PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danilo Castillo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jackson
vs
Castillo

180 cm
25
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 Hilo, Matthew Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danilo Castillo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Castillo is avoiding it.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castillo circles away.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Castillo circles away.
Castillo slips a straight right by Jackson.
Castillo shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Castillo pushes him off.
Jackson tries to clinch but Castillo is having none of it.
Matthew Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Castillo is just out of range.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson misses the jab.
Castillo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castillo keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Castillo keeps it at a distance.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Castillo circles away.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castillo ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castillo closes the distance and clinches up with Jackson, looking for a takedown. Castillo pushes Jackson against the cage but Jackson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Matthew Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danilo Castillo.
Castillo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castillo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Castillo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Castillo pushes him off.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Castillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson leaves Castillo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jackson lands a nice looking body shot.
Castillo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Castillo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Castillo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Castillo slows the pace down.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Castillo tries to advance to mount but Jackson denies him.
Castillo throws a strike aimed at the side of Jackson's head but Jackson avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matthew Jackson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Castillo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matthew Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jackson throws a jab when Castillo was well out of range.
Jackson tries to clinch but Castillo moves out of range.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Castillo pushes him off.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castillo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Castillo staying out of range there.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Castillo manages to avoid it.

That's two 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.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castillo circles away.
Castillo keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Castillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Castillo.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Matthew Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Jackson tries to clinch but Castillo is having none of it.
Castillo circles away from the clinch attempt.

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.
Jackson jabs at Castillo's body.
Castillo shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Matthew Jackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danilo Castillo.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Castillo moved out of range.
Jackson cracks Castillo with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Danilo Castillo has been cut.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Castillo keeps it at a distance.
Castillo fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew Jackson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Danilo Castillo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castillo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jackson misses with a hook. Castillo ducked under it nicely.
Jackson tries to clinch but Castillo is having none of it.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castillo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Castillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Castillo circles away.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Castillo avoids them all with ease.
Jackson wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Castillo pushes him off.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Castillo circles away.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Castillo pushes him off.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Castillo looks for a takedown but Jackson sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson misses the shot to the body.
Jackson is looking to clinch.

Castillo scores a takedown into full mount!
Castillo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Castillo looking to finish with strikes here!
Castillo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackson's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Castillo punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jackson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jackson tries to get out of the position.
Jackson is squirming around, avoiding Castillo's attempts to control the action.
Jackson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castillo raining down shots from the mount!
Castillo raining down shots from the mount!
Castillo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Castillo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castillo landing punches.
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 has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackson's face.
Castillo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Castillo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Castillo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jackson's face.
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Castillo lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castillo landing strikes from the mount.
Castillo content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danilo Castillo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Jackson!