PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cullen Castrello (ranked 3543 p4p, 3382 weight class) and Miles Fairisles (ranked 412 p4p, 404 weight class). Fairisles has chosen Thriller - Michael Jackson as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Castrello
vs
Fairisles

188 cm
19
185
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
200
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cullen Castrello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miles Fairisles!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castrello tries a head kick but it misses.
Fairisles tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Castrello misses with a straight right.
Fairisles tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fairisles moves out of range of the body kick from Castrello.
Fairisles changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Castrello throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fairisles changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Castrello waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fairisles.
Fairisles with the counter takedown but Castrello avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castrello tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Castrello stuns Fairisles with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fairisles moves out of range of the strikes.
And Fairisles tries to counter it with a takedown but Castrello pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cullen Castrello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castrello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fairisles drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Castrello defends it well.
Castrello throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Fairisles decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Castrello's guard.
Castrello has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fairisles postures up.
Castrello throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fairisles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Castrello is keeping the position for now.
Fairisles sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Castrello's guard.
Fairisles not doing much here.
It looks like Fairisles might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castrello has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fairisles is working away from the top position though.
Fairisles content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Castrello is looking to control Fairisles's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Castrello avoid being mounted?
Castrello definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Castrello is trying to get back to full guard.
Fairisles is controlling the pace.
Castrello is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
My spies in Special Ops N7 Training inform me that Fairisles has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Fairisles performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Let's hope that Fairisles has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Fairisles trying to pass the guard but Castrello defending well.
Fairisles is taking a breather. Castrello says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Fairisles looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fairisles content to control rather than advance.
Castrello is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Castrello is looking for a sweep. Fairisles is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Castrello is holding on to half guard well.
Castrello trying to control but Fairisles postures up.
Fairisles content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Fairisles.
Castrello wants to control but Fairisles is keeping busy.
Fairisles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yet more stalling tactics from Fairisles.
Castrello trying to control here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Miles Fairisles will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Castrello tests Fairisles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Castrello lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fairisles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fairisles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fairisles tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fairisles blocks a head kick by Castrello.
Fairisles is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Castrello thuds his right hand into Fairisles's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairisles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Fairisles is rocked!
Castrello is stalking Fairisles. Fairisles circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Castrello, and it's lights out! Fairisles really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cullen Castrello!
Cullen Castrello thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Miles Fairisles spoke after the fight, saying 'Great fighters get beat, great fighters come back. Great fighters beat other great fighters when they come back. The fact is, I'll be back.'.