PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle's entrance music is Don't worry, Be happy. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Castle
vs
John

190 cm
28
203 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

198 cm
23
193 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oliver John!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John tries to clinch up but Castle circles away and keeps his distance.
Oliver John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sloppy strikes from John. Those never looked like landing.
Castle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. John eats them both and turns towards Castle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
John throws a sloppy head kick and Castle moves out of range easily.
Castle misses with a jab, cross combination.
John throws a jab but it's blocked by Castle.
John's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and John duly obliges.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
John lands a jab.

Castle is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
John throws a sloppy head kick and Castle moves out of range easily.
Oh Castle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right from Castle misses.
John pulls out of a head kick attempt.
John pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
John misses with a few strikes there.
John misses with a wild combination.
Castle seems to have got his legs back now.
Castle cracks John with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Castle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck John on the side of the head.
John takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Castle keeps the fight on the outside.

John moves into range and clinches up with Castle.

John manages to break the clinch.
Castle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
John throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by John misses
and Castle counters with a series of strikes. John will be more careful next time no doubt.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Castle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

John has managed to clinch.

Castle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick by John misses
letting Castle counter with a right hand.
Castle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Castle moves out of range of the strikes.
Castle lands a lovely overhand right.
Castle blocks a head kick by John.
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
John tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John feints a jab promting Castle to slip. John then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Castle slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Castle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from John.
John looks winded!
Castle scores with a jab to the body.
Castle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
John tries to clinch up.
Castle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a straight right.
Castle jabs John to the body, keeping him at a distance.
John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castle avoids the head kick by John.
John tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castle counters with a nice uppercut.
Castle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castle.

John clinches up against the cage.
Castle prevents John from breaking the clinch.

Castle breaks from the clinch.
John takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
John doesn't manage to clinch there - Castle circles away.
A jab from Castle does it's job there.
Castle misses with a double jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for John.
John misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John looks to land a combination but Castle avoids it well.
John throws a head kick that misses.
John scores with a kick to the body.
Castle looks to land a combination but John avoids it well.
Castle goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Castle throws a right and a left that John avoids nicely.
John misses with a jab, cross combination.
John throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castle defending well as John loads up on a big left hand.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Castle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castle is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
John throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
John scores with the left hand. Castle knows he should have avoided that one.
Castle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Castle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Castle slips a jab and a cross from John.
Castle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John throws a left and a right that both miss
and Castle counters with a stiff right hand.
John misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Castle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
John throws a right and a left that both miss.
A right-left combo lands from Castle.
Castle fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
John misses with a jab to the body
and Castle counters with a lovely straight right hand!

John is rocked!
Castle lands with an uppercut that bounces John off the cage and back into range.
John is still on wobbly legs! Can Castle finish him?
Castle connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent John tumbling to the canvas! Castle pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! John was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Castle!
Post fight, Frank Castle took to the microphone: 'Win or Lose, Women and Booze!'.