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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Colton Harvey (ranked 3784 p4p, 3867 weight class) and Ernesto Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 350 weight class). Castro has chosen A Ilha Não Se Curva (the island doesn't bows) as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Colton Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ernesto Castro!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey throws a leg kick which misses Castro's front leg but catches the back leg as Castro tries to avoid it.
Harvey looks to land a left hand but Castro moved out of range nicely.
Harvey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castro throws a shot from downtown. Harvey moves away and avoids it.
Harvey moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big left from Castro misses.
Harvey looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harvey throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harvey lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harvey feints and then cracks Castro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Castro down.
Castro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harvey closes the distance and clinches.
Castro blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Harvey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castro tries for a takedown but Harvey manages to get underhooks.
Harvey's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey breaks the clinch.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harvey throws a solid leg kick but Castro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harvey.
Castro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Castro misses with a straight right.
Harvey wants to clinch up but Castro keeps it at a distance.
Colton Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey scoring well with a low kick there.
Castro looks to land a combination but Harvey avoids it well.
Harvey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harvey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harvey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Castro tries to score a body lock takedown but Harvey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harvey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harvey throws an elbow but misses.
Castro tries to pull guard but Harvey forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Colton Harvey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Castro.
Castro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harvey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castro blocks a body shot from Harvey.
Harvey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castro tries to pull guard but Harvey won't allow it.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harvey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castro's brow.
Harvey blocks an uppercut.
Harvey creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castro's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harvey has had enough of the clinch but Castro keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a jab but it's blocked by Harvey.
Harvey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harvey misses the jab.
Harvey looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harvey appears to be looking for a big counter.
Castro avoids the head kick by Harvey.
Harvey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Colton Harvey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harvey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harvey. That's going to slow Castro down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harvey - that will leave a mark!
Harvey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harvey tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Harvey tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harvey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harvey throws a leg kick but Castro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harvey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harvey misses with a double jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Castro blocks the leg kick.
Harvey throws a sloppy head kick and Castro moves out of range easily.
Harvey throws a low kick but Castro avoids it.
Harvey is looking to clinch.
Castro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harvey.
A little jabbing left from Castro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Colton Harvey dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harvey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harvey.
Castro tries to counter with a clinch but Harvey shakes him off and moves away.
Colton Harvey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castro tries a low kick but Harvey avoids it.
As Castro looks to move away, Harvey throws a big counter combo but Castro just gets out of the way.
A jab from Harvey finds it's way through Castro's defenses.
Harvey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harvey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Harvey misses with a body kick.
Castro throws out a counter right but Harvey avoids it with no problem.
Colton Harvey is winning the standup battle so far.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro walks into a left hand.
A jab from Harvey does it's job there.
Castro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harvey attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Castro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey stuffs the takedown attempt from Castro. Castro gets slowly back to his feet.
Harvey misses the jab.
It seemed like Castro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harvey gets a clinch.
Harvey lands a nice elbow.
Castro blocks an elbow strike.
Harvey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castro has a couple of punches blocked by Harvey.
Castro has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harvey after a bit of a struggle.
Colton Harvey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Castro.
Harvey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Castro has him pressed against the cage.
Harvey is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harvey tries to work over Castro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Colton Harvey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harvey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castro's elbow.
Harvey is pushing Castro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harvey.
Harvey dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harvey breaks from the clinch.
Harvey misses with a series of wild punches.
Harvey throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely.
It seemed like Castro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harvey moves away from the strike by Castro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Castro back to the cage. Harvey follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Harvey pushes Castro up against the cage in a clinch.
Harvey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Castro takes one to the chin there.
Harvey throws a combination that misses
and Castro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harvey throws a nice looking combination but Castro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harvey misses with a straight right.
Castro dips to his left and cracks Harvey with an uppercut!
Harvey misses with a double jab.
Harvey lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harvey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro feints and as Harvey raises his hands in defense, Castro changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Castro drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Castro as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Harvey screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Castro! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ernesto Castro!
Ernesto Castro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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RATING
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