PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francis Castiglione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Deck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Deck has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Castiglione
vs
Deck

187 cm
23
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
192 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francis Castiglione!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Deck!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deck fails with an attempt to clinch.

Deck clinches.
Castiglione managing to block the knees to the body from Deck.
Castiglione takes an elbow to the forehead.
Deck pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Castiglione dodges an elbow strike from Deck.
Nice elbow from Deck.
Deck working Castiglione over with knees to the body.
Deck lands an elbow that stopped Castiglione in his tracks for a moment.
Castiglione tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Deck scores a nice knee to the body.
Castiglione avoids a wild elbow strike from Deck.
Deck tries for a takedown. No joy.
Castiglione tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Deck smiles and moves away.
Castiglione shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Deck as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francis Castiglione. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castiglione is trying hard to land a takedown here. Deck sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Deck tries to clinch up but Castiglione circles away and keeps his distance.

Deck has managed to clinch.
Deck utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Castiglione is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Deck.
Deck scores a nice knee to the body.
Deck lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Deck obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deck scores a nice knee to the body.
Castiglione takes an elbow to the temple.
Deck working Castiglione over with knees to the body.
Deck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castiglione's defenses.
Deck lands an elbow just above Castiglione 's eye.
Deck lands an elbow just above Castiglione 's eye.
Deck lands an elbow inside.
Castiglione throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castiglione changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Deck fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Deck moves into the clinch.
Deck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Deck lands an elbow just above Castiglione 's eye.
Castiglione takes an elbow to the temple.
Deck crunches a lovely knee into Castiglione's ribcage.
Deck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castiglione blocks an elbow strike from Deck.
Castiglione wants to get back to striking at distance but Deck won't allow it.

Deck manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Deck looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Deck is looking for a triangle but Castiglione pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deck tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Deck has his foot on Castiglione's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Castiglione works his way back into a safe position though.

Deck is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Castiglione defends well.
Castiglione not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Castiglione stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Deck is looking to clinch but Castiglione is avoiding it.
Castiglione shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Deck sprawls well. Deck wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Castiglione gets slowly back to his feet.

Deck clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castiglione tries a body shot but Deck blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Deck.
Castiglione wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Castiglione avoids the elbow strike from Deck, against the cage.

Castiglione successfully pulls guard.
Castiglione looking to hit a scissor sweep but Deck is one step ahead there.
Castiglione can't keep his opponent in guard - Deck advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Deck stops Castiglione from getting back to his feet.

Castiglione looking for submissions off his back.
Deck has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Castiglione is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deck looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Deck is going olschool here, as he tries to force Castiglione to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Castiglione shrugs it off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castiglione is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Deck scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Castiglione keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Castiglione tries to hold on but Deck pushes him away.
Deck landing strikes from the mount and Castiglione is in trouble!
Castiglione wants to hold on but Deck pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castiglione is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Castiglione is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Deck with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Deck dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Deck fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Deck tries to clinch but Castiglione is having none of it.
Castiglione shoots in and drives through. Deck sprawls well.
Castiglione fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Deck avoids it really well and circles away.

Deck closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Deck throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castiglione managing to block the knees to the body from Deck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deck lands an elbow inside.
Deck lands a damaging elbow.
Castiglione wants to break free but Deck has control.

Deck gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castiglione is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Deck is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Deck working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deck throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Castiglione works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Deck is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Castiglione is looking for a triangle but Deck pushes his legs off easily.
Deck throwing strikes from guard but Castiglione blocks nicely.
Castiglione is trying to control the position but Deck postures up.
Deck stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Castiglione swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Deck has gone for a leg lock! Castiglione slips out almost immediately though and dives into Deck's guard.
Deck lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Castiglione!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castiglione is working to get back to half guard.
Castiglione tries to lock up and control but Deck gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Deck lands a heavy elbow.
Deck unloads with some shots from mount but Castiglione bucks and avoids them well.
Deck throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Castiglione tries to hold on but Deck postures up.

Deck has control of Castiglione's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Castiglione regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Deck is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Castiglione can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Deck looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Castiglione slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Castiglione wants to improve his position but Deck is controlling well.

Castiglione looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Deck throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Castiglione is defending against the submission attempts here by Deck.
Deck looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Deck wants to work for an arm triangle but Castiglione is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Deck seems to be working for a kimura but Castiglione defends the submission attempt.
Castiglione is trying to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Deck is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deck wants to clinch up but Castiglione keeps it at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castiglione swats away the attempt to clinch by Deck.
Bobby Deck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castiglione thows a body shot but no joy.
Deck doesn't manage to clinch there - Castiglione circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Deck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Castiglione shoots in for a double leg but Deck sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Deck pushes Castiglione up against the cage in a clinch.
Castiglione tries to stall but Deck uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Castiglione takes an elbow to the forehead.
Deck utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Castiglione drops down looking for an ankle pick but Deck pulls his leg out and moves away.

Deck closes the distance and pushes Castiglione back into the cage.
Castiglione takes a knee to the side of the body.
Deck wants a takedown.
Castiglione avoiding damage as Deck throws knees to the body.
Deck misses with an elbow over the top.
Castiglione on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castiglione avoids a wild elbow strike from Deck.
Castiglione wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Deck landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Castiglione blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castiglione has Deck pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Deck manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francis Castiglione. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Deck gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Castiglione.
Deck unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castiglione lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deck pushes off an throws an elbow but Castiglione leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castiglione tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Castiglione tightens his grip and picks Deck up, before dumping him to the ground. Deck manages to land in guard.

Deck looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Castiglione has picked Deck up and slammed him! Deck can't keep hold of the triangle and Castiglione manages to pass to side control!
Deck is looking for a sweep.
Deck manages to get back to half guard.
Castiglione looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Castiglione is looking for a kimura here.
Deck makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Deck.
Deck keeping moving, preventing Castiglione from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Deck is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Deck doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Castiglione working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Deck's head.

Deck throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Deck has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Castiglione postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Deck keeping moving, preventing Castiglione from controlling successfully.
Castiglione working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Castiglione is sitting in close to Deck's body. Deck has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Castiglione is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Castiglione is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Deck.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bobby Deck!