PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Papa Legba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Agustin Castillas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Legba
vs
Castillas

166 cm
21
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

166 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Papa Legba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Agustin Castillas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Legba clinches up against the cage.
Legba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Legba lands a knee to the body.

Legba has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Castillas clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Legba not allowing Castillas to control his hands.
Legba struggling to land strikes to the head as Castillas covers up.
Castillas covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
I really don't envy Castillas right now.
Legba doesn't have the hooks in and Castillas manages to turn into his guard.
Castillas passes into half guard.
Legba is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillas trying to control from Legba's half guard. Legba has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legba is pulling down on Castillas's head. It's preventing any offense from Castillas, at least for the moment.
Castillas trying to control the position from guard on top but Legba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Legba wants to stand but Castillas is controlling the position.
Legba has control of Castillas's left arm, preventing Castillas from doing any damage.
Legba's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Legba is looking for a triangle but Castillas pushes his legs off easily.
Legba bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Castillas's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Legba has gone for a leg lock! Castillas slips out almost immediately though and dives into Legba's guard.
Castillas looking to sit in guard and control but Legba gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Castillas looks gassed!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Legba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba works over Castillas with some ground and pound from guard.
Legba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Legba lands a couple of digs.
Castillas trying to keep a closed guard but Legba is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Castillas is on top in guard.

Castillas drops back, looking for a kneebar! Legba looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Legba looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Legba!
Castillas avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Legba.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba cracks Castillas with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Legba cracks Castillas with a big right hand but Castillas just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Legba sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Castillas is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Legba tries for a kimura but Castillas is defending well.
Castillas wants to control but Legba postures up.
Legba cracks Castillas with a big right hand but Castillas just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Legba lands a decent elbow from side control.
Castillas taking a bit of punishment here - Legba scoring with strikes.
Legba scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legba wants to control but Castillas is keeping him busy.
Castillas is trying to improve his position.
Sloppy strikes there by Legba.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Legba dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Legba has closed the distance and engaged Castillas in a clinch.
Legba lands a body shot.
Legba lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Castillas or not.
Legba lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Legba connects with a nasty looking knee right to Castillas's face.
Legba is stalling here.
Legba lands a knee to the body.
Legba crunches a lovely knee into Castillas's ribcage.
Legba has Castillas pressed against the cage.
Legba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castillas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right handed body shot lands from Legba.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Legba lands a good knee to the midsection. Castillas won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legba's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Legba lands a body shot.
Castillas is breathing heavily.
Legba connects with a knee to the head.
Legba lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legba has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Castillas clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Legba landing with strikes.
Legba loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Castillas hold on?
Legba throwing damaging strikes from the back! Castillas could be in trouble here!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Legba. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

Castillas preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Legba.
Legba lands a shot to the head.

Castillas fending off the submission attempt from Legba.
Castillas tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Legba lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Legba is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Castillas knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Castillas for a finish.
Legba landing with strikes.
Castillas covers up after that shot from Legba.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legba is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Castillas. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Papa Legba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Castillas is trapped and Legba is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Legba lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Legba.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Legba's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
You can see the frustration on Castillas's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba is landing with strikes from the back.
Legba lands shots from the back.
Legba punishes Castillas with strikes from the back mount.

Legba is persistently looking for the submission but Castillas is defending it well.

Castillas showing good submission defense here.
Legba is punishing Castillas with strikes - can he finish him?!
Legba lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
The referee is taking a good look at Castillas as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Legba!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Legba lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Castillas wants to escape the position.
Castillas covering up well and avoiding damage.

Legba is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Castillas has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Castillas wants to escape the position.
Legba scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legba controlling well, preventing Castillas from escaping the position.
Legba throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Castillas!
Legba lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Legba lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Legba dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Legba clinches with his opponent.
Legba landing knees to the head.
Castillas fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Legba gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Castillas wants to improve his position but Legba is controlling well.

Castillas actively working from the bottom here.
Legba trying to mount his opponent but Castillas defends it.
Castillas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Legba slips a nice elbow through Castillas's hands, connecting with Castillas's forehead.
Legba is nestled in close to Castillas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Castillas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Legba throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Legba rushes Castillas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legba pulls guard.
Castillas being controlled here momentarily.
Legba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castillas can do to turn this around?
Castillas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Legba swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Castillas has gone for a leg lock! Legba slips out almost immediately though and dives into Castillas's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba connects with a couple of short punches.
Castillas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Legba landing some decent shots from guard.
Legba works over Castillas with some ground and pound from guard.
Legba trying to control but Castillas is working from the bottom.
Legba showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Legba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Legba chips away with some ground and pound.
Legba sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba trying to control but Castillas is working from the bottom.
Legba makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Legba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Legba drops back looking for a leg! Castillas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Castillas manages to kick Legba off! Legba jumps back into Castillas's guard.

Castillas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Legba connects with a couple of short punches.
Castillas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Legba.
Legba trying to control the position from guard on top but Castillas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Castillas working a defensive guard here.
Legba stands up over Castillas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Legba wants to control from the top but Castillas keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Castillas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Castillas tries to move into range but Legba moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Legba moves into the clinch.
Legba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castillas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Legba lands a body punch in the clinch.
Legba utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Legba scores a nice knee to the body.
Legba is working Castillas over against the cage.
Legba lands a nice shot to the body.
Agustin Castillas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Papa Legba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Legba landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Legba cracks Castillas with a nice body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Legba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Legba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papa Legba!