PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ewert Lauringer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Kasteel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kasteel has chosen Celtic Music as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Lauringer
vs
Kasteel

197 cm
27
203 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
29
201 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ewert Lauringer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Semmy Kasteel!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lauringer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kasteel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lauringer to score with a decent uppercut.
Lauringer misses with a left hand
and Kasteel counters with a left to the body.
Ewert Lauringer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Lauringer misses the target.
Lauringer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lauringer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kasteel slips under a jab.
Lauringer misses with a hook.
Lauringer tests Kasteel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lauringer lands a nice hook to Kasteel's body. Kasteel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Some wild striking there from Lauringer.
Lauringer avoids the body shot from Kasteel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauringer misses with a shot to the body

and Kasteel holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right from Lauringer on the inside.
Kasteel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lauringer misses with some punches.
Kasteel can't find room to land a body shot as Lauringer controls the action.
Lauringer lands a nice uppercut.
Kasteel working aggressively here.
Kasteel landing knees to the body.
Lauringer is trying to force a seperation but Kasteel has the dominant position.
Lauringer lands with a left to the head.
Kasteel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kasteel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kasteel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lauringer.
Kasteel looking to throw knees to the head but Lauringer is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from Lauringer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kasteel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel scores with a shoulder strike.
Kasteel misses with a punch on the inside.
Kasteel has a couple of punches blocked by Lauringer.
Lauringer is trying to break free.
Kasteel lands a hook that snaps the head of Lauringer backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kasteel.
Kasteel works on Lauringer's body with a couple of short punches.
Lauringer misses with some punches.
Kasteel lands a shot to the body.
Lauringer is breathing heavily.
Kasteel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lauringer backwards.
Lauringer lands a hook that snaps the head of Kasteel backwards.
Kasteel lands a shot to the body.
Kasteel has Lauringer pushed against the cage.
Lauringer misses with a punch on the inside.
Kasteel lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lauringer backwards.
Lauringer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kasteel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kasteel misses with a punch on the inside.
Lauringer throws a punch but it's blocked by Kasteel.
Kasteel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kasteel working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Kasteel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kasteel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lauringer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Lauringer catches Kasteel right on the button with a cross.
Lauringer throws a lazy uppercut

and Kasteel counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lauringer! Kasteel lets Lauringer back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Lauringer is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kasteel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lauringer throws out the jab.
Oh Lauringer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lauringer misses with a right hand

and Kasteel moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kasteel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kasteel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kasteel lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Lauringer to his knees! Kasteel keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Semmy Kasteel!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Semmy Kasteel made sure he mentioned Just Fight (Everything 7$), along with how happy he was to win his fight.