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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George West Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, George West Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
West Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
West Jr misses with a straight right.
West Jr loads up on a big right hand but Castle slips the punch.
Castle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Castle lands with a shot to the body.
Castle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
West Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Castle's efforts to push away.
West Jr is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Castle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. West Jr just stands there and leans against the cage.
Castle has West Jr pressed against the cage, preventing West Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Castle.
Castle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
West Jr misses the shot to the body.
West Jr throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from West Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Castle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Castle throws a body shot but no joy.
Castle moves in looking to clinch but West Jr pushes him off.
West Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
West Jr throws a hook but Castle avoids it easily.
Castle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castle is looking to clinch but West Jr is avoiding it.
Castle wants to clinch up but West Jr keeps it at a distance.
Castle misses with a few strikes there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts West Jr, as that shot connected.
George West Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
West Jr clinches.
Castle has West Jr pushed against the cage.
Castle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
West Jr is trying to push Castle away but Castle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Castle is trying to pull guard but West Jr turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West Jr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Castle tries to close the distance and clinch but West Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Castle throws a lazy uppercut
and West Jr counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Castle has his takedown stuffed
and Castle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
George West Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Castle.
Good standup being displayed there by West Jr as he connects with a hook.
Castle misses with a wild body shot.
West Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
West Jr scores with a decent looking hook.
West Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Castle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
West Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by West Jr.
West Jr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
West Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
West Jr has closed the distance and engaged Castle in a clinch.
Castle is trying to break the clinch but West Jr is controlling him.
Castle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
West Jr has Castle pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West Jr has had enough of the clinch but Castle keeps him there for the moment.
Castle goes for a takedown attempt but West Jr pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Castle looks winded!
West Jr tests Castle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Castle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
West Jr 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.
West Jr jabs at Castle's body.
West Jr pushes Castle up against the cage in a clinch.
Castle tries to pull guard but West Jr won't allow it.
West Jr stalling against the cage.
West Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
West Jr seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle is working for takedown but West Jr is calmly controlling the position for now.
West Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on West Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
West Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castle tries for a takedown. No joy.
West Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
West Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
West Jr prevents Castle from breaking the clinch.
Castle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has West Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
West Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Castle won't allow it.
Castle breaks the clinch.
West Jr is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West Jr connects with a body shot that sends Castle's belly button to the back.
West Jr lands with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West Jr with a nice cross.
West Jr connects with a single shot there.
West Jr lands with a hook. Castle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George West Jr dominated that 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.
West Jr throws a shot to the body.
Castle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
West Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
West Jr digs a good hook to Castle's body.
Castle looks to land a combination but West Jr avoids it well.
Castle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A combination from Castle does no damage.
It looked like West Jr was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - West Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West Jr scores with a jab to the head.
West Jr lands a jab to Castle's midsection.
West Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by West Jr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West Jr jabs at Castle's body.
West Jr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
West Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Castle off the cage and back into range.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Donk. West Jr catches Castle right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Castle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Castle walks into a left hand.
West Jr lands the left hand.
West Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by West Jr.
West Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West Jr clobbers Castle with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
West Jr connects with the punch.
Castle forces West Jr back against the cage and clinches.
West Jr is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castle prevents a body shot from West Jr.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Castle can't break the clinch.
Castle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
West Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castle just leaning against West Jr, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West Jr.
West Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Castle won't allow it.
West Jr lands a body shot in the clinch.
George West Jr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Castle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
West Jr misses with some punches.
A short right from West Jr on the inside.
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
West Jr misses with some punches.
West Jr presses Castle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
West Jr is trying to stall.
West Jr stops a takedown attempt from Castle.
Castle blocking some punches.
Castle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as West Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
West Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
West Jr is pushing Castle up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
West Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Castle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
West Jr is trying to break free.
West Jr tries to break the clinch but Castle is controlling the position.
Castle tries to pull guard but West Jr won't allow it.
Castle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
West Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
West Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Castle breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
West Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Castle off the cage and back into range.
A left lands for West Jr.
Castle misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left lands for West Jr.
A left lands for West Jr.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
West Jr throws a series of punches but Castle moves out of range.
Castle is looking for the big counter here.
Castle swinging wildly here.
West Jr is looking for a counter combo.
Castle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No joy there for West Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castle moves to clinch but West Jr breaks away
and West Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West Jr lands a jab to Castle's midsection.
Castle misses with a body punch
and West Jr counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by West Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George West Jr dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Castle walks into a stiff left hand from West Jr.
Castle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
George West Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West Jr misses the shot to the body.
Castle is looking to clinch.
Castle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
George West Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Castle looks to land a combination but West Jr avoids it well.
Castle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
West Jr with a nice cross.
West Jr looks to land a combination but Castle avoids it well.
Castle throws a counter combo.
Castle tries to close the distance and clinch up but West Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Castle is defended easily by West Jr.
Castle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
West Jr works Castle's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West Jr lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
West Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castle jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as West Jr walks away with a smile on his face. Castle gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
West Jr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
West Jr scores with a jab to the body.
West Jr throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Castle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West Jr stuns Castle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
West Jr lands a nice hook to Castle's body. Castle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
West Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Castle throws a shot from downtown. West Jr moves away and avoids it.
West Jr is looking to counter the offense by Castle and move into the clinch.
West Jr throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castle takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
West Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
West Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Castle takes a shot to the head.
West Jr lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West Jr.
Castle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Castle is trying to break the clinch but West Jr is controlling him.
Castle blocks an uppercut.
West Jr has Castle pressed against the cage, preventing Castle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
West Jr stalling against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from West Jr.
Castle trying to control the position but instead, West Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Castle into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West Jr is trying to push Castle away but Castle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
West Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Castle trying to stall but West Jr improves his position.
West Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
West Jr stalls.
Nice body punch from West Jr.
Castle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite West Jr's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from West Jr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West Jr.
Castle is trying to force a seperation but West Jr has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Castle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but West Jr pulls him back up using the underhooks.
George West Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Castle.
West Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Castle has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Castle.
West Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castle is trying to force a seperation but West Jr has the dominant position.
West Jr breaks from the clinch.
West Jr lands the left hand.
West Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
West Jr clinches up against the cage.
West Jr avoiding damage.
Castle is looking to break free of the clinch but West Jr has double underhooks.
Castle taking a breather.
Frank Castle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
George West Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
West Jr is trying to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
George West Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well West Jr has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George West Jr!
George West Jr 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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