PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rawrl Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rawrl Castro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Castro
vs
Scott

178 cm
27
182 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
178 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rawrl Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maximus Scott!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Scott.
Scott scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Some bone on bone action there as Scott checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A lazy left from Scott finds it's target.
Scott scores with a jab. Castro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Castro lands a nice looking body kick.
A big left from Scott misses.
Castro misses with a head kick.
Scott keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Castro throws a leg kick but Scott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Scott misses the shot to the body.
Castro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castro slips a jab from Scott.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scott connects with a crisp jab.
Castro slips under a jab from Scott.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Scott throws out the jab.
Scott throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Scott there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Castro misses with a kick to the body.
Scott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A good leg kick by Castro.
Castro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Scott throws out the jab.
Scott fails to land with a series of punches.
Scott misses with the body kick
and Castro counters with a nice low kick that buckles Scott's knee momentarily.
Scott with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Scott misses with a looping left.
Scott lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Scott looks to score with a jab to the body but Castro is just out of range.
Scott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Castro's sensitive parts.
Castro is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a head kick but Scott moves out of range.
Scott throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Scott.
Nice shot by Scott.
Scott blocks a low kick nicely.
Scott looks to score with a jab to the body but Castro is just out of range.
Scott throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scott. Scott obviously looking to wear him down.
Scott lands a nice looking body shot.
Castro dodges the punch combination from Scott.
Scott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Scott stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maximus Scott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro takes one to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Scott misses.
Scott scores with a hook.
Scott with a nice cross.
Castro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Scott cracks Castro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Scott jabs at Castro's body.
Decent striking displayed by Scott there.
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!
Scott clobbers Castro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Scott.
Scott works over Castro's head and body with a nice combination.

Castro is rocked!

It looks like Rawrl Castro has been cut.
Scott scores with a nice strike.
Oh Castro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Scott lands a left and a right that send Castro crashing to the mat, dazed. Scott thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Scott ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Scott scores with a jab to the body.
Castro seems to have got his legs back now.
Scott lunges at Castro with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Castro's hand.
Scott lands a nice shot to the body.
Scott scores with a shot to the body.
Castro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Scott punishes Castro's body with a nice straight punch.
Scott lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Scott lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Castro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A lazy left from Scott finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Scott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rawrl Castro's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Scott swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Castro counters with a thumping low kick.
Castro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Scott counters with a good low kick that Castro was not able to check.
Scott lands a jab-cross combination.
Scott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Scott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castro moves out of range of the strikes.
Maximus Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scott uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Castro has time to react.
Scott thuds a left hand into Castro's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott cracks a nice hook into Castro's ribs.
Good standup being displayed there by Scott as he connects with a hook.
Scott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Scott works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castro.
Scott bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Castro's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Scott.
Scott scores with a decent looking hook.
Scott lands with a good body shot.
Castro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Scott misses with a body shot.
Castro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castro walks into a left hand.
Scott smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Scott ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scott connects with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Scott.
Scott tried to score with a low kick but Castro checks it.
Scott throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scott has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Scott connects with a nice looking jab.
Scott scores with a body shot.
Scott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Castro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Castro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Scott's corner calls for a 1-2. Scott obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Scott throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Scott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Scott lands a nice shot to the body.
Maximus Scott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Scott can pounce on him.
Scott lands a nice looking body shot.
Castro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Scott digs a good body shot into Castro's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott stuns Castro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Scott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castro moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Scott.
Castro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Scott scores with a jab to the head.

Scott lands a big head kick that sends Castro tumbling to the mat! Scott takes a step backwards and waves Castro back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Castro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Scott throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Castro stumbling backwards into the cage! Castro bounces back off the cage towards Scott, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Scott lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Scott celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Maximus Scott!