PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Rocky (ranked 2059 p4p, 1786 weight class) and Fidelity Castro (ranked 275 p4p, 239 weight class). Fidelity Castro struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fidelity Castro has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Rocky
vs
Castro

190 cm
26
199
10 - 7 - 0

191 cm
40
201
23 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Un-Kaged Nutrition
Silverguard Outfitters 🛡

Advance Sport Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Apollo Rocky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fidelity Castro!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocky throws a body punch but Castro moves out of range.
Rocky tries to bum rush Castro with a series of wild strikes but Castro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice side step and Castro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rocky.
Rocky defending well as Castro loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Rocky misses the target.
Castro throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rocky's head.
Rocky lands an overhand right.
Rocky scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rocky looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rocky fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocky throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Rocky.
Rocky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Castro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rocky with a body shot.
Castro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rocky moves out of range as Castro throws a body kick.
Rocky smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Castro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Castro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Castro walks into a stiff left hand from Rocky.
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rocky moves away.
Rocky moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rocky is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rocky throws an overhand right that lands on Castro's shoulder, as Castro tries to avoid the shot.
Rocky ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Rocky forces Castro back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Castro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Castro looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rocky has a couple of punches blocked by Castro.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rocky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rocky misses with a knee strike.
Rocky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castro's elbow.
Rocky tries a knee to the head but Castro blocks it.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but Castro blocks with his arms.
Rocky working aggressively here.
Rocky blocks a body shot from Castro.
Rocky working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rocky'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.
Rocky misses with a knee to the head.
Rocky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castro is defending well for now.
Castro tries to break the clinch but Rocky is controlling the position.
Castro looking to slow down the pace here.
Rocky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but Castro blocks with his arms.
Rocky tries to land knees in the clinch but Castro avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rocky makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rocky lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rocky creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rocky lands a hook that snaps the head of Castro backwards.
Rocky scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Rocky - that landed with a thud.
Rocky throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rocky gets through Castro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.
Rocky swings wildly with an uppercut but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rocky swings wildly with an uppercut but Castro uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Rocky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fidelity Castro's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Rocky clinches.
Rocky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Castro is defending well for now.
Castro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rocky lands a shoulder strike.
Apollo Rocky has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Rocky fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.
Rocky connects with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocky is stalling here.
Castro misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Castro manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocky throws the left hand but Castro avoids the punch easily.
Castro now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Castro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rocky swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Castro throws a body shot but no joy.
Rocky connects with a looping right hand.
Castro tries to move into range but Rocky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Castro throws a body punch but Rocky moves out of range.
As Castro tries to get set, Rocky tries to push him back and clinch up but Castro manages to avoid the attempt.
Rocky darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rocky is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Castro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rocky with a body shot.
Rocky connects with a body shot.
Castro takes a swing at Rocky's ribcage but misses.
Rocky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocky slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Castro throws the left hand but Rocky avoids the punch easily.
Rocky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rocky lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro throws a sloppy head kick and Rocky moves out of range easily.

Rocky pushes Castro up against the cage in a clinch.
Castro avoiding damage as Rocky throws knees to the body.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rocky misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rocky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rocky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castro can do to turn this around?
Castro is breathing heavily.
Rocky goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rocky misses with a knee to the head.
Rocky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Castro.
Rocky looking to throw knees to the head but Castro is blocking nicely.
Rocky lands a knee to the body.
Rocky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rocky lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rocky is struggling to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rocky avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocky crunches a lovely knee into Castro's ribcage.
Rocky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Castro backwards.
Rocky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Castro blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rocky.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rocky scores with a nice hook to the head.
Castro wants to break free but Rocky has control.
A knee to the head by Rocky.
Rocky lands a right hand.
Rocky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Rocky dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fidelity Castro's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Rocky swings for the body but Castro moves out of range.
Rocky takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rocky's corner calls for a 1-2. Rocky obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rocky stuns Castro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rocky lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rocky misses with a few strikes there.
A nice side step and Castro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rocky lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castro at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castro.
Castro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rocky works the jab nicely.
Rocky connects with a good right hand that stumbles Castro. Castro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Castro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Castro is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocky weaves into range and cracks Castro right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Castro goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Rocky is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Apollo Rocky!
Apollo Rocky took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Champion Apparel for their support in the buildup to the fight.