PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Bonaparte (ranked 366 p4p, 686 weight class) and Jose Castellanos (ranked 55 p4p, 113 weight class). Bonaparte comes to the cage accompanied by Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. This should be a great matchup!

Bonaparte
vs
Castellanos

198 cm
26
205
12 - 6 - 0

187 cm
26
205
10 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Conviction
Conquer

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacques Bonaparte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Castellanos!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte misses with a hook.
Castellanos scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Jacques Bonaparte has been cut.
Bonaparte throws the kick towards the body but Castellanos avoids it.
Bonaparte connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Castellanos's hands.
Bonaparte misses with a head kick.
Castellanos throws the left hand but Bonaparte avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from Castellanos finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Bonaparte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castellanos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bonaparte misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellanos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Castellanos avoids a kick to the body.
Bonaparte connects with a single shot there.
Castellanos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The fighters circling - Castellanos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bonaparte was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bonaparte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Castellanos.
Bonaparte scores with a sloppy right hand. Castellanos should have avoided that one.
Castellanos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Castellanos raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bonaparte looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bonaparte connects with a right hand. Castellanos shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castellanos misses with a looping right.
Castellanos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bonaparte. That one must have hurt.
Bonaparte looks to land a left hand but Castellanos moved out of range nicely.
Bonaparte lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castellanos swings widly with a right hand
and Bonaparte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Castellanos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bonaparte lands with a nice body punch.
Bonaparte throws a looping overhand right but Castellanos ducks down to avoid it.
Bonaparte fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Castellanos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castellanos throws a poor cross that misses
letting Bonaparte counter with a right hand.
Bonaparte slips a straight right by Castellanos.
Bonaparte throws an overhand right that lands on Castellanos's shoulder, as Castellanos tries to avoid the shot.
Castellanos takes a swing at Bonaparte's ribcage but misses.
Castellanos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Castellanos misses with an uppercut.
Bonaparte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castellanos throws a hook but Bonaparte avoids it easily.
Castellanos loads up on a big right hand but Bonaparte slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte throws a lazy right hand but Castellanos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bonaparte lands a head kick!
The fighters circling - Bonaparte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castellanos tests Bonaparte's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bonaparte works Castellanos's body with a nice hook.
Jacques Bonaparte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castellanos missing with a left hand there. Bonaparte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castellanos misses with a hook. Bonaparte ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Bonaparte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Bonaparte'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.

Castellanos wants to slow Bonaparte down by chopping away at his legs.
Bonaparte throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Castellanos counter with a right hand.
Bonaparte thuds his shin into the meat of Castellanos's side.
Castellanos needs to keep his hands up - Bonaparte had a free shot at his head there.
Castellanos throws an overhand right that lands on Bonaparte's shoulder, as Bonaparte tries to avoid the shot.
Bonaparte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castellanos can do to turn this around?
Castellanos moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonaparte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castellanos throws out the jab.
Castellanos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bonaparte misses with a head kick.
Castellanos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte misses with a low kick.
Castellanos feints a counter leg kick.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that misses
and Castellanos counters with a low kick, right behind Bonaparte 's knee.
Castellanos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Castellanos misses the jab.
Castellanos misses with an uppercut. Bonaparte saw that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bonaparte.
Castellanos blocks a jab.
Castellanos was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Castellanos missing with a left hand there. Bonaparte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Bonaparte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bonaparte throws a lazy right hand but Castellanos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Castellanos throws out a counter right but Bonaparte avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castellanos swings for the body but Bonaparte moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bonaparte misses the target.

Bonaparte lands a big head kick that sends Castellanos tumbling to the mat! Bonaparte takes a step backwards and waves Castellanos back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Castellanos is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castellanos misses with an uppercut
and Bonaparte counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacques Bonaparte!
Jacques Bonaparte seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.