PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Casey Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ryan
vs
Castle

160 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 4 - 1

170 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Casey Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamie Castle!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan misses with a combination
and Castle counters with a big head kick but Ryan shrugs it off.
Castle goes for a double leg but Ryan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ryan continues to drive forward.
Casey Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan tries to clinch up.
Ryan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Castle is fending him off so far but Ryan persists. Nope, Castle circles away and we're back to standing.
Ryan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Castle sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Castle raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Castle gets the takedown into side control.
Castle remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ryan!
Castle scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ryan?
Castle controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle unloading with bombs!
Castle looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ryan 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 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Castle!