PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mama Tosen (ranked 227 p4p, 314 weight class) and Gianni Castellana (ranked 22 p4p, 49 weight class). Castellana has chosen Good night as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tosen
vs
Castellana

177 cm
36
150
23 - 15 - 0

168 cm
36
165
28 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Hoarse Pills
Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

NARCOS
Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

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 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mama Tosen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Gianni Castellana!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Tosen there.

It looks like Gianni Castellana has been cut.
Castellana jabs Tosen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Castellana misses the jab.
Tosen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Castellana.
Castellana with a jab.
Tosen throws a hook to the side of Castellana's head but Castellana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Castellana scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick there by Castellana.
Castellana lands with a good body shot.
Tosen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castellana lands a head shot.
Castellana ducks under a wild hook from Tosen.
A big left from Tosen misses.
Tosen jabs Castellana right on the nose. Castellana blinks but takes it well.
Castellana takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tosen. Castellana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tosen, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellana throws a head kick that misses.
Tosen throws a hook to the side of Castellana's head but Castellana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tosen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castellana. That did some damage!
Castellana avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Tosen misses.
Tosen misses with a body kick.
Castellana misses with an uppercut.
Castellana blocks a jab.
As Tosen backs off Castellana throws a huge counter combo but Tosen manages to avoid it all.
Tosen is looking to land body kicks.
Castellana feints a counter leg kick.
Castellana checks a leg kick nicely.
Castellana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tosen throws out the jab.
Castellana takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tosen moves out of range of the body kick.
A quick step to the side and Tosen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tosen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castellana sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosen thows a leg kick but Castellana checks it
and Castellana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tosen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Castellana.
Tosen misses the shot to the body.
Castellana takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
A solid body kick from Tosen.

Tosen drops his shoulder and cracks Castellana with a huge uppercut! Castellana goes down! Can Tosen finish him?

Castellana is rocked!
Tosen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Castellana pulls Tosen in close to prevent any damage.
Castellana keeping moving, preventing Tosen from controlling successfully.
Castellana wants to get back to his feet but Tosen passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tosen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tosen is trying to control the action in half guard but Castellana is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Castellana preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Tosen trying to pass the guard but Castellana defending well.

Tosen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Castellana has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tosen is looking to advance position but Castellana won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mama Tosen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gianni Castellana's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Castellana lands a jab to the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tosen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Castellana ducks under a wild hook from Tosen.
A swing and a miss from Castellana.
Castellana connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tosen. Tosen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tosen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castellana can do to turn this around?
Tosen throws a lazy right hand but Castellana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tosen moves out of range of the strikes.
Tosen is looking to counter punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Castellana.
Castellana wants to clinch up but Tosen keeps it at a distance.
Tosen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A big left from Castellana misses.
Tosen throwing a counter right hand but Castellana manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tosen thows a leg kick but Castellana checks it
and Castellana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tosen connects with a leg kick.
Tosen throws a shot from downtown. Castellana moves away and avoids it.
Castellana feints and then cracks Tosen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tosen down.
Tosen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellana swinging wildly here.
Castellana throws an overhand right that lands on Tosen's shoulder, as Tosen tries to avoid the shot.
Tosen jabs Castellana to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tosen. Castellana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tosen backing away here, and Castellana unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A low kick lands for Tosen.
Castellana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tosen.
Tosen throws a right hand that misses
and Castellana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Castellana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tosen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Castellana throws a punch but it's blocked by Tosen.

Castellana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tosen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosen lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tosen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Castellana checks it well.
Castellana takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Castellana tries to score with a low kick but Tosen moves his leg out of the way.
Castellana has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tosen finds it's way round the side to connect with Castellana's head.
Castellana throws a leg kick
and Tosen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Castellana is still on wobbly legs! Can Tosen finish him?

That has opened up Gianni Castellana's cut even more.
Tosen drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Castellana's head, knocking him out cold! Tosen is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mama Tosen!
Mama Tosen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.