PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Anson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anson comes to the cage accompanied by ''South of Heaven'' by The Electric Hellfire Club. Castle is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In Time. Seth Anson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Anson
vs
Castle

183 cm
27
220 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

188 cm
30
224 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seth Anson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anson is looking to clinch.
Castle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anson misses with an uppercut
and Castle counters with an inside leg kick.
Anson moves to clinch but Castle breaks away
and Castle makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Anson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castle moves in looking to clinch but Anson pushes him off.
Castle jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Anson has Castle up against the cage in a clinch.
Anson blocks an elbow strike.
Castle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anson's elbow.
Anson tries a body shot but Castle blocks it.
Nice elbow from Castle.
Castle tries a body shot but Anson blocks it.

Castle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anson lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anson lands a lovely overhand right.
Anson lands a slapping body shot.
Castle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A chopping leg kick lands by Castle.
Castle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anson is breathing heavily.
Anson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Anson enables Castle to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Anson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Anson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Castle landing some decent shots from guard.
Castle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle throws a big right hand that misses.
Anson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Castle controls the pace.
Anson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Castle.
Castle throws a big elbow that misses.
Castle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Castle postures up and lands a big shot to Anson's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anson keeping moving, preventing Castle from controlling successfully.
Castle works over Anson with some ground and pound from guard.
Castle lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anson keeping moving, preventing Castle from controlling successfully.
Castle might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Anson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Castle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Castle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Castle controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Anson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Castle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Castle tries to free his leg and advance position but Anson is retaining full guard.
Anson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Anson keeping moving, preventing Castle from controlling successfully.
Castle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Castle sitting in guard here, content to control.
Castle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Castle.
Castle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Anson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castle trying to control but Anson is working from the bottom.
Castle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Castle dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Castle jabs Anson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anson misses the body punch
and Castle counters with a nice low kick that buckles Anson's knee momentarily.
Castle connects with a solid leg kick.
Anson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Castle lands a nice hook to Anson's body. Anson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Castle closes the distance and clinches.

Castle breaks from the clinch.
Castle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Castle is looking to clinch.
Castle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Castle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Castle gets control of Anson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Castle will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Castle has his foot on Anson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Anson works his way back into a safe position though.

Castle is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anson is one step ahead there.
Castle manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Castle wants to control the pace but Anson is squirming around nicely.
Castle landing strikes, looking to finish!
The referee warns Anson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle looking to finish Anson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Anson!
Castle lands a nice shot to the head.

Castle is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Anson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Anson is bucking up trying to escape but Castle cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Anson is rocked!
Castle trying to control but Anson is having none of it.
BOOM! Castle connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Anson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castle can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anson is looking to escape.
Anson seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Anson is squirming around, avoiding Castle's attempts to control the action.
Anson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Castle connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Castle is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Anson goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Castle!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Frank Castle!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Frank Castle made sure he mentioned Terror-Trition: Video Proven 155Q for $49+Laundry!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.