PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rawrl Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aries Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson has chosen (hed) PE- Boom (How you like that) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castro
vs
Henderson

178 cm
27
182 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

180 cm
26
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rawrl Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aries Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson blocks a head kick by Castro.
A bone on bone clash there as Henderson blocks the leg kick.
Rawrl Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro is looking to chop away at Henderson's legs.
Henderson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Henderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castro.
Castro lands a head kick!
Danga de danga de dang - Henderson scores with a four punch combination!
Castro just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson scores with a nice head shot.
Henderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Castro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henderson.
Castro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Castro moves away from the strike by Henderson.
Henderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Castro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Castro.
Castro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Castro thumps Henderson with a low kick.
Castro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castro drops his hands momentarily and Henderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Castro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson punishes Castro's body with a nice straight punch.
Castro throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henderson.
Castro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henderson's calf.
Castro is looking to slow Henderson down with leg kicks.
Henderson connects with a body shot.
Henderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Castro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henderson.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Henderson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Henderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Henderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Henderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Castro can pounce on him.
Castro digs a good body shot into Henderson's ribs.
Castro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castro misses the shot to the body.
Henderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Castro. Castro obviously looking to wear him down.
Castro blocks a jab.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Castro moves into range and clinches up with Henderson.
Castro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Castro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henderson looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Castro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Aries Henderson has been cut.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Castro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Castro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castro working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.
Castro lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castro.
Castro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Castro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Castro utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.
Castro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henderson takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Castro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Castro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henderson tries to circle away but Castro has him pinned against the cage.
Castro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Castro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Castro.
Castro just leaning against Henderson, taking a breather.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Castro.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Castro.
Castro trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Castro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.
Castro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Castro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Castro is controlling the position.
Castro landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Castro.
Castro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Castro utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henderson tries to break free but Castro pushes him back against the cage.
Henderson wants to break free but Castro has control.
Knees to the body from Castro.
Castro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Castro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Castro has the dominant position.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Castro is controlling the position.
Castro lands a nice elbow.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Castro won't allow it.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rawrl Castro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aries Henderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Castro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Henderson.
Castro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Castro shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Henderson scores with a jab. Castro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson throws a looping overhand right but Castro ducks down to avoid it.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson throws an overhand right that lands on Castro's shoulder, as Castro tries to avoid the shot.
Castro scores with a push kick.

Castro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Castro lands a knee to the head.
Castro prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Castro lands a damaging elbow.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Castro scores a nice knee to the body.
Castro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Aries Henderson's cut even more.
Henderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castro lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Castro.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rawrl Castro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Castro won't allow it.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Castro lands an elbow that stopped Henderson in his tracks for a moment.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Castro scores a nice knee to the body.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Castro.
Henderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Castro.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Castro has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
Castro connects with a knee to the head.
Castro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henderson tries to circle away but Castro has him pinned against the cage.
Castro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Castro lands a nice elbow.
Castro stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castro.
Castro missing with knees to the body.
Castro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Castro.
Henderson tries to circle away but Castro has him pinned against the cage.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Castro trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castro.
Castro keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castro lands a left hand.
Castro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henderson as Castro tries to tie him up.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castro lands a nice knee to the body.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.
Castro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castro obliges.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Castro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.
Castro connects with a knee to the head.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Castro is controlling the position.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castro with a knee to the head.
Henderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Castro has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Castro connects with a knee to the head.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Castro lands a shot to the body.
Castro landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Castro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castro missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.
Henderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Castro misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson wants to break free but Castro has control.
Castro lands a nice elbow.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castro misses with a knee strike.
Castro has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Castro utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Castro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Castro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Castro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castro keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castro lands an elbow inside.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Castro crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Castro blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rawrl Castro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aries Henderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Castro drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Castro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Henderson wants to break free but Castro has control.
Castro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Castro.
Castro lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Castro cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Castro crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Castro scores a nice knee to the body.
Henderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henderson can't break the clinch.
Castro lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Castro.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Castro effectively controlling the action here.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castro creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henderson's defenses.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Castro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Castro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.
Henderson avoiding damage as Castro throws knees to the body.
Castro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
Castro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Castro lands an elbow inside that Henderson shrugs off.
Castro landing knees to the body.
Henderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Castro.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Castro lands a nice knee to the body.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Castro lands an elbow inside that Henderson shrugs off.
Castro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Castro is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castro obliges.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Castro crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castro prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
Castro working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Castro keeps him there for the moment.
Castro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Castro displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henderson up against the cage.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Castro has the dominant position.
Castro scores a nice knee to the body.
Castro lands a nice shot to the body.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Castro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castro obliges.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Castro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.
Castro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Castro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Castro has the dominant position.
Castro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castro landing knees to the head.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.
Castro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henderson can't break the clinch.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Castro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Castro is controlling the position.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Castro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Castro has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Castro lands an elbow inside.
Castro crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aries Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castro.
Castro lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Castro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Henderson working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Castro.
Castro lands a knee to the body.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Castro landing knees to the body.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Castro keeps him there for the moment.
Henderson wants to break free but Castro has control.
Castro landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castro obliges.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Castro has the dominant position.
Castro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Castro avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Castro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Castro.
Castro blocks an uppercut.
Henderson takes an elbow to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rawrl Castro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Castro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rawrl Castro!