PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor Castillo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Castillo
vs
Stevens

213 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taylor Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kevin Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo slaps away a takedown attempt from Stevens, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Castillo moves into the clinch.

Castillo pulls guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Stevens chips away with some ground and pound.
Castillo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stevens trying to control but Castillo is working from the bottom.
Castillo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Castillo tries to get out of the position.

Stevens avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stevens stops Castillo from standing up.
Stevens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stevens makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stevens wants to control from the top but Castillo keeps moving.
Stevens landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Castillo controls Stevens momentarily but Stevens frees himself.
Stevens throwing strikes but missing.
Stevens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Castillo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Castillo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stevens doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stevens manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Stevens stands up over Castillo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stevens cracks Castillo with a solid left hand.
Stevens throws a big right hand that misses.
Stevens throws a big right hand that misses.
Stevens is in close to Castillo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Castillo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stevens throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is looking to stand up but Castillo won't let him.
Stevens working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens wants to control from the top but Castillo keeps moving.
Stevens in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Castillo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stevens loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Castillo is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stevens works over Castillo with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stevens's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Castillo trying to control the position.
Castillo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stevens.
Stevens landing some decent shots from guard.
Stevens trying to control but Castillo is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stevens lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Castillo is rocked!
Stevens postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Castillo covers up, he's hurt! Stevens keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Stevens and the ref steps in to end the fight! Stevens can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Stevens!