PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Luciano (ranked 592 p4p, 913 weight class) and Minoari Amida (ranked 98 p4p, 141 weight class). Luciano comes to the cage accompanied by NEVER GET IT. Minoari Amida is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Luciano
vs
Amida

187 cm
22
187
7 - 0 - 0

193 cm
21
191
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
Conviction

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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minoari Amida!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amida explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Amida throws out a leg kick but Luciano moves out of range and Amida only half commits.
Good leg kick by Amida.
Amida throws a leg kick but Luciano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Amida wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Amida takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Luciano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Amida has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Amida swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
Amida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Luciano's head backwards.
Amida lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Luciano misses with an uppercut. Amida saw that one coming.
Amida throws a leg kick but Luciano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Luciano checks a leg kick.
Amida throws a lazy head kick
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luciano seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A clash of legs there as Luciano blocks the low kick.
Luciano thinks about countering with a body kick.
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!
Amida lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Amida lands but Luciano takes it in his stride.
Amida throws a body kick that misses.
Amida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Amida throws a body kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Luciano misses.
Amida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Luciano is looking to counter the offense by Amida and move into the clinch.
Amida misses with a hook.
Luciano slips a straight right by Amida.
Luciano avoids a kick to the body.
Amida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano checks a low kick from Amida.
Nice defenses there by Luciano.
Luciano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Amida takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida throws a low kick, looking for Luciano's leg but Luciano calmly moves out of range.
Amida loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.

Luciano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Luciano prevents Amida from breaking the clinch.
Luciano fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Amida misses with the head strike.
Luciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Amida.
Amida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amida wants to get back to striking at distance but Luciano won't allow it.
Amida is leaning against Luciano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Amida tries a body shot but Luciano blocks it.
Amida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Amida throws a head punch that misses.
Luciano tries to throw a body punch but Amida avoids it by throwing Luciano back against the cage.
Amida misses with some punches.
Luciano gets through Amida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Amida lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luciano throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Amida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amida pivots, looking for a leg kick but Luciano is out of range and Amida settles back down.
Luciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Amida is just out of range.
Amida looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Amida throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano throws a quick counter kick to the body but Amida avoids it.
Amida fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Luciano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Amida. Amida obviously looking to wear him down.
Amida lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Amida tries a head kick but it misses.
Amida lands with a hook. Luciano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Amida. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luciano.
Luciano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Amida throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Luciano to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano with the inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Luciano does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano misses with a body kick.
Amida avoids a kick to the body.
Amida misses with a body kick.
Luciano appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Amida checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Luciano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Amida.
Luciano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano blocks a low kick nicely.
Amida throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Luciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Amida jabs at Luciano's body.
Minoari Amida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amida tries to score with a low kick but Luciano moves his leg out of the way.
Amida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Amida motions for Luciano to come forward. Amida throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Amida misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Amida throws a front kick that sends Luciano stumbling back into the cage.
Amida attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Luciano is looking to counter with a body kick.
Luciano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amida lands a leg kick that knocks Luciano off balance momentarily.
Amida throws a poor cross that misses
and Luciano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Amida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amida moves away.
Luciano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luciano slips a jab and a cross from Amida.

Luciano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Amida, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
A right hand to the body from Luciano.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luciano.
Luciano tries to throw a body punch but Amida avoids it by throwing Luciano back against the cage.
Luciano pushes Amida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luciano pushes Amida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Luciano lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amida tries to circle away but Luciano has him pinned against the cage.
Luciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luciano misses with a punch on the inside.
Amida swings wildly with an uppercut but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Amida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Amida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amida lands a hook to the side of the head.
Amida throws a head punch that misses.
Luciano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Amida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano blocking some punches.
Amida misses with a body punch.
Luciano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luciano lands a shot to the body.
Amida misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Amida on the inside.
Amida prevents a body shot from Luciano.

Amida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Amida throws a chopping leg kick but Luciano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Amida misses the jab.
Amida throws a leg kick that is checked
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luciano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Amida misses with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Amida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luciano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luciano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luciano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano avoids the head kick by Amida.
Amida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Amida throws out the jab.
Luciano was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Amida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Amida.
A bone on bone clash there as Luciano blocks the leg kick.
Amida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Luciano throws the left hand but Amida avoids the punch easily.
Amida checks a leg kick.
Amida throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Luciano checks a leg kick nicely.
Luciano looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

Luciano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Amida, pushing him back against the cage.
Amida can't find room to land a body shot as Luciano controls the action.
Luciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Amida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amida blocks an uppercut.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
Amida throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amida lands an uppercut.
Amida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ray Luciano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luciano lands a shoulder strike.
Luciano gets through Amida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Amida.
Amida taking a breather.
Luciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Amida lands a nice shot to the body.
Amida is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Amida fails to land.
Luciano scores with a hook to the body.
Amida looking to throw knees to the head but Luciano is blocking nicely.
Luciano lands with a light punch inside.
Luciano digs a right hand into Amida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Amida's gas tank.
Amida is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Luciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luciano lands with a left to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Luciano dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Amida throws a leg kick
and Luciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amida throws a quick inside leg kick.
Amida thows a leg kick but Luciano checks it
and Luciano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Amida.
Amida misses with a double jab
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Luciano closes the distance and pushes Amida back into the cage.
Good body shot from Luciano.
Luciano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Amidas head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amida throws a punch but it's blocked by Luciano.
Luciano lands a hook that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
Luciano scores with a hook to the body.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Luciano.
Amida trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Luciano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands with a right to the head.

Amida breaks the clinch.
Minoari Amida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Amida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luciano is looking to chop away at Amida's legs.
Amida throws a leg kick that is checked
and Luciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Amida misses with an uppercut. Luciano saw that one coming.
Luciano throwing a counter right hand but Amida manages to avoid it.
Luciano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Amida stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Amida finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Luciano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Amida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Amida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amida.
Amida throws a quick inside leg kick.
Amida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Amida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida is looking to score with low kicks.
Amida throws a head kick but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano feinted there with a counter leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano avoids the head kick by Amida.
Luciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Amida.
Luciano wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Amida takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Luciano clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Luciano.
Amida misses with a punch on the inside.
Luciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luciano lands with a left to the head.
Luciano presses Amida against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luciano blocks an uppercut.
Luciano avoiding damage as Amida throws knees to the body.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano lands an uppercut.
Luciano has a couple of punches blocked by Amida.
Amida misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano prevents Amida from breaking the clinch.
Amida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luciano is working Amida over against the cage.
Luciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Amida.
A left hand lands to the body for Luciano.
Amida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Luciano lands a body punch in the clinch.
Amida takes a shot to the head.
Luciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Amida's elbow.
Luciano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luciano lands with a left to the head.
Luciano scores with a hook to the body.
Luciano lands a body shot.
Luciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
Amida throws a punch but it's blocked by Luciano.
Luciano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luciano lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Luciano.
Luciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luciano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Luciano.
Luciano gets through Amida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Luciano jumps into guard, dragging Amida to the mat.

Luciano has his feet on Amida's thighs here. He's pushed Amida off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Amida screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ray Luciano!
A very excited looking Ray Luciano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.