PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Angel Castile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harper has chosen Welcome To Jamrock as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castile
vs
Harper

155 cm
32
155 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

175 cm
32
158 lbs
20 - 15 - 2

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angel Castile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Harper!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castile is looking to land body kicks.
Castile misses with a series of wild punches.
Castile misses with a jab to the body

and Harper counters by moving into the clinch.

Castile breaks the clinch.
Castile tries a head kick but it misses.
A good leg kick by Castile.
Castile throws a head kick but Harper moves out of range.
Castile tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Harper closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Castile is trying to get back to half guard.

Harper stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Harper is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castile doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Castile circles away.
Castile wants to clinch.

Harper moves into range and clinches up with Castile.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castile.
Castile tries to break the clinch but Harper is controlling the position.
Harper stalling in the clinch.
Castile throws an elbow that misses.
Castile gets underhooks to prevent Harper's takedown attempt.
Castile misses with some punches.
Castile missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harper breaks the clinch.
Castile lands a leg kick that knocks Harper off balance momentarily.

Harper has managed to clinch.
Castile is looking to control Harper's arms but Harper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castile has his back to the cage.
Castile tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Castile back against the cage.
Castile is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Castile throws a head punch that misses.
Harper is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Castile is defending well.
Castile wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper stalling the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper taking a breather.
Castile scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Castile tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castile looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Castile lands a nice knee to the body.
Harper keeps control of Castile as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castile landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The referee calls for Castile to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Castile content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Castile throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Castile.
Castile letting Harper take a breather here.
Harper is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Castile is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castile's efforts to push away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castile looking to stall.
Castile blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Castile tries a knee to the head but Harper blocks it.
Castile looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Castile keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harper's efforts to push away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castile.

Harper successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Castile showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angel Castile dominated that round.
That's time! Castile's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Castile thows a leg kick but Harper checks it
and Harper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Castile throws a head kick that misses.
Castile fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harper.
Harper scores with a push kick.
Harper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Castile counters with a straight right hand.
Ben Harper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harper throws a right and a left that Castile avoids nicely.

Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Castile lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Castile's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harper is looking to clinch but Castile is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harper gets a clinch.
Harper slows down the pace here.

Harper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Angel Castile is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper tries to clinch
and Castile counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Castile throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Harper counters with a straight right hand.
Castile avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Castile breaks from the clinch.
Harper looks to clinch
and Castile counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castile wants to clinch.
Castile tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harper paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castile thows a body kick. Harper tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Harper avoids the body shot from Castile.
Castile looks to land a left hand but Harper moved out of range nicely.
Castile throws a body kick that misses

and Harper counters by clinching up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

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

Castile closes the distance and pushes Harper back into the cage.
Harper has Castile pushed against the cage.
Castile tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castile is stalling here.
Harper prevents Castile from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castile pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harper tries to clinch there but Castile circles away.
Castile slaps away a takedown attempt from Harper, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Castile throws the kick towards the body but Harper avoids it.
Harper tries to clinch but Castile moves out of range.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt.
A clash of legs there as Harper blocks the low kick.

Harper darts in and clinches Castile up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Castile misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper taking a breather.
Harper fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harper is stalling here.
Castile misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harper.
Harper wants to stall.
Angel Castile has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Castile wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castile has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Harper has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Castile uses from the top position.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Castile from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castile throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ben Harper will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Castile's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Castile swats away the attempt to clinch by Harper.
Castile throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Castile.
Harper avoids the head kick by Castile.
Harper wants to clinch but Castile slips to the side
and Castile counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harper's knee momentarily.
Castile throws a sloppy head kick and Harper moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Harper.
Castile throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Castile 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.
Harper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castile manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper swinging wildly here.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Castile circles away.
Harper wants to clinch but Castile slips to the side
and Castile counters with an inside leg kick.
Angel Castile seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castile is looking to slow Harper down with leg kicks.
Castile throws a lazy head kick

and Harper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harper landing knees to the body.
Harper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Castile as Harper tries to tie him up.
Harper displaying some good clinch control by pressing Castile up against the cage.
Harper trying to control the position but instead, Castile has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harper into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castile wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Castile throws an elbow but misses.
Castile misses with some punches.
Castile misses with some punches.
Castile is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Castile trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harper as Castile tries to tie him up.
Harper stalls.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Castile avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper taking a breather.
Come on Harper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ben Harper.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harper shoots in for a takedown but Castile shows good takedown defense.
Castile looks to land a body kick but Harper moved away.
Horrible takedown by Harper or perhaps it was just good defense by Castile which made him look bad.
Castile misses with a body kick.

Castile forces Harper back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castile has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
Castile creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Castile creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Castile escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.

Castile tries to keep at a distance but Harper has taken the fight into the clinch.

Castile breaks from the clinch.
Castile fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Harper checks it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harper closes the distance but Castile moves to the side
and Castile cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Angel Castile.
I think Castile has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Angel Castile!
Angel Castile managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Steel Penn's Laundry 93%, into his post fight interview.