PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gianni Castellana (ranked 6790 p4p, 516 weight class) and Chief Slayer (ranked 2769 p4p, 305 weight class). Castellana's entrance music is Here Comes the Boom. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Castellana
vs
Slayer

168 cm
23
165 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
169 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gianni Castellana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Slayer!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Slayer moves into the clinch.
Castellana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castellana lands a hook that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Castellana blocking some punches.
Slayer lands with a light punch inside.
Castellana lands a right hand.
Castellana makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Slayer fails to land.
Castellana lands a left hand.
Slayer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Castellana tries to throw a body punch but Slayer avoids it by throwing Castellana back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Castellana.
Castellana tries to work over Slayer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castellana works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slayer wants to break free but Castellana has control.
Castellana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castellana lands a shoulder strike.
Slayer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Castellana.
A right hand to the body from Castellana.
Slayer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Slayer throws a head punch that misses.
Castellana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Castellana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer is trying to break free.
Castellana has a couple of punches blocked by Slayer.
Castellana scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Slayer on the inside.
Slayer lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
Castellana tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Castellana struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
Castellana manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Slayer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Castellana throws a punch but it's blocked by Slayer.
Slayer pushes Castellana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

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

Slayer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Slayer lands a right hand.
Castellana lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castellana misses with a punch on the inside.
Castellana lands a left hand.
Slayer misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Slayer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slayer misses with a punch on the inside.
Castellana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Slayers head.
Slayer swings wildly with an uppercut but Castellana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castellana can't find room to land a body shot as Slayer controls the action.
Castellana misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
A head punch on the inside from Slayer fails to land.
Good body shot from Castellana.
Castellana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Slayer throws a head punch that misses.
Slayer working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castellana.
Castellana misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castellana.
Castellana lands with a short shot to the head.
Castellana lands a body shot.
Slayer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slayer misses with the head strike.
Slayer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slayer misses with some punches.
Castellana makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slayer is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castellana.
Slayer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slayer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Castellana.
Slayer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Castellana just stands there and leans against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castellana.
Slayer throws a punch but it's blocked by Castellana.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Slayer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Slayer tries to clinch up
and Castellana counters with a straight right hand.
We've been told by Castellana's head coaches at Jed's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Castellana punishes Slayer's body with a nice straight punch.
Castellana connects with a crisp jab.
Slayer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Castellana counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Slayer is rocked!
Slayer wants to clinch but Castellana slips to the side
and Castellana counters with a right hand to the body.
Slayer is still on wobbly legs! Can Castellana finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Castellana drops Slayer with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Slayer looks back up at him and smiles so Castellana waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Slayer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Slayer tries to get into range but Castellana steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Slayer! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Castellana scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gianni Castellana!
Gianni Castellana seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.