PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Semmy Kasteel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Bounty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kasteel comes to the cage accompanied by Celtic Music. Semmy Kasteel had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kasteel
vs
Bounty

188 cm
24
199 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

185 cm
23
194 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Semmy Kasteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Bounty!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasteel fails to land with a series of punches.
Bounty throws a big shot that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bounty, as that shot connected.
Kasteel slips a straight right by Bounty.
Bounty lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kasteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Kasteel throws a body punch but Bounty moves out of range.
A jab from Kasteel misses.
Kasteel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kasteel throws a low kick, looking for Bounty's leg but Bounty calmly moves out of range.
Bounty lands with a kick to the temple. Kasteel shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bounty dips to his left and cracks Kasteel with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kasteel walks into a straight right hand from Bounty.
Kasteel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kasteel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kasteel misses with a looping left.
Kasteel throws a hook but Bounty blocks it.
Bounty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bounty misses with a double jab.
Kasteel throws the left hand but Bounty avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasteel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kasteel moves out of range of the body kick from Bounty.
Bounty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kasteel misses with a wild body shot.
Mark Bounty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bounty avoids the body shot from Kasteel.
Bounty throws a body kick that misses.
Bounty throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kasteel.
Kasteel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kasteel ducks under a wild hook from Bounty.
Bounty throws an overhand right that lands on Kasteel's shoulder, as Kasteel tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Bounty.
Kasteel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kasteel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bounty.
Kasteel misses the shot to the body.
Kasteel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kasteel misses with a few strikes there.
Kasteel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty thuds a left hand into Kasteel's body.
Bounty throws a body punch but Kasteel moves out of range.
Bounty's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kasteel under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Kasteel.
Kasteel misses with a straight right.
Bounty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bounty cracks Kasteel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bounty thuds a left hand into Kasteel's body.
A jab from Bounty misses.
Kasteel takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bounty cracks a nice hook into Kasteel's ribs.
Kasteel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bounty slips a jab from Kasteel.
Kasteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kasteel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bounty throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kasteel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel throws a lazy uppercut
and Kasteel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kasteel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bounty counters with a nice body shot.
Bounty with a jab.
A punch combination from Kasteel misses.
A jab lands there for Kasteel.
Kasteel walks into a left hand.
Kasteel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bounty counters with a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Bounty blocks the low kick.
Bounty misses with a two punch combination.
Kasteel fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Kasteel misses.
Kasteel needs to keep his hands up - Bounty had a free shot at his head there.
Bounty has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kasteel finds it's way round the side to connect with Bounty's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kasteel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kasteel misses with a shot to the body
and Bounty counters with a nice body kick.
Kasteel is breathing heavily.
Bounty goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel swinging wildly here.
Bounty misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kasteel throws a shot from downtown. Bounty moves away and avoids it.
Kasteel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bounty throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bounty looks for the body kick but Kasteel saw that one coming.
Both fighters circling a little - Bounty finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kasteel loads up on a big right hand but Bounty slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kasteel. Bounty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kasteel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kasteel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bounty lands with a right hand.
Bounty is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kasteel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bounty misses with an uppercut
and Kasteel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bounty. Kasteel shrugs it off though.
A jab from Kasteel misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Bounty dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bounty tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kasteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bounty scores with a nice body kick.
Kasteel misses with a looping right.
Kasteel throws a big shot that misses.
Bounty throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kasteel on the side of the head.
Bounty scores with a nice strike.
Kasteel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kasteel misses with a hook. Bounty ducked under it nicely.
Kasteel moves forwards but Bounty connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kasteel will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bounty with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kasteel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kasteel blocks a head kick by Bounty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kasteel misses with a body shot.
Bounty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bounty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bounty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kasteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bounty throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kasteel's head.
Bounty explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kasteel missing with a left hand there. Bounty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mark Bounty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kasteel avoids the head kick by Bounty.
Bounty misses with a looping right.
Bounty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bounty catches Kasteel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bounty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kasteel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bounty.
Kasteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bounty throws a push kick but Kasteel slaps the foot to one side.
Kasteel looks to score with a jab to the body but Bounty is just out of range.
Kasteel misses the shot to the body.
Kasteel throws a head kick but Bounty moves out of range.
Bounty looks to land a right hand but Kasteel moved out of range.
Bounty looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kasteel lands a body shot.
Kasteel just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bounty.

