PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Kanttori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kanttori
vs
Castle

192 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heikki Kanttori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanttori closes this distance looking for a takedown but Castle circles away.
Frank Castle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kanttori.
Castle stops Kanttori from passing to mount.
Castle is trying to improve his position.

Kanttori looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Castle is trying to improve his position.

Kanttori tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kanttori has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kanttori is breathing heavily.
Castle sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle is looking to escape.

Kanttori is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Castle is looking to control Kanttori's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Castle avoid being mounted?

Kanttori is working for a kimura but Castle is defending it quite comfortably.
Kanttori tries to pass the half guard into mount. Castle knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Kanttori is trying to work for a kimura but Castle is defending well.
Castle is looking to improve his position.
Castle trying to hold on to Kanttori's head to control him but Kanttori postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Castle closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Castle pulls Kanttori into guard.
Castle looking to control.
Kanttori trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kanttori preventing the sweep.
Castle trying to keep a closed guard but Kanttori is proving a slippery customer.
Castle manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kanttori manages to get himself to full guard.
Kanttori looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Kanttori working for submissions but it's allowed Castle to get to half guard.
Kanttori is staying active underneath Castle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Kanttori looking for subs from the bottom but Castle mounts him!
Kanttori is trying to reverse the position but instead Castle has taken his back - oops!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanttori tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Kanttori is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kanttori sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Kanttori actively working from the bottom here.

Kanttori looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Castle is tying to control. Kanttori wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kanttori gets back to full guard.
Castle looking to pass the guard.
Castle preventing the sweep.

Kanttori is looking to sinch up a triangle. Castle throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Kanttori's body to avoid the submission. Kanttori has instead reached around Castle's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Kanttori arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Heikki Kanttori!