|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gianni Castellana (ranked 1008 p4p, 1172 weight class) and James Cole (ranked 135 p4p, 157 weight class). Castellana kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Good night. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
 |
|
 |
| 168 cm
28
165
11 - 6 - 0 |
|
178 cm
31
170
14 - 8 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gianni Castellana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, James Cole!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole tries to clinch up but Castellana circles away and keeps his distance.
Castellana is looking to counter punch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Castellana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cole is keeping busy.
Cole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castellana lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cole landing knees to the body.
Castellana blocks an elbow strike.
Cole lands an uppercut.
Cole pushes off an throws an elbow but Castellana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castellana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castellana dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Castellana.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Cole.
Cole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cole throws a head punch that misses.
Cole's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castellana.
Cole lands with a left to the head.
Cole blocking some punches.
Cole makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Castellana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Castellana lands with a right to the head.
Cole misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Cole.
Castellana is leaning against Cole and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Castellana throws a head punch that misses.
Castellana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cole has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Castellana seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cole can turn it around.
Castellana just leaning against Cole, taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cole.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cole.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Castellana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cole tries to work over Castellana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Castellana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castellana can't find room to land a body shot as Cole controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Cole scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Castellana.
Cole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castellana's elbow.
Castellana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cole tries a knee to the head but Castellana blocks it.
Cole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cole lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Castellana backwards.
Cole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cole pushes Castellana back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cole softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cole scores with a shoulder strike.
Cole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castellana lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cole digs a right hand into Castellana's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Castellana's gas tank.
Cole lands a right hand.
Cole blocking some punches.
Cole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole lands an uppercut.
Castellana blocks an uppercut.
Castellana lands a hook to the side of the head.
Castellana makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Castellana misses with some punches.
Castellana digs a right hand underneath Cole's ribcage. Cole let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Castellana scores with a nice hook to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Castellana blocks an elbow strike from Cole.
Cole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castellana prevents a body shot from Cole.
Castellana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cole misses with a short punch on the inside.
Castellana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Castellana is trying to stall.
Castellana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Castellana is predictable there
and Cole counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castellana throws a solid leg kick but Cole takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Castellana.
A big left from Cole misses.
Castellana throws a big counter combination but Cole scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cole is looking to clinch but Castellana is avoiding it.
Castellana thuds his right hand into Cole's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Castellana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cole is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cole walks into a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Castellana.
It looks like Gianni Castellana has been cut.
Cole connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Cole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gianni Castellana's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Cole checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cole misses with an uppercut. Castellana saw that one coming.
Castellana is looking to counter punch.
Castellana misses with a body punch
and Cole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James Cole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castellana on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Castellana is rocked!
Castellana throws a push kick but Cole slaps the foot to one side.
Cole throws a jab when Castellana was well out of range.
Cole getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Oh Castellana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cole lands with a nice body punch.
Castellana seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cole shapes to counter with a head kick.
Castellana blocks a head kick by Cole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellana closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castellana can't find room to land a body shot as Cole controls the action.
Cole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Castellana pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Castellana.
Cole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Castellana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Castellana is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
I was talking to Castellana's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Castellana tries a body shot but Cole blocks it.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cole takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Castellana.
Cole misses with a punch to the body.
Castellana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cole misses with a body punch.
Castellana throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castellana is trying to maintain a safe position but Cole gets an underhook and turns Castellana into the cage.
Cole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Castellana trying to stall but Cole improves his position.
Castellana working aggressively here.
Castellana misses with the head strike.
Cole throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole can't find room to land a body shot as Castellana controls the action.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Castellana avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Cole.
A body shot lands from Cole.
Castellana misses with a body punch.
James Cole seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cole works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Castellana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
Castellana takes a shot to the head.
Cole creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Castellana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cole just misses with a elbow thrown towards Castellana's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws a head punch that misses.
Cole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cole lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cole lands a hook that snaps the head of Castellana backwards.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cole.
Cole tries to work over Castellana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castellana is defending well for now.
Castellana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castellana blocks it with crossed arms.
Castellana softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Castellana pressing his opponent against the cage.
Castellana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castellana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Castellana throws a punch but it's blocked by Cole.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws a head punch that misses.
Cole lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castellana is looking to control Cole's arms but Cole gets an underhook and turns him. Now Castellana has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Cole scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cole tries to throw a body punch but Castellana avoids it by throwing Cole back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cole.
Castellana swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cole throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Castellana can't break the clinch.
Castellana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Castellana has had enough of the clinch but Cole keeps him there for the moment.
Castellana takes a shot to the head.
Cole working aggressively here.
Cole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castellana is trying to stall.
Castellana digs a right hand into Cole's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cole's gas tank.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Cole showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gianni Castellana's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Castellana misses with a body kick.
Cole pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castellana swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cole throws a body punch but Castellana moves out of range.
Castellana missing with a left hand there. Cole was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castellana keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cole punishes Castellana's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Castellana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cole lands a jab to Castellana's midsection.
Cole tries to work over Castellana's front leg with a kick but Castellana checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellana misses with an uppercut. Cole saw that one coming.
Cole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Castellana. Cole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gianni Castellana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cole doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Castellana throws a poor cross that misses
and Cole counters with a left and a right that stings Castellana.
Cole misses with the combination.
Cole scores with a push kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castellana throws a leg kick
and Cole counters with a straight right hand.
Cole gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Castellana swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Castellana stalling against the cage.
Castellana is trying to push Cole away but Cole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Castellana's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
Cole drops Castellana with a big knee straight up the middle! Castellana is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cole moves into range and clinches up with Castellana.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Castellana's defenses.
Castellana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
Cole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castellana.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Castellana breaks from the clinch.
Castellana drives through and clinches with Cole against the cage.
Castellana blocks an uppercut.
Castellana misses with the head strike.
Cole has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Castellana wants to stall.
Cole blocks an uppercut.
Castellana tries to stall but Cole uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Castellana blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
James Cole is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cole lands a nice elbow.
Castellana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castellana misses with a right hand
and Cole counters with a three punch combo that has Castellana backing up. Castellana nods at Cole to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole is looking to clinch.
Cole throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Castellana counter with a right hand.
Gianni Castellana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Castellana throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Cole to counter with a crisp jab.
Castellana lands a jab to the head.
Castellana throws a leg kick
and Cole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Castellana finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Cole comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cole 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Cole!
James Cole was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
64% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
