PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sexton Furnival (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Furnival
vs
Castle

200 cm
22
261 lbs
14 - 2 - 1

193 cm
23
271 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Resistance

Next Level Nutrition--158q for $50!!!(new contest)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sexton Furnival!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle just misses with a punch to the body.
Castle misses the shot to the body.
Furnival throws a lazy right hand but Castle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Castle misses with a looping right.
Furnival misses with a few strikes there.
Castle shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Furnival buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Castle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Furnival throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A solid body kick from Furnival.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Furnival looks to land a body kick but Castle moved away.
Furnival pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Furnival throws a series of punches but Castle avoids them all with ease.
Furnival throws a leg kick which misses Castle's front leg but catches the back leg as Castle tries to avoid it.
Castle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Furnival.
Castle slips a jab and a cross from Furnival.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furnival throws a series of punches but Castle avoids them all with ease.
Furnival throws the left hand but Castle avoids the punch easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Furnival.
Castle looks gassed!
Furnival fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Furnival swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Castle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Furnival - the referee stops the clock and Castle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Furnival. Castle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Furnival throws a wild body kick that Castle sees coming a mile off.
Furnival cracks Castle with a right hand to the side of the head.
Castle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castle walks forward, straight into a front kick from Furnival.
Furnival throws a low kick, looking for Castle's leg but Castle calmly moves out of range.
Sexton Furnival is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Furnival misses with the combination.
Furnival lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furnival misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Furnival throws out a leg kick but Castle moves out of range and Furnival only half commits.
Furnival plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Frank Castle has been cut.
Furnival is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castle.
Castle walks into a jab.
Castle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Furnival.
Furnival scores with a decent looking hook.
Furnival will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castle. Furnival does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furnival throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Furnival takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Castle lands a right hook to the body.
Castle lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Sexton Furnival has been cut.
Sexton Furnival seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Furnival misses with a body kick.
Furnival throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Castle is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Furnival rather than just go for the knockout.
Castle works Furnival's body with a nice hook.
Furnival blocks a low kick nicely.
Castle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furnival was well out of range. Poor timing from Castle.
Castle misses with a looping right.
Castle moves out of range as Furnival strikes.
Furnival thuds his shin into the meat of Castle's side.
Castle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Furnival sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furnival throws a body kick that misses.
Castle misses the shot to the body.
Furnival swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Furnival displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Castle.
Furnival throws a solid leg kick but Castle takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Furnival.
Castle throws a predictable looking body shot
and Furnival counters with a body kick.
Castle has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Furnival.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Furnival stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Furnival wants it to stay on the feet.
Furnival tries to land a front kick but Castle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castle lands a jab to the nose.
Castle uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Furnival has time to react.
Furnival misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sexton Furnival dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Furnival throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Castle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Furnival.
Castle moves out of range of the body kick.
Furnival scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castle misses the jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Furnival.
Furnival falls off balance throwing a combination
and Castle counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Furnival takes a swing at Castle's ribcage but misses.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Furnival connects with a single shot there.
Castle swinging wildly here.
Furnival lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furnival connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Furnival, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Furnival.
Furnival throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Furnival lands a glancing blow to the side of Castle's head.
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!
Furnival lands a head shot.
Furnival lands a nice looking kick to the body. Castle takes a step back to recover.
Sexton Furnival is winning the standup battle so far.
Furnival lands with a slapping head kick.
Furnival lands with a slapping head kick.
Furnival lands a right hook to the body.
Furnival lands a nice looking kick to the body. Castle takes a step back to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furnival lands a nice leg kick that just misses Castle's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Furnival.
Castle on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Furnival scores with a push kick.
Furnival looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Furnival throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Castle counters with a good low kick that Furnival was not able to check.
Castle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Furnival moves away.
Furnival misses with a body punch
and Castle counters with a straight right hand.
Furnival throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Castle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Furnival walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Castle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furnival throws a leg kick
and Castle counters with a stiff right hand.
Furnival throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Castle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Castle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Furnival lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Castle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Furnival. Furnival obviously looking to wear him down.
Furnival misses with a leg kick.
Furnival takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Castle misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Furnival. Castle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Furnival is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castle can do to turn this around?
Furnival throws a leg kick
and Castle counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Castle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Castle digs a good body shot into Furnival's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furnival missing with a left hand there. Castle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Furnival misses.
Furnival misses with a double jab
and Castle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Furnival walks into a jab.
Furnival on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Castle clinches.
Castle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Castle scores with a shot to the side of Furnival's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Castle breaks from the clinch.

Castle has Furnival up against the cage in a clinch.
Furnival tries a body shot but Castle blocks it.
Furnival tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sexton Furnival dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Castle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Furnival throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Furnival.
Furnival throws a body kick that misses.
Castle swings for the body but Furnival moves out of range.
Furnival walks into a stiff left hand from Castle.
Furnival throws a low kick but Castle moves out of range easily.
Furnival takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Furnival throws a nice head kick!
Castle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Furnival moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Furnival misses with an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Furnival cracks Castle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Good standup being displayed there by Furnival as he connects with a hook.
Furnival misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furnival throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Castle to counter with a crisp jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Furnival - that will leave a mark!
Castle just misses with a punch to the body.
Furnival throws a nice inside leg kick.
Furnival checks the leg kick.
Furnival is looking to score with low kicks.
Furnival attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Furnival displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castle throws out the jab.
Furnival has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Furnival there as he acknowledges the shot.
Furnival stuffs the takedown attempt from Castle. Castle gets slowly back to his feet.
Furnival misses with a telegraphed body shot
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Castle counters with a straight right hand.
Castle blocks a head kick by Furnival.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Castle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Furnival throws a sloppy body shot

