PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Castillo (ranked 3572 p4p, 396 weight class) and Damien Dawson (ranked 4119 p4p, 437 weight class). Castillo comes to the cage accompanied by Mafia Rap!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Castillo
vs
Dawson

188 cm
33
210 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
195 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Castillo.
Castillo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dawson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dawson clobbers Castillo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Anthony Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo tries to clinch up
and Dawson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Castillo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice side step and Dawson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Castillo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dawson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dawson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Castillo really felt that one!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dawson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Donk. Dawson catches Castillo right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castillo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Castillo can't break the clinch.
Dawson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawson lands with a right to the head.
Castillo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dawson tries to throw a body punch but Castillo avoids it by throwing Dawson back against the cage.
Castillo tries to break free but Dawson pushes him back against the cage.
Dawson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dawson takes a shot to the head.
Castillo lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dawson.
A short left from Dawson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dawson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dawson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Castillo prevents a body shot from Dawson.
Dawson prevents Castillo from breaking the clinch.

Castillo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Castillo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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!
Castillo tries to clinch but Dawson moves out of range.
Castillo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dawson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Castillo.
Dawson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Castillo tries to clinch but Dawson moves away
and Dawson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Castillo clinches up with Dawson and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dawson.
Dawson misses with a body punch.
Dawson struggles to land a body shot inside as Castillo controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Castillo.
Castillo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dawson lands a right hand.
Castillo blocking some punches.
Dawson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Dawson.
Dawson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dawson gets through Castillo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Castillo wants to break free but Dawson has control.
Dawson tries a body shot but Castillo blocks it.
Dawson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dawson.
Castillo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castillo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Castillo manages to break the clinch.
A head kick by Castillo misses
and Dawson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Castillo rushes Dawson and presses him up against the cage.
Dawson struggles to land a body shot inside as Castillo controls his hands.
Castillo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dawson scores with a shoulder strike.
Dawson throws a punch but it's blocked by Castillo.
Castillo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castillo is trying to break the clinch but Dawson has him pressed against the cage.
Dawson swings wildly with an uppercut but Castillo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Dawson fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Castillo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Castillo breaks from the clinch.
A head kick by Castillo misses
enabling Dawson to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Dawson - just one landing.
Castillo moves to clinch but Dawson breaks away
and Dawson counters with a stiff right hand.

Castillo is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castillo gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Dawson gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Dawson!
A relieved looking Damien Dawson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.