PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boss Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Everybody Knows My Name. On his way into the cage it seems that Boss Castro has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Boss Castro seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Castro
vs
Holmes

192 cm
24
214 lbs
12 - 0 - 1

184 cm
23
212 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Boss Castro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Castro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holmes ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Holmes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Holmes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Castro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holmes throws a leg kick which misses Castro's front leg but catches the back leg as Castro tries to avoid it.
Castro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Holmes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Castro throws the left hand but Holmes avoids the punch easily.
Castro throws a series of strikes that have Holmes backpedaling.
Holmes stuns Castro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Castro throws a jab but it's blocked by Holmes.
Castro throws a leg kick
and Holmes counters with a series of strikes. Castro will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holmes lands with a hook. Castro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Holmes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castro was well out of range. Poor timing from Holmes.
Castro misses with a looping left.
Holmes scores with a shot to the body.
Castro throws a poor cross that misses
and Holmes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Oooooh!!! Holmes has knocked Castro down with a huge combo! Holmes steps away and waves a wobbly Castro back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Castro is rocked!
Castro is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holmes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Castro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oh Castro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Holmes cracks a nice hook into Castro's ribs.
Holmes lands with a good body shot.
Holmes scores with a jab to the body.
Castro seems to have got his legs back now.
Holmes lands a leg kick that knocks Castro off balance momentarily.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Holmes throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Castro is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mike Holmes! Mike Holmes retains his light heavyweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mike Holmes made sure he mentioned Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.