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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Castillo (ranked 672 p4p, 88 weight class) and Keith Bishop (ranked 1086 p4p, 129 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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275 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
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200 cm
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250 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo misses with a body shot
and Bishop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Bishop misses.
We've been told by Castillo's head coaches at The House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Castillo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Castillo scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Keith Bishop has been cut.
A big left from Castillo misses.
Bishop throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Castillo throws a shot from downtown. Bishop moves away and avoids it.
Castillo darts in and clinches Bishop up against the cage.
Castillo prevents a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop lands a shot to the body.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Castillo avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Bishop working aggressively here.
Bishop is trying to break the clinch but Castillo is controlling him.
Castillo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bishop tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castillo's elbow.
Castillo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castillo is trying to break the clinch but Bishop has him pressed against the cage.
Castillo lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop tries to work over Castillo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bishop.
Bishop misses with a body punch.
Castillo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bishop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castillo blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop scores with a shot to the side of Castillo's head.
Castillo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bishop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bishop misses with a body punch.
Bishop lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Castillo or not.
Bishop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Castillo lands a right hand.
Bishop blocks an elbow strike.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Castillo.
Castillo tries a body shot but Bishop blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Castillo.
Castillo wants to stall.
Castillo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Castillo misses with an elbow strike.
Bishop tries to work over Castillo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bishop lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Castillo throws an elbow but misses.
Castillo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Castillo.
Bishop struggles to land a body shot inside as Castillo controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Bishop.
Castillo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castillo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castillo.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castillo misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Bishop scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Castillo on the inside.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Castillo avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
Castillo lands a left hand.
Castillo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That has opened up Keith Bishop's cut even more.
Castillo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands a right hand that snaps the head of Castillo backwards.
A shot in the inside from Bishop.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castillo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bishops head.
Castillo lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Bishop scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bishop breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bishop lands a jab to Castillo's midsection.
Castillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castillo clinches.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castillo prevents a body shot from Bishop.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Castillo prevents a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop misses with a punch to the body.
Castillo swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bishop as Castillo tries to tie him up.
Castillo has Bishop pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Castillo pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bishop tumbling to the mat - Castillo dives into Bishop's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castillo preventing the sweep.
Bishop is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bishop told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Castillo stopping the sweep attempt from Bishop.
Castillo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Castillo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keith Bishop's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Castillo misses with a body shot.
Bishop is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Castillo with a body shot.
Bishop slips under a jab from Castillo.
Ricardo Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo is looking to clinch but Bishop is avoiding it.
Bishop appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Castillo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Castillo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bishop in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nice cross by Castillo.
Castillo misses the body punch
and Bishop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice body punch from Bishop.
Castillo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castillo lands with a hook. Bishop tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Castillo.
Castillo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bishop can do to turn this around?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Castillo, right into the meat.
Castillo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bishop. That did some damage!
Castillo loads up on a big right hand but Bishop slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo throws a series of punches but Bishop moves out of range.
Bishop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castillo was well out of range. Poor timing from Bishop.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bishop enables Castillo to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bishop manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bishop seems keen to control Castillo's posture.
Bishop has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Castillo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bishop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castillo.
Castillo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bishop under the eye.
The cut above Keith Bishop's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Castillo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bishop connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Castillo scrambles back to his feet.
Bishop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castillo throws out a powerful jab.
Castillo moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop with a hook.
Castillo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bishop needs to keep his hands up - Castillo had a free shot at his head there.
Castillo throws a looping overhand right but Bishop ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Bishop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Castillo does it's job there.
Keith Bishop's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bishop goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Castillo sizes up Bishop with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Keith Bishop's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ricardo Castillo!
Ricardo Castillo gave a mention to Urban Fighter in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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