PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolfo Castaneda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gray comes to the cage accompanied by That Ain't Classy. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gray
vs
Castaneda

170 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rodolfo Castaneda!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray throws a head kick but Castaneda moves out of range.
Gray will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gray tries to clinch up but Castaneda circles away and keeps his distance.
Castaneda scores with a head kick.

It looks like Roy Gray has been cut.
Castaneda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gray shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Castaneda pinned against the cage. Castaneda gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
No luck for Gray with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Gray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gray dives in and grabs Castaneda's left leg, looking for a takedown. Castaneda pushes down on Gray's head and hops out.
Castaneda swats away the attempt to clinch by Gray.
Roy Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castaneda throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castaneda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Rodolfo Castaneda has been cut.
A head kick by Gray misses
and Castaneda counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Castaneda looks at the referee who does nothing so Castaneda lands a crushing right that sends Gray to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodolfo Castaneda!