PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luis Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Bailey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Castillo
vs
Bailey

175 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Liam Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castillo counters with a right hand to the body.
Liam Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bailey gets a clinch.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Castillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castillo tests Bailey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Castillo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Castillo pushes Bailey up against the cage in a clinch.
Bailey looking to slow down the pace here.
Castillo avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
Castillo misses with the head strike.
Bailey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castillo lands an elbow that stopped Bailey in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Liam Bailey has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo blocks the elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bailey - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Castillo lands an elbow just above Bailey 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Castillo avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.

Castillo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bailey clinches up against the cage.
Bailey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castillo blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
Castillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Castillo lands a damaging elbow.
Castillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Castillo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bailey is keeping busy.
Castillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castillo takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo blocks an elbow strike.
Castillo blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Bailey avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Castillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Castillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bailey.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but Castillo avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Bailey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castillo blocks the elbow strike.
Bailey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
Bailey avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.
Castillo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bailey up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castillo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bailey drives through and clinches with Castillo against the cage.
Bailey being controlled against the cage.
Bailey lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Castillo lands a nice elbow.
Castillo takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castillo's brow.
Castillo lands an elbow just above Bailey 's eye.
Castillo is looking to control Bailey's arms but Bailey gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castillo has his back to the cage.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Castillo dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey just leaning against Castillo, taking a breather.
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castillo misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castillo lands an elbow just above Bailey 's eye.
Castillo throws an elbow but it misses.
Bailey lands an elbow inside.
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!
Bailey throws an elbow that misses.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Castillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Castillo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Castillo blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bailey avoiding damage as Castillo throws knees to the body.
Castillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Castillo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liam Bailey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Castillo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bailey tries to clinch but Castillo is having none of it.
Bailey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bailey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castillo misses with an uppercut

and Bailey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bailey misses with an elbow strike.
Castillo tries to stall but Bailey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Castillo as Bailey tries to tie him up.
Castillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castillo wants to stall.
Bailey taking a breather.
Castillo is trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bailey lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo lands a nice elbow.
Bailey looking to stall.
A bit of stalling here from Castillo.
Castillo avoiding damage as Bailey throws knees to the body.

Castillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Castillo moves into the clinch successfully.
Bailey throws an elbow but it misses.
Bailey missing with knees to the body.
Bailey is looking to control Castillo's arms but Castillo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bailey has his back to the cage.
Castillo avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Castillo lands an elbow inside that Bailey shrugs off.
Bailey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castillo is defending well for now.
Castillo stalling the fight.
Castillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Castillo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Castillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Castillo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Luis Castillo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bailey lands an elbow inside that Castillo shrugs off.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Castillo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bailey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castillo.
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Castillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castillo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey wants to clinch
enabling Castillo to counter with a crisp jab.
Bailey tries to clinch but Castillo is having none of it.
Bailey takes one to the side of the head.

Bailey is rocked!
Bailey is breathing heavily.
Bailey tries to close the distance and clinch but Castillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bailey is still on wobbly legs! Can Castillo finish him?
Bailey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bailey seems to have recovered his senses.
Bailey on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Castillo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bailey was well out of range. Poor timing from Castillo.
Castillo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Castillo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castillo counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Bailey tries to keep at a distance but Castillo has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws an elbow that misses.
Castillo lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Castillo is keeping busy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Castillo.
Bailey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Castillo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bailey tries to stall but Castillo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castillo lands a damaging elbow.
Castillo taking a breather.
Castillo blocks the elbow strike.
Castillo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castillo looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Castillo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Liam Bailey's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Castillo forces Bailey back against the cage and clinches.
Castillo blocks the elbow strike.
Bailey tries to land knees in the clinch but Castillo avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Bailey.
Castillo working aggressively here.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike.
Bailey dodges an elbow strike from Castillo.
Bailey looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Castillo.
Castillo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bailey being controlled against the cage.
Castillo avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
Castillo throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo lands a damaging elbow.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Bailey avoids the damage to the body.
Bailey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Castillo lands an elbow inside that Bailey shrugs off.
Castillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bailey.
Castillo looking to stall.
Castillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castillo looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Castillo.
Castillo leaning against his opponent.
Castillo avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike from Castillo.
Castillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castillo's brow.
Bailey has Castillo pressed against the cage.
Castillo lands an elbow just above Bailey 's eye.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bailey avoids it.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey looking to slow down the pace here.
Castillo is trying to stall.

Castillo breaks from the clinch.
Bailey tries to clinch but Castillo is having none of it.
Castillo misses with a right hand

and Bailey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bailey.
Bailey scores a nice knee to the body.
Castillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bailey's defenses.
Castillo avoids the elbow strike from Bailey, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey being controlled against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castillo.
Castillo can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
Castillo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Castillo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castillo throws an elbow that misses.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Castillo in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Castillo in his tracks for a moment.
Bailey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castillo avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castillo's brow.
Castillo blocks the elbow strike.
Castillo is trying to stall.

Castillo breaks the clinch.
Castillo misses with a straight left.
Bailey slips a straight right by Castillo.

Castillo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Castillo in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Castillo leaning his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bailey's defenses.
Liam Bailey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Castillo throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Castillo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Castillo 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Castillo!