PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Castro (ranked 24091 p4p, 3125 weight class) and Jake Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peterson has chosen Berzerk by Eminem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Castro
vs
Peterson

187 cm
28
265
1 - 2 - 0

220 cm
31
250
15 - 31 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Fantasy Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown attempt by Peterson or perhaps it was just good defense by Castro, which made it look bad.
Castro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Castro works Peterson's body with a nice hook.
Peterson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Peterson takes a swing at Castro's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peterson. Castro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Castro feinted with a counter takedown.
Castro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Castro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Peterson tries to bum rush Castro with a series of wild strikes but Castro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peterson throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Castro.
Peterson misses with a takedown

and Castro counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peterson wants to stand but Castro is controlling the position.
Peterson being controlled here, momentarily.
Castro has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson wants to stand up but Castro is controlling him.
Peterson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Castro forces his way into half guard.

Castro is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Peterson is just riding it out for now. Castro eventually gives up the hold.
Castro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Castro tries to pass the half guard into mount. Peterson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Peterson wants to improve his position but Castro is controlling well.
Castro is looking to advance position but Peterson won't allow it.
Castro scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Castro content to control rather than advance.
Castro throwing shots but Peterson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Peterson tries to kick Castro off but Castro keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Peterson wants to get back to full guard.
Castro not doing much here.
Peterson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Castro.

Castro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Peterson is in trouble now - Castro has advanced to mount!
Peterson tries to lock up and control but Castro gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Peterson felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Castro content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peterson hang on?
Peterson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Peterson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Peterson trying to control here.
Castro wants to free his trapped foot but Peterson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Castro not doing much here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peterson trying to control but Castro postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Castro dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A slow jab from Castro misses its intended target.
Peterson cracks Castro with an open hand slap.
Peterson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Castro drops down looking for a counter takedown but Peterson sprawls and moves away.
Castro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peterson can do to turn this around?
Peterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Castro slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Jake Peterson has been cut.
Peterson misses with a double jab

and Castro counters with a shoot takedown. Peterson fights it but they end up in guard.
Peterson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Peterson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Castro controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson is looking to stand up but Castro isn't so interested in that idea.
Castro throws an elbow that misses. Peterson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Castro's guard. Nice move by Peterson!

Castro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Castro's guard.
Castro pulls Peterson in close to his closed guard and prevents Peterson from doing any damage or advancing position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Castro.
Castro continues to hold on tight.
Castro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Castro pulls Peterson in close to his closed guard and prevents Peterson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Castro manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Peterson manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Castro's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Peterson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Castro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peterson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Peterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Castro pushing down on Peterson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Castro with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Marcelo Castro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is trying to stand up here but Castro is controlling him well.
Peterson lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Castro prevents Peterson from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Castro in particular looking to stall.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Castro looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Castro seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peterson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Peterson shoots in and drives through. Castro sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson throws a head kick that Castro semi-blocks.

Castro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Peterson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Peterson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Castro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
You can see the frustration on Peterson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Check out the look on Castro's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peterson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Peterson is trying to escape the position but Castro is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peterson wants to control but Castro postures up.
Peterson wants to get back to his feet.
Castro slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Peterson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Castro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Peterson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Peterson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro throws a jab when Peterson was well out of range.

Castro shoots in and bounces Peterson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Peterson is looking to stand up but Castro isn't so interested in that idea.
Castro tries to free his leg and advance position but Peterson is retaining full guard.
Castro prevents Peterson from getting back to his feet.
Castro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro distracts Peterson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Castro tries to free his leg and advance position but Peterson is retaining full guard.
Peterson wants to sweep but no luck.
Peterson wants to stand and escape but Castro is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson is trying to keep Castro in close.
Castro scoring with punches to the head and body.
Castro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Castro seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Peterson for as long as he can get away with.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Peterson slips a straight right by Castro.
Peterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Peterson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Castro counters with a nice double leg into side control. Peterson won't be happy with that.
Peterson being controlled for a moment.
Castro scoring with punches and elbows.

That has opened up Jake Peterson's cut even more.
Castro advances to mount.
Castro lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Peterson hang on?
Castro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to hold on but Castro pushes him away.
Peterson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Castro scoring with strikes but Peterson is staying in there.

Jake Peterson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jake Peterson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marcelo Castro!
Marcelo Castro was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.