PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cullen Castrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gus Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castrello comes to the cage accompanied by Like 70. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Castrello
vs
Bradley

185 cm
22
140 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

165 cm
28
140 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cullen Castrello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gus Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castrello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bradley throws a head kick that misses
and Castrello counters with a nice uppercut.
Castrello steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bradley.
Castrello throws a head kick that Bradley semi-blocks.
Castrello takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Castrello moves out of range as Bradley strikes.
Castrello is looking to counter with head kicks.
Castrello tries a head kick but it misses.
Bradley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Castrello misses with a kick to the body.
Bradley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castrello misses with a body shot.
Bradley tried to score with a low kick but Castrello checks it.
That kick from Castrello tenderised Bradley's leg. Bradley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Castrello doesn't seem bothered though.
Bradley swings widly with a right hand
and Castrello counters with a good, hard body kick but Bradley shrugs it off.
Castrello ducks under a wild hook from Bradley.
Bradley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Castrello tries to land a front kick but Bradley steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Castrello lands a really nice looking cross but Bradley seems unphased.
Nice cross by Bradley.
Castrello really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Castrello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bradley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Castrello is out of range.
Bradley misses with a lunging right hand
and Castrello counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Castrello closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Bradley.
Bradley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Castrello.
Castrello throws an elbow but it misses.
Castrello looking to throw knees to the head but Bradley is blocking nicely.
Castrello blocks a body shot from Bradley.
Bradley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Castrello has Bradley pressed against the cage.
I was talking to Castrello's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bradley working aggressively here.
Bradley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castrello.
Bradley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Castrello works on Bradley's body with a couple of short punches.
Castrello lands an elbow that stopped Bradley in his tracks for a moment.
Bradley throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castrello tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Castrello as Bradley tries to tie him up.
Bradley is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike from Bradley.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike.
Castrello scores with a shot to the side of Bradley's head.
Castrello lands an elbow that stopped Bradley in his tracks for a moment.
Bradley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Castrello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Castrello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bradley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bradley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castrello lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Gus Bradley has been cut.
Bradley throws an elbow that misses.
Castrello blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Castrello.
Bradley misses with an elbow over the top.
A bit of stalling here from Bradley.
Castrello works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castrello misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradley.
Bradley throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradley misses with some punches.
Castrello lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castrello looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bradley looking to slow down the pace here.
Bradley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike.
Castrello gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castrello lands an elbow inside that Bradley shrugs off.
Bradley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bradley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Castrello pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Castrello.
Castrello lands a damaging elbow.
Castrello stalling the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castrello blocks an elbow strike.
Castrello gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Castrello lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello dodges an elbow strike from Bradley.
Castrello missing with knees to the body.
Castrello pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bradley takes an elbow to the temple.
Castrello lands a knee to the body.
Castrello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bradley takes a shot to the head.
Bradley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Castrello lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Castrello is leaning against Bradley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Castrello lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Castrello connects with a knee to the head.
Bradley throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradley misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castrello lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Castrello.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Castrello gets through Bradley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Castrello gets through Bradley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Bradley is rocked!
Castrello lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cullen Castrello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gus Bradley's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from Bradley misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - Castrello finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A shot to the body from Bradley misses
and Castrello counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bradley is still on wobbly legs! Can Castrello finish him?
A solid body kick from Castrello.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Castrello! Bradley is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cullen Castrello!
A victorious Cullen Castrello thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.