PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ozzie Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ozzie Castillo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barnes
vs
Castillo

194 cm
26
208 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

195 cm
37
211 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Ozzie Castillo!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo throws a lazy right hand but Barnes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barnes lands a right hook to the body.
Barnes scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Ozzie Castillo has been cut.
Castillo throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Castillo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barnes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castillo.
Castillo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Castillo misses with a combination
enabling Barnes to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Castillo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barnes counters with a nice leg kick.
Castillo misses with a combination
and Barnes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ozzie Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo looks winded!
Castillo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barnes.
Barnes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Castillo's sensitive parts.

Barnes feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Castillo sprawling to the canvas! Castillo rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Barnes finish him?!

Castillo is rocked!
Barnes scores with a nice body kick.
Barnes finds Castillo's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Castillo flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Barnes lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Castillo will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Barnes!
After winning the bout, John Barnes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.