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Christmas may have not come early but boy it was well worth waiting for. Steel Penn ICON-Las Vegas held their very first event. Christmas Collision had a little something for everyone. We witnessed bone breaking submissions, jaw smashing knock outs, grueling knuckle dragging decisions, and we also got treated to a controversial draw. Now that the fights are in the past and bonuses have been dished out its time to dig a little deeper to see exactly what transpired. So let’s dive right on in!
The opening bout featured superb wrestler Kurt “Swift” Zukaryian up against Andrew “Animal” Todd. Todd is a wonderful wrestler, so you know this fight was going to be grinded out on the ground. The shocking moment of this fight was seen very early when the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu white belt (Zukaryian) went for a submission from the bottom less than a minute into the fight. The triangle was successful as Andrew Todd submitted in just forty eight seconds of the very first round. Zukaryian picked up his first win and brought his record up to 1-1. On the wrong side of the fight Andrew Todd dropped to 0-2, losing both of his fights by submission. For Zukaryian the future is looking brighter, while the future of Todd seems to be full of submission defense and defensive grappling training.
Moving onto the second fight of the night, we will see the Featherweight division highlighted. Isaiah “The Prototype” Martinez had to assume he was going to have an easy fight on his hands. Martinez was the bigger older fighter in this match up, and with superb boxing skills he is easily the better stand up fighter. Craig “Warrior” Wardlaw has the better ground skills and wanted to prove it early. Wardlaw opened with a takedown attempt that was stuffed, but then countered a clinch attempt with a beautiful double leg takedown. At first Martinez looked ok on the ground with some nice wrist control and dodging some ground and pound from Wardlaw. Wardlaw faints a big right and drops a devastating elbow near the first minute of the fight. Martinez being rocked was still able to throw up a sloppy triangle attempt, and then was able to control from the bottom for a while. Wardlaw was able to keep scoring with some elbows and body shots. Wardlaw decides to use the same tactics of distracting with the right and dropping a big left elbow. Wardlaw then was able to stand up above Martinez and drop down to the mat with a huge left and after throwing a few more shots it was time for the ref to stop the fight. Two minutes and forty three seconds into the bout Wardlaw picks up the win by TKO. What’s next for these guys, well time will tell for “The Prototype” but Craig “Warrior” Wardlaw will be facing Lee Bang at New Moon Rising on January 11th 2014.
Next up on our agenda was an amazing war by two up and coming welterweights. Oscralo “Granalo” De Santiuya faced off against Vedran Milosevic. “Granalo” gets cut with a big cross from Milosevic just seconds into the fight, and it looked as though it could have been over that quick. De Santiuya looked panicked for a moment as he wieldy missed a flurry of punches. He did though quickly recover and easily took down Milosevic. “Granalo” lets his opponent up just to take him back down seconds later. That’s is just about the point De Santiuya’s offence stopped, as Milosevic was able to get up around the one minute mark. In the next four minutes Milosevic scored with two take downs of his own, and was able to pull De Santiuya into a clinch several times. Although Milosevic did not do much in the clinch or on the ground the big cut he opened up on De Santiuya more than likely won him the round.
De Santiuya got some great work from his corner on the cut in-between rounds. The second round was a very strange sight to see. Milosevic should have been working on the cut of his opponent but instead just looked to clinch in the beginning. He got two clinches and broke one himself early on, as De Santiuya was able to escape the second with ease. De Santiuya then gets a good take down and stands up from it, goes immediately for another and gets it. De Santiuya did try to capitalize with a submission attempt, but Milosevic defended well and was able to get back to his feet. The rest of round two was filled with take downs and instant stand ups, clinches and quick breaks, a lot of grappling for position in the standup game. Both fighters looked to work the body and Milosevic started to appear gassed near the end. Even though Milosevic was very tired he did keep looking to score with takedowns but in the last few seconds of the round all of them where stuffed. I gave round two to De Santiuya and my card is showing 19-19 heading for the final round.
As mentioned before this was a war, and again De Santiuya needed a little cut work before the third and final round. The bell rings and Milosevic comes flying out with a quick and big takedown. It seems as though Milosevic thinks he has to have a finish as he looks more aggressive in this third round. Milosevic stands up at the feet of De Santiuya and lines him up for a big superman style punch. From the standing position Milosevic dives in and catches nothing but mat, and De Santiuya puts on a loose triangle. Milosevic defends well pulling his head threw but De Santiuya is able to transition into an amazing arm bar. That arm bar is tight and Milosevic has to tap. Personally I did not see a submission coming out of this fight, but De Santiuya surprised me and the world by taking home the bonus for submission of the night.
