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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gianni Castellana (ranked 524 p4p, 1140 weight class) and Timo Bader (ranked 87 p4p, 171 weight class). Castellana comes to the cage accompanied by Good night. Timo Bader told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Gianni Castellana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo Bader!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Hemmingworth and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader scores with the left hand. Castellana knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Gianni Castellana has been cut.
Castellana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bader looks to throw the jab but Castellana is out of range.
Castellana is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bader blocks a head kick by Castellana.
Castellana looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Castellana.
Castellana closes the distance and clinches.
Castellana has Bader pressed against the cage, preventing Bader from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bader is trying to break free.
Castellana leaning against his opponent.
Castellana prevents Bader from breaking the clinch.
Bader breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Timo Bader seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bader needs to keep his hands up - Castellana had a free shot at his head there.
A lazy left from Bader finds it's target.
Bader misses with a left hand
and Castellana counters with a low kick, right behind Bader 's knee.
Bader misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Castellana.
Decent striking displayed by Bader there.
Bader moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bader throws a poor cross that misses
and Castellana counters with a leg kick.
Bader throws the left hand but Castellana avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castellana lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bader is rocked!
Bader lands a nice looking body shot.
Bader is still on wobbly legs! Can Castellana finish him?
Castellana connects with a combination that backs up Bader into the cage. Castellana lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bader's guard. Bader is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Castellana bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gianni Castellana!
During a confident post fight interview, Gianni Castellana thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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