PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jv Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Brothers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jv Castillo looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Castillo
vs
Brothers

210 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

222 cm
18
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jv Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Brothers!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castillo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Brothers's guard.
Brothers wants to sweep but no luck.

Brothers working for a triangle but Castillo defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brothers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Castillo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Castillo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Castillo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brothers wants to stand and escape but Castillo is having none of it.
Brothers trying to control the position.
Brothers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brothers is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brothers controlling the position.
Castillo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

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.
Brothers has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Castillo tries to free his leg and advance position but Brothers is retaining full guard.
Castillo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brothers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Castillo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Brothers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brothers keeping moving, preventing Castillo from controlling successfully.
Castillo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brothers is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Brothers looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brothers slips a nice elbow through Castillo's hands, connecting with Castillo's forehead.
Castillo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brothers is looking for a kimura here.
Brothers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castillo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Castillo is refusing to be controlled, as Brothers sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mario Brothers will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Castillo with a lazy takedown attempt

and Brothers counters with a shoot takedown. Castillo fights it but they end up in guard.
Brothers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brothers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brothers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brothers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Castillo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brothers thows a big elbow that misses.
Brothers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brothers slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Brothers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Castillo struggling a bit here.
Brothers misses with the ground and pound.

Brothers working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Brothers with the ground and pound but Castillo regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brothers misses with a head shot. Castillo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brothers wants to control from the top but Castillo keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brothers.
Brothers passes Castillo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Brothers is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Brothers is trying to work for a kimura but Castillo is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Brothers wants to work for an arm triangle but Castillo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brothers throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Brothers is trying for a kimura here. Castillo looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Brothers wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mario Brothers!