PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson has chosen Kreator - Extreme Aggressions as his entrance music. 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.

Castle
vs
Thompson

186 cm
30
200 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

185 cm
27
192 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson slips a jab from Castle.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Castle.
Thompson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castle at a distance.
Castle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Castle misses.
Thompson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castle at a distance.
Castle throws a looping overhand right but Thompson ducks down to avoid it.
Castle avoids a kick to the body.
Thompson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Nick Thompson has been cut.
Castle looks to land a combination but Thompson avoids it well.
Thompson cracks a nice hook into Castle's ribs.
Thompson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice body punch from Thompson.
Thompson tests Castle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nick Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castle misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely.
Castle throws an off balance right hand
and Thompson counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Thompson.
Thompson throws a head kick but Castle moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thompson 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.
Castle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
Castle misses the shot to the body.
Thompson cracks the inside of Castle's front leg.
Castle falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thompson counters with a body kick that stops Castle in his tracks momentarily.
Thompson connects with a crisp jab.
Thompson lands a slapping body shot.
Thompson blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Thompson.
Castle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Castle.
Castle misses with a straight left.
Thompson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Castle takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Castle throws a hook but Thompson avoids it easily.
Castle misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries a head kick but it misses.
Castle sizes up Thompson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A solid body kick from Thompson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson misses with a kick to the body.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Castle manages to avoid it.
Thompson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Castle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thompson moves away.
Castle walks into a jab.
Castle takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Castle keeps the fight on the outside.

Castle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thompson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castle's defenses.
Castle takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Frank Castle has been cut.
Castle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Castle lands a body shot.
Castle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castle takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Castle in his tracks for a moment.
Castle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Castle misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Castle.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castle.

Castle manages to break the clinch.
Thompson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castle.
Thompson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castle.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Thompson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Castle misses with a straight right.
Castle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Castle looks to throw the jab but Thompson is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thompson.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castle misses with a wild body shot.
Castle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castle lands with a right hand.
Castle misses with a straight right.
Castle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thompson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thompson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thompson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Castle.
A good leg kick by Thompson.
Castle misses with a hook
and Thompson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thompson punishes Castle's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson wants to clinch up but Castle keeps it at a distance.
Castle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thompson to score with a decent uppercut.
Castle walks into a left hand.
Thompson thumps Castle with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Thompson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Castle.
A big right from Castle misses.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thompson takes a swing at Castle's ribcage but misses.
Castle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castle is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Castle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thompson.
Thompson wants to land a leg kick but Castle is out of range.
Crunch! Thompson slams his shin into Castle's torso.
Thompson tries to land a front kick but Castle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thompson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Castle rather than just go for the knockout.
Thompson lands a leg kick that knocks Castle off balance momentarily.
A slow jab from Castle misses its intended target.
Castle keeps the fight on the outside.
Thompson cracks the inside of Castle's front leg.
Castle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thompson.
Thompson throws a push kick but Castle slaps the foot to one side.

Thompson closes the distance and pushes Castle back into the cage.
Castle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castle will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Castle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Castles head.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Castle in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castle's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Castle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thompson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Castle won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.

Frank Castle's cut is getting worse.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Castle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castle takes an elbow to the temple.
Castle blocks an elbow strike.
Thompson blocks an uppercut.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson tries a body shot but Castle blocks it.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Castle avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Castle avoids the damage to the body.
Castle avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Castle avoids the damage to the body.
Castle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castle is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Castle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Thompson.
Some bone on bone action there as Castle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thompson punishes Castle's body with a nice straight punch.
Thompson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Castle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thompson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Thompson lands with a good body shot.
Thompson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thompson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Castle finds it's way round the side to connect with Thompson's head.
Thompson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castle looks to land a right hand but Thompson moved out of range.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Castle saw that one coming.

Castle tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Thompson.
Nick Thompson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Castle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Castle.
Castle avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
Thompson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Castle.
Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Castle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castle.
Castle throws out a loose jab but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
An inside leg kick lands from Thompson.
Castle misses the shot to the body.
Castle blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Thompson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Thompson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Thompson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Castle blocks a head kick by Thompson.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thompson blocks a jab.
Castle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thompson.
Castle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Thompson can pounce on him.
Thompson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thompson defending well as Castle loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson throws a body punch but Castle moves out of range.
Thompson staying out of range there.
Thompson swings for the body but Castle moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Castle misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Castle.
Castle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castle swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Castle throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castle avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Castle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castle takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Thompson as the two fighters clinch.
Castle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Castle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Castle avoids a wild elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Thompson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Castle 's eye.
Thompson trying to land knees to the body.
Castle swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castle working aggressively here.
Castle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castle managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson tries a body shot but Castle blocks it.
Castle lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castle is defending well for now.
Thompson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Thompson.
Thompson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Castle backwards.
Castle dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson lands with a right to the head.
Frank Castle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Castle dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson scores with a shot to the side of Castle's head.

Castle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson tries to clinch
and Castle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheers as Thompson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Castle doesn't seem phased though.
Thompson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Castle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Castle missing with a left hand there. Thompson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thompson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson tries to clinch but Castle is having none of it.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Castle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Castle managing to block the knees to the body from Thompson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Castle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Thompson blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson lands a shot to the body.
Thompson digs a right hand into Castle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Castle's gas tank.
Thompson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nick Thompson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castle.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Frank Castle's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Castle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Castle 's eye.
Castle blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thompson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Thompson!