PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Castellanos (ranked 1007 p4p, 1255 weight class) and Nedjeljko Markovic (ranked 149 p4p, 196 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Castellanos
vs
Markovic

187 cm
24
205
7 - 2 - 0

189 cm
24
205
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Conviction

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Castellanos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nedjeljko Markovic!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markovic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Markovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Markovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Markovic throws a head kick that misses.
Castellanos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Markovic.
Castellanos lands a leg kick that knocks Markovic off balance momentarily.
Castellanos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Undisputed in the buildup to the fight.
Markovic moves out of range as Castellanos throws a body kick.
Castellanos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Markovic.
Castellanos throws a jab but it's blocked by Markovic.
Markovic is looking to slow Castellanos down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from Markovic.
Markovic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Markovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castellanos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castellanos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Markovic in his tracks.
Markovic blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Castellanos misses with a straight left.
Markovic counters with a body kick.
Markovic missing with a left hand there. Castellanos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castellanos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Castellanos throws a leg kick which misses Markovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Markovic tries to avoid it.
Castellanos misses with a hook
and Markovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Castellanos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Castellanos lands a nice shot that snaps Markovic's head back.

Markovic is rocked!
Castellanos lands an uppercut, right on the button! Markovic tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose Castellanos!
Our winner, Jose Castellanos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.