PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Castro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wright
vs
Castro

180 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Intelligent

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Castro!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wright shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Castro manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wright wants to control from the top but Castro keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Castro can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wright stops Castro from standing up.
Wright throwing strikes but missing.
Wright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Castro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wright 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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Castro misses with a head kick.
Wright shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Castro but Castro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Castro misses the jab.
Castro misses with a looping left.

Wright gets the takedown into side control.
Wright connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Castro some visible discomfort.
Wright sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Castro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Castro managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wright is controlling him well.
Wright lands a few punches from side control.
Castro is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wright has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wright working the head and body with strikes.
Castro wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Wright working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wright connects with a decent elbow.
Castro taking a bit of punishment here - Wright scoring with strikes.
Wright working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Wright working the head with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wright working the head and body with strikes.
The ground and pound from Wright seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wright misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wright working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Castro taking punishment in the form of punches.
Castro is trying to buck Wright off.
Castro is not content to let Wright control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Castro wants to get back to his feet but Wright drags him back down.
Castro is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Castro taking a bit of punishment here - Wright scoring with strikes.
Wright scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wright landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Castro is rocked!
Wright landing a few strikes.
Castro is still in real trouble! Can Wright finish him?
Wright scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Castro is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Wright can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Wright!