PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Castaneda (ranked 7557 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myhaill Karadeniz (ranked 5625 p4p, 0 weight class). Myhaill Karadeniz will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Castaneda
vs
Karadeniz

223 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cameron Castaneda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Myhaill Karadeniz!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karadeniz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castaneda throws a quick counter head kick but Karadeniz was just out of range.
Karadeniz doesn't manage to clinch there - Castaneda circles away.
Karadeniz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Castaneda is fending him off so far but Karadeniz persists. Nope, Castaneda circles away and we're back to standing.

Karadeniz clinches up against the cage.
Castaneda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karadeniz looking for a takedown.
Castaneda is trying to pull guard but Karadeniz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Karadeniz fails to pull guard.
Cameron Castaneda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myhaill Karadeniz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Castaneda jumps into guard, dragging Karadeniz to the mat.

Castaneda is looking for a triangle here but Karadeniz uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Castaneda is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castaneda is working hard here to advance position.
Karadeniz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Karadeniz stands up and beckons Castaneda to his feet.
Karadeniz looks for a takedown but Castaneda sprawls well.
Castaneda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karadeniz shoots for a double leg takedown but Castaneda sprawls well. He's pushed Karadeniz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Castaneda throws a counter high kick but Karadeniz was just alert enough to avoid it.
Karadeniz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Castaneda sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Karadeniz somewhat.
As Karadeniz looks to move away, Castaneda throws a big counter combo but Karadeniz just gets out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Castaneda drives through and clinches with Karadeniz against the cage.
Castaneda wants to get back to striking at distance but Karadeniz won't allow it.
Karadeniz is looking for a takedown.
Castaneda wants to get back to striking at distance but Karadeniz won't allow it.
Karadeniz tries to pull guard but Castaneda won't allow it.
Castaneda misses with some punches.

Karadeniz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karadeniz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castaneda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karadeniz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Karadeniz moves into range and clinches up with Castaneda.
Castaneda jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Karadeniz walks away with a smile on his face. Castaneda gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Castaneda drives through and clinches with Karadeniz against the cage.

Karadeniz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karadeniz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Karadeniz looks winded!
Castaneda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karadeniz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karadeniz changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Karadeniz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Castaneda gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castaneda tries a knee to the head but Karadeniz blocks it.
Karadeniz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castaneda blocks it with crossed arms.
Karadeniz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Castaneda jumps into guard, dragging Karadeniz to the mat.

Castaneda is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Castaneda looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Castaneda has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Karadeniz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castaneda striking off his back but it's not causing Karadeniz any problems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Castaneda dominated that round.
That's time! Castaneda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Karadeniz misses with a takedown attempt - Castaneda sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Castaneda doesn't manage to clinch there - Karadeniz circles away.
Karadeniz is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Karadeniz clinches.

Castaneda breaks from the clinch.
Karadeniz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karadeniz misses with a double jab

and Castaneda counters with a nice double leg into side control. Karadeniz won't be happy with that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Karadeniz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Castaneda working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castaneda wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Karadeniz, who protects the arm well.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Karadeniz has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Castaneda looking to control but instead Karadeniz has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Castaneda throwing shots but Karadeniz is blocking nicely.
Castaneda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karadeniz can do to turn this around?
Ground and pound from Castaneda.
Karadeniz is trying to maintain the position but Castaneda is very close to passing his half guard.
Castaneda will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Castaneda working Karadeniz over with strikes.

Castaneda wants to work for an arm triangle but Karadeniz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Castaneda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castaneda is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Karadeniz is looking for a sweep. Castaneda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Karadeniz is breathing heavily.

Castaneda is trying to work for a kimura but Karadeniz is defending well.
Karadeniz looks like he's trying to stand up.

Castaneda is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Castaneda wants to work for an arm triangle but Karadeniz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura but Karadeniz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Castaneda to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karadeniz tries to roll over but Castaneda keeps him under control.
Karadeniz keeps trying to improve his position.
Karadeniz trying to control from the bottom.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura here.
Karadeniz is trying to maintain the position but Castaneda is very close to passing his half guard.
Castaneda working over Karadeniz with some ground and pound. Karadeniz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Castaneda is nestled in close to Karadeniz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Castaneda is working for a submission of some sort.
Karadeniz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Castaneda is working away from the top position though.
Castaneda working the head and body with strikes.
Castaneda 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.

Castaneda wants to work for an arm triangle but Karadeniz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Castaneda is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Karadeniz has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Castaneda dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Karadeniz closes the distance and pushes Castaneda back into the cage.
Castaneda really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Karadeniz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karadeniz is trying to stall.
Castaneda has had enough of the clinch but Karadeniz keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karadeniz can't get the takedown.
Karadeniz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Castaneda is defending well.
Castaneda struggles to land a body shot inside as Karadeniz controls his hands.
Castaneda is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cameron Castaneda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myhaill Karadeniz.

Karadeniz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castaneda slaps away a takedown attempt from Karadeniz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Karadeniz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karadeniz moves to clinch but Castaneda breaks away
and Castaneda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Karadeniz is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karadeniz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castaneda went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Karadeniz darts in looking for a takedown but Castaneda gets double underhooks and turns Karadeniz into the cage.
Castaneda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karadeniz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castaneda keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Castaneda was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karadeniz fails with a takedown attempt.
Karadeniz avoids the head kick by Castaneda.

Castaneda gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Karadeniz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Castaneda looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Castaneda chips away with some ground and pound.
Castaneda has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karadeniz wants to sweep but no luck.
Castaneda lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Castaneda decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castaneda gets a takedown into half guard.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Karadeniz defends it well.
Karadeniz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Karadeniz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Castaneda scores with a couple of nice shots.

Castaneda is looking for a kimura but Karadeniz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Castaneda to get the leverage.
Castaneda scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Castaneda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castaneda is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Karadeniz sees it coming and defends easily.

Castaneda wants to work for an arm triangle but Karadeniz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Karadeniz moves into full guard.
Castaneda cracks Karadeniz with a solid left hand.
Castaneda works over Karadeniz with some ground and pound from guard.
Castaneda connects with a couple of short punches.
Castaneda distracts Karadeniz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Castaneda stands up from Karadeniz's guard - Castaneda perhaps looking for a knockout.
Myhaill Karadeniz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Castaneda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron Castaneda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Castaneda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron Castaneda!