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Event:
Bellicose- Reyes vs McCoy
Date: Jan 16, 2022 |
#R1#
Adesanya connects with an inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Adesanya finds it's target.
Castro throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Adesanya's waist but Adesanya gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Castro off to one side.
Adesanya throws a head kick that half lands.
#CUT2#It looks like Demian Castro has been cut.
A low kick lands for Adesanya.
Adesanya scores with a push kick.
Adesanya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Castro.
The fighters circle momentarily. Adesanya darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Adesanya lands a high kick!
#ROC2#Castro is rocked!
Israel Adesanya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adesanya scores with a body shot.
Oh Castro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castro is breathing heavily.
Adesanya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Adesanya fakes the body blow, causing Castro to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Castro goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Israel Adesanya!
During a confident post fight interview, Israel Adesanya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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Event:
Bellicose - Daverio vs Girith
Date: Dec 03, 2021 |
#R1#
Castro has his takedown stuffed
and Almeida counters with a stiff right hand.
Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
That kick from Almeida tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
A combination from Almeida does no damage.
Castro unleashes a big counter combination but Almeida bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Vitor Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida throws a one two combo.
Almeida seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida scores with a jab.
Almeida listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Almeida lands a glancing blow to the side of Castro's head.#T1#
Castro avoids the head kick by Almeida.
Castro needs to keep his hands up - Almeida had a free shot at his head there.
Almeida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Almeida lands a right hook to the body.
Vitor Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almeida keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Castro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Castro on the wrong end of a nice jab.#T2#
Castro walks into a left hand.
Almeida pushes Castro away with a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castro ducks right into an uppercut from Almeida.
Almeida lands a front kick.
Almeida throws out a powerful jab.
Castro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almeida counters with a series of strikes. Castro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Almeida drops Castro with a huge uppercut! Castro drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Almeida is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitor Almeida!
A relieved looking Vitor Almeida thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Event:
Bellicose - Daverio vs Dell
Date: Oct 23, 2021 |
#R1##TD2#
Cap looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Castro!
Castro is trying to get back to half guard.
Cap scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Castro to see if he's OK.#SUB2#
Cap working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #SUB2#
Cap looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #SUB2#
Cap tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Castro tries to bench press Cap off him but Cap keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Cap working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #SUB2#
Cap looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T1#
Castro is trying to improve his position.#SUB2#
Cap looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Castro can't do much from the bottom here.
Cap looks up at the clock and then as Castro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cap smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
#SUB2#
Cap tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cap has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #SUB2#
Cap tries for a kimura but Castro is defending well.
Castro is trying to improve his position.
Castro is working hard here to advance position.#T2##SUB2#
Cap is trying to get an arm triangle but Castro is defending well.
Castro tries to buck Cap off but Cap is having none of it.
Castro is trying to control Cap's posture but Cap avoids it. #SUB2#
Cap working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cap working away.
Castro gets back to half guard.
Nice strikes from Cap there. #SUB2#
Cap seems to be looking for submissions.
#SUB#
Castro actively working from the bottom here.#T3##SUB2#
Cap looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ground and pound from Cap. #SUB2#
Cap is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
#SUB2#
Castro is defending against the submission attempts here by Cap.
#SUB#
Castro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Castro wants to control but Cap is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cap is looking to advance position but Castro won't allow it. #SUB#
Castro actively working from the bottom here.
Castro landing strikes from the bottom.
Cap is pressing down on Castro's thigh, looking to free his foot. Castro is holding on for now. #SUB2#
Cap is working for a submission of some sort.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB2#
Cap is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Castro defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Cap dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Cap shoots in for a double leg but Castro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
As Cap looks to move away, Castro throws a big counter combo but Cap just gets out of the way.
Cap throws a push kick but Castro slaps the foot to one side.
Cap misses with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Cap. #CUT2#It looks like Demian Castro has been cut.
Cap shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Castro sprawls well. Castro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cap gets slowly back to his feet.
Castro appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cap misses with a two punch combination.
Castro went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Robert Cap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cap lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Castro at a distance.
Castro is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cap lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Castro circles away quickly and effectively.
Castro seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cap has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cap lands a nice shot to the body.
#T1#
Cap throws a right and a left that Castro avoids nicely. #TD2#
Castro tries to sprawl but Cap drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castro tries to get to full guard but Cap has control of the leg. #SUB2#
Cap is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
#SUB2#
Cap is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Castro sees it coming and defends easily.#SUB#
Castro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cap pulls his head out easily.
Cap is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #ROC2#Castro is rocked!#SUB2#
Cap is working for a kimura but Castro is defending it quite comfortably.
