PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drakkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Kasteel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kasteel has chosen Celtic Music as his entrance music. Ivan Drakkar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Semmy Kasteel's chin.

Drakkar
vs
Kasteel

185 cm
30
202 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

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31
201 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

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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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Drakkar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Semmy Kasteel!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drakkar tries to clinch but Kasteel is having none of it.
Kasteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Drakkar is looking to clinch.
Drakkar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kasteel.
Kasteel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Drakkar tries to clinch but Kasteel moves out of range.
Nice shot by Kasteel.
Drakkar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kasteel.
Kasteel misses with a hook. Drakkar ducked under it nicely.
Kasteel lands a body shot.
Kasteel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drakkar.
Kasteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kasteel avoids the head kick by Drakkar.
Kasteel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drakkar.
A combination from Drakkar does no damage.
Drakkar closes the distance looking to clinch
and Drakkar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kasteel throws out a loose jab but Drakkar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kasteel misses with an uppercut
and Drakkar counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drakkar tries to clinch there but Kasteel circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasteel lands a lovely overhand right.
Kasteel looks to score with a jab to the body but Drakkar is just out of range.
Kasteel scores with a body shot.
Ivan Drakkar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drakkar moves away from the strike by Kasteel.
Drakkar throws out a loose jab but Kasteel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kasteel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kasteel throws a hook but Drakkar avoids it easily.
Drakkar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kasteel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drakkar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kasteel. Drakkar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drakkar wants to clinch.
Kasteel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Drakkars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kasteel throws an off balance right hand
and Drakkar counters with a nice body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drakkar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kasteel misses with a body shot.
Drakkar ducks under a wild hook from Kasteel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar swings for the body but Kasteel moves out of range.
Kasteel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kasteel thows a body shot but no joy.
Kasteel misses with an uppercut. Drakkar saw that one coming.
Drakkar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kasteel.
Drakkar throws a lazy right hand but Kasteel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drakkar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drakkar moves out of range of the strikes.
Kasteel staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kasteel. Drakkar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drakkar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drakkar throws a head kick but Kasteel moves out of range.
Kasteel thuds a left hand into Drakkar's body.
Kasteel misses the shot to the body.
Kasteel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Drakkar clinches with his opponent.
Kasteel takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Semmy Kasteel has been cut.
Kasteel lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kasteel is defending well for now.
Drakkar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kasteel's defenses.

Kasteel manages to break the clinch.
Kasteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drakkar manages to avoid it.
Kasteel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drakkar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Drakkar tries to clinch but Kasteel is having none of it.
Drakkar throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Kasteel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kasteel.

