PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Castiglione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castiglione is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: War Zone - Rob Zombie. Francis Castiglione is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Harrison
vs
Castiglione

179 cm
26
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francis Castiglione!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrison pushes Castiglione up against the cage in a clinch.
Harrison lands a knee to the body.
Castiglione goes for a takedown attempt but Harrison pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harrison is looking to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Castiglione will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castiglione defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harrison.
Castiglione fails to land with a series of punches.
Castiglione will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Castiglione tries to keep at a distance but Harrison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harrison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison lands a hook to the side of the head.

Harrison manages to break the clinch.
Castiglione misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harrison looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Castiglione misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Castiglione, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castiglione looks gassed!

Harrison rushes Castiglione and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harrison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Castiglione in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Harrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castiglione takes an elbow to the forehead.

Harrison jumps guard.
Harrison is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Castiglione is controlling him.

Harrison manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Harrison lands a big head kick that sends Castiglione tumbling to the mat! Harrison takes a step backwards and waves Castiglione back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Castiglione is rocked!

Harrison moves into range and clinches up with Castiglione.
Castiglione is still on wobbly legs! Can Harrison finish him?

Harrison jumps guard.

Harrison manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Harrison throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Castiglione is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). George Harrison!