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. Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Castro
vs
Nongkeeswuit

180 cm
27
170 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

180 cm
26
167 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fidel Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nongkeeswuit counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Fidel Castro has been cut.
An inside leg kick from Nongkeeswuit misses.
Nongkeeswuit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Nongkeeswuit blocks the leg kick.
Castro jabs Nongkeeswuit right on the nose. Nongkeeswuit blinks but takes it well.
A jab lands there for Castro.
Castro connects with a high kick.
Castro throws the left hand but Nongkeeswuit avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Castro misses.
Castro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nongkeeswuit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nongkeeswuit throws a right hand that misses
and Castro counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castro scores with a nice head shot.
Castro throws a body punch but Nongkeeswuit moves out of range.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a hook.

Nongkeeswuit has closed the distance and engaged Castro in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit has had enough of the clinch but Castro keeps him there for the moment.
Nongkeeswuit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Nongkeeswuit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nongkeeswuit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Castro looks to score with a jab to the body but Nongkeeswuit is just out of range.
Nongkeeswuit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Castro misses the jab.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit throws a hook but Castro avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick from Castro misses.
Nongkeeswuit throws out a loose jab but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nongkeeswuit darts in trying to clinch
and Castro counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Castro delivers a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castro tests Nongkeeswuit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Castro dives in and grabs Nongkeeswuit's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nongkeeswuit pushes down on Castro's head and hops out.
Nongkeeswuit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Nongkeeswuit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a hook. Castro ducked under it nicely.
Fidel Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nongkeeswuit on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Castro misses the jab.
Nongkeeswuit's corner calls for a 1-2. Nongkeeswuit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro fails to land with a series of punches.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Castro throws the left hand but Nongkeeswuit avoids the punch easily.
Nongkeeswuit tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Nongkeeswuit.
Castro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Nongkeeswuit tries to sprawl but Castro drives through with a takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Castro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Castro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nongkeeswuit is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Castro's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Castro's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro wants to control his opponent's hands but Nongkeeswuit gets his hands free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Nongkeeswuit trying to control momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castro trying to control the action but Nongkeeswuit just sinks the hooks in.
Castro 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.
Nongkeeswuit doesn't have the hooks in and Castro manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castro trying to control but Nongkeeswuit is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Castro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fidel Castro's cut.
That's time! Castro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Castro clinches up against the cage.

Nongkeeswuit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Nongkeeswuit.
Castro looks for a takedown but Nongkeeswuit sprawls well.
No joy there for Nongkeeswuit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castro blocks a head kick by Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nongkeeswuit lets loose with a powerful body kick. Castro will feel that in the morning.
Castro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nongkeeswuit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nongkeeswuit!
Castro throws a hook but Nongkeeswuit blocks it.

Castro closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Castro lands in his opponent's guard.
Castro looking to sit in guard and control but Nongkeeswuit gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit stays in close to Castro's body and controls the position.
Castro wants to sweep but no luck.
Nongkeeswuit has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Castro is proving hard to escape from.
Castro is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nongkeeswuit is one step ahead there.
Nongkeeswuit would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Nongkeeswuit.

Castro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Nongkeeswuit breaks the clinch.
Castro misses with a wild body shot.
Nongkeeswuit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nongkeeswuit thows a left - swing and a miss!

Nongkeeswuit moves into the clinch.
Castro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nongkeeswuit can't break the clinch.

Nongkeeswuit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castro scores with a hook to the body. Nongkeeswuit takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nongkeeswuit's corner calls for a 1-2. Nongkeeswuit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nongkeeswuit might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nongkeeswuit blocks a jab.
Castro misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Danga de danga de dang - Nongkeeswuit scores with a four punch combination!
Nongkeeswuit throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Castro, right into the meat.

Castro has Nongkeeswuit up against the cage in a clinch.
Nongkeeswuit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Nongkeeswuit breaks from the clinch.
Nongkeeswuit is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nongkeeswuit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nongkeeswuit misses with a double jab.
Nongkeeswuit takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nongkeeswuit throws a left and a right that both miss

and Castro counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nongkeeswuit wants to get back to full guard.
Castro has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rakkiat Nongkeeswuit will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fidel Castro's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Castro throws a head kick but Nongkeeswuit moves out of range.
A slow jab from Nongkeeswuit misses its intended target.
Castro lands a body shot.
Castro clobbers Nongkeeswuit with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nongkeeswuit ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Castro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nongkeeswuit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castro.
Castro throws a jab but it's blocked by Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nongkeeswuit connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro just misses with a punch to the body.
Castro takes a swing at Nongkeeswuit's ribcage but misses.
Castro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A jab from Castro finds it's way through Nongkeeswuit's defenses.
Castro lands a lovely overhand right.
Castro misses with a straight left.
Nongkeeswuit throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely.
Nongkeeswuit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Castro.
Nongkeeswuit throws the left hand but Castro avoids the punch easily.
Castro shoots in for a takedown but Nongkeeswuit shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nongkeeswuit moves forwards but Castro connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Castro.
Fidel Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Castro misses.
Nongkeeswuit is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Castro slips a straight right by Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nongkeeswuit swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Castro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Castro misses.
Nongkeeswuit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Castro.
Castro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nongkeeswuit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Castro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nongkeeswuit. Castro shrugs it off though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nongkeeswuit on the side of the head.
Nongkeeswuit throws a head kick that misses.

Castro darts in and clinches Nongkeeswuit up against the cage.
Castro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Nongkeeswuit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nongkeeswuit.
Nongkeeswuit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nongkeeswuit throws a combination. Castro tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Castro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nongkeeswuit.
Castro connects with an inside leg kick.
Castro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nongkeeswuit misses with an uppercut. Castro saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nongkeeswuit blocks a head kick by Castro.
Nongkeeswuit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Castro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nongkeeswuit.
Castro throws a wild body kick that Nongkeeswuit sees coming a mile off.
Nongkeeswuit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nongkeeswuit has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Castro misses with a looping right.
Nongkeeswuit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nongkeeswuit lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Fidel Castro's cut is getting worse.
Castro tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut there from Castro.
Nongkeeswuit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fidel Castro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Castro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fidel Castro!
After winning the bout, Fidel Castro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.