PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ramazan Temel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Kasteel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kasteel's choice of entrance music: Celtic Music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Temel
vs
Kasteel

185 cm
28
180 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

188 cm
33
201 lbs
24 - 11 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramazan Temel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Semmy Kasteel!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Temel ducks under a wild hook from Kasteel.
Kasteel throws a hook but Temel avoids it easily.
Temel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Temel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kasteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Temel.
Temel throws out a loose jab but Kasteel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kasteel moves in looking to clinch but Temel pushes him off.
Temel takes a swing at Kasteel's ribcage but misses.
Kasteel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kasteel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kasteel lands with a hook. Temel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Ramazan Temel has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Temel misses with a low kick.
A big right from Kasteel misses.
Kasteel misses with a body shot.
Temel misses with a jab to the body
letting Kasteel counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Temel scores with a leg kick.
Kasteel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Temel.
Kasteel looks to land a right hand but Temel moved out of range.
Temel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Temel defending well as Kasteel loads up on a big left hand.
Temel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kasteel throws a lazy uppercut

and Temel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kasteel won't be happy with that.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Kasteel struggling a bit here.
Temel works to advance to full mount. Kasteel defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Poor strikes thrown by Temel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel is looking to improve his position but Temel isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kasteel tries to hold on but Temel postures up.
Temel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kasteel really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kasteel tries to lock up and control but Temel gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Temel is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kasteel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Temel punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kasteel wants to control but Temel is having none of it.
Temel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kasteel is looking to escape.
Kasteel is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasteel holds on, trying desperately to control.
Temel looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kasteel is trying to escape the mount.

Temel has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Kasteel is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ramazan Temel!
Our winner, Ramazan Temel, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.