PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angel Castile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Castile
vs
Mendes

155 cm
26
155 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Angel Castile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jesus Mendes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castile throws a leg kick
and Mendes counters with a head kick.
Castile walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mendes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick from Castile misses
and Mendes counters with an outside leg kick.

Castile gets a clinch.
Castile throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by Mendes.

It looks like Angel Castile has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Castile breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Castile moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Castile.
Castile looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castile misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.
Castile is trying to maintain a safe position but Mendes gets an underhook and turns Castile into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Castile scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mendes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castile stalling.
A right hand to the body from Castile.
Mendes letting Castile take a breather here.
Castile lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jesus Mendes has been cut.
Mendes tries to land a knee to the head but Castile blocks with his arms.
Castile leaning his opponent against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mendes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castile is defending well for now.
Mendes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Castile tries to land knees in the clinch but Mendes avoids the damage to the body.
Castile controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Castile throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castile lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Castile on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castile swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mendes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mendes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castile has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mendes tries to land knees in the clinch but Castile avoids the damage to the body.
Mendes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castile has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Castile tries a knee to the head but Mendes blocks it.
Castile lands a damaging elbow.
Mendes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castile avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Castile fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Castile throws an elbow but misses.
Castile on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castile is trying to push Mendes away but Mendes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castile managing to block the knees to the body from Mendes.
Mendes taking a breather.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but Castile blocks it.
Castile on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Castile breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Castile, right into the meat.
Castile blocks a head kick by Mendes.
Castile throws a lazy body kick
and Mendes counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Castile throws a head kick that misses
and Mendes counters with a solid body kick.
Mendes ducks under a wild hook from Castile.
A head kick by Castile misses
and Mendes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Castile throws a lazy uppercut
and Mendes counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castile dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mendes. That did some damage!
Mendes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Castile.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mendes - that will leave a mark!
Castile misses with the body kick
and Mendes counters with a body kick that stops Castile in his tracks momentarily.

Castile has closed the distance and engaged Mendes in a clinch.
Castile looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendes with a knee to the head.
Mendes missing with knees to the body.
Castile tries to work over Mendes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendes.
Mendes avoids a wild elbow strike from Castile.
Castile pushes off an throws an elbow but Mendes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Angel Castile will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Castile misses with a leg kick
and Mendes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mendes thuds his shin into the meat of Castile's side.
Angel Castile seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castile thows a leg kick but Mendes checks it
and Mendes counters with a thumping low kick.
A slow jab from Castile misses its intended target.
Castile connects with an inside leg kick.
Castile throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mendes counters with an inside leg kick.
Castile thows a leg kick but Mendes checks it
and Mendes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Castile misses
and Mendes counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mendes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Castile chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castile throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Castile gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mendes counters with a good, hard body kick but Castile shrugs it off.
Mendes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Castile tries to land a body kick
and Mendes counters with a low kick, right behind Castile 's knee.

Mendes gets tackled into the cage by Castile. Castile maintains the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mendes.
Mendes continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Castile managing to block the knees to the body from Mendes.
Mendes blocks an elbow strike from Castile.
Mendes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mendes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Castile breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castile throws a lazy head kick
and Mendes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Castile throws a head kick that misses
and Mendes counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Castile is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Castile throws a leg kick

and Mendes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Castile is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mendes is defending well for now.
Mendes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castile.
Mendes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short body shot lands from Castile as the two fighters clinch.
Castile will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Castile on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castile unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mendes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castile tries to land knees in the clinch but Mendes avoids the damage to the body.
Castile throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mendes blocks it with crossed arms.
Castile throws an elbow that misses.
Mendes blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mendes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castile lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mendes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but Castile blocks it.
Castile working hard to break the clinch.
Mendes with a knee to the head.
Mendes landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Castile just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mendes's brow.
Mendes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castile.
Castile throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendes.
Mendes avoids a wild elbow strike from Castile.
Mendes keeps control of Castile as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castile avoiding damage as Mendes throws knees to the body.
Castile wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mendes has him pressed against the cage.
Castile is looking to control Mendes's arms but Mendes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castile has his back to the cage.
Castile throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendes.
Castile looking to throw knees to the head but Mendes is blocking nicely.
Mendes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castile is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Castile tries to work over Mendes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mendes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castile avoids it.
Castile throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castile tries to break the clinch but Mendes is controlling the position.
Mendes managing to block the knees to the body from Castile.
Mendes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Castile wants to break the clinch but can't.
Castile is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Castile can't break the clinch.
Mendes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Castile controlling the action here for a moment.
Castile throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Castile just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mendes's brow.
Castile misses with a knee to the head.
Castile is trying to break the clinch but Mendes has him pressed against the cage.
Mendes looking to throw knees to the head but Castile is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Mendes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Castile closes the distance and pushes Mendes back into the cage.
Castile tries a body shot but Mendes blocks it.
Castile comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Castile looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mendes tries to land a knee to the head but Castile blocks with his arms.
Mendes tries to land knees in the clinch but Castile avoids the damage to the body.
Castile tries to stall but Mendes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mendes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mendes has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Castile uses from the top position.
Castile wants to pass the guard but Mendes is keeping the position.
Castile throws and elbow that misses. Mendes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Castile's guard. Nice move by Mendes!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castile keeping moving, preventing Mendes from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mendes is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mendes stands and throws Castile's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mendes is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Mendes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

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.
Mendes controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castile keeps working.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

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.
Castile managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mendes.
Castile is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mendes off and has taken his back!
Mendes manages to reverse the position and now he's in Castile's guard. Nice work there by Mendes.
Castile keeping moving, preventing Mendes from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mendes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Castile is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Mendes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mendes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Mendes!