PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Mario Castolgni (ranked 9294 p4p, 346 weight class) and Cahal Jefferson (ranked 7821 p4p, 319 weight class). Castolgni comes to the cage accompanied by Pure Rock Fury. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Castolgni
vs
Jefferson

150 cm
20
133 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

150 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good kicks
Solid chin

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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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Castolgni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cahal Jefferson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Castolgni has Jefferson up against the cage in a clinch.
Castolgni is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Castolgni is trying to stall.
Castolgni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castolgni is trying to push Jefferson away but Jefferson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Jefferson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jefferson moves into the clinch.
Jefferson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castolgni's efforts to push away.
Jefferson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jefferson pushes Castolgni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jefferson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jefferson controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jefferson prevents Castolgni from breaking the clinch.
Castolgni pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jefferson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castolgni leaning against his opponent.
Jefferson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Castolgni lands a hook to the side of the head.

Castolgni manages to break the clinch.

Castolgni tries to keep at a distance but Jefferson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jefferson holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Jefferson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jefferson clinches with his opponent.
Jefferson tries to throw a body punch but Castolgni avoids it by throwing Jefferson back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jefferson fails to land.

Jefferson manages to break the clinch.
Jefferson scores with a leg kick.
Jefferson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Jefferson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Castolgni, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson misses with a body punch.

Jefferson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jefferson throws a push kick but Castolgni slaps the foot to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Castolgni takes the fight into the clinch.

Jefferson breaks the clinch.

Jefferson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castolgni lands with a right to the head.

Jefferson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Castolgni tries to keep at a distance but Jefferson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Castolgni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jefferson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Castolgni backwards.
Jefferson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Castolgni backwards.
Castolgni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jefferson avoids it.

Jefferson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jefferson closes the distance and pushes Castolgni back into the cage.
Castolgni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jefferson up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cahal Jefferson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Castolgni circles away from the clinch attempt
and Castolgni counters with a straight right hand.
Castolgni is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Jefferson has Castolgni up against the cage in a clinch.
Jefferson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jefferson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jefferson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jefferson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Castolgni wants to get back to striking at distance but Jefferson won't allow it.

Castolgni breaks from the clinch.
A head kick by Jefferson misses
and Castolgni counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mario Castolgni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jefferson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castolgni. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Jefferson.

Jefferson rushes Castolgni and presses him up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Jefferson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jefferson clinches with his opponent.
Jefferson controlling the action here for a moment.
Jefferson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Castolgni manages to break the clinch.
Jefferson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Jefferson pushes Castolgni up against the cage in a clinch.
Jefferson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castolgni backwards.
Castolgni tries to circle away but Jefferson has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jefferson fails to land.
Jefferson swings wildly with an uppercut but Castolgni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jefferson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jefferson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Jefferson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jefferson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Castolgni wants to clinch up but Jefferson keeps it at a distance.
Cahal Jefferson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jefferson moves into the clinch.
Cahal Jefferson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Castolgni wants to stall.
Castolgni wants to break the clinch but can't.

Castolgni breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castolgni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jefferson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Jefferson instigates a clinch.
Castolgni blocking some punches.
Castolgni taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jefferson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Castolgni is looking to break free of the clinch but Jefferson has double underhooks.
Castolgni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Castolgni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jefferson misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castolgni.
Jefferson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cahal Jefferson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jefferson tries to clinch but Castolgni is having none of it.
Castolgni is looking to clinch but Jefferson is avoiding it.
Castolgni tries to clinch but Jefferson moves out of range.

Jefferson forces Castolgni back against the cage and clinches.
Castolgni is looking to control Jefferson's arms but Jefferson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castolgni has his back to the cage.

Jefferson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jefferson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Castolgni tries to clinch there but Jefferson circles away.
A left lands for Castolgni.

Jefferson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Castolgni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jefferson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Castolgni breaks the clinch.

Jefferson closes the distance and clinches.
Castolgni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castolgni stalling in the clinch.
Jefferson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Jefferson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Castolgni swats away the attempt to clinch by Jefferson.
It looked like Castolgni was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jefferson.

Jefferson clinches with his opponent.

Jefferson breaks from the clinch.
Castolgni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Castolgni tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jefferson manages to circle out of the way.
Castolgni wants to clinch.
Jefferson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jefferson instigates a clinch.

Jefferson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Castolgni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Castolgni on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castolgni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jefferson misses with some punches.
Castolgni lands with a left to the head.
Castolgni pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jefferson throws a punch but it's blocked by Castolgni.
Jefferson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castolgni's efforts to push away.
Castolgni pushes off an throws an elbow but Jefferson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Castolgni breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castolgni looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Jefferson forces Castolgni back against the cage and clinches.
Jefferson lands with a left to the head.
Mario Castolgni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cahal Jefferson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Castolgni pushes Jefferson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cahal Jefferson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jefferson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cahal Jefferson!