PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Giovani Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Quintana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovani Castro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Castro
vs
Quintana

170 cm
29
151 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

170 cm
31
167 lbs
21 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giovani Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Julio Quintana!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quintana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castro jabs Quintana right on the nose. Quintana blinks but takes it well.
Quintana throws a head kick that misses
and Castro counters with a nice uppercut.
Quintana throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Quintana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Giovani Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Castro blocks the leg kick.
A big left from Quintana misses.
Quintana takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Quintana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Castro.
Castro misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Quintana misses its intended target.
Castro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quintana misses with a hook
and Castro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Quintana stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Castro.
Quintana on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quintana takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've been informed that Quintana has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Castro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quintana.
We've been told by Castro's head coaches at Boston MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Quintana is looking to score with low kicks.
Quintana misses with a double jab
and Castro counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro throws an overhand right that lands on Quintana's shoulder, as Quintana tries to avoid the shot.
Quintana takes one on the button.
Quintana throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Castro throws a leg kick which misses Quintana's front leg but catches the back leg as Quintana tries to avoid it.
Quintana will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Quintana lands a jab to Castro's midsection.
Castro scores with a body shot.
Quintana throws an off balance right hand
and Castro counters with a left to the body.
Quintana cracks Castro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Quintana fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Castro is out of range.
Quintana defending well as Castro loads up on a big left hand.
Castro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Castro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castro swings for the body but Quintana moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quintana on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Quintana blocks a head kick by Castro.
Quintana tries a quick counter leg kick but Castro is wise to it.
Quintana shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Castro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro looks to land a left hand but Quintana moved out of range nicely.
Castro tries to land a front kick but Quintana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Quintana throws a fast counter high kick but Castro manages to duck under it in time.
Castro throws a body shot but no joy.
Quintana only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Castro works the jab nicely.
Quintana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quintana lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Castro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Castro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Quintana gets tackled into the cage by Castro. Castro maintains the clinch.
Castro keeps control of Quintana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Quintana wants to get back to striking at distance but Castro won't allow it.
Castro tries to throw a body punch but Quintana avoids it by throwing Castro back against the cage.
Quintana jumps guard but Castro turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Castro swings wildly with an uppercut but Quintana uses good head movement to avoid it.

Quintana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quintana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castro.
Quintana swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quintana tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintana just misses with a punch to the body.
Castro throws a head kick but Quintana moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Quintana, as that shot connected.
Quintana misses with a lunging right hand
and Castro counters with a low kick, right behind Quintana 's knee.
Castro throws a push kick but Quintana slaps the foot to one side.
Quintana throws a body shot but no joy.
Castro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Castro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Castro misses the jab.
Castro dodges the punch combination from Quintana.
Castro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A low kick from Quintana misses
and Castro counters with a left and a right that stings Quintana.
Castro blocks a low kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Castro blocks the leg kick.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Castro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quintana has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Quintana there as he acknowledges the shot.
Castro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Quintana.
Quintana throws a good cross that connects.
Castro swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Castro has managed to clinch.
Castro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quintana backwards.
Quintana jumps guard but Castro stands there with Quintana around his waist. Quintana gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Castro trying to control the position but instead, Quintana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Castro into the cage.

Quintana pulls Castro into guard.
Castro won't allow Quintana to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castro content to stall in guard here.
Quintana pulls Castro in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giovani Castro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Castro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Quintana checks a low kick from Castro.
Quintana throws a sloppy head kick and Castro moves out of range easily.
Castro looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Quintana throws a leg kick but Castro moved away.
Castro fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Castro.
Nice cross by Quintana.
Castro thumps Quintana with a low kick.
Castro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quintana's head.
Quintana lands with a cross.
Castro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut lands for Quintana. That snapped Castro's head back.
Castro fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quintana.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Castro. That's going to slow Quintana down.
Quintana throws a leg kick that misses.
Quintana throws a low kick but Castro avoids it.
Quintana gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castro thumps Quintana with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Quintana.
The crowd cheers as Quintana lands an impressive looking overhand right. Castro doesn't seem phased though.

Castro clinches with his opponent.

