PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Kastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kid rock - Cowboy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kastinen
vs
James

180 cm
29
205 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

186 cm
36
209 lbs
20 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KAISER
Merciless Gladiators

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Kastinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ron James!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James is looking to slow Kastinen down with leg kicks.
Kastinen misses the shot to the body.
James throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kastinen's head.

It looks like Seppo Kastinen has been cut.
James throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for James.
Kastinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from James.
Kastinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Ron James has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kastinen. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James is looking to slow Kastinen down with leg kicks.

Kastinen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kastinen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
James is trying to control Kastinen's posture but Kastinen avoids it.
James is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastinen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
James avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kastinen.
We've been hearing that Kastinen has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kastinen working away.
James manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Kastinen wants to work for an arm triangle but James is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
James is doing well to control the position and prevent Kastinen from advancing to side control.
Kastinen wants to take a breather but James is having none of it.

Kastinen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
James tries to get to full guard but Kastinen has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen wants to take a breather but James is having none of it.
James is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kastinen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kastinen looking to ground and pound but James is blocking nicely.
Kastinen landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James regains half guard.
Kastinen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
James is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
James keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kastinen cracks James with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kastinen throwing strikes here but James is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Kastinen working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Kastinen tries to push James's head away but James is holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kastinen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kastinen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as James is looking to escape.
James tries to lock up and control but Kastinen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kastinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kastinen prevents James from getting the reversal.
Kastinen punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kastinen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That has opened up Ron James's cut even more.
James bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kastinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Kastinen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kastinen shoots for a takedown but James saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
James throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kastinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kastinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Kastinen cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
James connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kastinen cracks James with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kastinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

James is rocked!

The cut above Ron James's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Kastinen dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! James has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Seppo Kastinen!
Our winner, Seppo Kastinen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Ron James had this to say: 'Saidly there comes a time when you need to look else where for employment. I take my hat of to every one I've fought over the years and I say my good byes!'.