PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladislav Yurevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladislav Yurevich had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Yurevich
vs
Castillo

192 cm
21
252 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
275 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vladislav Yurevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Castillo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo slips under a jab from Yurevich.
Vladislav Yurevich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Yurevich.
Castillo throws a body punch but Yurevich moves out of range.
Yurevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castillo moves away.
Castillo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Castillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yurevich tries to counter with a takedown but Castillo is quick to defend against it.
Yurevich thows a leg kick but Castillo checks it
and Castillo counters with a leg kick.
Yurevich misses with a lunging right hand
and Castillo counters with a low kick, right behind Yurevich 's knee.
Castillo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Castillo scores with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Castillo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bone on bone clash there as Yurevich blocks the leg kick.
Yurevich avoids the body shot from Castillo.
Yurevich throws a low kick but it's checked well by Castillo.
Castillo takes a swing at Yurevich's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Castillo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Castillo.
Castillo connects with a nice looking jab.
Castillo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid body kick from Castillo.
Castillo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yurevich takes a step back to recover.
Yurevich is breathing heavily.
Yurevich 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.
A good leg kick by Castillo.
A big right from Yurevich misses.
Castillo misses with a kick to the body.
Yurevich tries to counter with a takedown but Castillo is quick to defend against it.
An inside leg kick lands from Castillo.
Castillo scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castillo lands a nice looking body shot.
Castillo cracks Yurevich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Castillo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castillo throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Castillo.
Castillo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yurevich chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Castillo can pounce on him.
Yurevich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Castillo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Castillo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Castillo thows a body kick. Yurevich tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Castillo lands a big uppercut and Yurevich crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Yurevich looks OK. Castillo waves Yurevich back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurevich get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Yurevich stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Castillo runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricardo Castillo!
Ricardo Castillo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.