PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Regan Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hendricks
vs
Castro

179 cm
30
190 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

183 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Regan Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Castro!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Castro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hendricks!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hendricks is looking to get to half guard.
Hendricks wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Hendricks manages to reverse the position and now he's in Castro's guard. Nice work there by Hendricks.
Hendricks passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Hendricks tries for a kimura but Castro is defending well.

Hendricks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hendricks tries for a kimura but Castro is defending well.
Castro is trying to improve his position.

Hendricks tries for a kimura but Castro is defending well.
Castro tries to buck Hendricks off but Hendricks is having none of it.
Castro struggling a bit here.

Hendricks tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hendricks has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hendricks has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Castro is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Hendricks yanks on the arm and Castro is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Hendricks.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Regan Hendricks!