PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neo Wiggin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cullen Castrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wiggin
vs
Castrello

175 cm
29
165 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

185 cm
31
156 lbs
22 - 9 - 3

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

King of Clothes

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neo Wiggin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 3, fighting out of New York, Cullen Castrello!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiggin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Wiggin misses the target.
Castrello is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Castrello keeps the fight on the outside.
Castrello unleashes a big counter combination but Wiggin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cullen Castrello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wiggin slips under a jab from Castrello.

Wiggin takes the fight into the clinch.
Wiggin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Cullen Castrello has been cut.
Wiggin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castrello lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiggin or not.
Wiggin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castrello's elbow.
Castrello lands a knee to the body.
Wiggin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wiggin blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castrello.
Castrello tries a body shot but Wiggin blocks it.
Wiggin scores with a shot to the side of Castrello's head.
Castrello avoids the elbow strike from Wiggin, against the cage.
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!
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Castrello.
Castrello pushes Wiggin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Castrello's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wiggin.
We've been informed that Castrello has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch on the inside from Wiggin fails to land.
Wiggin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Castrello or not.
Our sources have told us that Wiggin has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Wiggin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Castrello backwards.
Castrello throws an elbow that misses.
Wiggin misses with an elbow over the top.
A right handed body shot lands from Wiggin.
Wiggin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Castrello scores a nice knee to the body.
Castrello pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Wiggin fails to land.
Wiggin dodges an elbow strike from Castrello.
Wiggin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Castrello creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Castrello throws a knee to the head but misses.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside that Castrello shrugs off.
Castrello is leaning against Wiggin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Castrello stalling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Castrello.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castrello obliges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiggin throws an elbow but misses.
Castrello lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Castrello lands an elbow that stopped Wiggin in his tracks for a moment.
Castrello looking to throw knees to the head but Wiggin is blocking nicely.
Castrello throws an elbow but it misses.
Wiggin tries for a takedown but Castrello manages to get underhooks.
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Castrello.
Wiggin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castrello throws a head punch that misses.
Castrello lands a nice knee to the body.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Castrello.
Castrello comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin dodges an elbow strike from Castrello.
Wiggin pushes off an throws an elbow but Castrello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castrello.
Wiggin lands a damaging elbow.
Castrello blocks an uppercut.
Wiggin tries to throw a body punch but Castrello avoids it by throwing Wiggin back against the cage.
Wiggin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wiggin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Castrello just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wiggin's brow.
Wiggin scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Wiggin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Castrello can't fight it off and eventually Wiggin manages to take the fight to the floor. Castrello looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wiggin stopping the sweep attempt from Castrello.
Wiggin trying to control but Castrello is working from the bottom.
Castrello is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Wiggin is positioning himself well to prevent Castrello advancing to mount.
Castrello is controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Castrello has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cullen Castrello will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cullen Castrello's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wiggin looks to land a right hand but Castrello moved out of range.
Wiggin slips under a jab from Castrello.
Castrello with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wiggin slips under a jab.
Castrello tries to land a leg kick but Wiggin saw it coming and moves away.
A big left from Castrello misses.
Castrello goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Wiggin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wiggin tries to land a front kick but Castrello steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wiggin slips a jab and a cross from Castrello.
Castrello misses with a wild combination.