Quintana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quintana scores with a jab to the head.
Quintana punishes Castro's body with a nice straight punch.
Good shot there by Castro.
Castro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Quintana misses.
Quintana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castro. That did some damage!
Quintana throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Quintana connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Castro's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Castro connects with a jab.
Castro connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Castro.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quintana. Castro does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintana connects with an inside leg kick.
Quintana lands with an overhand left.
Castro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quintana looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Quintana with a jab.
Castro misses with a looping left.
Quintana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quintana throws a leg kick but Castro checks it.
A solid body kick from Castro.
Castro misses with a body shot.
Quintana throws a front kick aimed at Castro's knee but Castro avoids it well.
A lazy body kick from Quintana
enabling Castro to counter with a crisp jab.
Quintana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castro misses with a looping right.
Castro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab lands there for Castro.
Quintana chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quintana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Castro.
Quintana avoids the body shot from Castro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro tests Quintana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Castro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quintana.
Quintana tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Castro is able to avoid easily.
Quintana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castro.
Quintana 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.
Quintana walks into a straight right hand from Castro.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quintana attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Castro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quintana throws out the jab.
Castro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quintana looks for the body kick but Castro saw that one coming.
Castro stuns Quintana with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Castro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Quintana wants to slow Castro down by chopping away at his legs.
Quintana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Castro throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Castro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Quintana checks it well.
Castro on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Castro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Castro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castro scores with a sloppy right hand. Quintana should have avoided that one.
Castro scores with a sloppy right hand. Quintana should have avoided that one.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quintana swings for the body but Castro moves out of range.
Quintana attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Castro is looking to slow Quintana down with leg kicks.
Castro misses with a body shot
and Quintana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro slips a jab from Quintana.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quintana looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quintana.
Giovani Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
Castro throws out a leg kick but Quintana moves out of range and Castro only half commits.
Castro throws an overhand right that lands on Quintana's shoulder, as Quintana tries to avoid the shot.
Castro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Giovani Castro will probably get the nod.
That's time! Castro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Castro avoids the body shot from Quintana.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quintana.
Quintana's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Quintana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quintana takes a swing at Castro's ribcage but misses.
Castro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Quintana's calf.
Quintana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Castro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quintana can pounce on him.
Quintana scores with a crisp jab that stopped Castro in his tracks.
Castro takes a swing at Quintana's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Castro.
Quintana on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Castro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quintana can do to turn this around?
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Quintana - that will leave a mark!
Quintana misses with a hook
enabling Castro to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick from Castro lands but Quintana takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro connects with a solid leg kick.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Quintana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quintana feints and then cracks Castro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Castro down.
A left and a right from Castro both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Castro fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quintana.
Quintana throws a solid leg kick but Castro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Quintana.
Quintana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quintana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castro.
An attempted straight right counter from Castro misses the target.
Quintana feints and then cracks Castro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Castro down.
Quintana misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Castro, as that shot connected.
Quintana misses with a low kick.
Castro digs a good hook to Quintana's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Quintana misses the target.
It looked like Castro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Quintana throws a chopping leg kick but Castro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Castro throws a good cross that connects.
Quintana lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Castro backs up against the cage.
Castro throws the left hand but Quintana avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Castro.
Julio Quintana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Castro.
Castro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Castro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Castro misses the target.
Quintana slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Quintana misses with a low kick.
Quintana connects with an inside leg kick.
Quintana misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Castro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A punch combination from Quintana misses.
Quintana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castro.
Quintana tries to work over Castro's front leg with a kick but Castro checks it.
Castro lands a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Castro checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Castro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quintana has time to react.
Castro scores with a hook to the body. Quintana takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Quintana closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Quintana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castro moves away.
Quintana takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Castro lands a body shot.
Quintana has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Quintana walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quintana circles away quickly and effectively.
Quintana misses with a shot to the body
and Quintana takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quintana finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Giovani Castro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping leg kick lands for Castro.
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Castro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quintana lands with an uppercut that bounces Castro off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro slips a straight right by Quintana.
Quintana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castro.
Castro with a nice cross.
That kick from Castro tenderised Quintana's leg. Quintana is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quintana in his tracks.
Donk. Castro catches Quintana right on the button with a cross.
Castro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Castro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Quintana. Quintana circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Quintana throws a sloppy head kick and Castro moves out of range easily.
Castro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Quintana throws a hook but Castro blocks it.
Castro is looking to counter punch.
Quintana on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Quintana lands with a kick to the ribs.
Quintana throws a front kick aimed at Castro's knee but Castro avoids it well.
A low kick from Quintana is predictable there
and Castro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Quintana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Castro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quintana has time to react.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Castro darts in and clinches Quintana up against the cage.
Quintana throws a punch but it's blocked by Castro.
Quintana has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Castro after a bit of a struggle.
A nice left hand lands by Quintana.

And that's the end of the fight!
Giovani Castro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Castro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giovani Castro!
A victorious Giovani Castro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.