PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Warden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Warden might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to bodies. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Warden
vs
Castro

190 cm
26
175 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
175 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Warden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eduardo Castro!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro throws a jab when Warden was well out of range.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch but Castro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.
Warden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.
Castro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Castro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castro throws a shot from downtown. Warden moves away and avoids it.
Castro keeps the fight on the outside.
Castro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Warden doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Castro, as that shot connected.
Warden is looking to clinch.
Warden will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A good leg kick by Warden.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Castro.
Castro misses with the combination.
Castro throws a hook to the side of Warden's head but Warden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro throws an overhand right that lands on Warden's shoulder, as Warden tries to avoid the shot.

Warden gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Castro pushes Warden back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Warden breaks the clinch.
Warden wants to clinch up but Castro keeps it at a distance.
Castro looks to score with a jab to the body but Warden is just out of range.
Castro throws a big shot that misses.
Castro throws a hook to the side of Warden's head but Warden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warden tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.

Warden moves into the clinch.
Castro pressing his opponent against the cage.
Warden trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Castro.
Warden tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.

Warden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Warden doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Warden tries to clinch but Castro is having none of it.
Castro misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warden moves away.
Castro swats away the attempt to clinch by Warden.
Warden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castro.
Warden doesn't manage to clinch there - Castro circles away.
Castro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warden.
Castro throws a jab when Warden was well out of range.
Castro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Castro throws a right hand that Warden ducks under and follows up with a left that Warden also avoids with ease.
Castro misses with a straight right.
Warden ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Warden tries to clinch but Castro is having none of it.
Warden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castro throws out the jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Warden, right into the meat.
Castro looks gassed!
Warden closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro leaves Warden with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Warden avoids the body shot from Castro.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro's corner calls for a 1-2. Castro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A big left from Warden misses.
Castro misses with a looping left.
Castro scores with a sloppy right hand. Warden should have avoided that one.
Castro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Warden stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Warden shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Castro defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Warden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Warden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Warden has taken the fight to the clinch.
Castro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Warden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eduardo Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro misses with an uppercut.
Castro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castro is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Warden had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Castro circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Castro does no damage.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch but Castro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Warden dodges the punch combination from Castro.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warden shoots in for a takedown but Castro shows good takedown defense.
The fighters circling - Castro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warden ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Castro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Castro throws a jab but it's blocked by Warden.
Warden lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Warden slips under a jab.

Warden takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Castro.
Castro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Warden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castro is looking to control Warden's arms but Warden gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castro has his back to the cage.

Warden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Warden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Castro might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fighters circling - Castro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castro throws a right hand that Warden ducks under and follows up with a left that Warden also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warden wants to clinch.
Castro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Warden manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Warden.
Warden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Warden rushes Castro and presses him up against the cage.
Castro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warden lands an elbow inside that Castro shrugs off.
Castro gets underhooks to prevent Warden's takedown attempt.
Warden misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Castro.
Castro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Warden is trying to drag Castro to the mat but Castro just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Castro scores with a hook to the body.
Castro presses Warden against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Castro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Castro.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Castro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Warden misses with a knee strike.
Castro is trying to break the clinch but Warden has him pressed against the cage.
Castro scores with a shoulder strike.
Warden prevents Castro from breaking the clinch.

Castro manages to break the clinch.
Warden tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castro scores with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro looks to score with a jab to the body but Warden is just out of range.
Warden tries to clinch up.
Warden turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Warden circles away quickly and effectively.
Warden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Warden staying out of range there.
Castro takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Castro connects with a right hand. Warden shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Castro misses the target.
Warden tries to clinch there but Castro circles away.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Warden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warden is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Warden slips a jab from Castro.
Castro misses with a looping left.
Castro swinging wildly here.

Warden clinches.
A right hand to the body from Castro.
Warden fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Warden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Castro lands a body punch in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Warden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Warden manages to break the clinch.
Warden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castro lands a body shot.
Castro scores with a hook to the body. Warden takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Warden clinches.

Warden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Warden dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Castro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Warden on the side of the head.
Warden moves in looking to clinch but Castro pushes him off.
Castro missing with a left hand there. Warden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Warden looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Warden tries to clinch but Castro is having none of it.
Warden wants to clinch up but Castro keeps it at a distance.
Warden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Horrible takedown by Warden or perhaps it was just good defense by Castro which made him look bad.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro cracks Warden with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Castro scores with a jab to the body.
Castro jabs at Warden's body.
Castro works Warden's body with a nice hook.
Castro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro throws a series of punches but Warden moves out of range.
Warden slips a straight right by Castro.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Castro misses its intended target.
Warden avoids the body shot from Castro.
Castro throws a big shot that misses.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Castro looks to score with a jab to the body but Warden is just out of range.

Warden gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Castro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Warden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.

Warden clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Warden throws an elbow but it misses.
Castro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Warden or not.

Warden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Warden moves in looking to clinch but Castro pushes him off.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castro looks to throw the jab but Warden is out of range.

Warden clinches up against the cage.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Castro.
A body shot lands from Castro.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.
Warden fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Castro pressing his opponent against the cage.

Warden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jason Warden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castro fails to land with a series of punches.
Warden moves in looking to clinch but Castro pushes him off.
Castro throws a hook to the side of Warden's head but Warden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warden defending well as Castro loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a hook but Warden avoids it easily.
Warden lands a high kick!
Castro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Warden.
Castro closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch but Castro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Warden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castro swings for the body but Warden moves out of range.
Warden tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Castro swings for the body but Warden moves out of range.
Eduardo Castro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warden lands with a right hand.
Castro misses with a hook. Warden ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Warden tries to clinch but Castro moves out of range.
Castro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castro keeps the fight on the outside.
Castro misses with the combination.
Warden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castro throws out the jab.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.

Warden clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Warden breaks the clinch.
Castro sizes up Warden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Warden has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Castro throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eduardo Castro.
I think Castro 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Castro!