PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Marucio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castro comes to the cage accompanied by Molly. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Castro
vs
Marucio

175 cm
26
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

173 cm
25
132 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonard Marucio!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castro clinches up with Marucio and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castro.
Castro keeps control of Marucio as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marucio takes a knee to the side of the body.

Castro manages to break the clinch.
Marucio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Castro.
Some wild striking there from Marucio.

A jab-cross combination lands for Marucio and sends Castro crashing to the mat! Marucio follows him down to the mat - Castro regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Castro is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Marucio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castro keeps working.
Oh Castro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marucio tries to stand and escape but Castro is controlling the position.
Castro is trying to maintain the position but Marucio is very close to passing his half guard.
Marucio wants to get back to his feet.
Marucio is trying to control the action in half guard but Castro is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Marucio is looking for a kimura here.
Castro preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Marucio is keen to just control but Castro is a slippery customer.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Leonard Marucio hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Marucio plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Castro to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Castro just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Leonard Marucio!
Joe Castro was interviewed post fight and said 'I did what i could but nothing happend is all'.