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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlito Castilho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlito Castilho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice kick to the body.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Castilho.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Castilho circles away and keeps his distance.
Castilho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Castilho.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Castilho is avoiding it.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castilho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnson really felt that one!
Castilho is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castilho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Castilho is avoiding it.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Johnson clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Castilho controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Castilho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castilho tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castilho blocks an uppercut.
Johnson works on Castilho's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Castilho.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcus Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson wants to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Castilho ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a solid body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castilho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnson really felt that one!
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Castilho wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
Nice body kick there by Castilho.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnson looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castilho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho counters with a stiff right hand.
Castilho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castilho wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Castilho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Castilho looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castilho scores with a kick to the midsection.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Castilho counters with a leg kick.
Castilho scores with a push kick.
Castilho missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Castilho.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Castilho connects with a leg kick. Johnson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crunch! Castilho slams his shin into Johnson's torso.
Castilho scores with a nice head shot.
Castilho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castilho slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castilho just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson moves to clinch but Castilho breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Castilho missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Castilho.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Castilho tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is looking to clinch but Castilho is avoiding it.
Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Castilho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a leg kick.
Castilho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Castilho.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Castilho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Castilho misses with a straight left.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with an outside leg kick.
Castilho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Castilho scores with a nice body kick.
Castilho connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Castilho is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Castilho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Castilho.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a jab. Castilho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Castilho. Johnson shrugs it off though.
Castilho throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
Johnson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Castilho. That one must have hurt.
Castilho pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson throws a hook but Castilho blocks it.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Castilho misses with an attempted mid kick.
Castilho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho moves out of range.
Castilho thows a body shot but no joy.
Castilho cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Castilho finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Castilho counters with a low kick, right behind Johnson 's knee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castilho bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Castilho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlito Castilho dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Johnson blocks a head kick by Castilho.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Castilho avoids it well.
Castilho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Castilho.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Castilho lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson looks to clinch
letting Castilho counter with a right hand.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Castilho misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castilho pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Carlito Castilho is winning the standup battle so far.
Castilho throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Castilho tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Castilho moved out of range.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
Castilho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho counters with a good, hard body kick but Johnson shrugs it off.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castilho just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnson really felt that one!
Castilho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castilho wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Castilho moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Castilho has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Castilho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Castilho has time to react.
Castilho tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Castilho circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Castilho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho is having none of it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Castilho.
Castilho thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a big head kick but Johnson shrugs it off.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a straight right hand.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castilho misses with a looping right.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castilho tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Castilho.
Castilho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Castilho is controlling the position.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castilho is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Castilho blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Castilho manages to break the clinch.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castilho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castilho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johnson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Castilho.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castilho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castilho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castilho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho moves away
and Castilho finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Castilho gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castilho pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castilho.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Castilho avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Castilho breaks from the clinch.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Castilho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Castilho's shoulder, as Castilho tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho counters with a leg kick.
Castilho throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Castilho scores with a leg kick.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Castilho bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Castilho can pounce on him.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Castilho circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
enabling Castilho to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Johnson moves to clinch but Castilho breaks away
and Castilho counters with a body kick that stops Johnson in his tracks momentarily.
Castilho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
Johnson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johnson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho counters with a solid body kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Castilho eats them both and turns towards Johnson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Castilho lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
Castilho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Castilho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlito Castilho dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Castilho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson moves to clinch but Castilho breaks away
and Castilho counters with a body kick.
Castilho swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Castilho keeps it at a distance.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Castilho circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
Castilho just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castilho throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Castilho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
Castilho swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Castilho, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castilho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castilho is looking to land body kicks.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
That kick from Castilho tenderised Johnson's leg. Johnson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castilho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castilho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho is having none of it.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castilho throws out the jab.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Castilho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castilho walks into a jab.
Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Castilho tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho moves out of range.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castilho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson moves to clinch but Castilho breaks away
and Castilho finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Castilho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho is having none of it.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a solid body kick.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castilho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Castilho.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johnson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castilho throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Castilho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho counters with a solid body kick.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
Castilho misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castilho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson defending well as Castilho loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castilho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Castilho swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Castilho looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Castilho tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson working aggressively here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Castilho.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Castilho.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Castilho won't allow it.
Castilho lands with a short shot to the head.
Castilho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Castilho.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson tries a body shot but Castilho blocks it.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castilho.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Castilho prevents a body shot from Johnson.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Castilho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castilho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Castilho counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a slapping leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Marcus Johnson just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Castilho counters with a good, hard body kick but Johnson shrugs it off.
Castilho misses with a kick to the body.
Castilho with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice kick to the body.
Johnson closes the distance but Castilho moves to the side
and Castilho counters with a good, hard body kick but Johnson shrugs it off.
Castilho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho is having none of it.
Castilho gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Marcus Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Castilho.
Castilho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castilho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Castilho avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castilho counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Castilho - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Castilho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a hook. Castilho ducked under it nicely.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castilho moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Castilho is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Castilho.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Castilho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Castilho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castilho has double underhooks.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castilho.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castilho blocking some punches.
Castilho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson looks to clinch
letting Castilho counter with a right hand.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Castilho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castilho keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Castilho is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Castilho lands a body shot in the clinch.
Castilho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Castilho blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Castilho blocks an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castilho tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Castilho back against the cage.
Castilho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Castilho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho moves out of range.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Castilho is avoiding it.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Castilho counters with a solid body kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Castilho counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Castilho throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson wants to clinch but Castilho slips to the side
and Castilho counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson wants to clinch
and Castilho counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johnson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Castilho pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castilho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Castilho scores with a spinning back kick!
Castilho misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho moves out of range.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a body kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castilho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castilho tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castilho keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
Castilho slips under a jab from Johnson.
Castilho swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Castilho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castilho counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Castilho circles away.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castilho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castilho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Castilho lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Marcus Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Castilho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castilho counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Johnson scores with a jab. Castilho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Castilho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castilho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Castilho.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Castilho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castilho can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Castilho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Castilho circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Castilho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Castilho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Castilho makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnson really felt that one!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves to clinch but Castilho breaks away
and Castilho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Castilho fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Castilho is avoiding it.
Johnson tries to clinch but Castilho moves out of range.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson throws the left hand but Castilho avoids the punch easily.
Castilho swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Castilho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castilho throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Castilho circles away and keeps his distance.
Castilho throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Johnson gets a clinch.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castilho.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Castilho tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Castilho back against the cage.
Castilho blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Castilho is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Castilho into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castilho tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Castilho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castilho has double underhooks.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castilho misses with a body punch.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Castilho.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Castilho.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Castilho blocking some punches.
Castilho tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Castilho back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Castilhos head.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Castilho uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Castilho blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Castilho prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Castilho blocks an uppercut.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Castilho.
Castilho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castilho manages to break the clinch.
Johnson gets a clinch.
Castilho works on Johnson's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson pushes Castilho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Castilho - that landed with a thud.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castilho backwards.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Castilho prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Castilho uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Castilho holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Castilho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries a body shot but Castilho blocks it.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castilho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Castilho tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castilho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Castilho.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Castilho.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Castilho has double underhooks.
Johnson gets through Castilho's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Castilho controls his hands.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Castilho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castilho.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Castilho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Castilho's head.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Castilho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Castilho.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Johnson!
Marcus Johnson is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Marcus Johnson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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