PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Kwang Soo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kwang Soo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Smells Like Teen Spirit. 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.

Castle
vs
Kwang Soo

185 cm
28
205 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

185 cm
38
215 lbs
31 - 26 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Lee Kwang Soo!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwang Soo lands a glancing blow to the side of Castle's head.
Kwang Soo misses with a head kick.
Kwang Soo ducks under a wild hook from Castle.
Kwang Soo tries to counter with a clinch but Castle shakes him off and moves away.
Kwang Soo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Castle ducks under a wild hook from Kwang Soo.
Castle is looking to counter punch.
Kwang Soo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Castle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kwang Soo misses with a body shot.
Castle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castle slips a straight right by Kwang Soo.
Kwang Soo scores with a punch to the head.
Castle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kwang Soo throws a jab when Castle was well out of range.
Castle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Castle dodges the punch combination from Kwang Soo.
Kwang Soo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwang Soo throws a nice head kick!
Castle throws a right hand that Kwang Soo ducks under and follows up with a left that Kwang Soo also avoids with ease.
Castle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Castle is looking to clinch but Kwang Soo is avoiding it.
Kwang Soo throws a leg kick which misses Castle's front leg but catches the back leg as Castle tries to avoid it.
Kwang Soo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kwang Soo cracks the inside of Castle's front leg.

Kwang Soo dives in and scores a takedown into Castle's guard.
Castle is wriggling around but Kwang Soo manages to pass to half guard.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kwang Soo in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kwang Soo lands a nice short elbow.
Kwang Soo working Castle over with strikes.
Kwang Soo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kwang Soo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Castle wants to get back to his feet.
Kwang Soo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle has hold of Kwang Soo's hands but Kwang Soo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Castle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Castle tries to get out of the position.
Kwang Soo thows a huge punch but Castle dodges it nicely.
Kwang Soo stops Castle from getting back to his feet.
Kwang Soo moves nicely into side control.
Castle takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Castle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kwang Soo on the ground.
Castle is trying to escape the position but Kwang Soo is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kwang Soo cracks Castle with a big elbow.
Kwang Soo taking a breather here.
Kwang Soo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Castle is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Kwang Soo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Castle tries to clinch up but Kwang Soo circles away and keeps his distance.

Kwang Soo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Castle napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Castle tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Kwang Soo dominating with strikes here.
Kwang Soo lands a big elbow.
Kwang Soo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kwang Soo landing punches.
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!
Kwang Soo unloading with bombs!

Castle is rocked!
Kwang Soo looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Castle covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Kwang Soo!
A relieved looking Lee Kwang Soo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.