PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luca Spinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Hardcastle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardcastle is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Fade (Reed Streets Remix)" By Kanye West. Luca Spinelli has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Spinelli
vs
Hardcastle

184 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

171 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luca Spinelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duke Hardcastle!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spinelli shoots in and drives through. Hardcastle sprawls well.
Hardcastle is looking for the big counter here.
Spinelli looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Spinelli gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Spinelli wants to get back to his feet but Hardcastle passes into half guard.

Spinelli on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Hardcastle is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Spinelli sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardcastle not doing much here.

Hardcastle is trying for a kimura here. Spinelli looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Hardcastle wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Duke Hardcastle!
Duke Hardcastle spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.