PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Giovani Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nowacki's choice of entrance music: Moby - Flower. Giovani Castro has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Castro
vs
Nowacki

170 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Vitality
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giovani Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nowacki avoids the body shot from Castro.
Nowacki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castro's calf.
Nowacki scores with a one two! Castro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Castro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Castro.
A good leg kick by Nowacki.
Castro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nowacki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowacki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castro's calf.
Nowacki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nowacki doesn't seem bothered though.
Castro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nowacki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Castro counters with a body kick.
Nowacki throws a low kick, looking for Castro's leg but Castro calmly moves out of range.
Nowacki misses with an uppercut
and Castro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nowacki connects with an inside leg kick.
Nowacki misses with a hook.
Nowacki throws a leg kick but Castro sees it coming and moves out of range.
Castro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nowacki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nowacki dodges the punch combination from Castro.
Nowacki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Castro misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Nowacki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nowacki staying out of range there.
Nowacki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nowacki clobbers Castro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Castro takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nowacki throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castro just misses with a punch to the body.
Nowacki slips a jab from Castro.
Nowacki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nowacki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nowacki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Castro checks the leg kick.
Castro fakes the leg kick and cracks Nowacki in the body.
Nowacki tries to work over Castro's front leg with a kick but Castro checks it.
Nowacki throws a low kick but Castro avoids it.
Nowacki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nowacki, right into the meat.
Castro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nowacki misses with a head kick.
Nowacki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Castro avoids a kick to the body.
Nowacki misses with a low kick.
Castro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Castro is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nowacki's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A big left from Castro misses.
Nice jab there from Nowacki.
Nowacki with a nice cross.
A punch combination from Nowacki misses.
Nowacki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nowacki throws a leg kick
and Castro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nowacki thinking.
Castro takes one to the chin there.
Castro digs a good hook to Nowacki's body.
Nowacki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Castro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castro swings for the body but Nowacki moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro tries to move into range but Nowacki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowacki looks for the body kick but Castro saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nowacki.
Nowacki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Castro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Castro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nowacki with a hook.
Castro throws a hook but Nowacki avoids it easily.
Nowacki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castro.

Castro rushes Nowacki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Castro on the inside.
Castro misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herkules Nowacki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Castro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nowacki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nowacki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Castro moves out of range of the strikes.
Nowacki misses with a low kick.
Nowacki walks into a left hand.
Nowacki cracks Castro with an open hand slap.
Nowacki scores with a push kick.
Nowacki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab lands there for Nowacki.
Nowacki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Castro throws out a loose jab but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Nowacki.
Nowacki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nowacki throws a right hand that Castro ducks under and follows up with a left that Castro also avoids with ease.
Castro misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki throws the left hand but Castro avoids the punch easily.
Nowacki misses with a two punch combination.
Nowacki scoring well with a low kick there.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A punch lands to the side of Nowacki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nowacki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nowacki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro takes one on the button.
Nowacki thumps Castro with a low kick.
Nowacki checks a low kick from Castro.
Castro misses with a body kick.
Castro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nowacki misses with a hook. Castro ducked under it nicely.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Castro.
That kick from Nowacki tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nowacki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castro's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowacki.
Nowacki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nowacki throws a leg kick
and Castro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nowacki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Castro tries to clinch up
and Nowacki counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Castro connects with a looping right hand.
Nowacki avoids a kick to the body.
Nowacki throws a low kick, looking for Castro's leg but Castro calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Nowacki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nowacki slips a straight right by Castro.
Nowacki connects with a jab.
Nowacki connects with an inside leg kick.
Nowacki cracks the inside of Castro's front leg.
Herkules Nowacki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Castro misses its intended target.
Castro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Castro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nowacki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nowacki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nowacki misses with a kick 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!
Castro takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nowacki throws a head kick that half lands.
Nowacki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nowacki momentarily.
Nowacki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castro throws a hook but Nowacki avoids it easily.
Nowacki lands a leg kick that knocks Castro off balance momentarily.
Castro ducks under a wild hook from Nowacki.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nowacki.
Nowacki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nowacki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nowacki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Castro checks it well.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nowacki.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big left from Nowacki misses.
Castro misses with a shot to the body
and Nowacki counters with a low kick, right behind Castro 's knee.
Nowacki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castro's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herkules Nowacki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nowacki moves into range and connects with a jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nowacki.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nowacki.
Nice uppercut there from Nowacki.
Castro on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Castro walks into a stiff left hand from Nowacki.
Nowacki keeps Castro at a distance using the push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro tries to clinch but Nowacki is having none of it.
Castro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nowacki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Castro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That kick from Nowacki tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick lands from Nowacki.
Nowacki throws a head kick but Castro moves out of range.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castro throws out the jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Castro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nowacki finds it's way round the side to connect with Castro's head.
Castro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nowacki with a jab.
Castro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nowacki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nowacki looks to land a left hand but Castro moved out of range nicely.
Nowacki connects with an inside leg kick.
Castro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nowacki is able to avoid easily.
Castro misses with a lunging right hand
and Nowacki counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nowacki keeps Castro at a distance using the push kick.
Castro moves out of range of the body kick.
Nowacki connects with a crisp jab.

Castro is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Oh Castro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castro gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Nowacki gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Castro is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herkules Nowacki!
Herkules Nowacki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.