We have had some incredible action already, and we are still on the preliminary fights. We are going to move to the middleweight division with the sensational wrestler Dmitry Belov facing off against fellow, but much less experienced, wrestler Dante “inferno” Mishima. This looked like a miss match right from the fight offer. Belov is older, more experienced, shorter, and better wrestler which is both of their specialties. This ended up being just as big of a mismatch as it looked. “Inferno” comes out strong but gets extinguished early. Belov quickly puts his opposition on his back and starts hitting Mishima with some strikes. Belov easily moves into a full mount position, and starts looking for a submission. Mishima defends well so Belov goes right back to the ground and pound. Belov continues looking for submission with some great ground and pound mixed in. Belov is just doing what he does best mixing up the submissions with ground and pound. Around the four minute mark Belov lands a huge elbow that may have been a 12-6, but the ref says it’s not but gives out a warning. Unfortunately for Mishima that was pretty much the end as Belov starts laying into him with punches and elbows and finishes with a TKO in the last couple of seconds of the first round.
In our last fight of the preliminary bouts we got a classic wrestler versus striker bout. Lee “Big” Bang is a remarkable wrestler but is also very proficient with his boxing. Standing across from him was the respectable Muay Thai striker Vaclav Sverkos. Vaclav seemed doomed from the beginning needing to take the extra two hours to make weight. Obviously that will some major effects on his energy levels for this fight, and also points to some possible training issues. “Big” Bang comes out swinging and connecting, Sverkos only answer is a failed takedown attempt. Bang lands a huge uppercut dropping Sverkos, but does not follow him to the ground. Bang waves Sverkos to his feet as he is clearly on wobbly legs. Trying to recover Sverkos pushes bang up against the cage, but Bang lands a phenomenal spinning back fist. Sverkos throws some kicks and attempts some takedowns to no avail. Bang starts landing some more shots as he taunts Sverkos. Bang then lands another huge uppercut sending the much winded Sverkos to the mat. Once again Bang waves Sverkos to his feet, just to knock him out with a third massive uppercut. Bang bangs his way to a first round knockout and a big fat bonus check for knockout of the night. Any future opponent is going to want to stay away from the uppercut of Bang. As mentioned earlier Bang will face Wardlaw at New Moon Rising, and I am sure nobody is going to want to miss that.
The first fight on the main card ended controversially, and for those who did not see it, I will not spoil it until the end. Coors “Silver Bullet” Light is a well-rounded fighter testing his skills against the strong Muay Thai fighter Joe “The Pitch” Castro. Light comes out and gets a takedown attempt stuffed, but comes right back with a double leg and a slam. Very interesting first minute as Castro rolls with a punch and takes top control. Light answers right back with a sweep of his own, and then start working some ground and pound. Castro was moving around a bit and Light was trying to get into a better guard and we have a referee stand up, which I did not understand. Light gets another takedown and misses with some elbows. Castro keeps Light on his toes by wiggling around and then attempts a failed sweep and once again another questionable stand up by the referee. Light takes down Castro one more time and the action dulls out. I was expecting a quicker stand up this time by the ref, but he tells them to work and waits a few more seconds. Castro looks very tired already and Light gets another takedown as the round comes to an end. Personally I feel if Light would have done any damage at all this would be a 10-8 round, but I have “Silver Bullet” up 10-9.
In the first minute of the second round Castro was able to stuff four takedown attempts from Light. With both fighters gassing out there was little to no action in the first minute or so. A few more stuffed takedowns by Castro and Light stuffs a few himself. Light is finally able to get there and as he pulls Castro down with a double leg. Once again Castro looks comfortable from his back defending well and looking to improve the position. Light stops a sweep attempt and stands up as he wants to bang. Castro gets up and clinches up against the cage. Castro works in some strikes and stops a few takedowns from light. The clinch is broke and then reapplied away from the cage. Castro pulls guard and Light tries to control. Castro is doing some nice work from the bottom as the round comes to an end. Castro clearly wins this round with so many takedown stops and his awesome work from his back. My score card is showing 19-19 at the end of two.
