PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Beltshazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coz Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coz Castillo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Beltshazar
vs
Castillo

180 cm
22
156 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

177 cm
23
152 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Arcticus University: London
GREEN!160

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Beltshazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coz Castillo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castillo clinches.
Castillo working aggressively here.
Beltshazar prevents a body shot from Castillo.
Castillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castillo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Castillo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castillo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Beltshazar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beltshazar swings wildly with an uppercut but Castillo uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Beltshazar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beltshazar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beltshazar tries to pull guard but Castillo won't allow it.
Castillo misses with the head strike.
Beltshazar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beltshazar avoids a wild elbow strike from Castillo.
Castillo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Beltshazar tries to break free but Castillo pushes him back against the cage.
Castillo can't find room to land a body shot as Beltshazar controls the action.
Beltshazar working hard to break the clinch.
Castillo lands an elbow that stopped Beltshazar in his tracks for a moment.
Castillo can't find room to land a body shot as Beltshazar controls the action.
Castillo has a couple of punches blocked by Beltshazar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Castillo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beltshazar blocks it with crossed arms.
Beltshazar blocking some punches.
Beltshazar fails to pull guard.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Castillo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Castillo tries a body shot but Beltshazar blocks it.
Beltshazar prevents a body shot from Castillo.
Castillo working aggressively here.
Castillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Beltshazar managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo has a couple of punches blocked by Beltshazar.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Beltshazar avoids the damage to the body.
Beltshazar blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castillo.
Beltshazar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beltshazar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Beltshazar dodges an elbow strike from Castillo.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Castillo misses with a punch to the body.
Castillo misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castillo can't find room to land a body shot as Beltshazar controls the action.
Castillo scores a nice knee to the body.
Castillo working aggressively here.
Castillo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beltshazar blocks it with crossed arms.

Beltshazar pulls Castillo into guard.
Castillo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Beltshazar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Beltshazar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Castillo passes into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castillo prevents Beltshazar from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coz Castillo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Castillo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ryan Beltshazar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beltshazar lands with a good body shot.
Beltshazar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Castillo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Castillo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beltshazar lands the left hand.
Castillo doesn't manage to clinch there - Beltshazar circles away.
Castillo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beltshazar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Castillo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Beltshazar lands a big right hand that sends Castillo crashing to the mat! Beltshazar stays standing though and waves Castillo back to his feet!

Castillo is rocked!

It looks like Coz Castillo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beltshazar connects with a nice cross there... Castillo is looking wobbly and Beltshazar recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Castillo to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Beltshazar jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryan Beltshazar!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ryan Beltshazar made sure he mentioned Arcticus University: London, along with how happy he was to win his fight.