PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Mokbel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mokbel has chosen The way I am as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castillo
vs
Mokbel

184 cm
24
171 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
173 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guillermo Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Mokbel!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mokbel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guillermo Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mokbel swivels and escapes.
Castillo misses with a kick to the body.
Castillo misses with a hook.
A low kick from Castillo misses
and Mokbel counters with a thumping low kick.
Castillo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Mokbel counters with a big head kick but Castillo shrugs it off.
Castillo throws a body kick the misses
and Mokbel counters with a good low kick that Castillo was not able to check.
Mokbel throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Castillo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mokbel's knee momentarily.
Mokbel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mokbel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Castillo is out of range.
Mokbel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Mokbel darts in and clinches Castillo up against the cage.
Castillo takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mokbel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mokbel stalling the fight.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mokbel is defending well for now.
Mokbel tries to stall but Castillo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Castillo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mokbel walks away with a smile on his face. Castillo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Castillo thows a leg kick but Mokbel checks it
and Mokbel counters with a nice leg kick.
Castillo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guillermo Castillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castillo blocks a head kick by Mokbel.
Mokbel tries to clinch but Castillo moves out of range.
Mokbel tries to clinch up but Castillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Castillo fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo moves out of range of the body kick.

Castillo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Castillo trying to control the action but Mokbel is working from the bottom.
Mokbel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Castillo.
Castillo is trying to control the action in half guard but Mokbel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Castillo is thwarting Mokbel's attempts to control the position.
Castillo lands with a punch from half guard.
Mokbel controlling the position for now.
Castillo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mokbel is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Castillo fails with the takedown
and Mokbel counters with a nice leg kick.
Mokbel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Castillo is looking to chop away at Mokbel's legs.
Castillo blocks a head kick by Mokbel.
Castillo checks the leg kick.
Castillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mokbel manages to avoid it.
Mokbel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mokbel slaps away a takedown attempt from Castillo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Castillo.

That's four 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.

Castillo scores a takedown into full mount!
Castillo 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.
Mokbel is working to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mokbel can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mokbel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee warns Mokbel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Castillo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castillo wants to control the pace but Mokbel is squirming around nicely.
Mokbel tries to lock up and control but Castillo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Mokbel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Castillo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Castillo punching from mount but Mokbel doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mokbel tries to hold on but Castillo postures up.
Mokbel is looking to improve his position but Castillo isn't that keen on the idea.
Castillo looking to ground and pound but Mokbel is blocking nicely.

Castillo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Mokbel has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Mokbel tries to hold on but Castillo pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castillo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Castillo throwing strikes here but Mokbel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Castillo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
A nice elbow there by Castillo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mokbel regains half guard.
Castillo tries to pass to full mount but Mokbel defends it.
Mokbel is looking for a sweep. Castillo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Mokbel is defending against the submission attempts here by Castillo.
Mokbel trying to control from the bottom.
Mokbel is controlling Castillo's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mokbel wants to get back to full guard.
Castillo is pressing down on Mokbel's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mokbel is holding on for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Castillo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mokbel did well to prevent Castillo getting side control.

Castillo is trying for a kimura here. Mokbel looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Castillo wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Guillermo Castillo!