PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nolan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle comes into the arena with Slipknot blaring out of the sound system. Sackett has chosen Bad To the Bone as his entrance music. Nolan Sackett struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Castle
vs
Sackett

195 cm
23
220 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

190 cm
33
215 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nolan Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Castle.
Sackett looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Castle lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sackett takes a step back to recover.
Sackett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Castle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett moves out of range of the body kick.
Castle lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sackett will feel that in the morning.
Sackett takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A solid body kick from Castle.
Castle thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sackett if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Castle misses with a body kick.
Sackett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Castle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sackett scrambles back to his feet.
Nice body kick from Castle.
Castle pushes Sackett away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sackett avoids the head kick by Castle.
Castle swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Castle has closed the distance and engaged Sackett in a clinch.
Castle has Sackett pushed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Castle.
Castle gets through Sackett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Castle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Castle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Castle.
Castle lands with a right to the head.
Castle is pushing Sackett up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Castle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Sackett is rocked!

It looks like Nolan Sackett has been cut.
Castle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sackett is still on wobbly legs! Can Castle finish him?
Sackett has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Castle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Sackett! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Castle is unloading with more strikes now! Sackett drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Castle!
A victorious Frank Castle thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.