PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boss Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvador Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Castro
vs
Cannon

192 cm
23
214 lbs
8 - 0 - 1

188 cm
25
212 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Boss Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Salvador Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Cannon blocks the low kick.
Castro throws a combination. Cannon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cannon shoots in and drives through. Castro sprawls well.
Castro tries to clinch but Cannon is having none of it.
Cannon misses with a straight left.
Cannon moves out of range of the body kick.
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Cannon throws a body punch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Cannon.
Castro scoring well with a low kick there.
Cannon keeps the fight on the outside.
A leg kick checked by Cannon.
Cannon throws a body punch but Castro moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Cannon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Castro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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!
Castro misses with the combination.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro scoring well with a low kick there.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cannon.
Left hook, right uppercut from Castro.
Castro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good shot there by Cannon.
Cannon misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Castro.
Cannon looks to land a right hand but Castro moved out of range.
Castro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Castro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cannon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jab from Castro.
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 swing and a miss from Cannon.
A slow jab from Castro misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro lands a front kick.
Castro lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cannon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cannon looks gassed!
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Castro moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Castro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cannon is out of range.
Cannon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castro misses with an uppercut. Cannon saw that one coming.
A good leg kick by Castro.
Castro takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cannon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Castro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Castro sizes up Cannon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cannon looks to land a left hand but Castro moved out of range nicely.
Cannon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro works over Cannon's head and body with a nice combination.
Castro is looking to score with low kicks.
Castro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Castro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cannon throws a shot from downtown. Castro moves away and avoids it.
Cannon blocks a low kick nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Castro, as that shot connected.
Cannon blocks the body kick.
Castro throws a head kick that Cannon semi-blocks.
Castro lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cannon takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castro connects with a leg kick. Cannon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boss Castro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castro.
Cannon needs to keep his hands up - Castro had a free shot at his head there.
Crunch! Castro slams his shin into Cannon's torso.
Cannon looks to score with a jab to the body but Castro is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Castro. That's going to slow Cannon down.
Castro tried to score with a low kick but Cannon checks it.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cannon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Castro misses with a straight left.
Castro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Castro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice combination there by Castro.
Castro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Castro leaves Cannon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Castro clobbers Cannon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boss Castro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cannon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Castro wants to land a leg kick but Cannon is out of range.
Castro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.
Cannon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Castro feints and then cracks Cannon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cannon down.
Nice cross by Castro.
Castro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cannon.
Cannon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Castro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cannon.
Castro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castro misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Castro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Castro cracks Cannon with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab from Castro misses.
Castro tries a head kick but it misses.
Cannon moves out of range as Castro throws a body kick.
Castro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Castro lands with a nice body kick.
Cannon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Castro.
A swing and a miss from Cannon.
Castro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cannon.
Cannon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cannon moves out of range as Castro throws a body kick.
Cannon defending well as Castro loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
Castro thuds his right hand into Cannon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Boss Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cannon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro ducks under a wild hook from Cannon.
Castro misses with a head kick.
Castro is looking to score with low kicks.
Cannon has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Castro.
Castro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cannon throws out the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cannon might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Castro has got the better of the exchanges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castro. Cannon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cannon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cannon throws a lazy uppercut
and Castro counters with a body kick.
Cannon is breathing heavily.
Castro connects with a right hand. Cannon shakes it off.
Castro lands a nice looking body kick.
Castro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cannon. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cannon cracks Castro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Castro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Castro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Castro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cannon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Castro manages to avoid it.
Cannon throws a lazy right hand but Castro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Castro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cannon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Castro moves into range and clinches up with Cannon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannon is trying to stall.
Castro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cannon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Castro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cannon trying to control the position but instead, Castro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cannon into the cage.
Cannon has had enough of the clinch but Castro keeps him there for the moment.
Cannon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castro being controlled against the cage.
Castro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Castro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Castro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Castro. That's going to slow Cannon down.
Castro cracks Cannon with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boss Castro dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Castro misses with a body kick.
Castro cracks the inside of Cannon's front leg.
Cannon throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Castro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cannon. Cannon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Castro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cannon's calf.
Castro avoids the body shot from Cannon.
Cannon walks forward, straight into a front kick from Castro.
Castro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cannon checks it well.
Castro tries to land a front kick but Cannon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cannon throws a right hand that misses
and Castro counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Cannon misses.
Cannon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Castro - that will leave a mark!
Castro thuds his shin into the meat of Cannon's side.
Castro lands a head kick!
Castro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cannon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castro.
Castro lands a high kick!
Sloppy strikes from Castro. Those never looked like landing.
Cannon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Castro lands a front kick.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Castro cracks a nice hook into Cannon's ribs.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cannon swats away the attempt to clinch by Castro.
Cannon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cannon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cannon misses with a straight right.
A leg kick checked by Cannon.
Cannon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Castro throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cannon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Castro misses with a low kick.
Castro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cannon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castro.
Castro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cannon.
Cannon misses with a series of wild punches.
Castro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Castro.
Both fighters circling a little - Castro finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Castro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cannon can do to turn this around?
Castro connects with a solid leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Castro lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cannon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cannon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Castro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cannon.
Salvador Cannon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Cannon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Castro.
A big left from Castro misses.
Cannon blocks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Cannon.
Castro defending well as Cannon loads up on a big left hand.
Cannon shoots in looking for a takedown but Castro manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cannon's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a low kick as Cannon jumps back.
Castro throws a head kick that misses.
Castro defending well as Cannon loads up on a big left hand.
A good leg kick by Castro.
Cannon thows a body shot but no joy.
Cannon drops his hands momentarily and Castro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Castro throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Castro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cannon misses with a body shot
and Castro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cannon digs a good hook to Castro's body.
Cannon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Castro.
Castro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boss Castro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Castro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boss Castro!