PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haplopelma Hainanum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boss Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hainanum comes to the cage accompanied by Kryptonite by Three Doors Down. Haplopelma Hainanum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hainanum
vs
Castro

190 cm
30
223 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

192 cm
32
214 lbs
27 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Cynical Truth Vegas

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Haplopelma Hainanum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Boss Castro!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro throws a right hand that Hainanum ducks under and follows up with a left that Hainanum also avoids with ease.
Castro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haplopelma Hainanum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Castro closes the distance and clinches.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hainanum throws an elbow but misses.
Hainanum misses with some punches.
Hainanum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hainanum misses with a knee strike.
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.
Castro has Hainanum pressed against the cage.
Hainanum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Our sources have told us that Hainanum has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Hainanum throws an elbow but it misses.
Castro wants to break free but Hainanum has control.
Hainanum pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hainanum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castro is defending well for now.

Castro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hainanum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
Castro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hainanum.
A jab from Castro does it's job there.
Castro lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Haplopelma Hainanum has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castro looks to land a combination but Hainanum avoids it well.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hainanum gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Castro.

Hainanum is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Castro ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Hainanum clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Boss Castro!