PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Castaneda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derek Wylde has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Guillermo Castaneda's chin.

Castaneda
vs
Wylde

185 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guillermo Castaneda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derek Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castaneda misses with a hook to the body
and Wylde counters with a straight right hand.
Wylde checks a low kick from Castaneda.
Wylde is looking to slow Castaneda down with leg kicks.
Castaneda swings for the body but Wylde moves out of range.
Castaneda throws a lazy right hand but Wylde sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wylde swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Castaneda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Castaneda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wylde throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wylde with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wylde moves out of range as Castaneda strikes.
Wylde lands with a good body shot.
Castaneda 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castaneda takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice shot lands for Wylde.
Wylde bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castaneda takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Wylde moves into range and clinches up with Castaneda.
Castaneda wants to stall.
Wylde lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wylde.
Wylde presses Castaneda against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wylde scores with a shot to the side of Castaneda's head.
Castaneda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wylde lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wylde working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wylde creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Castaneda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wylde creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Castaneda is rocked!
Wylde just leaning against Castaneda, taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wylde lands a right hand that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards.
Oh Castaneda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castaneda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wylde leaning his opponent against the cage.
Castaneda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castaneda misses with a body punch.
Castaneda seems to have got his legs back now.
Castaneda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wylde lands a hook that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards.
Wylde lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wylde effectively controlling the action here.
Wylde lands a shoulder strike.
Wylde lands with a left to the head.
Castaneda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Wylde.
A shot in the inside from Wylde.
Wylde lands a nice shot to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Wylde.
Wylde lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Wylde.
Wylde lands with a left to the head.
Wylde digs a right hand into Castaneda's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Castaneda's gas tank.
Castaneda is breathing heavily.
Wylde lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wylde lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Castaneda to his knees! Wylde keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Wylde!