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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gareth Bale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle comes to the cage accompanied by 12 Stones - Bulletproof. Gareth Bale told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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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
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Castle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Bale!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Bale.
Castle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bale lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Castle is looking to slow Bale down with leg kicks.
Bale wants to slow Castle down by chopping away at his legs.
Castle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bale staying out of range there.
Castle blocks a head kick by Bale.
Castle scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bale throws a low kick, looking for Castle's leg but Castle calmly moves out of range.
Bale's jab looks to have found its range, popping Castle under the eye.
Bale lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bale was well out of range. Poor timing from Castle.
Castle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Castle checks a leg kick.
Bale throws a leg kick but Castle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Castle scores with a jab to the jaw.
Castle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bale moves out of range as Castle strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale tries to land a leg kick but Castle saw it coming and moves away.
Bale thows a left - swing and a miss!
Castle shoots in and drives through. Bale sprawls well.
Nice uppercut there from Bale.
Bale swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big right from Bale misses.
No joy there for Castle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bale thows a leg kick but Castle checks it
and Castle counters with a three punch combo that has Bale backing up. Bale nods at Castle to acknowledge the strikes.
Castle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bale tries to bum rush Castle with a series of wild strikes but Castle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Castle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bale's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bale.
Bale throws a hook to the side of Castle's head but Castle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gareth Bale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Castle misses with a looping right.
Bale misses with a hook. Castle ducked under it nicely.
Bale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bale throws an overhand right that lands on Castle's shoulder, as Castle tries to avoid the shot.
Bale connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Castle momentarily.
Castle scores with a nice head shot.
Bale connects with a right hand. Castle shakes it off.
Castle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Castle wants to control from the top but Bale keeps moving.
Castle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bale keeping moving, preventing Castle from controlling successfully.
Castle stops Bale from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Eric Castle has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Castle tests Bale's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bale missing with a left hand there. Castle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bale throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bale lands a nice looking body shot.
Bale works over Castle's head and body with a nice combination.
Castle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bale stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Castle takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bale scores with a one two! Castle had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bale misses with a leg kick
and Castle counters with a straight right hand.
Bale lands with a straight right. Castle didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bale plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Good leg kick by Bale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Castle throws a right hand that Bale ducks under and follows up with a left that Bale also avoids with ease.
Bale misses with a wild combination.
Gareth Bale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bale dodges the punch combination from Castle.
Bale throws a nice looking combination but Castle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bale throws a leg kick that is checked
and Castle counters with a nice leg kick.
Castle connects with a looping right hand.
Castle lands a head kick. Bale smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Castle is looking to slow Bale down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castle blocks a leg kick.
Bale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castle.
Castle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bale.
Bale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Castle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gareth Bale will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bale lands with a right hand.
Bale motions for Castle to come forward. Bale throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bale, right into the meat.
Bale lands a jab.
Castle needs to keep his hands up - Bale had a free shot at his head there.
Castle shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bale but Bale pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bale slips a straight right by Castle.
Bale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castle throws out the jab.
Castle stalks Bale and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bale's face. Bale staggers backwards, shaken.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bale.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bale swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bale rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bale misses with a wild body shot.
Castle scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bale throws a leg kick that is checked
and Castle counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Bale down! Castle is looking to finish but Bale is intelligently defending himself.
Bale is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bale is still in real trouble! Can Castle finish him?
Bale has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Castle off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bale is breathing heavily.
Castle scores with a leg kick.
Castle misses with a few strikes there.
Castle looks to land a combination but Bale avoids it well.
Castle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Castle thumps Bale with a low kick.
Castle tries to clinch up.
Castle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Castle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bale walks straight into a right hand from Castle - that's dropped him! Castle jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Bale from any more punishment! Bale complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eric Castle!
Eric Castle was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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