PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beto Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beto Castillo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Castillo
vs
Richards

177 cm
25
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Beto Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dylan Richards!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Richards closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Richards looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Castillo looking for submissions off his back.

Castillo looking for submissions off his back.
Castillo is positioning himself well to prevent Richards advancing to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castillo regains full guard. Nicely done.

Castillo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Richards is aware though and is defending well.
Castillo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Richards is sitting in close to Castillo's body. Castillo has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Richards is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Richards is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Castillo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Beto Castillo!