Kasteel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bounty lands an elbow inside.
Bounty lands a nice knee to the body.
Bounty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kasteel missing with knees to the body.
Bounty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kasteel avoids it.
Kasteel working aggressively here.
Bounty misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kasteel.
Bounty misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kasteel.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bounty missing with knees to the body.
Kasteel blocks an elbow strike from Bounty.
Kasteel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kasteel tries a knee to the head but Bounty blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Kasteel on the inside.
Kasteel wants to break free but Bounty has control.
A short right from Kasteel on the inside.
Bounty lands a nice elbow.
Bounty lands an elbow inside that Kasteel shrugs off.
Kasteel tries a body shot but Bounty blocks it.
Kasteel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bounty.
Bounty blocks a body shot from Kasteel.
Bounty throws an elbow that misses.
Kasteel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kasteel wants to break free but Bounty has control.
Bounty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kasteel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bounty is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kasteel is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kasteel.
Bounty is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kasteel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bounty misses the shot to the body.
Kasteel throws out a leg kick but Bounty moves out of range and Kasteel only half commits.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kasteel instigates a clinch.
Bounty throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kasteel is trying to maintain a safe position but Bounty gets an underhook and turns Kasteel into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bounty throws an elbow but misses.
Kasteel takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Semmy Kasteel has been cut.
Kasteel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kasteel is trying to break the clinch but Bounty has him pressed against the cage.
Kasteel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bounty up against the cage.
Kasteel misses with a knee strike.
Semmy Kasteel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bounty unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kasteel looking to stall.
Kasteel tries to throw a body punch but Bounty avoids it by throwing Kasteel back against the cage.
Bounty blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mark Bounty will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Semmy Kasteel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kasteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bounty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bounty lands a really nice looking cross but Kasteel seems unphased.
Bounty throws a hook but Kasteel blocks it.
A combination from Kasteel does no damage.
Kasteel just misses with a punch to the body.
Kasteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bounty scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kasteel tries to close the distance and clinch but Bounty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab from Bounty.
A combination from Kasteel does no damage.
Bounty ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bounty moves out of range of the strikes.
Bounty scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kasteel throws a big shot that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bounty - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bounty lands a head kick. Kasteel smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasteel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bounty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bounty lands a jab.
Bounty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bounty with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kasteel to score with a decent uppercut.
Bounty tries to clinch but Kasteel moves out of range.
Bounty lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kasteel takes a step back to recover.
Bounty scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bounty slips a straight right by Kasteel.
Bounty tries to clinch but Kasteel moves out of range.
A jab from Bounty misses.
Bounty throws the kick towards the body but Kasteel avoids it.
A combination from Kasteel does no damage.
Kasteel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty lands a nice looking body kick.
Bounty throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bounty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bounty gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bounty lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kasteel backwards.
Bounty throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bounty obliges.
Bounty lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bounty lands an elbow that stopped Kasteel in his tracks for a moment.
Kasteel takes an elbow to the forehead.

Kasteel is rocked!
Kasteel tries to land a knee to the head but Bounty blocks with his arms.
Oh Kasteel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bounty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bounty.
Bounty tries to land knees in the clinch but Kasteel avoids the damage to the body.
Kasteel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bounty.
Kasteel misses with a punch to the body.
Semmy Kasteel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kasteel seems to have got his legs back now.
Bounty scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bounty lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bounty using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bounty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kasteel takes an elbow to the temple.
Bounty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bounty lands a damaging elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bounty.
Kasteel is pressed against the cage. Bounty pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Kasteel! Two more big strikes from Bounty and Kasteel crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark Bounty!
A victorious Mark Bounty thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.