Castrello clinches up with Wiggin and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiggin swings wildly with an uppercut but Castrello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiggin avoids the elbow strike from Castrello, against the cage.
Wiggin tries to work over Castrello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wiggin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wiggin lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Castrello.
Wiggin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wiggin misses with some punches.
Castrello misses with a punch to the body.
Castrello lands with a right to the head.
Wiggin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castrello backwards.
Wiggin scores with a shoulder strike.
Wiggin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castrello misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiggin.
Wiggin lands a right hand.
Castrello lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wiggin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castrello's elbow.
Wiggin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wiggin tries a body shot but Castrello blocks it.
Castrello lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wiggin backwards.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike.
Castrello creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wiggin's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castrello prevents a body shot from Wiggin.
Castrello throws an elbow that misses.
Wiggin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wiggin avoids the elbow strike from Castrello, against the cage.
Wiggin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Castrello gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Castrello putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wiggin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wiggin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Castrello is defending well.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside.
Wiggin tries to throw a body punch but Castrello avoids it by throwing Wiggin back against the cage.
Castrello connects with a knee to the head.
Castrello is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wiggin is keeping busy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Castrello.
Castrello doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Castrello.
Wiggin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Castrello backwards.
Wiggin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wiggin misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castrello tries to throw a body punch but Wiggin avoids it by throwing Castrello back against the cage.
Wiggin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castrello lands an elbow inside that Wiggin shrugs off.
Wiggin lands a nice uppercut.
Wiggin avoids a wild elbow strike from Castrello.
Castrello misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiggin works on Castrello's body with a couple of short punches.
Castrello swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Castrello prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neo Wiggin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castrello throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castrello pushes off an throws an elbow but Wiggin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castrello is leaning against Wiggin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Castrello tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wiggin avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castrello.
Wiggin misses with a punch on the inside.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike from Wiggin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castrello throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castrello.
A short left from Castrello.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiggin tries to work over Castrello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castrello tries to throw a body punch but Wiggin avoids it by throwing Castrello back against the cage.
Wiggin is working Castrello over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiggin.
Wiggin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wiggin tries to throw a body punch but Castrello avoids it by throwing Wiggin back against the cage.
Wiggin lands an elbow that stopped Castrello in his tracks for a moment.
Castrello dodges an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Castrello throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiggin blocks it with crossed arms.
Wiggin lands a damaging elbow.
Castrello throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castrello lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiggin.
Castrello lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cullen Castrello showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cullen Castrello's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wiggin misses with a straight right.
Castrello fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wiggin manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Wiggin misses its target.
Wiggin slips under a jab from Castrello.
Wiggin avoids the head kick by Castrello.
Neo Wiggin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Wiggin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castrello steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Wiggin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Castrello throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Castrello looks to throw a body kick
and Wiggin counters with a nice uppercut.
Castrello gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cullen Castrello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wiggin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Castrello moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Castrello was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Castrello throws a series of punches but Wiggin moves out of range.

Castrello closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wiggin tries to work over Castrello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wiggin swings wildly with an uppercut but Castrello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castrello misses with a punch to the body.
Wiggin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castrello's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin managing to block the knees to the body from Castrello.
Wiggin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Castrello pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Castrello misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wiggin misses with a body punch.
Castrello misses with an elbow strike.
Wiggin is working Castrello over against the cage.
Wiggin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wiggin blocks a body shot from Castrello.
Castrello creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Castrello fails to land.
Wiggin tries for a takedown but Castrello manages to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Castrello just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wiggin's brow.
Castrello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wiggin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castrello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Castrello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cullen Castrello seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Castrello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Castrello.
Castrello blocks an uppercut.
Castrello lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castrello obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castrello lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castrello lands an elbow inside that Wiggin shrugs off.
Castrello connects with a knee to the head.
Castrello tries to land a knee to the head but Wiggin blocks with his arms.
Wiggin works on Castrello's body with a couple of short punches.
Castrello lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wiggin backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiggin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castrello's brow.
Wiggin tries to work over Castrello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castrello lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiggin or not.
Wiggin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Castrello doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin throws a head punch that misses.
Wiggin blocks the elbow strike.
Castrello gets underhooks to prevent Wiggin's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neo Wiggin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Castrello.
Castrello lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiggin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castrello's brow.
Castrello lands a knee to the body.
Castrello pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wiggin wants a takedown.
Castrello dodges an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Castrello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castrello lands a left hand.
Castrello has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Castrello unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiggin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Neo Wiggin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Castrello lands a right hand.
Castrello lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Castrello digs a right hand underneath Wiggin's ribcage. Wiggin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Castrello blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Castrello lands a nice elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Castrello misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Castrello.
Wiggin blocks an elbow strike from Castrello.
Wiggin pushes off an throws an elbow but Castrello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wiggin.
Castrello lands an elbow inside that Wiggin shrugs off.
Castrello unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiggin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castrello blocks the elbow strike.
Wiggin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castrello tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castrello creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wiggin's defenses.
Castrello lands an elbow that stopped Wiggin in his tracks for a moment.
Castrello avoids the elbow strike from Wiggin, against the cage.
Castrello scores with a shot to the side of Wiggin's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cullen Castrello comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Castrello winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cullen Castrello!
A victorious Cullen Castrello thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.