PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jade Malikai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malikai has chosen Big in Japan - Guano Apes as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castillo
vs
Malikai

179 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

184 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jade Malikai!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castillo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Castillo lands an elbow inside.
Malikai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Castillo throws an elbow but it misses.
Castillo is trying to maintain a safe position but Malikai gets an underhook and turns Castillo into the cage.
Malikai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castillo looking to stall.
Castillo avoiding damage as Malikai throws knees to the body.
Castillo throws an elbow that misses.
Castillo lands a nice knee to the body.
Castillo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Castillo managing to block the knees to the body from Malikai.
Castillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malikai's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malikai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Castillo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Castillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malikai's defenses.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
Malikai tries to land knees in the clinch but Castillo avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
Castillo avoiding damage as Malikai throws knees to the body.
Malikai avoiding damage as Castillo throws knees to the body.
Castillo lands a knee to the body.
Castillo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Castillo landing knees to the head.
Castillo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malikai looks gassed!
Knees in the clinch landing for Castillo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castillo working Malikai over with knees to the body.
Castillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Malikai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Castillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malikai.
Malikai is looking to control Castillo's arms but Castillo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malikai has his back to the cage.
Castillo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Malikai up against the cage.
Castillo takes an elbow to the temple.
Castillo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Malikai blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Malikai takes a knee right on the jaw!
Castillo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Malikai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malikai.
Malikai scores a nice knee to the body.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malikai avoids it.
Knees to the body from Castillo.
Malikai managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
Malikai tries to land knees in the clinch but Castillo avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Malikai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Malikai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Malikai tries to pull guard but Castillo won't allow it.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
Castillo pushes off an throws an elbow but Malikai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Malikai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malikai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Castillo misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malikai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castillo is defending well for now.
Castillo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Castillo gets underhooks to prevent Malikai's takedown attempt.
Malikai tries to stall but Castillo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Malikai managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
Castillo lands an elbow inside.
Castillo with a knee to the head.
Castillo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Castillo connects with a knee to the head.

Malikai is rocked!
Castillo misses with a knee to the head.
Malikai is still on wobbly legs! Can Castillo finish him?
Malikai dodges an elbow strike from Castillo.
Malikai seems to have recovered his senses.
Malikai lands an elbow just above Castillo 's eye.
Castillo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malikai looking to slow down the pace here.
Malikai blocks the elbow strike.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Malikai avoids the damage to the body.
Malikai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Castillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castillo looking to throw knees to the head but Malikai is blocking nicely.
Castillo landing knees to the body.
Malikai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castillo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo looking to stall.
Castillo lands a good knee to the midsection. Malikai won't want to take too many of those.
Castillo misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Castillo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Malikai avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Castillo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Castillo tries to clinch but Malikai moves away

and Malikai counters with a nice double leg into side control. Castillo won't be happy with that.
Malikai is looking to take a break and control but Castillo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Castillo is trying to buck Malikai off.
Malikai advances nicely into full mount.
Malikai controlling his opponent.
Castillo tries to buck Malikai off but Malikai takes his back!
Castillo has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Malikai is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Castillo has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Castillo is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Castillo defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Castillo controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Castillo preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Malikai.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Will Malikai go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Castillo holding both Malikai 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Castillo is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Jade Malikai has got the better of the ground game so far.

Malikai working for the choke.
Castillo controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Malikai looking for the choke but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Malikai looking for the choke from the back.
Castillo has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Castillo won't enjoy being in this position. Malikai looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Castillo is tapping - it's over boys! Malikai picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jade Malikai!
Jade Malikai was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.