PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Constantine Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle has chosen Leper Messiah by Metallica as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barca
vs
Castle

188 cm
25
189 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
203 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing
Revolution Fatigues

Rōnin

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Constantine Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castle misses with a double jab.
Barca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Barca shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Castle manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Castle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Castle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barca. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barca's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Barca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barca pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Castle is keeping the position for now.
Barca is looking to work some ground and pound but Castle has wrist control.
Barca is looking to work some ground and pound but Castle has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Barca won't allow Castle to get back to his feet.
Barca controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Barca advances to half guard.

Barca is looking for a kimura here.
Ground and pound from Barca.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca is controlling the pace.
Barca wants to free his trapped foot but Castle is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Barca is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Barca prevents Castle from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Barca has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barca perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Castle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barca trying to mount his opponent but Castle defends it.
Castle is trying to stand up here but Barca is controlling him well.
Barca moves into full mount! Castle won't be happy about that!
Castle taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Barca there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Barca throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Castle blocking the ground and pound.
Barca landing punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Castle can do anything to dispel that myth.
Barca controlling from the full mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castle trying desperately to get to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castle wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Barca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Barca dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Barca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castle's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barca.
Barca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Castle slips under a jab.
Barca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Castle stuffs the takedown.
Barca scores with a leg kick.
Castle checks a leg kick nicely.

Barca fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Castle sprawls well initially but Barca persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Castle won't allow Barca to pass to mount.
Castle is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Barca scores with a couple of nice shots.
Barca trying to control from half guard but Castle is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barca thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barca trying to control from half guard but Castle is working away.
Castle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barca prevents Castle from standing back up.
Barca keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Barca is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Castle has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Castle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Barca is really struggling to control Castle but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Barca perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Constantine Barca wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Barca throws a hook to the side of Castle's head but Castle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Castle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Castle takes one to the chin there.
Barca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Frank Castle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Castle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barca throws a hook to the side of Castle's head but Castle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Castle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Barca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barca throws a leg kick but Castle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Castle misses with a series of wild punches.
Castle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barca circles away quickly and effectively.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barca, right into the meat.
Castle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Barca.
Barca connects with a crisp jab.
Constantine Barca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barca swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Castle on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barca. Barca obviously looking to wear him down.
Barca throws a lazy right hand but Castle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Castle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barca works the jab nicely.
Castle avoids the body shot from Barca.
Barca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Castle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Barca looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Castle finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barca misses with a low kick.
Castle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Constantine Barca dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Castle tries a head kick but it misses.
Castle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barca dodges the punch combination from Castle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barca, right into the meat.
Frank Castle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barca fails with a takedown attempt.
Castle stuffs the takedown attempt from Barca. Barca gets slowly back to his feet.
Barca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Castle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barca. Castle does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca swinging wildly here.

Barca shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Castle is trying to defend but Barca finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Barca wants to take a breather but Castle is having none of it.
Castle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Barca working the head and body with strikes.
Barca lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Barca in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Barca manages to move to mount!
Barca scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Castle?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barca unloading with bombs!

Castle is rocked!
Barca landing strikes from the mount.
Castle is still in real trouble! Can Barca finish him?
Barca is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Barca! Castle is hurt baaadly! Barca is firing away with more strikes - Castle is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Constantine Barca!
Constantine Barca really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Revolution Fatigues logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.