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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buford Castro (ranked 24444 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michle Love (ranked 4051 p4p, 414 weight class). Buford Castro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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177 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buford Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michle Love!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love closes the distance and clinches up with Castro, looking for a takedown. Love pushes Castro against the cage but Castro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Castro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Love, pushing him back against the cage.
Love lands with a light punch inside.
Love tries to break free but Castro pushes him back against the cage.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
Castro can't break the clinch.
Castro jumps guard but Love turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Castro wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
Castro has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Love is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Love manages to end up in side control.
Love looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Love doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Castro makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Love.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love fails with the takedown.
Love fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Castro has managed to clinch.
Love is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Love is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Castro can't fight it off and eventually Love manages to take the fight to the floor. Castro looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro is pulling down on Love's head to control his posture.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Love working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard.
Love being controlled here, momentarily.
Love really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Castro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Castro with a nice head shot there.
Love is trying to keep Castro in close.
Castro connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Castro wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Castro scoring with punches to the head and body.
Castro decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Castro.
Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro scoring with some ground and pound.
Castro landing some decent shots from guard.
Castro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Love has momentary wrist control but Castro slips an elbow through the middle.
Love has momentary wrist control but Castro slips an elbow through the middle.
Castro stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Donk. Love catches Castro right on the button with a cross.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buford Castro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Love looks to land a body kick but Castro moved away.
It appears Castro was looking to counter with a kick there.
Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Castro looking for a takedown.
Love jumps guard and drags Castro to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Castro trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.
Love is breathing heavily.
Castro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love working for submissions but it's allowed Castro to get to half guard.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Castro scores with a couple of nice shots.
Castro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Castro is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Castro will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nice strikes from Castro there.
Castro is trying to control. Love wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Castro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Castro is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Castro drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Castro there.
Castro drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
Love is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Castro scores with a couple of nice shots.
Castro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Love is trying to get back to full guard.
Love trying to hold on to Castro's head to control him but Castro postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Castro seems content to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Love rushes Castro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Castro goes for a takedown attempt but Love pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Castro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love throws a counter combo.
Michle Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Love breaks the clinch.
Love clinches up with Castro and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Love avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Love gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Love wants the takedown. Castro is fighting it off but Love persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Castro's guard against the cage.
Castro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Love wants to control from the top but Castro keeps moving.
Buford Castro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Castro has a closed guard, preventing Love from standing up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Love throws a strike but Castro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Castro chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michle Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love lands with a short shot to the head.
Love prevents a takedown attempt there.
Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castro is looking for a takedown.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Castro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro is fighting off a takedown attempt but Love is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Castro to the mat. Castro regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Love must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Castro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Castro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro pulls Love in close to prevent any damage.
Castro throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Castro pulls Love in to control the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown attempt by Love or perhaps it was just good defense by Castro, which made it look bad.
Buford Castro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Castro tries to clinch up.
Love misses with a straight left.
Castro throws a quick counter head kick but Love was just out of range.
Buford Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love forces Castro back against the cage and clinches.
Castro tries to score a body lock takedown but Love shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
Castro has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Love after a bit of a struggle.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Castro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro is not content to let Love control the position.
Castro regains half guard, as Love was trying to land strikes.
Castro keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Love is looking for a kimura here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Castro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Castro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard.
Castro working some strikes from top position.
Castro lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Love keeping moving, preventing Castro from controlling successfully.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michle Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Love has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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