PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Coz Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wakoko Wakeke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castillo
vs
Wakeke

177 cm
24
152 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
19
155 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coz Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wakoko Wakeke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wakeke stuffs the takedown attempt from Castillo. Castillo gets slowly back to his feet.
Castillo seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wakeke slaps away a takedown attempt from Castillo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Castillo moves out of range of the body kick from Wakeke.
A leg kick checked by Castillo.
Castillo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wakeke sprawls and moves away.
Castillo avoids the body shot from Wakeke.
Castillo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It looked like Castillo was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Wakeke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wakeke wants to counter with a clinch but Castillo pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wakeke takes the fight into the clinch.

Castillo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Wakeke darts in and clinches Castillo up against the cage.
Castillo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coz Castillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo prevents a body shot from Wakeke.
Wakeke has a couple of punches blocked by Castillo.
Wakeke misses with a knee to the head.
Wakeke avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.

Castillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wakeke misses with a body kick.
Castillo staying out of range there.

Castillo darts in and clinches Wakeke up against the cage.

Castillo jumps guard.
Wakeke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Castillo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Castillo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wakeke is aware though and is defending well.
Wakeke is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wakeke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Castillo looking for a guillotine here but Wakeke defends easily.
Wakeke postures up in Castillo's guard and throws a big left but Castillo blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wakeke trying to stand up but can't free himself from Castillo's guard.
Castillo managing to control the position.
Castillo looking to control.
Castillo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wakeke must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Castillo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wakeke is aware though and is defending well.

Castillo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wakeke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Wakeke stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice body kick there by Wakeke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wakeke's waist but Wakeke gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Castillo off to one side.
Castillo is breathing heavily.
Wakeke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castillo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wakeke stuffs the takedown.
Castillo has a takedown stuffed.
Wakoko Wakeke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wakeke avoids it really well and circles away.
Castillo dives in and grabs Wakeke's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wakeke pushes down on Castillo's head and hops out.
Wakeke wants to counter the offense by Castillo and move into the clinch position.
Wakeke throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wakeke lands a nice looking kick to the body. Castillo takes a step back to recover.

Wakeke rushes Castillo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wakeke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wakeke prevents Castillo from breaking the clinch.
Wakeke pushes Castillo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Castillo blocking some punches.
Wakeke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castillo.
Wakeke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wakeke pushes Castillo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Castillo blocks a body shot from Wakeke.

Castillo breaks the clinch.
Castillo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wakeke's waist but Wakeke gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Castillo off to one side.

Wakeke takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wakoko Wakeke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wakeke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wakeke is looking to land body kicks.
Castillo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wakeke misses the body punch

and Castillo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Castillo tries to pull guard but Wakeke holds him up against the cage and eventually Castillo drops back down to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wakeke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wakeke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wakeke looking to throw knees to the head but Castillo is blocking nicely.
Castillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wakoko Wakeke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Castillo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wakeke misses the shot to the body.
Wakeke bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wakeke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wakeke throws a body shot but no joy.
Castillo tries to counter with a takedown but Wakeke is quick to defend against it.
Wakeke has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Castillo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Castillo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wakeke is fending him off so far but Castillo persists. Nope, Wakeke circles away and we're back to standing.

Castillo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Wakeke makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Wakeke misses with a body kick.
Wakoko Wakeke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wakeke connects with a leg kick. Castillo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wakeke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wakeke wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wakeke looks to land a combination but Castillo avoids it well.
Castillo is looking to counter punch.
Wakeke throws a sloppy head kick and Castillo moves out of range easily.
Wakoko Wakeke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Castillo lands a two punch combo.
Castillo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wakeke swivels and escapes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wakeke! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coz Castillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wakeke connects with a body shot.
Wakeke throws a leg kick but Castillo checks it.
Wakeke slaps away a takedown attempt from Castillo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castillo tries to clinch but Wakeke is having none of it.
Castillo fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wakeke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Castillo is looking to clinch.
Castillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wakeke scores with a nice head shot.
Wakeke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wakeke throws a push kick but Castillo slaps the foot to one side.
Castillo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wakeke swivels and escapes.
Wakeke replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Castillo blocks it well.
Wakeke stuffs the takedown.
Castillo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castillo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castillo walks into a stiff left hand from Wakeke.
Wakeke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castillo looks for a takedown but Wakeke sprawls well.
Wakeke lands with a nice body punch.
Castillo slips under a jab from Wakeke.
Castillo blocks a head kick by Wakeke.
Wakeke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick misses from Wakeke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wakeke misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wakoko Wakeke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Castillo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wakeke as he jumps to the side.

Castillo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wakeke, pushing him back against the cage.
Wakeke misses with a knee to the head.
Castillo wants to take the fight to the mat but Wakeke manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wakeke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castillo.
Wakeke lands an elbow inside.
Wakeke looking to throw knees to the head but Castillo is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castillo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wakeke just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coz Castillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wakeke pushes Castillo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wakeke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Castillo blocks an elbow strike.
Castillo fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo tries to pull guard but Wakeke won't allow it.
Castillo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wakeke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo fails to pull guard.
Wakeke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castillo.
Castillo managing to block the knees to the body from Wakeke.
Wakeke throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wakeke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wakeke trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wakeke throws an elbow but misses.
Castillo is trying to pull guard but Wakeke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wakeke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wakeke misses with some punches.
Wakeke can't find room to land a body shot as Castillo controls the action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo is looking for a takedown.
Castillo cracks Wakeke with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wakeke.
Castillo jumps guard but Wakeke stands there with Castillo around his waist. Castillo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Castillo.

Castillo decides to pull guard.
Wakeke is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wakeke trying to control but Castillo is working from the bottom.
Wakoko Wakeke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wakeke throws a big elbow that misses.
Castillo keeping moving, preventing Wakeke from controlling successfully.
Castillo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo pulls Wakeke in close to his closed guard and prevents Wakeke from doing any damage or advancing position.
Castillo continues to stall.
Castillo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wakeke.
Wakeke wants to get up but he can't break Castillo's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Castillo controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Castillo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wakeke circles away.
Wakeke tries to counter with a clinch but Castillo shakes him off and moves away.
Castillo checks a leg kick.
Wakeke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wakeke throws a head kick that misses.
Wakeke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wakeke displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Castillo.
Wakeke steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Castillo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wakeke throws a low kick but Castillo moves out of range easily.

Castillo has managed to clinch.

Castillo jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Castillo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Castillo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wakeke wants to get up but he can't break Castillo's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Castillo can't keep his opponent in guard - Wakeke advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wakeke wants to stand but Castillo has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Coz Castillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wakeke moves nicely into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wakoko Wakeke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wakeke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wakoko Wakeke!
A relieved looking Wakoko Wakeke thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.