PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Fok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robson Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fok's entrance music is Para Salud. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!

Fok
vs
Castro

160 cm
24
141 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
22
142 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Adrian Fok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robson Castro!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Fok does no damage.

Fok shoots in and bounces Castro off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fok postures up and lands a big shot to Castro's brow.
Fok has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fok throws a strike but Castro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Fok throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Castro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Castro looking to pass the guard.
Castro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Castro trying to control the position from guard on top but Fok is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fok uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Fok misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fok dives in and grabs Castro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Castro pushes down on Fok's head and hops out.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castro lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fok tries to clinch but Castro is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Castro.
Fok avoids the head kick by Castro.
Robson Castro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fok.
Castro on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Castro taking a bit of punishment here - Fok scoring with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fok cracks Castro with a big right hand but Castro just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Castro wants to control but Fok postures up.
Fok scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Castro to see if he's OK.
Fok landing a few strikes.
Fok lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Castro regains half guard, as Fok was trying to land strikes.
Castro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fok scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fok landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro is looking to control Fok's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Castro avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Castro.

Castro is looking for a triangle but Fok pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fok accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Castro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fok defends well.
Fok stands up over Castro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fok throws a big right hand that misses.
Castro wants to control but Fok passes easily into half guard.
Castro wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fok lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fok passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Castro!
Fok lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fok working Castro over with strikes here.
Castro tries to reverse the position but Fok maintains control.
Castro bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Castro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fok is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fok wants to stand and escape but Castro is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Fok dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castro misses with the combination.
Fok tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Fok shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fok was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Castro is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fok with shots to the head and body - Castro looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fok working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Castro is working to get back to half guard.
Fok scoring with strikes but Castro is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fok connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Castro wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Castro is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fok with shots to the head and body - Castro looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fok lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Castro is rocked!
Fok postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Castro in real trouble here! The ref calls for Castro to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adrian Fok!
Adrian Fok decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.