PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorh has chosen Heaven & Hell as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Castle
vs
Dorh

185 cm
29
200 lbs
13 - 18 - 0

183 cm
27
195 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Happy Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cris Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Castle. No joy for Dorh on that attempt.
Dorh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Castle's waist but Castle gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dorh off to one side.
Dorh will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Frank Castle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cris Dorh.

Castle shoots in and bounces Dorh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Castle preventing the sweep.
Dorh is trying to control the position but Castle postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castle slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dorh tries to bench press Castle off him but Castle keeps the position.

Castle tries for a kimura but Dorh is defending well.

Castle tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Castle has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dorh is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castle seems to be working for a kimura but Dorh defends the submission attempt.
Castle throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dorh is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Castle jumps into side control!
Castle working away.

Castle is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dorh is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dorh struggling a bit here.
Dorh is looking for a sweep.

Castle working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dorh regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorh is looking to improve his position.
Castle wants to control but Dorh is keeping him busy.
Dorh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Castle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Castle is looking for a kimura here.
Castle passes to full mount!

Castle goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Dorh turns into him and now he's in Castle's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dorh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Castle trying to strike off his back.
Castle keeping moving, preventing Dorh from controlling successfully.
Dorh slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Castle's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Castle tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dorh wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Dorh is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Castle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Castle is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Dorh off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dorh is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
A lull in the action here.

Dorh is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Castle gets his way!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dorh manages to reverse the position and now he's in Castle's guard. Nice work there by Dorh.

Dorh got a little sloppy there for a moment and Castle has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dorh has managed to get both his arms back between Castle's legs - danger averted.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Castle looking for a guillotine here but Dorh defends easily.

Castle looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Castle dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Castle is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dorh's half guard.
Castle is trying to control the action in half guard but Dorh is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dorh wants to control but Castle is keeping busy.

Castle is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dorh doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Castle.
Dorh wants to control but Castle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Castle prevents Dorh from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dorh manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dorh is trying to control the position but Castle postures up.
Castle tries to free his leg and advance position but Dorh is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorh is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Castle frees his head nicely. Oh but Dorh has switched to an armbar! Castle is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Cris Dorh!
During a confident post fight interview, Cris Dorh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.