PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sung Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Castilho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kang comes to the cage accompanied by Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Kang
vs
Castilho

225 cm
27
338 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sung Kang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cesar Castilho!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kang lands a big head kick that sends Castilho tumbling to the mat! Kang takes a step backwards and waves Castilho back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Cesar Castilho has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kang on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Kang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kang throws an elbow but it misses.
Kang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Castilho.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kang.
Castilho throws an elbow but it misses.
Kang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kang blocks an elbow strike.
Castilho throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castilho prevents a body shot from Kang.
Kang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kang throws a punch but it's blocked by Castilho.
Kang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kang missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Castilho throws an elbow but misses.
Castilho comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Sung Kang has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kang blocks the elbow strike.
Castilho misses with an elbow strike.
Kang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kang trying to stall but Castilho improves his position.
Castilho throws an elbow but it misses.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Castilho.
Castilho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castilho creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Castilho lands an elbow just above Kang 's eye.
Castilho misses with an elbow over the top.
Castilho pushes off an throws an elbow but Kang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castilho throws an elbow but it misses.
Kang is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Castilho looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang blocks an elbow strike from Castilho.
A nice left hand lands by Kang.
Castilho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castilho throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kang landing knees to the body.
Kang is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castilho's defenses.
Kang throws a head punch that misses.
Kang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castilho creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kang's defenses.
Kang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kang is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Castilho is keeping busy.
Kang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kang throws a punch but it's blocked by Castilho.
Kang takes an elbow to the forehead.

Sung Kang's cut is getting worse.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Castilho.
Castilho pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kang blocks the elbow strike.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Castilho.
Castilho misses with an elbow over the top.
Kang throws an elbow that misses.
Castilho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kang blocks the elbow strike.
Castilho misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kang.
Kang is trying to stall.
Castilho throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kang blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Castilho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kang's brow.
Kang avoids the elbow strike from Castilho, against the cage.
Kang avoids a wild elbow strike from Castilho.
Kang lands a big right hand that drops Castilho! The killer instinct kicks in and Kang finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Kang!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sung Kang!
Sung Kang really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.