PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Stuard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Castle
vs
Stuard

185 cm
30
205 lbs
6 - 14 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 6 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Stuard !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Castle misses.
Stuard feints the counter takedown.
Stuard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Castle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Castle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castle misses with a straight left.
Stuard lands a jab-cross combination.
Stuard cracks Castle with an open hand slap.
Stuard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Castle on the side of the head.
Castle throws a hook but Stuard blocks it.
Stuard connects with a nice looking jab.
Stuard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castle.
Castle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Castle swings for the body but Stuard moves out of range.
Stuard throws a right and a left that both miss.

Castle moves into range and clinches up with Stuard .
Stuard content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stuard stalling.
The crowd are getting on Stuard 's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stuard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Castle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Stuard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stuard drops his hands momentarily and Castle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Stuard tries to keep at a distance but Castle has taken the fight into the clinch.

Stuard 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stuard throws a good cross that connects.
Stuard throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Castle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castle throws a one two combo.
Castle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stuard doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stuard .
Stuard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Castle.
Stuard digs a good body shot into Castle's ribs.
Jab from Stuard .
A cross from Stuard lands.
Some wild striking there from Stuard .
Castle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Castle takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Castle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stuard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castle.
Castle scores with a nice head shot.
Castle cracks Stuard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stuard throws a right hand that Castle ducks under and follows up with a left that Castle also avoids with ease.

Castle moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle is looking to break free of the clinch but Stuard has double underhooks.
Castle working hard to break the clinch.

Stuard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Castle swings for the body but Stuard moves out of range.
Castle lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Castle scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stuard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castle tries to move into range but Stuard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stuard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Castle has time to react.

Castle clinches up with Stuard and pushes him back against the cage.
Stuard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Castle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A punch combination from Stuard misses.

Castle has closed the distance and engaged Stuard in a clinch.
Castle can't break the clinch.
Castle is trying to force a seperation but Stuard has the dominant position.

Castle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Castle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stuard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stuard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Stuard . Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castle catches Stuard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stuard moves away from the strike by Castle.
Castle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stuard moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stuard dips to his left and cracks Castle with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castle connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice shot lands for Castle.
Stuard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stuard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Castle walks into a straight right hand from Stuard .
Castle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stuard connects with a right hand. Castle shakes it off.

Castle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Stuard manages to break the clinch.
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!
Castle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stuard to score with a decent uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Stuard there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stuard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stuard !
Castle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stuard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stuard scores with a jab to the body.
Castle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Stuard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Castle missing with a left hand there. Stuard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Castle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Frank Castle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castle misses with an uppercut.
Castle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stuard scores with a nice right hand.
Stuard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stuard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Stuard dips to his left and cracks Castle with an uppercut!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stuard .
Castle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stuard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Castle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stuard misses with a hook.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Castle throws a hook but Stuard blocks it.

Castle pushes Stuard up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stuard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stuard stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stuard is trying to break the clinch but Castle is controlling him.
Stuard keeps control of Castle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castle can't break the clinch.
Castle is looking to break free of the clinch but Stuard has double underhooks.
Castle has had enough of the clinch but Stuard keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stuard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Castle has had enough of the clinch but Stuard keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Stuard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Castle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Castle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stuard avoids a punch combination nicely.

Stuard gets tackled into the cage by Castle. Castle maintains the clinch.
Stuard stalling against the cage.
Stuard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castle is trying to force a seperation but Stuard has the dominant position.

Stuard breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle misses with the combination.
Castle is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stuard .
Castle lands a right hook to the body.
Stuard ducks under a wild hook from Castle.
Castle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stuard was well out of range. Poor timing from Castle.

Castle clinches up with Stuard and pushes him back against the cage.
Castle is trying to force a seperation but Stuard has the dominant position.
Castle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castle tries to break the clinch but Stuard is controlling the position.
Stuard stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stuard has Castle pushed against the cage.

Stuard 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stuard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
John Stuard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castle throws a hook but Stuard blocks it.
Stuard scores with the left hand. Castle knows he should have avoided that one.

Castle closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stuard keeps control of Castle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Castle looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Castle working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stuard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castle's efforts to push away.
Castle is trying to break the clinch but Stuard is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Stuard 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Castle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Castle clinches with his opponent.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Castle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stuard manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Castle can't break the clinch.

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 Frank Castle.
I think Castle 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Frank Castle!