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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 is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Big in Japan - Guano Apes. Ronnie Castillo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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184 cm
25
185 lbs
8 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jade Malikai!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malikai clinches up with Castillo and pushes him back against the cage.
Malikai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malikai trying to land knees to the body.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malikai fails to pull guard.
Come on Castillo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Malikai looking to slow down the pace here.
Malikai takes an elbow to the forehead.
Castillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malikai misses with a knee strike.
Malikai takes a knee to the side of the body.
Malikai looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malikai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malikai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malikai managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
Malikai missing with knees to the body.
Castillo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Malikai is keeping busy.
Castillo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Castillo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Malikai managing to block the knees to the body from Castillo.
Come on Castillo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Malikai looking to slow down the pace here.
Castillo managing to block the knees to the body from Malikai.
Castillo trying to stall but Malikai improves his position.
Malikai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Castillo.
Castillo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malikai blocks the elbow strike.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Castillo avoids it.
Castillo tries to stall but Malikai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Malikai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malikai lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castillo effectively controlling the action here.
Malikai pressing his opponent against the cage.
Castillo is trying to maintain a safe position but Malikai gets an underhook and turns Castillo into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ronnie Castillo.
Castillo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Malikai will feel that in the morning.
Castillo throws a sloppy head kick and Malikai moves out of range easily.
Malikai goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Malikai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castillo throws out a leg kick but Malikai moves out of range and Castillo only half commits.
Castillo scoring well with a low kick there.
Castillo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ronnie Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo throws a head kick but Malikai moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Malikai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castillo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Malikai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Castillo lands a high kick to the side of Malikai's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Castillo dives into guard, looking to finish.
Malikai is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castillo wants to get up but he can't break Malikai's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Malikai is still in real trouble! Can Castillo finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malikai trying to keep a closed guard but Castillo is proving a slippery customer.
Castillo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malikai seems to have recovered his senses.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Malikai moves into the clinch.
Malikai misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malikai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Castillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Malikai tries to land knees in the clinch but Castillo avoids the damage to the body.
Castillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malikai's defenses.
Malikai tries to score a body lock takedown but Castillo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The referee calls for Castillo to work.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo wants to stall.
Malikai missing with knees to the body.
Malikai misses with a knee strike.
Castillo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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!
Malikai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Malikai misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Castillo to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malikai avoids it.
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!
Malikai has managed to clinch.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malikai avoids it.
Malikai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malikai trying to land knees to the body.
Malikai throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Castillo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malikai's brow.
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.
Castillo landing knees to the body.
Castillo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Castillo lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castillo stalling in the clinch but Malikai improves position.
Castillo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Castillo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Malikai is breathing heavily.
Castillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castillo working Malikai over with knees to the body.
Castillo lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Castillo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Castillo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Castillo crunches a lovely knee into Malikai's ribcage.
Malikai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malikai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malikai avoiding damage as Castillo throws knees to the body.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malikai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Castillo scores a nice knee to the body.
Castillo is trying to maintain a safe position but Malikai gets an underhook and turns Castillo into the cage.
Castillo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Castillo lands a good knee to the midsection. Malikai won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castillo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Castillo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillo trying to control the position but instead, Malikai has worked for underhooks and has pushed Castillo into the cage.
Castillo scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Malikai tries to land a knee to the head but Castillo blocks with his arms.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malikai avoids it.
Castillo scores a nice knee to the body.
Malikai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Malikai avoids a wild elbow strike from Castillo.
Castillo is pushing Malikai up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Castillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malikai.
Castillo landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Castillo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Malikai turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Malikai manages to end up in side control.
Castillo bucks up and tries to throw Malikai off but instead Malikai has got his back!
Malikai lands a shot to the head.
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 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jade Malikai!
A less than humble Jade Malikai misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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