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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bart Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cullen Castrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
17 - 1 - 1 |
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185 cm
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156 lbs
18 - 5 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bart Bunga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Cullen Castrello!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castrello misses the jab.
As Castrello looks to move away, Bunga throws a big counter combo but Castrello just gets out of the way.
Castrello swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Castrello is looking to land body kicks.
Bunga is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Castrello digs a good hook to Bunga's body.
Castrello is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Castrello with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Castrello takes a swing at Bunga's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Bunga wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Castrello.
Castrello throws a hook but Bunga avoids it easily.
Bunga feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cullen Castrello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castrello tries to work over Bunga's front leg with a kick but Bunga checks it.
Castrello has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bunga is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Castrello misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bunga connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bunga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunga misses with a two punch combination.
Castrello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Castrello on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bunga throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bunga looks to land a right hand but Castrello moved out of range.
Castrello steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bunga.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castrello instigates a clinch.
Bunga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bunga.
Bunga tries to throw a body punch but Castrello avoids it by throwing Bunga back against the cage.
Bunga has a couple of punches blocked by Castrello.
Castrello tries to work over Bunga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bunga lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Castrello.
It looks like Bart Bunga has been cut.
Bunga avoids a wild elbow strike from Castrello.
Castrello scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bunga blocks an uppercut.
Bunga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bunga working hard to break the clinch.
Bunga has a couple of punches blocked by Castrello.
Castrello missing with knees to the body.
Bunga working aggressively here.
Castrello trying to land knees to the body.
Bunga looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunga managing to block the knees to the body from Castrello.
Bunga has a couple of punches blocked by Castrello.
Castrello lands a hook that snaps the head of Bunga backwards.
Bunga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Castrello misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castrello unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Castrello unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bunga misses with a body punch.
Castrello keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bunga's efforts to push away.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Castrello has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Castrello.
Castrello comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Castrello trying to land knees to the body.
Castrello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bunga's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Castrello.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castrello has Bunga pressed against the cage, preventing Bunga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bunga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castrello backwards.
Castrello throws a head punch that misses.
Castrello lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bunga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Castrello lands a nice elbow.
Bunga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Castrello throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Castrello throws an elbow but misses.
Bunga wants to break free but Castrello has control.
Castrello is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castrello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bunga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Castrello's elbow.
Bunga managing to block the knees to the body from Castrello.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello misses with a punch to the body.
Castrello throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Bunga blocks a body shot from Castrello.
Still in the clinch, Bunga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bunga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Castrello.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunga struggles to land a body shot inside as Castrello controls his hands.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castrello obliges.
Bunga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bunga blocks the elbow strike.
Castrello tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bunga misses with a punch on the inside.
Bunga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bunga takes an elbow to the temple.
Castrello pushes off an throws an elbow but Bunga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Castrello lands a nice shot to the body.
Bunga misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cullen Castrello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bart Bunga's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bunga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bunga swats away the attempt to clinch by Castrello.
Castrello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castrello swings for the body but Bunga moves out of range.
Castrello takes a swing at Bunga's ribcage but misses.
Castrello takes a swing at Bunga's ribcage but misses.
Cullen Castrello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bunga needs to keep his hands up - Castrello had a free shot at his head there.
Castrello gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Castrello has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bunga keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castrello moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Castrello is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good standup being displayed there by Castrello as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunga scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bunga walks forward, straight into a front kick from Castrello.
Castrello throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Castrello checks the leg kick nicely there.
Castrello swings widly with a right hand
and Bunga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bunga stuns Castrello with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bunga throws a head kick but Castrello moves out of range.
Bunga misses with a body shot.
Castrello lands a jab to the nose.
Bunga throws a shot from downtown. Castrello moves away and avoids it.
Bunga avoids a kick to the body.
Bunga tried to counter with a leg kick but Castrello avoided it.
Nice uppercut lands for Bunga. That snapped Castrello's head back.
Castrello avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bunga circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bunga counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castrello tries a low kick but Bunga avoids it.
Bunga misses the shot to the body.
Bunga blocks the body kick.
Bunga looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Castrello throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bunga counters with a right hand to the body.
A nice combination there by Bunga.
Castrello is rocked!
Castrello is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bunga rather than just go for the knockout.
Bunga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Castrello.
Castrello is still on wobbly legs! Can Bunga finish him?
A nice combination there by Bunga.
Castrello swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bunga counters with a nice body shot.
Castrello rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bunga scores with a counter punch that sends Castrello to the canvas! Bunga smells blood - he's punishing Castrello with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Castrello has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bart Bunga!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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