicely.

Dela Cruz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Dela Cruz thows a huge punch but Castle dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dela Cruz is working away from the top position though.
Dela Cruz looks to land a strike but Castle avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Castle is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dela Cruz manages to get to full guard.
Dela Cruz is trying to control the position but Castle postures up.
Dela Cruz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Castle wants to hold on but Dela Cruz pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Dela Cruz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
BOOM! Dela Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Castle is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dela Cruz misses with a head shot.
Dela Cruz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dela Cruz thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dela Cruz looking to secure an arm triangle but Castle defends it well.
Castle is trying to stand.
Dela Cruz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Castle hang on?
Castle in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dela Cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Castle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Castle tries to get out of the position.

Dela Cruz working for a submission but Castle is keeping him at bay.
Dela Cruz landing strikes from the mount and Castle is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Castle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dela Cruz misses with a head shot.
Castle blocking the ground and pound.
Dela Cruz is landing with some decent strikes but Castle is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dela Cruz with the ground and pound from mount.
Dela Cruz with the ground and pound from mount.

Castle is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castle really wants to buck Dela Cruz off and get back to his feet.
Castle is breathing heavily.

Castle has left one of his arms exposed and Dela Cruz doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Castle screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). King Dela Cruz!