PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocket Bob Frankels (ranked 114 p4p, 12 weight class) and Ricardo Castillo (ranked 310 p4p, 41 weight class). Frankels comes to the cage accompanied by Dawn....Summer Solstice... . Ricardo Castillo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bob Frankels
vs
Castillo

200 cm
27
275 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

200 cm
26
275 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocket Bob Frankels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Castillo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frankels is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castillo.
Frankels 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.
Frankels looks to throw the jab but Castillo is out of range.
Castillo looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Frankels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castillo moves away from the strike by Frankels.
Castillo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castillo misses with a low kick.
Castillo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Frankels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Frankels misses
enabling Castillo to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Castillo has closed the distance and engaged Frankels in a clinch.
Frankels lands a hook that snaps the head of Castillo backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Frankels.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Frankels scores with a nice short uppercut.
Frankels lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frankels is working Castillo over against the cage.
Frankels wants a takedown but no success here.
Frankels blocks an elbow strike from Castillo.
Castillo trying to land knees to the body.
Castillo working aggressively here.
Frankels misses with a hook to the ribs.
Frankels is struggling to control the position.

Frankels lands a takedown into guard.
Frankels tries to free his leg and advance position but Castillo is retaining full guard.
Frankels stopping the sweep attempt from Castillo.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Frankels accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Frankels sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Castillo keeping full guard, as Frankels tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frankels stands and throws Castillo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frankels landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Castillo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Frankels connects with a decent elbow.
Frankels content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Frankels throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Frankels fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Frankels are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Frankels wants to control for a moment but Castillo uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Castillo is not content to let Frankels control the position.
Frankels lands with a punch from half guard.
Frankels throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frankels thows a huge punch but Castillo dodges it nicely.
Castillo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Frankels.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Frankels there.
Ground and pound from Frankels.
Frankels throwing shots but Castillo is blocking nicely.
Frankels thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Castillo's head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Frankels wants to pass the guard but Castillo is defending well.
Frankels throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Castillo to regain full guard.
Frankels scoring with punches to the head and body.
Frankels throws a big elbow that misses.
Castillo wants to sweep here but Frankels controlling him for the moment.
Frankels pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Castillo is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocket Bob Frankels dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Frankels throws a leg kick but Castillo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Frankels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ricardo Castillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castillo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frankels fails with the takedown
and Castillo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frankels throws a body shot but no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Castillo.
Castillo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Frankels on the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as Frankels blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castillo scores with a jab to the body.
Frankels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castillo can do to turn this around?
Castillo throws a front kick aimed at Frankels's knee but Frankels avoids it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Frankels checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Castillo digs a good body shot into Frankels's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo walks into a left hand.
Castillo looks to score with a jab to the body but Frankels is just out of range.
Castillo throws a shot to the body.
Castillo digs a good hook to Frankels's body.
Frankels throws a low kick but Castillo avoids it.
Castillo throws a series of punches but Frankels moves out of range.
Castillo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Frankels counters with an inside leg kick.
Castillo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frankels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Frankels looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frankels connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Frankels.
Frankels keeps the fight on the outside.
Frankels fires out a quick counter leg kick but Castillo just manages to avoid it.
Frankels walks forward, straight into a front kick from Castillo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castillo connects with an inside leg kick.
Castillo misses with a left hand
and Frankels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ricardo Castillo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castillo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Frankels under the eye.
Nice defenses there by Frankels.
A head kick misses from Frankels.
Castillo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Frankels moves out of range of the body kick from Castillo.
Frankels looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Castillo lands a really nice looking cross but Frankels seems unphased.
Castillo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castillo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankels scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Frankels misses with an uppercut
and Castillo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frankels misses with an uppercut
and Castillo counters with a leg kick.
Castillo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Frankels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Ricardo Castillo has been cut.

Frankels cracks Castillo with a big right hand and Castillo goes down!

Castillo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frankels stands up over Castillo, holding on to his feet. Frankels throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Castillo is out cold! Frankels lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rocket Bob Frankels!
Rocket Bob Frankels retains his heavyweight title!
Rocket Bob Frankels bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.