PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gaston Castano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samson Nazirite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castano comes to the cage accompanied by Face the Pain . Samson Nazirite will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Castano
vs
Nazirite

180 cm
28
214 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
283 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaston Castano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samson Nazirite!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nazirite has Castano up against the cage in a clinch.
Castano misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Gaston Castano has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castano.
Castano misses with a punch on the inside.
Nazirite gets through Castano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Castano's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nazirite.
Nazirite lands a nice uppercut.
Castano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nazirite's coach down at Soul Supremacy Rio was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Nazirite's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Castano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nazirite backwards.
Castano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castano takes a shot to the head.
Castano throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazirite.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castano working aggressively here.
Castano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazirite blocking some punches.
Nazirite landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Castano is breathing heavily.
Castano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nazirite scores a nice knee to the body.
Nazirite lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazirite connects with a knee to the head.
Nazirite lands a nice knee to the body.
Nazirite pushes Castano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazirite connects with a knee to the head.
Nazirite throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castano blocks it with crossed arms.

Nazirite has picked Castano up - he's going for a ride! Nazirite dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nazirite is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Castano is trying to stand.
Ground and pound from Nazirite.
Nazirite sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castano wants to get back to his feet.
Nazirite is taking a breather. Castano says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Nazirite might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Nazirite missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nazirite prevents Castano from standing back up.
Nazirite working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nazirite thows a huge punch but Castano dodges it nicely.
Nazirite slows the pace down in half guard.
Nazirite stops Castano from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Castano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Castano tries to get out of the position.
Nice strikes from Nazirite there.
Castano blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nazirite.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nazirite in particular looking to stall.
Castano tries to kick Nazirite off but Nazirite keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nazirite lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Castano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nazirite on the ground.
Nazirite controlling the action here.
Nazirite is continuing to stall.
Castano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nazirite.
Castano is trying to stand.
Nazirite has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nazirite slips a nice elbow through Castano's hands, connecting with Castano's forehead.
Castano on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nazirite controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Castano!
Nazirite looking to finish Castano with some ground and pound. This is bad for Castano!
Nazirite looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nazirite raining down hammerfists from mount.

Gaston Castano's cut is getting worse.
Nazirite punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nazirite working Castano over with strikes here.

Castano is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castano squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Oh Castano is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nazirite punishing his opponent with strikes.
Castano is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Nazirite loads up with a big shot that hurts Castano! He's pulled Nazirite in close but Nazirite has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Castano survive? More strikes from Nazirite and Castano is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Samson Nazirite!