PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giovani Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Moreno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Moreno's choice of entrance music: Remembranzas. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Castro
vs
Moreno

170 cm
25
144 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

173 cm
26
144 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giovani Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paulo Moreno!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moreno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castro.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moreno tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Castro tries to land a leg kick but Moreno saw it coming and moves away.
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moreno moves away.
Moreno wants to clinch up but Castro keeps it at a distance.
Moreno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castro throws a body punch but Moreno moves out of range.

Moreno moves into range and clinches up with Castro.
Castro avoiding damage as Moreno throws knees to the body.
Castro tries to throw a body punch but Moreno avoids it by throwing Castro back against the cage.
Castro throws a punch but it's blocked by Moreno.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Castro is trying to break the clinch but Moreno is controlling him.
Castro misses with a punch on the inside.
Moreno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castro blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Moreno lands a nice knee to the body.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.
Castro managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Castro tries to circle away but Moreno has him pinned against the cage.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Castro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castro avoiding damage as Moreno throws knees to the body.
Castro is trying to break free.
Moreno working Castro over with knees to the body.
Castro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moreno has him pressed against the cage.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moreno tries to clinch there but Castro circles away.
Moreno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moreno is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castro. Moreno does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Castro.
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!
A big left from Castro misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moreno.
Castro misses with a looping left.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moreno tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Castro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moreno momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Castro. That's going to slow Moreno down.

Moreno closes the distance and clinches.
Castro wants to break free but Moreno has control.
Moreno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castro is defending well for now.
Castro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Castro is looking to break free of the clinch but Moreno has double underhooks.
Castro wants to break free but Moreno has control.

Castro breaks from the clinch.
Moreno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Castro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moreno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Castro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Moreno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Moreno darts in and clinches Castro up against the cage.
Moreno has Castro pressed against the cage, preventing Castro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Moreno utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moreno landing knees to the body.
Castro is trying to break the clinch but Moreno is controlling him.

Castro breaks the clinch.
We've been told by Castro's head coaches at Gentlemanly Scholars Fight Club Gym(4 Sprbt 4*+) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Moreno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castro keeps the fight on the outside.
Good standup being displayed there by Castro as he connects with a hook.
A cross from Castro lands.
Moreno ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moreno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castro scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 throws an overhand right that lands on Moreno's shoulder, as Moreno tries to avoid the shot.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moreno's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Castro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Moreno scrambles back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moreno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro throws out a loose jab but Moreno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moreno is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moreno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro misses with a looping right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Morenos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Castro with a jab.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moreno wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paulo Moreno will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Castro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moreno.
Moreno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Moreno tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Moreno doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Giovani Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
Castro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moreno keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castro.
Castro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moreno.
Moreno is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Castro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moreno.
Castro keeps the fight on the outside.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Castro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moreno was well out of range. Poor timing from Castro.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castro connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro throws a hook but Moreno avoids it easily.
Moreno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castro looks to throw the jab but Moreno is out of range.
Castro thows a body shot but no joy.
Castro misses the shot to the body.
Castro misses with a body shot.
Castro misses with a hook
and Moreno counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Castro with a jab.

Moreno clinches with his opponent.
Castro lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Castro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moreno is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Moreno ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Moreno is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Moreno tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro looks to land a combination but Moreno avoids it well.
Castro lands a right hook to the body.
Castro keeps the fight on the outside.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moreno slips a straight right by Castro.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moreno ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castro. Moreno does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good work by Moreno as he checks the leg kick.

Moreno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Castro.
Moreno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Castro tries to circle away but Moreno has him pinned against the cage.
Moreno tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.
Castro is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moreno scores a nice knee to the body.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Castro managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Castro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Moreno lands an elbow just above Castro 's eye.
Knees to the body from Moreno.
Castro tries to break free but Moreno pushes him back against the cage.
Moreno lands a good knee to the midsection. Castro won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moreno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moreno lands a knee to the head.
Moreno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paulo Moreno seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Castro has had enough of the clinch but Moreno keeps him there for the moment.
Moreno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Castro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Castro managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Castro throws a punch but it's blocked by Moreno.
Moreno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moreno landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but Castro blocks with his arms.
Castro tries to break the clinch but Moreno is controlling the position.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but Castro blocks with his arms.
Moreno prevents Castro from breaking the clinch.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but Castro blocks with his arms.
Moreno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moreno gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Moreno scores with a knee to the head.
Moreno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Castro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castro wants to break free but Moreno has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moreno obliges.
Moreno landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castro is trying to push Moreno away but Moreno has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Moreno utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moreno lands an elbow just above Castro 's eye.
Moreno creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castro's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Moreno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jab from Castro.
Castro lands a jab-cross combination.
Moreno doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moreno takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Moreno ducks under a wild hook from Castro.

Moreno moves into the clinch.
Castro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castro is looking to break free of the clinch but Moreno has double underhooks.
Castro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moreno landing knees to the head.

Castro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castro feints and then cracks Moreno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Moreno down.
Castro misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Castro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moreno tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Moreno uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Castro.
Castro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moreno was well out of range. Poor timing from Castro.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Castro thows a body shot but no joy.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moreno tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro misses with a looping right.
Moreno uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castro.
Moreno is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Moreno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Castro misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Moreno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castro throws a shot from downtown. Moreno moves away and avoids it.
Moreno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moreno tries to clinch but Castro is having none of it.
Castro swats away the attempt to clinch by Moreno.
Castro connects with a single shot there.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch but Castro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castro throws a looping overhand right but Moreno ducks down to avoid it.
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moreno moves away.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Castro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moreno.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moreno tries to clinch up.
Castro misses with a right hand

and Moreno moves into the clinch.
Moreno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castro's efforts to push away.
Castro is trying to push Moreno away but Moreno has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Giovani Castro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castro misses with some punches.
Moreno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Castro is trying to break the clinch but Moreno has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moreno.
Castro has had enough of the clinch but Moreno keeps him there for the moment.
Moreno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Castro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castro misses with a body shot.
Castro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno slips a straight right by Castro.
Castro misses the jab.
Moreno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paulo Moreno is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Moreno is looking to clinch.
A jab from Castro misses.
Moreno slips a jab from Castro.
Moreno moves away from the strike by Castro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moreno tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Moreno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moreno manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moreno moves out of range as Castro strikes.
Moreno slips under a jab from Castro.
Castro swings for the body but Moreno moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castro throws a body punch but Moreno moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giovani Castro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Moreno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Moreno!
Paulo Moreno managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fury Nutrition Inc., into his post fight interview.