PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morales Casilla (ranked 4937 p4p, 3703 weight class) and Lucas Tejedor (ranked 568 p4p, 487 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Casilla
vs
Tejedor

190 cm
25
205
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
194
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Morales Casilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lucas Tejedor!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casilla connects with an inside leg kick.

Tejedor shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tejedor was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tejedor trying to control the action but Casilla is working from the bottom.
Casilla is looking for a sweep.
Casilla manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Casilla blocks the strikes from Tejedor.
Casilla sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tejedor desperately trying to maintain half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tejedor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tejedor trying to control but Casilla postures up.
Casilla is keen to just control but Tejedor is a slippery customer.
Tejedor wants to improve his position but Casilla is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Casilla in particular looking to stall.
Tejedor wants to control but Casilla is keeping busy.
Casilla trying to mount his opponent but Tejedor defends it.
Casilla is thwarting Tejedor's attempts to control the position.
Tejedor landing rabbit punches to the side of Casilla's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Tejedor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Casilla passes to side control.
Casilla wants to control for a moment but Tejedor uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Casilla blocks the strikes from Tejedor.
Casilla prevents Tejedor from improving his position.
Tejedor gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casilla trying to control but Tejedor is working from the bottom.
Casilla slips nicely into half guard.
Casilla is looking to take a break and control but Tejedor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tejedor wants to control but Casilla is keeping busy.
Tejedor keeping control of the position.
Tejedor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tejedor has Casilla pulled in close to control his posture.
Casilla not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Casilla wants to control from the top but Tejedor keeps moving.
Casilla prevents Tejedor from getting back to his feet.
Tejedor can't keep his opponent in guard - Casilla advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Tejedor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tejedor pulls Casilla in close to prevent any damage.
We've been informed that Tejedor has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Casilla trying to control but Tejedor is working from the bottom.
Casilla won't allow Tejedor to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tejedor has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tejedor working a defensive guard here.
Casilla wants to control from the top but Tejedor keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Casilla stays in close to Tejedor's body and controls the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Tejedor.
Tejedor swings for the body but Casilla moves out of range.
Casilla lands the left hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Casilla throws out a powerful jab.
Tejedor fails with the takedown
and Casilla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Morales Casilla dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Casilla getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tejedor lands with a nice combination. Casilla backs away looking to recover.
Tejedor shoots in looking for a takedown. Casilla tries to sprawl out of it but Tejedor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Casilla manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
As Tejedor tries to get set, Casilla tries to push him back and clinch up but Tejedor manages to avoid the attempt.
Casilla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Casilla throwing a counter right hand but Tejedor manages to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Casilla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Casilla takes a shot to the head.
Tejedor works on Casilla's body with a couple of short punches.

Tejedor is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Casilla can't fight it off and eventually Tejedor manages to take the fight to the floor. Casilla looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Casilla is trying to keep Tejedor in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas Tejedor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tejedor is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tejedor with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tejedor postures up.
Tejedor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tejedor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tejedor scoring with some ground and pound.
Casilla is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tejedor stands up over Casilla, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Casilla is rocked!
Casilla is trying to control the position but Tejedor postures up.
Oh Casilla is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tejedor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casilla looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Casilla seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Tejedor stands up and waves to Casilla to follow him.

Tejedor drops Casilla with a left right combo! Tejedor follows him down to the ground into side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tejedor slows the pace down.
Tejedor working the ground and pound.
Casilla struggling a bit here.
Tejedor cracks Casilla with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Tejedor immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Casilla is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Tejedor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Tejedor!
A victorious Lucas Tejedor thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.