PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caius Lehtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariano Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caius Lehtonen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lehtonen
vs
Castro

177 cm
24
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

174 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caius Lehtonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mariano Castro!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro takes a swing at Lehtonen's ribcage but misses.

Castro shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Castro was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Castro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Castro tries to control but Lehtonen wriggling away.
Castro fails to move to back control.
Castro looking to control but Lehtonen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lehtonen working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtonen is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lehtonen has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Castro's lack of action.
Lehtonen is trying to maintain the position but Castro is very close to passing his half guard.
Castro is stalling here. Lehtonen is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Castro seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Lehtonen has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Lehtonen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Castro's legs.

Lehtonen is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Castro looks calm but he's in trouble here. Lehtonen gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Castro is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Lehtonen lets go of the hold and Castro can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Caius Lehtonen!
Caius Lehtonen thanked the fans post fight for their support.