PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ozzie Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Gaven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie Gaven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Castillo
vs
Gaven

195 cm
28
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ozzie Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eddie Gaven!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo looks to land a left hand but Gaven moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Gaven misses.
Castillo loads up on a big right hand but Gaven slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Castillo.
Castillo swinging wildly here.
Gaven missing with a left hand there. Castillo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaven throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gaven cracks Castillo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Ozzie Castillo has been cut.
Gaven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaven throws a predictable looking body shot
and Castillo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Eddie Gaven has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castillo tests Gaven's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castillo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castillo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gaven throws a left and a right that both miss
and Castillo counters with a stiff right hand.
Castillo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Castillo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gaven's hands.

That has opened up Eddie Gaven's cut even more.
Gaven throws a hook but Castillo avoids it easily.
Castillo moves out of range of the strikes.
Castillo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Castillo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his 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 scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gaven is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castillo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gaven tries to clinch but Castillo moves out of range.
Gaven fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castillo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaven sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gaven misses the jab.
Castillo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gaven finds it's way round the side to connect with Castillo's head.
Gaven throws a series of punches but Castillo moves out of range.
Gaven misses with a wild combination.
Gaven slips a jab from Castillo.
Gaven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaven.
Gaven scores with a shot to the body.
Gaven misses the shot to the body.
Castillo dips to his left and cracks Gaven with an uppercut!
Gaven misses the jab.
A punch combination from Castillo misses.

Gaven shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gaven wants to get back to his feet but Castillo is holding on tight.
Castillo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaven is looking to stand but Gaven has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Gaven is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Gaven is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Castillo lands with a right hand.

The cut above Eddie Gaven's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castillo throws a lazy uppercut
and Gaven counters with a left and a right that stings Castillo.
Gaven swinging wildly here.
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 Ozzie Castillo will probably get the nod.
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.

Castillo throws a hook but Gaven avoids it easily.
Gaven fails to land with a series of punches.
Gaven shoots in but no luck this time.
Castillo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Castillo misses with a wild body shot.
Gaven swinging wildly here.
Gaven swings for the body but Castillo moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Castillo as he connects with a hook.
Gaven misses with a hook to the body
and Castillo counters with a right hand to the body.
Castillo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Castillo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaven is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaven.
Gaven tries to clinch up
letting Castillo counter with a right hand.
Gaven misses with a hook
and Castillo counters with a left to the body.
Gaven throws a nice looking combination but Castillo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ozzie Castillo is winning the standup battle so far.
Gaven throws a body punch but Castillo moves out of range.
Gaven misses with a wild combination.
Gaven throws a big shot that misses.
Gaven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Castillo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo throws a nice looking combination but Gaven bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gaven tries to clinch there but Castillo circles away.
Castillo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gaven tries to clinch but Castillo moves out of range.
Gaven tries to clinch up
and Castillo counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castillo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gaven looks to land a combination but Castillo avoids it well.
Castillo misses with an uppercut.
Gaven throws a right and a left that Castillo avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaven.
Gaven tries to clinch up but Castillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloppy strikes from Castillo. Those never looked like landing.
Castillo slips under a jab.
Gaven swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Castillo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Eddie Gaven's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A telegraphed right hand from Gaven misses the target.
Gaven on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Eddie Gaven's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ozzie Castillo!