PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gianni Castellana (ranked 1598 p4p, 2835 weight class) and Conor Twelve (ranked 51 p4p, 114 weight class). Castellana comes to the cage accompanied by Good night. Twelve has chosen Notorious REMIX as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Castellana
vs
Twelve

168 cm
27
165
9 - 5 - 0

173 cm
27
161
2 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Gianni Castellana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conor Twelve!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Twelve takes a swing at Castellana's ribcage but misses.
Castellana slips a straight right by Twelve.
Twelve misses with a left hand
and Castellana makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Castellana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Twelve.
A looping hook to the body misses from Twelve. Castellana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Twelve moves out of range as Castellana strikes.
Twelve is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Twelve throws a lazy uppercut
and Twelve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Twelve on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Castellana moves away from the strike by Twelve.
Castellana throws a big counter combination but Twelve scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castellana cracks Twelve with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Castellana darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big left from Twelve misses.
Castellana smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellana fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Twelve swings widly with a right hand
and Castellana counters with a nice leg kick.
Twelve swings for the body but Castellana moves out of range.
Conor Twelve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twelve misses with an uppercut. Castellana saw that one coming.
Castellana ducks under a wild hook from Twelve.
Castellana misses with a low kick.
Twelve scores with a nice strike.
Twelve scores with the left hand. Castellana knows he should have avoided that one.
Twelve swings widly with a right hand
and Castellana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Castellana.
Twelve lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castellana throws a hook to the side of Twelve's head but Twelve sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castellana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Twelve.
Castellana takes a jab right on the kisser.
Castellana tries to bum rush Twelve with a series of wild strikes but Twelve uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Castellana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Twelve throws out the jab.
Twelve misses with an uppercut.
Twelve lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castellana at a distance.
Twelve misses with a hook
and Castellana counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Twelve thinking.
Twelve throws a shot to the body.
Twelve throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Twelve fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castellana is looking to counter punch.
Twelve throws a lazy uppercut
and Castellana counters with a slapping leg kick.
Castellana misses with a few strikes there.
Twelve let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castellana takes a kick to the side of the head.
Castellana slips under a jab.

Twelve closes the distance and clinches.
Castellana lands a hook that snaps the head of Twelve backwards.
Twelve avoiding damage.
Castellana misses with a punch on the inside.
Twelve stalling.
Castellana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Castellana.
Twelve tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castellana avoids it.
Twelve lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Castellana lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Castellana - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Castellana.
Castellana lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Twelve looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twelve wants to stall.
Twelve blocks a body shot from Castellana.
Twelve misses with some punches.
Twelve'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.
Castellana lands a nice uppercut.
Castellana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Castellana gets through Twelve's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Twelve.
Castellana can't find room to land a body shot as Twelve controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Castellana.
Twelve looking for a takedown.
Castellana is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Castellana lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gianni Castellana dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Castellana getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Twelve misses with an uppercut.
Twelve throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Castellana counters with a left to the body.
Twelve lands a lovely overhand right.
Castellana misses the body punch
and Twelve cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Twelve keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castellana.
Twelve swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Twelve misses with a hook.
Castellana walks into a stiff left hand from Twelve.
Twelve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castellana.
Twelve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Twelve looks to score with a jab to the body but Castellana is just out of range.
Castellana is looking to counter punch.
Castellana swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twelve throws a nice outside leg kick.
Twelve with a hook.
Twelve throws a series of punches but Castellana moves out of range.
Castellana tried to score with a low kick but Twelve checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Twelve! But no joy.
Castellana lands with a straight right. Twelve didn't see that one coming.
Castellana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Twelve.
Twelve throws a jab but it's blocked by Castellana.
Castellana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Twelve.
Castellana throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Twelve crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gianni Castellana!
A relieved looking Gianni Castellana thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.