Kasteel breaks from the clinch.
Drakkar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Drakkar.
Nice body kick from Drakkar.
Nice shot by Drakkar.
Drakkar darts in trying to clinch
and Kasteel counters with a nice uppercut.
Kasteel lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drakkar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drakkar fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar slips under a jab.
Drakkar slips under a jab.
Kasteel keeps the fight on the outside.
Kasteel swings for the body but Drakkar moves out of range.
Kasteel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kasteel cracks a nice hook into Drakkar's ribs.
Drakkar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kasteel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Drakkar has time to react.
Drakkar misses the jab.
Kasteel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kasteel. Drakkar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kasteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drakkar tries to clinch
and Kasteel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kasteel with a nice cross.
Drakkar moves in looking to clinch but Kasteel pushes him off.
Drakkar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drakkar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Kasteel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Semmy Kasteel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Drakkar looks to land a body kick but Kasteel moved away.
Kasteel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Drakkar has time to react.
Kasteel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kasteel connects with a body shot.
Good shot there by Kasteel.
Kasteel scores with a sloppy right hand. Drakkar should have avoided that one.
Drakkar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kasteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kasteel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Drakkar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kasteel.
Drakkar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Drakkar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kasteel thows a body shot but no joy.
Kasteel swats away the attempt to clinch by Drakkar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drakkar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasteel lands a nice hook to Drakkar's body. Drakkar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kasteel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drakkar tries to clinch but Kasteel moves out of range.
Kasteel lands with a right hand.
A big right from Kasteel misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drakkar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drakkar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drakkar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kasteel misses the shot to the body.
Kasteel swings for the body but Drakkar moves out of range.
Drakkar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drakkar jabs Kasteel right on the nose. Kasteel blinks but takes it well.
Drakkar tries to clinch up.
Kasteel lands a jab to Drakkar's midsection.
Kasteel misses with a wild body shot.
Kasteel throws a series of punches but Drakkar avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar is looking to clinch.
Drakkar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A leg kick checked by Kasteel.
Drakkar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kasteel.
Kasteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drakkar manages to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kasteel keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drakkar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kasteel moves away from the strike by Drakkar.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kasteel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drakkar jabs at Kasteel's body.
Drakkar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A shot to the liver by Kasteel. Beautiful body shot.
Drakkar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kasteel throws an overhand right that lands on Drakkar's shoulder, as Drakkar tries to avoid the shot.
Kasteel takes a swing at Drakkar's ribcage but misses.
Kasteel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drakkar swats away the attempt to clinch by Kasteel.
Drakkar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel misses with a wild body shot.
Kasteel avoids the head kick by Drakkar.
Kasteel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drakkar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Drakkar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drakkar blocks a jab.
Drakkar defending well as Kasteel loads up on a big left hand.
Drakkar wants to clinch.
Drakkar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drakkar slips under a jab.
Kasteel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A left lands for Kasteel.
Drakkar is looking to clinch but Kasteel is avoiding it.
Kasteel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drakkar wants to clinch up but Kasteel keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Kasteel misses.
Kasteel swats away the attempt to clinch by Drakkar.
Kasteel is looking to clinch but Drakkar is avoiding it.

Drakkar moves into the clinch.
Kasteel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A hook to the body from Drakkar.
Kasteel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Drakkar throws a punch but it's blocked by Kasteel.
Drakkar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kasteel is defending well for now.
Kasteel throws a punch but it's blocked by Drakkar.
Kasteel tries to throw a body punch but Drakkar avoids it by throwing Kasteel back against the cage.
Kasteel misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drakkar throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Kasteel manages to break the clinch.
Kasteel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drakkar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kasteel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drakkar in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Drakkar lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Kasteel misses its intended target.
Kasteel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drakkar under the eye.
Drakkar doesn't manage to clinch there - Kasteel circles away.
Drakkar slips under a jab.
Drakkar ducks under a wild hook from Kasteel.
Nice uppercut there from Kasteel.
Nice uppercut there from Kasteel.
Kasteel throws a hook to the side of Drakkar's head but Drakkar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kasteel swings for the body but Drakkar moves out of range.
Kasteel dodges the punch combination from Drakkar.
Drakkar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Kasteel misses the target.
Semmy Kasteel seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Drakkar instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kasteel.
Kasteel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kasteel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drakkar backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakkar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Kasteel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drakkar throws a hook but Kasteel avoids it easily.
Drakkar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drakkar misses with a kick to the body.
Drakkar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kasteel swings for the body but Drakkar moves out of range.

Drakkar clinches up with Kasteel and pushes him back against the cage.
Kasteel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kasteel blocks an elbow strike.
Drakkar missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Kasteel.
Drakkar connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kasteel.
Drakkar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kasteel taking a breather.
A short left from Kasteel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel blocks the elbow strike.
Kasteel works on Drakkar's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Kasteel.
Kasteel lands a hook that snaps the head of Drakkar backwards.
Kasteel lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Drakkar is rocked!
Drakkar presses Kasteel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kasteel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Drakkar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kasteel creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Drakkar's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Drakkar drops to his knees and Kasteel pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Semmy Kasteel!
After the big win, Semmy Kasteel made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Just Fight (Everything 7$) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.