PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jet Gunner (ranked 894 p4p, 4401 weight class) and Fidelity Castro (ranked 132 p4p, 544 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gunner
vs
Castro

193 cm
31
214
12 - 13 - 0

191 cm
37
201
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jet Gunner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fidelity Castro!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunner doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Castro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Castro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gunner misses with a two punch combination.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro is looking to clinch but Gunner is avoiding it.
Gunner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gunner is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Castro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Castro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gunner lands a nice uppercut.
Castro trying to control the position but instead, Gunner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Castro into the cage.
Gunner lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Fidelity Castro has been cut.
A short left from Gunner.
A frustrated look appears on Castro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Castro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gunner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castro is trying to break the clinch but Gunner is controlling him.
Castro lands a left hand.
Gunner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castro's defenses.
Gunner cracks Castro with a nice body shot.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Despite the aggression on Castro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Gunner looks to throw the jab but Castro is out of range.
Castro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gunner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunner missing with a left hand there. Castro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castro lands a jab to Gunner's midsection.
Jet Gunner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gunner has Castro up against the cage in a clinch.
Gunner pushes off an throws an elbow but Castro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gunner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Castro holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gunner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castro lands an uppercut.
Castro looking to slow down the pace here.
Castro misses with the head strike.
Castro blocks an elbow strike.
Gunner working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Castro is trying to force a seperation but Gunner has the dominant position.
Gunner lands an elbow inside.

Castro manages to break the clinch.
Gunner swats away the attempt to clinch by Castro.
It looked like Gunner was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Castro.

Gunner pushes Castro up against the cage in a clinch.
Castro takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gunner up against the cage.
Gunner can't find room to land a body shot as Castro controls the action.
Castro lands a hook that snaps the head of Gunner backwards.
Gunner has Castro pressed against the cage, preventing Castro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gunner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right hook to the body lands for Gunner.
Castro is looking to control Gunner's arms but Gunner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castro has his back to the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Gunner.
Gunner throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castro.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Castro pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gunner scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Gunner.
Castro takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Fidelity Castro's cut even more.
Gunner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gunner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunner throws the left hand but Castro avoids the punch easily.
Gunner lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gunner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castro is looking to clinch.
Castro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gunner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Castro throws a lazy head kick
and Gunner counters with a straight right hand.
Gunner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Castro gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castro takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gunner throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jet Gunner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fidelity Castro's cut.
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.

Gunner throws a sloppy head kick and Castro moves out of range easily.
Castro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Castro throws a series of punches but Gunner moves out of range.
Gunner throws a head kick that misses
and Castro counters with a nice body shot.
Castro fails to land with a series of punches.
Gunner is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Castro lands with a good body shot.
Gunner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castro can do to turn this around?
Some wild striking there from Gunner.
Castro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gunner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castro.
Gunner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Castro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunner misses with a looping right.
Gunner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gunner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castro works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Castro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Castro.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.
Gunner is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gunner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castro loads up on a big right hand but Gunner slips the punch.
Castro wants to slow Gunner down by chopping away at his legs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gunner.
Castro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gunner is looking to clinch.
Gunner lands the left hand.
Gunner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fidelity Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gunner finds it's way round the side to connect with Castro's head.
Gunner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunner throws a head kick that Castro semi-blocks.

The cut above Fidelity Castro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Castro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gunner throws a quick counter head kick but Castro was just out of range.
Castro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Castro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunner tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro lands with an uppercut that bounces Gunner off the cage and back into range.
Gunner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheers as Gunner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Castro doesn't seem phased though.

Castro clinches.
Gunner throws an elbow but it misses.
Castro is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Castro blocks an elbow strike from Gunner.
Castro stalling in the clinch but Gunner improves position.
Gunner misses with an elbow strike.
Castro missing with knees to the body.
Castro tries to circle away but Gunner has him pinned against the cage.
Gunner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Our sources have told us that Gunner has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A head punch on the inside from Gunner fails to land.
Castro pushes Gunner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castro manages to break the clinch.
Gunner lands with a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Castro avoids the elbow strike from Gunner, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Castro working hard to break the clinch.
Castro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gunner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gunner lands a right hand.
Gunner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gunner lands a damaging elbow.
Gunner misses with a punch to the body.
Gunner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Fidelity Castro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gunner misses with a body punch.
Castro prevents a body shot from Gunner.
Gunner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castro's defenses.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jet Gunner!
A very excited looking Jet Gunner made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.