In the third round each fighter should be feeling win the round win the fight. In the opening seconds of the third round Castro is able to stuff several takedown attempts and then gets a clinch. From the clinch Castro pulls guard, and why not he has looked great from his back so far tonight. As both fighters are tired and pressed up against the cage there is a bit of a sprawl and Castro ends up on top of Light in guard position. As Castro is missing shots from the top it allows for Light to gain butterfly guard and sweep with ease. Light stops a sweep and then gains half guard. Light lands a huge elbow and that’s the most damage we have seen in this fight. Light keeps working the ground and pound unsuccessfully missing a lot of shots. After a lot of controlling and no referee stand ups Light decides to drop back and grab a leg. Castro is able to defend the submission attempt and gets himself back to full guard. The buzzer sounds and the fight is over. Light in my opinion easily won the third round as I have it scored 29-28 in favor of Light. Stewart Dunkirk scores it 29-28 in favor of Castro. Tiny Johnson scores it 29-28 in favor of Light. Frank Dennis scores it 29-29 and this fight is ruled a draw. Grueling bout and I feel Light got ripped off a little bit but that is why you never leave a fight in the hands of the judges. These two will meet again at New Moon Rising, an event you must attend.
We will follow up the very even and controversial fight with two stand up fighters. Tonitsu “Wizard” Jijutsu will bring his strong boxing skills up against a wonderful Muay Thai striker Dario “The Killer” Silva. Not much to say about the first round accept there was a lot of feeling each other out mixed with a lot of missed strikes. Silva did manage to get a clinch around the two minute mark, and was able to get a knee to the head as well as a few elbows past Tonitsu defense. Silva did an exceptional job creating space to throw some shots, and then go right back to the clinch. Surprisingly Silva dictated the pace of the entire first round, but seemed a bit more tired than Tonitsu at the close of the first round. My card reflects a 10-9 round for Silva.
Jijutsu comes out firing to open the second and is able to open up a cut with a nice two punch combo. The first half of the round we seen Jijutsu avoid several clinch attempts as he went to work with some nice strikes. Some one twos to the head, fakes into body shots, all while circling to stop the clinch. Silva does eventually get the clinch and tries to work over Jijutsu but Jijutsu blocks most of it. Even though Silva was able to maintain the clinch for the rest of the round, he was unable to do any damage at all. With Silva bleeding all over the place you absolutely have to give the round to Jijutsu, 10-9 round so at the end of two I scored it 19-19.
Silva gets his cut cleaned up as much as it can be, and we start round three. Silva looks for an early clinch and Jijutsu lands a nice counter combo. Outside of the clinch Jijutsu looks to be the better fighter. Once again though Silva is able to grab a clinch and push Jijutsu all the way up against the cage. For the first minute to minute and half of the clinch Silva landed some nice knees to the body and a big one to the head. Jijutsu spent the entire rest of the fight battling for position and trying to break the clinch. Silva did land a huge elbow and I thought it was going to be the curtain call, but Jijutsu recovered nicely from it. The third round comes to an end with some more position battling. Silva did just enough to squeak out the third round, as I gave it a 10-9 in favor of Silva. My score card shows 29-28 for Dario Silva. The same score was presented on the judge’s card for a unanimous decision for “The Killer”.
Tito “Island Killer” Jackson was looking to show off his superb wrestling skills against Corner “Ally Cat” Bum. Tito has the experience but it appears Bum did not get the memo. Bum comes rushing out of the corner guns a blazing and lands a great combo rocking Jackson. Tito recovers quickly with a clinch but Bum breaks it right away. Tito then goes in for a double leg which is stopped but Bum was forced up against the cage. Bum continually stuffed takedown attempt after takedown attempt, to the point Jackson attempted to pull guard. Jackson tries a sloppy single leg and Bum sends him to the mat and dives on into guard. Jackson goes for a quick guillotine to no avail. After the failed submission attempt Jackson starts looking to get back to his feet as Bum just want to control, so we get a referee stand up. Jackson dives right in with a double leg shoot and is able to scoop up Bum and slam him down. Jackson stands up and dives in with a devastating shot to the head. Jacksons ground and pound may not be doing damage, but it is scoring big time points with the judges. Jackson fails with a few more submission attempts all the while working shots to the body and head. The buzzer sounds and we have a close first round that I will give to Tito Jackson.
Bum starts out the second round aggressively looking for a clinch but Jackson answers with a quick takedown. Jackson starts working the ground and pound and once again it’s scoring points but not really damaging Bum at all. Jackson attempts a strange looking top position guillotine for the second time in this fight. Jackson needs some serious work in the submission department. Jackson continued to ground and pound on Bum for the rest of the round. He did get in a few nice shots, but mostly it was for the judges and not for the win. Jackson easily wins round two in my book, he is now up 20-28.
