PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buford Castro (ranked 6874 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Jones (ranked 24764 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castro
vs
Jones

216 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buford Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ron Honeybunn and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jones looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Castro gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jones regains guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Jones manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Castro breaks from the clinch.
Castro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Castro forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Castro has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jones clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro landing with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is taking damage to the body and head.
Jones tries to break free.
Castro lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Castro.
Castro connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Jones to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Can Jones hold on?! Castro is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Castro gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Jones wants to control his opponent's hands but Castro gets his hands free.
Castro scores with strikes from the back.
Castro lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castro punishes Jones with strikes from the back mount.
Castro lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Jones.
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.
The referee is taking a good look at Jones as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Castro!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro lands with a hammerfist to the side of Jones's head.
Jones covers up after that shot from Castro.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Castro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Castro softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Castro lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castro is landing with strikes. Jones can't take much more of this.
Castro will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Jones as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Castro!
Castro has Jones flattened out and is raining down punches.
Castro lands shots from the back.
Castro is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Jones. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
The referee is taking a good look at Jones as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Castro!
Castro is landing with strikes from the back.
Castro punches Jones on the ear.
Jones is taking damage to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Jones. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Castro is punishing Jones with strikes - can he finish him?!
Castro lands punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Castro has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Jones.

Jones is rocked!
Castro is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Castro gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Castro gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Castro apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Castro finish him?

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Castro. Castro maintains the clinch.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
We've been informed that Jones has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Castro has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jones is trying to keep an underhook but Castro manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castro lands strikes from half guard.
Castro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Castro stands up out of the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buford Castro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Castro has taken the fight to the clinch.

Castro manages to break the clinch.
Jones fails with the takedown

and Castro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Castro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jones prevents a takedown attempt there.
Castro has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Castro is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Jones can't fight it off and eventually Castro manages to take the fight to the floor. Jones looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Castro makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro cracks Jones with a solid left hand.
Castro with a nice head shot there.
Castro is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Castro landing some decent shots from guard.
Castro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Castro gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.

Castro forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Castro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?

Castro gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Castro lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Castro there.
Castro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Castro lands a nice short elbow.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Castro scores with a couple of nice shots.

Castro decides to stand up.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Castro. Castro maintains the clinch.

Castro gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Castro wants to stand but Jones has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Castro lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castro decides to stand up.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Castro. Castro maintains the clinch.

Castro has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jones is trying to keep an underhook but Castro manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Castro working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Castro decides to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castro clinches up against the cage.

Castro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Castro moves into the clinch.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Castro breaks the clinch.

Castro clinches with his opponent.

Castro lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Castro darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Castro wants to take the fight to the mat but Jones manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buford Castro dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Jones throws a head kick that misses.

Castro closes the distance and clinches.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Castro improves position.

Castro works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Castro works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Castro trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Castro works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Castro makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Castro sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has momentary wrist control but Castro slips an elbow through the middle.
Castro with a nice head shot there.
Castro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Castro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Castro stands up and waves to Jones to follow him.

Castro clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Castro has picked Jones up - he's going for a ride! Castro dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jones tries to kick Castro off in order to stand up. Castro Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Buford Castro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.
Castro is chipping away with strikes.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.
Castro lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones tries to bench press Castro off him but Castro keeps the position.

Castro decides to stand back up. Castro steps back and let's Jones get back to his feet.

Castro gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castro gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jones regains guard.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Castro manages to pass to side control.

Castro working Jones over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Castro there.
Castro working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Castro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Castro stands up and beckons Jones to join him on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.

Jones is fighting off a takedown attempt but Castro is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jones to the mat. Jones regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Castro with a nice head shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones being controlled here, momentarily.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buford Castro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Castro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buford Castro!