PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sizzla Kalonji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kalonji
vs
Castro

170 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

BioPharm Nutrition

Blitzkrieg Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sizzla Kalonji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy Castro!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kalonji looks for a takedown but Castro sprawls well.
Castro throws a combination. Kalonji tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Castro is looking to clinch but Kalonji is avoiding it.
Castro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Castro is looking to clinch.
Kalonji shoots for a double leg takedown but Castro sprawls well. He's pushed Kalonji's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A head kick from Castro lands but Kalonji takes it in his stride.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Castro tries to clinch up.

Kalonji tries to keep at a distance but Castro has taken the fight into the clinch.
Castro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kalonji backwards.
Kalonji is working for takedown but Castro is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sizzla Kalonji. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro lands with a left to the head.

Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kalonji avoids the head kick by Castro.
Castro throws a nice head kick!

Castro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kalonji has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Castro avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Castro breaks the clinch.

Kalonji closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kalonji is keen to just control but Castro is a slippery customer.
Kalonji is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalonji stops Castro from getting back to his feet.
Castro is looking for a sweep. Kalonji is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kalonji thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro is looking to control Kalonji's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Castro avoid being mounted?
Castro is trying to stand.
Kalonji is pressing down on Castro's thigh, looking to free his foot. Castro is holding on for now.
Castro wants to control but Kalonji is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Castro stalks Kalonji and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kalonji's face. Kalonji staggers backwards, shaken.
A combination from Castro does no damage.
Kalonji takes a kick to the side of the head.
Castro lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Castro.
Kalonji shoots in for a double leg but Castro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Castro throws a series of punches but Kalonji moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Castro.
Castro doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalonji circles away.
Randy Castro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kalonji shoots in for a takedown but Castro shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalonji takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Castro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Castro throws a head kick that Kalonji semi-blocks.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Castro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Kalonji closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Castro trying to control from the bottom.
Kalonji throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Castro pushes Kalonji off looking to stand but Kalonji dives back in and keeps control.
Castro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kalonji.
Kalonji stops Castro from getting back to his feet.
Castro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kalonji is working away from the top position though.
Castro wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kalonji shoots for a double leg takedown but Castro sprawls well. He's pushed Kalonji's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalonji throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Castro's waist but Castro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kalonji off to one side.
Castro throws a head kick that half lands.
Castro tries to clinch there but Kalonji circles away.
Castro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kalonji avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Randy Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalonji shoots in but Castro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Castro looks to land a combination but Kalonji avoids it well.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch but Kalonji swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Castro's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Castro duly obliges.
Kalonji slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Castro is working the combinations to good effect here.
Castro lands with a kick to the temple. Kalonji shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kalonji fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kalonji avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Castro scores with a one two! Kalonji had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kalonji fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Castro has managed to clinch.
Kalonji tries to pull guard but Castro won't allow it.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Castro throws a series of punches but Kalonji moves out of range.
Kalonji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Castro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Castro scores with a one two! Kalonji had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalonji shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Castro drives through and clinches with Kalonji against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Castro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Castro misses with a double jab.
Kalonji shoots in looking for a takedown. Castro tries to sprawl out of it but Kalonji keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Castro manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick from Castro lands but Kalonji takes it in his stride.
Castro misses with a wild combination.
Castro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kalonji has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Castro lands a high kick!
Castro throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kalonji's head.
Castro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kalonji tries for a takedown but Castro sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Castro lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro throws a right hand that Kalonji ducks under and follows up with a left that Kalonji also avoids with ease.
Castro lands with a nice combination. Kalonji backs away looking to recover.
Kalonji avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Kalonji or perhaps it was just good defense by Castro which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sizzla Kalonji. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro is looking to clinch but Kalonji is avoiding it.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.
Castro throws a combination. Kalonji tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kalonji changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Castro tries to avoid it but Kalonji manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Castro to the ground. Castro escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Castro stuffs the takedown.
Castro lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kalonji backs up against the cage.
Castro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Castro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kalonji paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro lands a two punch combo.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.
Kalonji takes a kick to the side of the head.
Castro tries to clinch but Kalonji is having none of it.
Castro lands a head kick. Kalonji smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kalonji takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sizzla Kalonji is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kalonji throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Castro's waist but Castro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kalonji off to one side.
Castro throws a head kick that half lands.
Castro scores with a head kick.
Castro throws a one two combo.
Horrible takedown by Kalonji or perhaps it was just good defense by Castro which made him look bad.
Castro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Castro scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Castro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Castro throws a head kick that Kalonji semi-blocks.
Castro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castro instigates a clinch.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kalonji shoots in and drives through. Castro sprawls well.
Castro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro throws a series of punches but Kalonji avoids them all with ease.
Kalonji is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Castro.
Randy Castro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Kalonji scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kalonji working away.
Castro is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Kalonji is staying active.
Castro is trying to get back to his feet.
Kalonji working away.
Kalonji throws an elbow but Castro slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kalonji working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
What's Castro going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Kalonji misses with the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Castro!
Castro throws a series of punches but Kalonji avoids them all with ease.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Castro throws a series of punches but Kalonji moves out of range.

Kalonji darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalonji thows a huge punch but Castro dodges it nicely.

Castro kicks off Kalonji and gets to his feet.
Castro throws a right and a left that Kalonji avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Castro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Castro misses with a head kick.

Kalonji looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Castro!
Castro is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Kalonji with the ground and pound from mount.
Kalonji with shots to the head and body - Castro looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Castro that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Castro is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kalonji looking to ground and pound but Castro is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Kalonji there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kalonji throwing strikes here but Castro is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Castro sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Kalonji is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kalonji trying to control the action but Castro is working from the bottom.
Kalonji 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro pushes Kalonji off looking to stand but Kalonji dives back in and keeps control.
Kalonji wants to pass the guard but Castro is defending well.
Kalonji not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Castro is looking to control Kalonji's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Castro avoid being mounted?
Kalonji missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Castro is trying to stand up here but Kalonji is controlling him well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Castro lands a high kick!
Castro wants to clinch.
Kalonji shoots for a takedown but Castro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Kalonji shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Castro wants to control but Kalonji is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kalonji throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Castro pushes Kalonji off looking to stand but Kalonji dives back in and keeps control.
Kalonji is pressing down on Castro's thigh, looking to free his foot. Castro is holding on for now.
Castro trying to control from the bottom.

Kalonji is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kalonji tries to pass to full mount but Castro defends it.
Castro is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Castro throws a sloppy head kick and Kalonji moves out of range easily.
Castro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Castro.

Kalonji bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kalonji trying to control the position but Castro is working away.
Castro manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Castro is tying to control. Kalonji wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Kalonji actively working from the bottom here.
Kalonji is looking to improve his position.
Kalonji might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Castro wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kalonji avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castro throws a nice looking combination but Kalonji bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Kalonji looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Castro keeping moving, preventing Kalonji from controlling successfully.
Kalonji won't allow Castro to get back to his feet.
Kalonji seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Castro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sizzla Kalonji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kalonji trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kalonji with a flurry of punches that miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sizzla Kalonji showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Castro has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Castro!