Bum is going to need a finish to win this fight, and starts the round off stuffing a takedown attempt. Jackson all though gets the clinch and eventually gets the takedown by pulling guard. Bum does the right thing, knowing he has to finish the fight, he controls until there is a referee stand up. Now back to standing Jackson closes the distance and clinches back up. A body shot to Bum and a takedown by Jackson and we are right back to Tito’s bread and butter. Tito attempts a kimura but doesn’t get it. After some control Jackson is able to slide into full mount and it’s not looking good for Bum. Jackson connects with shots better in this third round than any other, but he is not looking to finish. Tito takes several breaks from the dominate position and is content with riding this out to a decision win. We hear the final buzzer and all three judges score the fight the same as I do. 30-27 in favor of Tito “Island Killer” Jackson
The submission master and red belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu artist “Sticky” Herb Green will be taking on the Wonderful wrestler Rock “Taijutsu” Lee in a very interesting welterweight bout. Lee has all the wrestling skills needed to be a top fighter, but does anyone really want to go to the ground with a red belt? The opening minute of the fight proved Lee wanted no part of the ground game with such a respected BJJ practitioner as he opened up with some combo attempts. Both fighters show some nice foot work coming in and out throwing some blows, but Green does get a takedown and Lee looks like he is in trouble. Green goes from one submission attempt to another, trying to grab a leg an arm, or just anything. Green proved he has the much better ground skills in the first round winning it 10-9.
Green scores a nice trip takedown to open up the second round. Once on the ground it is much of the same, with submission attempt after submission attempt. Everyone is going to give Lee a for effort with all of this submission defense. I was extremely surprised that Green was unable to submit Lee, but Green did completely dominate round two.
Lee knows he has to finish and the only way that will happen is if he can keep this fight standing. For the first minute and half Lee was successful in doing so. Lee was the more aggressive fighter during this duration but most of his shots missed. Green did end up getting this fight to the ground though and everyone figured this fight was over accept for Lee. Lee managed to get to his feet and started being aggressive once again. An incidental low blow from Green stopped the fight while Lee got a chance to recover. Once recovered Lee checked a lot of leg kicks and threw some wild shots only landing a few to the body. Green got the fight back to the ground and looked to control knowing this was wrapped up. The buzzer sounds and everyone knows this is a win for “Sticky” Green. The judges all scored the fight 30-26 giving Lee an eight point round in the second.
It is now time for our main event of the evening. Three rounds in the Light Heavyweight division. Bud “The King of Beers” Weiser against “The Viking” Agnar Gorm. Gorm was the heavy favorite in this fight, having more experience and a great wrestling pedigree. Weiser broke down Gorm with some beautiful stand up in the beginning of this fight. Landing some combos and a flush cross to the jaw of Gorm. Gorm insisted on moving forward and took a nice head kick delivered by Weiser. Weiser continued to assaulted “The Viking” while looking to clinch. Gorm managed to stay out of the clinch mostly but was just taking everything Weiser could land. At one point you could see Gorm asking Weiser if that’s all he had. Weiser just kept pushing forward landing shots and combos, but near the end of the first Gorm was able to get a takedown. Weiser did not look comfortable at all on the ground with the wrestler on top of him. Gorm attempted some submissions and then passed to full mount right as the round came to an end.
If Gorm would have had a few more seconds you would have to think he would have finished from full mount. Let’s see if he looks for the quick takedown instead of letting punches and kicks bounce off his head. As the round opens Bud clinches right up, but Gorm looks for a takedown and Weiser has to break the clinch. Weiser then continued to put on a show with the standup game. Bud landed some nice shots, worked in a few combinations, and stuffed several takedown attempts. Gorm storms in with a combo missing everything and Weiser capitalizes with a big combo sending Gorm to the ground. Without any hesitation Weiser waves the rocked Gorm back to his feet, and lands another combo. Weiser keeps throwing punches and Gorm gets dropped again, and it’s time for the ref to step and stop this one. Weiser gets the huge upset with a TKO at 2:36 of the second round.
What a great event, and anyone who had tickets to this enjoyed Christmas for sure. Gorm and Weiser earned fight of the night awards to close out the show. We will be putting on another great show in just one week so please join us on the first day of 2014 for New Year Nightmares.