Robert Cap has got the better of the ground game so far.#SUB#
Castro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T2#
Cap lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Castro quite badly. Castro pulls Cap in close trying to recover. Cap postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Castro on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Castro doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Cap! |
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Event:
NYCL Fight Night (4)
Date: Sep 18, 2021 |
#R1#
Shamrock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Castro unleashes a big counter combination but Shamrock bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice sprawl there from Shamrock as Castro shoots in.
Sloppy strikes from Shamrock. Those never looked like landing.
Castro unleashes a big counter combination but Shamrock bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Castro dodges the punch combination from Shamrock.
Castro throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Shamrock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Despite the aggression on Castro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Shamrock misses with the combination.
#T1#
Shamrock misses with the combination.
Shamrock misses with a two punch combination.
Castro let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Shamrock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Castro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frank Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro slips a jab and a cross from Shamrock.
As Shamrock backs off Castro throws a huge counter combo but Shamrock manages to avoid it all.#T2##CL#
Shamrock takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Shamrock.
Shamrock is pushing Castro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Shamrock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shamrock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Castro wants a takedown but no success here.
Shamrock misses with an elbow over the top.#T3##BC#
Shamrock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shamrock throws a wild combination but nothing lands. #TD2#
Castro drives through with a takedown into guard.
Castro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Shamrock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Castro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shamrock is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Castro landing some decent shots from guard.
Castro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shamrock wants to get back to his feet but Castro is in a dominant position and won't allow it. #T4#
Shamrock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Castro on the ground.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.
Castro with a nice head shot there.
Castro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shamrock is keeping the position for now.
Shamrock wants to stand and escape but Castro is having none of it.
Castro lands a couple of digs.
Castro throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Castro landing some decent shots from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shamrock might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Castro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shamrock wants to get back to his feet but Castro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Castro lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castro prevents Shamrock from getting back to his feet.
Shamrock is breathing heavily.
Shamrock keeping full guard, as Castro tries to pass.
Shamrock wants to get back to his feet but Castro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Castro distracts Shamrock with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Frank Shamrock will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Shamrock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Shamrock. Those never looked like landing.
Shamrock lands a glancing blow to the side of Castro's head.
Shamrock moves in looking to clinch but Castro pushes him off.
Castro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Castro shoots in and drives through. Shamrock sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock is looking to clinch but Castro is avoiding it.
Shamrock throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Castro is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.#T1#
Shamrock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shamrock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shamrock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Shamrock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
Castro is looking for the big counter here.
A punch lands to the side of Castro 's head but he takes it in his stride.#T2#
Shamrock misses with a series of wild punches.
Shamrock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
As Shamrock backs off Castro throws a huge counter combo but Shamrock manages to avoid it all.
Shamrock tries to clinch there but Castro circles away.
Shamrock tries to clinch there but Castro circles away.
Castro is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Shamrock throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
Castro is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.#T3#
Castro closes the distance and clinches up with Shamrock, looking for a takedown. Castro pushes Shamrock against the cage but Shamrock circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shamrock swinging wildly here.
Castro throws a counter combo.#CL#
Shamrock closes the distance and clinches.
Castro is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Shamrock pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Frank Shamrock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demian Castro.
Shamrock throws an elbow but it misses.
#T4#
Shamrock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shamrock lands a nice elbow.
Castro tries to score a body lock takedown but Shamrock shows good agility there to stay on his feet.#BC#
Shamrock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shamrock throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Shamrock fails to land with a series of punches.
Castro unleashes a big counter combination but Shamrock bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Shamrock misses with a wild combination.
As Shamrock backs off Castro throws a huge counter combo but Shamrock manages to avoid it all.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shamrock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Castro throws a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Shamrock dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
Shamrock catches Castro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shamrock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Castro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frank Shamrock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shamrock throws a right hand that Castro ducks under and follows up with a left that Castro also avoids with ease.
As Shamrock backs off Castro throws a huge counter combo but Shamrock manages to avoid it all.
Shamrock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shamrock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Castro can do to turn this around?
Shamrock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shamrock swivels and escapes.
Shamrock throws a right hand that Castro ducks under and follows up with a left that Castro also avoids with ease.
Castro is looking for the big counter here.#T1#
Castro misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but Castro ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Shamrock misses with a hook. Castro ducked under it nicely.
Despite the aggression on Castro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.#T2#
A big right from Shamrock misses.
Castro is looking for the big counter here.#TD2#
Castro closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shamrock taking a bit of punishment here - Castro scoring with strikes.
Castro working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#SUB2#
Castro has hold of Shamrock's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Shamrock tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Castro cranks the arm and Shamrock screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Shamrock, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Demian Castro! |
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