PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jade Malikai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malikai comes to the cage accompanied by Big in Japan - Guano Apes. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Malikai
vs
Castillo

184 cm
24
185 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

179 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jade Malikai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie Castillo!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castillo forces Malikai back against the cage and clinches.
Malikai avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Castillo.
Malikai avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.
Malikai has Castillo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Castillo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Malikai looking to throw knees to the head but Castillo is blocking nicely.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malikai looking to throw knees to the head but Castillo is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Malikai.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Malikai avoids the damage to the body.
Malikai changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Castillo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Castillo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Castillo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castillo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malikai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Castillo gets tackled into the cage by Malikai. Malikai maintains the clinch.
Malikai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Malikai lands a knee to the body.
Castillo missing with knees to the body.
Malikai avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.
Castillo connects with a knee to the head.
Malikai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Malikai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castillo's brow.
Castillo lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Castillo misses with a knee strike.
Malikai misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Malikai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malikai blocks an elbow strike.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Malikai avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Malikai avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.
Castillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castillo managing to block the knees to the body from Malikai.
Castillo is looking to control Malikai's arms but Malikai gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castillo has his back to the cage.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Malikai misses with an elbow over the top.
Castillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malikai is defending well for now.
Castillo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Castillo lands a nice elbow.
Castillo avoiding damage as Malikai throws knees to the body.
Castillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malikai dodges an elbow strike from Castillo.
Castillo blocks the elbow strike.
Castillo throws an elbow but it misses.
Malikai avoids the elbow strike from Castillo, against the cage.
Castillo misses with an elbow over the top.
Castillo is trying to stall.
Castillo throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castillo.
Malikai managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castillo obliges.
Malikai is breathing heavily.
Castillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Castillo stalls.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Malikai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Malikai jumps guard but Castillo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jade Malikai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Castillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castillo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malikai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castillo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Malikai trying to land knees to the body.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the head but Malikai blocks with his arms.
Malikai tries a knee to the head but Castillo blocks it.
Castillo managing to block the knees to the body from Malikai.
Castillo slows down the pace here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castillo.
Castillo stops a takedown attempt from Malikai.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Malikai managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
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.
Malikai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castillo.
Castillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malikai is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Castillo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Castillo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castillo fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Malikai moves into range and clinches up with Castillo.
Castillo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Castillo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Malikai in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ronnie Castillo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Malikai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castillo.
Castillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malikai is defending well for now.
Castillo is pressed up against the cage. Malikai has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Castillo down to the mat. Castillo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Castillo moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castillo lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Castillo.
Castillo connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Malikai avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo with a knee to the head.
Castillo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Malikai is defending well for now.
Castillo effectively controlling the action here.
Malikai tries a knee to the head but Castillo blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo with a knee to the head.
Castillo is stalling here.
Castillo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Malikai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castillo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Castillo lands a nice elbow.
Castillo landing knees to the body.
Malikai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Castillo lands an elbow inside.
Castillo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Malikai's face.
Castillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malikai's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Castillo has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Malikai goes down! Castillo pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!

Malikai is rocked!

Castillo decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Oh Malikai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castillo lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Malikai crumples to the floor! Castillo milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ronnie Castillo!