Review written by Tony Rossi
Christmas may have not come early but boy it was well worth waiting
for. Steel Penn ICON-Las Vegas held there very first event. Christmas
Collision had a little something for everyone. We witnessed bone
breaking submissions, jaw smashing knock outs, grueling knuckle dragging
decisions, and we also got treated to a controversial draw. Now that
the fights are in the past and bonuses have been dished out its time to
dig a little deeper to see exactly what transpired. So lets dive right
on in!
The opening bout featured superb wrestler Kurt Swift Zukaryian up
against Andrew Animal Todd. Todd is a wonderful wrestler, so you know
this fight was going to be grinded out on the ground. The shocking
moment of this fight was seen very early when the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
white belt (Zukaryian) went for a submission from the bottom less than a
minute into the fight. The triangle was successful as Andrew Todd
submitted in just forty eight seconds of the very first round. Zukaryian
picked up his first win and brought his record up to 1-1. On the wrong
side of the fight Andrew Todd dropped to 0-2, losing both of his fights
by submission. For Zukaryian the future is looking brighter, while the
future of Todd seems to be full of submission defense and defensive
grappling training.
Moving onto the second fight of the night, we will see the Featherweight
division highlighted. Isaiah The Prototype Martinez had to assume he
was going to have an easy fight on his hands. Martinez was the bigger
older fighter in this match up, and with superb boxing skills he is
easily the better stand up fighter. Craig Warrior Wardlaw has the
better ground skills and wanted to prove it early. Wardlaw opened with a
takedown attempt that was stuffed, but then countered a clinch attempt
with a beautiful double leg takedown. At first Martinez looked ok on the
ground with some nice wrist control and dodging some ground and pound
from Wardlaw. Wardlaw faints a big right and drops a devastating elbow
near the first minute of the fight. Martinez being rocked was still able
to throw up a sloppy triangle attempt, and then was able to control
from the bottom for a while. Wardlaw was able to keep scoring with some
elbows and body shots. Wardlaw decides to use the same tactics of
distracting with the right and dropping a big left elbow. Wardlaw then
was able to stand up above Martinez and drop down to the mat with a huge
left and after throwing a few more shots it was time for the ref to
stop the fight. Two minutes and forty three seconds into the bout
Wardlaw picks up the win by TKO. Whats next for these guys, well time
will tell for The Prototype but Craig Warrior Wardlaw will be facing
Lee Bang at New Moon Rising on January 11th 2014.
Next up on our agenda was an amazing war by two up and coming
welterweights. Oscralo Granalo De Santiuya faced off against Vedran
Milosevic. Granalo gets cut with a big cross from Milosevic just
seconds into the fight, and it looked as though it could have been over
that quick. De Santiuya looked panicked for a moment as he wieldy missed
a flurry of punches. He did though quickly recover and easily took down
Milosevic. Granalo lets his opponent up just to take him back down
seconds later. Thats is just about the point De Santiuyas offence
stopped, as Milosevic was able to get up around the one minute mark. In
the next four minutes Milosevic scored with two take downs of his own,
and was able to pull De Santiuya into a clinch several times. Although
Milosevic did not do much in the clinch or on the ground the big cut he
opened up on De Santiuya more than likely won him the round.
De Santiuya got some great work from his corner on the cut in-between
rounds. The second round was a very strange sight to see. Milosevic
should have been working on the cut of his opponent but instead just
looked to clinch in the beginning. He got two clinches and broke one
himself early on, as De Santiuya was able to escape the second with
ease. De Santiuya then gets a good take down and stands up from it, goes
immediately for another and gets it. De Santiuya did try to capitalize
with a submission attempt, but Milosevic defended well and was able to
get back to his feet. The rest of round two was filled with take downs
and instant stand ups, clinches and quick breaks, a lot of grappling for
position in the standup game. Both fighters looked to work the body and
Milosevic started to appear gassed near the end. Even though Milosevic
was very tired he did keep looking to score with takedowns but in the
last few seconds of the round all of them where stuffed. I gave round
two to De Santiuya and my card is showing 19-19 heading for the final
round.
As mentioned before this was a war, and again De Santiuya needed a
little cut work before the third and final round. The bell rings and
Milosevic comes flying out with a quick and big takedown. It seems as
though Milosevic thinks he has to have a finish as he looks more
aggressive in this third round. Milosevic stands up at the feet of De
Santiuya and lines him up for a big superman style punch. From the
standing position Milosevic dives in and catches nothing but mat, and De
Santiuya puts on a loose triangle. Milosevic defends well pulling his
head threw but De Santiuya is able to transition into an amazing arm
bar. That arm bar is tight and Milosevic has to tap. Personally I did
not see a submission coming out of this fight, but De Santiuya surprised
me and the world by taking home the bonus for submission of the night.
