PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damion Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Than Asos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asos has chosen Ahoo Ahoo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Castro
vs
Asos

200 cm
18
346 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damion Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Than Asos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Asos closes the distance and clinches.
Asos is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.
Castro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Asos's efforts to push away.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castro bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Asos closes the distance and clinches.
Castro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Castro is leaning against Asos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Castro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Asos's face.
Asos swings wildly with an uppercut but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castro scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Asos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Asos misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asos.
Castro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro tries to land a knee to the head but Asos blocks with his arms.

Castro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Than Asos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Castro drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Asos is working an open guard so Castro takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Asos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Castro, pushing him back against the cage.
Castro lands a good knee to the midsection. Asos won't want to take too many of those.
Castro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Asos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Asos takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Than Asos has been cut.
Asos is trying to break the clinch but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Castro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Asos misses with some punches.
Asos misses with some punches.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castro really is a fat lump.

Asos moves into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Castro lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castro.
Castro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asos swings wildly with an uppercut but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.

Castro breaks the clinch.
Asos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asos throws a shot from downtown. Castro moves away and avoids it.

Castro is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Asos's half guard.

Castro decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Asos swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Asos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Asos throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro tries to work over Asos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asos.
Asos misses with the head strike.
Castro prevents Asos from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asos.
Castro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Asos is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.
Asos has a couple of punches blocked by Castro.
Castro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asos misses with some punches.
Asos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asos misses with some punches.
Asos swings wildly with an uppercut but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Asos is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.
Castro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castro connects with a knee to the head.
Asos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asos tries to break the clinch but Castro is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Castro keeps control of Asos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Asos fails to land.
Asos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Than Asos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Than Asos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Asos closes the distance and pushes Castro back into the cage.

Castro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asos throws a shot from downtown. Castro moves away and avoids it.

Asos gets caught napping as Castro dives in and scores a takedown. Asos manages to retain guard.
Castro won't allow Asos to get back to his feet.
Castro lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Castro is standing up over Asos. Asos looks to escape but Castro dives into side control.
Asos bucks up and tries to throw Castro off but instead Castro has got his back!
Castro is punishing Asos with strikes - can he finish him?!
Asos is trying to stand back up.
Castro really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Asos.
Castro is punishing Asos with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro lands punches and elbows.
Asos holding both Castro 's hands and preventing any damage.
Castro lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Castro.
Castro lands a shot to the body.
Asos trying to get back to his feet but Castro is in full control for now.
Castro scores with strikes from the back.
Castro scores with punches and elbows.
Asos is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro punishes Asos with strikes from the back mount.
Castro loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Asos hold on?
Castro connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Asos to escape the position.
Damion Castro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Castro is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Castro gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Castro gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Castro apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Asos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Asos lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castro moves away from the strike by Asos.
Castro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Asos throws out the jab.

Castro shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Asos is looking to escape.
Asos is breathing heavily.

Castro decides to stand and escape the position.

Asos rushes Castro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asos throws a punch but it's blocked by Castro.

Castro breaks the clinch.
A jab from Asos misses.

Asos drops Castro with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Castro looks back up at him and smiles so Asos waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Castro is rocked!

It looks like Damion Castro has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Asos clinches up against the cage.
Oh Castro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Asos instigates a clinch.
Asos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Asos throws a punch but it's blocked by Castro.
Asos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.
Asos misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asos.

Castro breaks from the clinch.
Castro seems to have got his legs back now.

Asos drives through and clinches with Castro against the cage.
Castro lands a left hand.
Asos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Than Asos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Castro lands with a light punch inside.
Asos is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Asos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castro.

Castro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Asos!

Castro stands up.
Damion Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Asos misses with a wild body shot.
Than Asos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Asos misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Asos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castro blocking some punches.
Castro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Than Asos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Castro leaves his chin hanging out and Asos seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Castro crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Than Asos!
As Than Asos got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I cannot be defeated'.