PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castro comes to the cage accompanied by Carlos Puebla - Y En Eso Llego Fidel. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Castro
vs
Nongkeeswuit

180 cm
26
170 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

180 cm
26
167 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Revolution Fatigues

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fidel Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Castro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nongkeeswuit - that will leave a mark!
Castro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nongkeeswuit.
Jab from Nongkeeswuit.
A head kick misses from Castro.
Nongkeeswuit avoids the head kick by Castro.
Nongkeeswuit missing with a left hand there. Castro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castro misses with a body kick.
Castro connects with a body shot that sends Nongkeeswuit's belly button to the back.
Castro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nongkeeswuit's sensitive parts.
Nongkeeswuit ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Castro - that will leave a mark!
Nongkeeswuit checks a leg kick.
Castro gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nongkeeswuit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nongkeeswuit rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nongkeeswuit doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Nongkeeswuit avoids the head kick by Castro.
Fidel Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nongkeeswuit was well out of range. Poor timing from Castro.
Castro misses the jab.
Castro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nongkeeswuit throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
Castro lands a right hook to the body.
Castro scores with a jab. Nongkeeswuit acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Castro is looking to chop away at Nongkeeswuit's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Castro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castro cracks Nongkeeswuit with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Nongkeeswuit misses.
Jab, jab by Castro - just one landing.
Castro misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro throws a nice head kick!
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Castro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Castro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nongkeeswuit slips a straight right by Castro.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Castro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nongkeeswuit blocks a head kick by Castro.
Nongkeeswuit checks a leg kick nicely.
Castro scores with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Nongkeeswuit blocks the low kick.
Castro misses the jab.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a looping left.
Castro scores with a head kick.
Castro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nongkeeswuit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Castro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro moves out of range of the body kick.
Castro swings for the body but Nongkeeswuit moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Castro.
Castro throws a sloppy head kick and Nongkeeswuit moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nongkeeswuit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castro throws a nice head kick!
Castro throws a sloppy head kick and Nongkeeswuit moves out of range easily.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Nongkeeswuit.
A swing and a miss from Castro.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nongkeeswuit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Castro counters with a straight right hand.
Nongkeeswuit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Castro dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Castro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nongkeeswuit lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nongkeeswuit misses with the combination.
Nongkeeswuit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nongkeeswuit gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Castro.
Nongkeeswuit looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a kick to the body.
Nongkeeswuit avoids the body shot from Castro.
Castro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Castro misses with a body shot
enabling Nongkeeswuit to counter with a crisp jab.
Nongkeeswuit on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Castro is defended easily by Nongkeeswuit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit moves out of range of the body kick from Castro.
Nongkeeswuit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fidel Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
Nongkeeswuit avoids the head kick by Castro.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nongkeeswuit.
Castro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Castro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castro misses with a left hand
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Nongkeeswuit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Castro throws a head kick that misses
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Castro misses with a kick to the body.
Nongkeeswuit thumps Castro with a low kick.
Castro throws a leg kick
enabling Nongkeeswuit to counter with a crisp jab.
Castro throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Castro to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nongkeeswuit digs a good hook to Castro's body.
Castro ducks right into an uppercut from Nongkeeswuit.
Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castro misses with a straight left.
Castro throws a half hearted mid kick.
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nongkeeswuit moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nongkeeswuit. That one must have hurt.
Nongkeeswuit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Nongkeeswuit is looking to land body kicks.
Castro has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nongkeeswuit.
Jab from Nongkeeswuit.
Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nongkeeswuit lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Castro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nongkeeswuit misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nongkeeswuit connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nongkeeswuit throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit dodges the punch combination from Castro.
Castro goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nongkeeswuit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Castro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nongkeeswuit throws out a powerful jab.
Castro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nongkeeswuit.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nongkeeswuit.
Castro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nongkeeswuit. Nongkeeswuit circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nongkeeswuit scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Fidel Castro has been cut.
Castro connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fidel Castro's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Castro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nongkeeswuit is fending him off so far but Castro persists. Nope, Nongkeeswuit circles away and we're back to standing.
Castro will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a wild combination.
Castro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit moves out of range as Castro strikes.
That kick from Castro tenderised Nongkeeswuit's leg. Nongkeeswuit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Castro throws a leg kick
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Castro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nongkeeswuit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castro.
Nongkeeswuit misses with the body kick
and Castro counters with a head kick. That will keep Nongkeeswuit thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nongkeeswuit throws the kick towards the body but Castro avoids it.
Nongkeeswuit drops his hands momentarily and Castro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nongkeeswuit throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nongkeeswuit tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castro counters with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Castro.
Castro lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nongkeeswuit tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Castro tries to land a body kick
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nongkeeswuit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nongkeeswuit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nongkeeswuit gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Castro counters with a nice body shot.
Castro with a poor takedown
and Nongkeeswuit counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castro misses with an uppercut
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a nice body kick.
Castro loads up on a big right hand but Nongkeeswuit slips the punch.
Castro tries to land a leg kick but Nongkeeswuit saw it coming and moves away.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Castro coming out on top.
Castro moves out of range of the body kick.
Nongkeeswuit thumps Castro with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Castro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Castro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fidel Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nongkeeswuit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Castro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nongkeeswuit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nongkeeswuit on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nongkeeswuit tries to land a front kick but Castro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nongkeeswuit avoids the head kick by Castro.
Castro just misses with a punch to the body.
Nongkeeswuit throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Nongkeeswuit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nongkeeswuit lands a jab-cross combination.
Nongkeeswuit fails in his attempt to clinch.
A low kick from Castro is predictable there
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a nice body kick.
Castro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castro throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Castro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nongkeeswuit checks a low kick from Castro.
Nongkeeswuit's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nongkeeswuit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castro.
Nongkeeswuit stalks Castro and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Castro's face. Castro staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick by Castro misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit.
I think Nongkeeswuit 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit!
Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit very nearly forgot to thank Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.