We have had some incredible action already, and we are still on the
preliminary fights. We are going to move to the middleweight division
with the sensational wrestler Dmitry Belov facing off against fellow,
but much less experienced, wrestler Dante inferno Mishima. This looked
like a miss match right from the fight offer. Belov is older, more
experienced, shorter, and better wrestler which is both of their
specialties. This ended up being just as big of a mismatch as it looked.
Inferno comes out strong but gets extinguished early. Belov quickly
puts his opposition on his back and starts hitting Mishima with some
strikes. Belov easily moves into a full mount position, and starts
looking for a submission. Mishima defends well so Belov goes right back
to the ground and pound. Belov continues looking for submission with
some great ground and pound mixed in. Belov is just doing what he does
best mixing up the submissions with ground and pound. Around the four
minute mark Belov lands a huge elbow that may have been a 12-6, but the
ref says its not but gives out a warning. Unfortunately for Mishima
that was pretty much the end as Belov starts laying into him with
punches and elbows and finishes with a TKO in the last couple of seconds
of the first round.
In our last fight of the preliminary bouts we got a classic wrestler
versus striker bout. Lee Big Bang is a remarkable wrestler but is also
very proficient with his boxing. Standing across from him was the
respectable Muay Thai striker Vaclav Sverkos. Vaclav seemed doomed from
the beginning needing to take the extra two hours to make weight.
Obviously that will some major effects on his energy levels for this
fight, and also points to some possible training issues. Big Bang
comes out swinging and connecting, Sverkos only answer is a failed
takedown attempt. Bang lands a huge uppercut dropping Sverkos, but does
not follow him to the ground. Bang waves Sverkos to his feet as he is
clearly on wobbly legs. Trying to recover Sverkos pushes bang up against
the cage, but Bang lands a phenomenal spinning back fist. Sverkos
throws some kicks and attempts some takedowns to no avail. Bang starts
landing some more shots as he taunts Sverkos. Bang then lands another
huge uppercut sending the much winded Sverkos to the mat. Once again
Bang waves Sverkos to his feet, just to knock him out with a third
massive uppercut. Bang bangs his way to a first round knockout and a big
fat bonus check for knockout of the night. Any future opponent is going
to want to stay away from the uppercut of Bang. As mentioned earlier
Bang will face Wardlaw at New Moon Rising, and I am sure nobody is going
to want to miss that.
The first fight on the main card ended controversially, and for those
who did not see it, I will not spoil it until the end. Coors Silver
Bullet Light is a well-rounded fighter testing his skills against the
strong Muay Thai fighter Joe The Pitch Castro. Light comes out and
gets a takedown attempt stuffed, but comes right back with a double leg
and a slam. Very interesting first minute as Castro rolls with a punch
and takes top control. Light answers right back with a sweep of his own,
and then start working some ground and pound. Castro was moving around a
bit and Light was trying to get into a better guard and we have a
referee stand up, which I did not understand. Light gets another
takedown and misses with some elbows. Castro keeps Light on his toes by
wiggling around and then attempts a failed sweep and once again another
questionable stand up by the referee. Light takes down Castro one more
time and the action dulls out. I was expecting a quicker stand up this
time by the ref, but he tells them to work and waits a few more seconds.
Castro looks very tired already and Light gets another takedown as the
round comes to an end. Personally I feel if Light would have done any
damage at all this would be a 10-8 round, but I have Silver Bullet up
10-9.
In the first minute of the second round Castro was able to stuff four
takedown attempts from Light. With both fighters gassing out there was
little to no action in the first minute or so. A few more stuffed
takedowns by Castro and Light stuffs a few himself. Light is finally
able to get there and as he pulls Castro down with a double leg. Once
again Castro looks comfortable from his back defending well and looking
to improve the position. Light stops a sweep attempt and stands up as he
wants to bang. Castro gets up and clinches up against the cage. Castro
works in some strikes and stops a few takedowns from light. The clinch
is broke and then reapplied away from the cage. Castro pulls guard and
Light tries to control. Castro is doing some nice work from the bottom
as the round comes to an end. Castro clearly wins this round with so
many takedown stops and his awesome work from his back. My score card is
showing 19-19 at the end of two.
In the third round each fight
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