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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Irvine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cullen Castrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castrello has chosen Styles P & Currensy - Jekell N Hyde as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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216 lbs
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205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Irvine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cullen Castrello!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castrello tests Irvine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Castrello bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Irvine misses with a wild body shot.
Castrello scores with a body shot.
Castrello connects with a nice looking jab.
Castrello looks to throw the jab but Irvine is out of range.
Castrello waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Irvine.
Castrello fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Irvine manages to avoid it.
Irvine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Irvine blocks a jab.
Irvine misses with an uppercut. Castrello saw that one coming.
Irvine throws a big shot that misses.
Cullen Castrello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castrello lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvine chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Castrello can pounce on him.
The fighters circling - Castrello throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castrello throws a series of punches but Irvine avoids them all with ease.
Irvine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castrello throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Irvine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Castrello misses the jab.
Irvine shoots in for a takedown but Castrello shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Castrello 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.
Castrello misses with a hook. Irvine ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Castrello misses its intended target.
Castrello throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Castrello.
Castrello scores with a jab to the head.
Castrello connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castrello slips under a jab from Irvine.
Castrello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Irvine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the body from Irvine misses
letting Castrello counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Castrello misses its intended target.
Castrello paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Castrello fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Irvine closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Castrello did well to prevent Irvine getting side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Castrello is trying to stand up here but Irvine is controlling him well.
Irvine thows a huge punch but Castrello dodges it nicely.
Irvine has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Castrello is trying to maintain the position but Irvine is very close to passing his half guard.
Irvine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castrello wants to get back to full guard.
Castrello is trying to maintain the position but Irvine is very close to passing his half guard.
Irvine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Irvine trying to control the pace.
Irvine is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Irvine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Castrello keeping hold of Irvine's head, controlling as best he can.
Irvine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello wants to control but Irvine is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Castrello tries to get to full guard but Irvine has control of the leg.
Castrello is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Irvine throwing shots but Castrello is blocking nicely.
Still in half guard, Irvine seems content to control.
Irvine thows a huge punch but Castrello dodges it nicely.
Irvine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Castrello is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Irvine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irvine lands with a punch from half guard.
Castrello tries to kick Irvine off but Irvine keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cullen Castrello dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab from Castrello.
Castrello tries a low kick but Irvine avoids it.
Irvine changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Castrello looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Irvine lands a few punches from side control.
Irvine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Castrello is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Irvine off and has taken his back!
Castrello wants to control but Irvine is keeping busy.
Castrello has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Irvine! Can he survive? No! He's out! Castrello gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Cullen Castrello!
A relieved looking Cullen Castrello thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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