PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rawrl Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Luis Gutierrez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Castro
vs
Gutierrez

178 cm
28
182 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

169 cm
21
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rawrl Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Gutierrez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gutierrez has closed the distance and engaged Castro in a clinch.
Castro stalling in the clinch.
Castro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Castro lands a knee to the head.
Castro scores with a shot to the side of Gutierrez's head.
Castro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Castro tries a knee to the head but Gutierrez blocks it.
Gutierrez wants to get back to striking at distance but Castro won't allow it.
Gutierrez fails to pull guard.
Gutierrez lands a body punch.
Castro is pushing Gutierrez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Castro creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Still in the clinch, Castro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gutierrez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Castro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castro.
Castro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gutierrez fails to pull guard.
Rawrl Castro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Gutierrez.
Gutierrez has had enough of the clinch but Castro keeps him there for the moment.
Castro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gutierrez is looking to break free of the clinch but Castro has double underhooks.
Castro lands a shoulder strike.
Gutierrez dodges an elbow strike from Castro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Castro throws an elbow that misses.
Castro has Gutierrez pushed against the cage.
Gutierrez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Castro walks away with a smile on his face. Gutierrez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Gutierrez moves into the clinch.
Castro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Castro.
Gutierrez tries to pull guard but Castro holds him up against the cage and eventually Gutierrez drops back down to his feet.
Castro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gutierrez's face.
Castro with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gutierrez as Castro tries to tie him up.
Gutierrez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Castro pulls his leg out and moves away.
Castro is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gutierrez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gutierrez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Castro decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gutierrez's guard.
Castro is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Castro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Castro throwing strikes from guard but Gutierrez blocks nicely.
Gutierrez keeping moving, preventing Castro from controlling successfully.

Castro drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Castro seems to have locked his on tight now - Gutierrez screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Castro, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rawrl Castro!