and Castle counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Castle.
Furnival looking for a sweep. Not yet Furnival, not yet.
Castle trying to control but Furnival is working from the bottom.
Castle is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Furnival is looking to sweep but instead, Castle has passed into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in half guard, Castle seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furnival won't allow Castle to pass to mount.
Furnival works his way to full guard. Good work.
Castle is fighting to break Furnival's control of his arms but Furnival is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Castle is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Frank Castle wasn't active enough on the ground.
Castle thows a body shot but no joy.
Furnival swings for the body but Castle moves out of range.
Furnival looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Castle checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Castle misses with the combination.
Furnival scores with a body shot.
Furnival with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Castle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furnival fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Furnival pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Danga de danga de dang - Castle scores with a four punch combination!
Furnival dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castle. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Furnival throws a head kick that misses.
Furnival lets loose with a powerful body kick. Castle will feel that in the morning.
The fighters circle momentarily. Furnival darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Frank Castle just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Castle looks to land a combination but Furnival avoids it well.
Castle blocks a head kick by Furnival.
Furnival takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Castle lands with a nice body punch.
Furnival misses with a head kick.
Castle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Furnival.
Castle scoring well with a low kick there.
Furnival lands with a thumping leg kick.
Castle is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Furnival thows a leg kick but Castle checks it
and Castle counters with a stiff right hand.
Furnival wants to land a leg kick but Castle is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furnival tries to bum rush Castle with a series of wild strikes but Castle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Furnival misses with an uppercut. Castle saw that one coming.
Furnival misses with a straight right.
Castle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Furnival throws a body punch but Castle moves out of range.
Furnival uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castle.
Furnival is looking to slow Castle down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Castle. That snapped Furnival's head back.
Castle tries to clinch but Furnival is having none of it.
Furnival throws a combination that misses
letting Castle counter with a right hand.
Furnival throws a body punch but Castle moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Furnival
and Castle counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Castle moves into the clinch.
Furnival working hard to break the clinch.
Castle pushes Furnival back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good body shot from Furnival.
Castle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Furnival's elbow.
Castle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Furnival misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Castle.
Furnival scores with a hook to the body.

Furnival escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Castle lands a lovely overhand right.
Castle misses with a two punch combination.
Furnival avoids the body shot from Castle.
Furnival throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Castle counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A low kick from Castle misses
and Furnival counters with a solid body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furnival swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Castle counters with a right hand to the body.

Castle has closed the distance and engaged Furnival in a clinch.
Furnival goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castle digs a right hand underneath Furnival's ribcage. Furnival let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Furnival breaks the clinch.
Castle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Furnival throws the kick towards the body but Castle avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Furnival 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 Castle has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Castle and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice straight punches there by Castle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Castle.
Castle lands with a nice body punch.
Castle misses with the combination.
Furnival throws a left and a right that both miss
and Castle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as Castle blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Castle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castle scores with a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Furnival as Castle tries to tie him up.
Castle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Furnival working aggressively here.
Furnival presses Castle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Furnival can't find room to land a body shot as Castle controls the action.

Furnival's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Castle dodges the punch combination from Furnival.
Castle tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Furnival throws a push kick but Castle slaps the foot to one side.
A combination from Castle does no damage.
Furnival throws a body punch but Castle moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Castle dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

An inside leg kick from Furnival misses.
Castle moves out of range of the strikes.
Castle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Furnival swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Castle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Castle misses the shot to the body.
Furnival looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Furnival fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Castle manages to avoid it.
Furnival pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Furnival doesn't seem bothered though.
A shot to the body from Furnival misses
and Furnival takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Castle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Furnival. Furnival obviously looking to wear him down.
Castle looks to land a combination. Furnival sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Furnival swats away the attempt to clinch by Castle.
Castle jabs at Furnival's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furnival tries to work over Castle's front leg with a kick but Castle checks it.
Furnival misses with a hook to the body

and Castle moves into the clinch.
Castle misses with the head strike.
Furnival's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Castle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Furnival tries to land a knee to the head but Castle blocks with his arms.
Furnival misses with a punch to the body.
Castle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Castle slowing the pace effectively.
Castle is working Furnival over against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Castle.
Castle presses Furnival against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Castle looking to slow down the pace here.

Castle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Furnival throws a head kick that misses

and Castle counters by moving into the clinch.
Castle scores with a shot to the side of Furnival's head.

Castle breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furnival swings away with a body shot that misses
and Castle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Furnival takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Castle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Furnival looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Furnival drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Castle slips under a jab.
Furnival looks for the body kick but Castle saw that one coming.
Furnival thows a leg kick but Castle checks it

and Castle counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Castle trying to pass the guard but Furnival defending well.
Castle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Castle trying to control the action but Furnival is working from the bottom.

Castle is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle wants to stand but Furnival has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Furnival tries to kick Castle off but Castle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Furnival is staying active underneath Castle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Castle not doing much here.
Furnival makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Furnival.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Castle advances position into side control!
Castle throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Furnival works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Furnival wants to improve his position but Castle is controlling well.
Furnival is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Furnival keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Castle gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Castle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Castle 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Castle!
Frank Castle is the new heavyweight champion!