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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Castro (ranked 3487 p4p, 3447 weight class) and Robert Cap (ranked 461 p4p, 452 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demian Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Cap!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cap looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Castro!
Castro is trying to get back to half guard.
Cap scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Castro to see if he's OK.
Cap working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cap looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cap tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Castro tries to bench press Cap off him but Cap keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cap working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cap looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro is trying to improve his position.
Cap looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Castro can't do much from the bottom here.
Cap looks up at the clock and then as Castro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cap smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Cap tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cap has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cap tries for a kimura but Castro is defending well.
Castro is trying to improve his position.
Castro is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cap is trying to get an arm triangle but Castro is defending well.
Castro tries to buck Cap off but Cap is having none of it.
Castro is trying to control Cap's posture but Cap avoids it.
Cap working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cap working away.
Castro gets back to half guard.
Nice strikes from Cap there.
Cap seems to be looking for submissions.
Castro actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cap looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ground and pound from Cap.
Cap is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Castro is defending against the submission attempts here by Cap.
Castro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Castro wants to control but Cap is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cap is looking to advance position but Castro won't allow it.
Castro actively working from the bottom here.
Castro landing strikes from the bottom.
Cap is pressing down on Castro's thigh, looking to free his foot. Castro is holding on for now.
Cap is working for a submission of some sort.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cap is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Castro defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Cap dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cap shoots in for a double leg but Castro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
As Cap looks to move away, Castro throws a big counter combo but Cap just gets out of the way.
Cap throws a push kick but Castro slaps the foot to one side.
Cap misses with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Cap.
It looks like Demian Castro has been cut.
Cap shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Castro sprawls well. Castro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cap gets slowly back to his feet.
Castro appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cap misses with a two punch combination.
Castro went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Robert Cap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cap lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castro at a distance.
Castro is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cap lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Castro circles away quickly and effectively.
Castro seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cap has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cap lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cap throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely.
Castro tries to sprawl but Cap drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castro tries to get to full guard but Cap has control of the leg.
Cap is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cap is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Castro sees it coming and defends easily.
Castro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cap pulls his head out easily.
Cap is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Castro is rocked!
Cap is working for a kimura but Castro is defending it quite comfortably.
Robert Cap has got the better of the ground game so far.
Castro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cap lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Castro quite badly. Castro pulls Cap in close trying to recover. Cap postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Castro on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Castro doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Cap!
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hype
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RATING
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