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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Rice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Castillion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rice comes to the cage accompanied by Six Feet Deep. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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206 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Rice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Castillion!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rice takes a swing at Castillion's ribcage but misses.
Castillion with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rice has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rice rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Castillion counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Castillion misses with a kick to the body.
Rice appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rice walks into a left hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Castillion!
Castillion scores with a spinning back kick!
Rice is breathing heavily.
Castillion throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castillion lands a nice looking body kick.
Rice stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Castillion.
Rice takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castillion throws a front kick that sends Rice stumbling back into the cage.
Castillion lands a glancing blow to the side of Rice's head.
Castillion goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Castillion works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillion scores with a nice head shot.
Castillion throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Castillion scores with a head kick.
Castillion blocks a head kick by Rice.
A nice leg kick lands there from Castillion.
Castillion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rice throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Castillion to counter with a crisp jab.
Castillion lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rice takes a step back to recover.
Castillion moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Castillion lands a head shot.
Castillion is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rice had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castillion was well out of range. Poor timing from Rice.
Rice has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Castillion.
Miguel Castillion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rice throws a leg kick but Castillion sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillion scoring well with a low kick there.
Castillion listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Castillion has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Castillion scores with the left hand. Rice knows he should have avoided that one.
Rice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A combination from Castillion does no damage.
It looked like Rice was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Castillion.
Nice body kick from Castillion.
Sloppy strikes from Castillion. Those never looked like landing.
Castillion scores with a nice head shot.
Castillion scores with a nice body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Castillion!
Castillion is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A big head kick from Castillion and Rice is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Rice is rocked!
It looks like Ray Rice has been cut.
Rice keeping moving, preventing Castillion from controlling successfully.
Rice is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castillion's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Castillion tries to free his leg and advance position but Rice is retaining full guard.
Castillion thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Castillion trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Castillion pushing down on Rice's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rice is not content to let Castillion control the position.
Castillion wants to pass to mount but Rice is defending the position.
Rice wants to control but Castillion is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rice controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Castillion is looking to advance position but Rice won't allow it.
Castillion trying to control the action but Rice is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rice keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Castillion works his way into full mount!
Castillion wants to take his opponent's back but Rice doesn't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rice tries to lock up and control but Castillion gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Castillion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Rice's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Castillion throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rice's head.
Castillion swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castillion takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A left lands for Castillion.
Castillion misses with an attempted mid kick.
Castillion misses with a hook. Rice ducked under it nicely.
Rice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castillion.
Castillion lands with a straight right. Rice didn't see that one coming.
Rice swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Castillion counters with a nice body kick.
Castillion scores with a punch to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rice lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Castillion has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Castillion and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good leg kick by Castillion there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Castillion cracks the inside of Rice's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Castillion finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice throws a body punch but Castillion moves out of range.
Miguel Castillion seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castillion connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Castillion throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Castillion turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Castillion.
A decent looking cross lands there for Castillion.
Oh Rice is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castillion throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rice seems to have got his legs back now.
Rice is looking to wear down Castillion with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rice tries a head kick but it misses.
Castillion is looking to slow Rice down with leg kicks.
Castillion throws a right and a left that Rice avoids nicely.
Castillion scores with a kick to the body.
Castillion bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castillion's corner calls for a 1-2. Castillion obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Castillion looks to score with a jab to the body but Rice is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castillion lands a glancing blow to the side of Rice's head.
Castillion darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rice is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Castillion keeps Rice at a distance using the push kick.
Castillion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Castillion lands with a nice body kick.
Castillion lands with a kick to the ribs.
Castillion throws an overhand right that drops Rice like a sack of potatoes! Castillion dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Castillion!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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