PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Casey Silk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haiki Masatupo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silk
vs
Masatupo

173 cm
25
153 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
26
158 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Casey Silk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Haiki Masatupo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Masatupo shoots in and bounces Silk off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silk keeping moving, preventing Masatupo from controlling successfully.
Silk can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Masatupo controls the pace.
Silk manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Silk misses with a head shot.
Masatupo is trying to escape the mount.

Masatupo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Silk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silk throws some wild stikes that Masatupo manages to avoid easily.
Masatupo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silk trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silk prevents Masatupo from getting the reversal.
Silk punishing his opponent with strikes.
Masatupo taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silk looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silk thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silk throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silk looking to finish with strikes here!
Masatupo is trying to escape the mount.
Masatupo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Masatupo is squirming around, avoiding Silk's attempts to control the action.
Masatupo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silk.
Silk has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silk throws some wild stikes that Masatupo manages to avoid easily.
Silk misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Masatupo blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silk with the ground and pound from mount.
Silk lands a big shot there that rocks Masatupo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silk in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Masatupo is rocked!

Silk is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Masatupo is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Masatupo flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Silk anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Masatupo and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Silk slips an arm under Masatupo chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Silk has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Silk is squeezing on Masatupo like an anaconda would it's prey. Masatupo fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Casey Silk!