PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Lucia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RJ Hitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Who Am I - Beenie Man. RJ Hitz has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jason Lucia's chin.

Lucia
vs
Hitz

180 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Lucia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, RJ Hitz!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Hitz scores a takedown into full mount!
Lucia is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lucia is working hard here to advance position.
Lucia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hitz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lucia is desperately trying to improve his position but Hitz has a good base and remains in mount.

Hitz is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lucia has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lucia tries to reverse the position but Hitz maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Hitz.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lucia is bucking up trying to escape but Hitz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Lucia is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hitz controlling from mount.
Oh Lucia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lucia is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lucia seems to have got his legs back now.
Hitz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lucia is looking to escape.
Hitz lands with some strikes.
Lucia is trying to stand.
Lucia tries to hold on but Hitz pushes him away.
Lucia can't escape the position.
Hitz lands a nice shot to the head.
Lucia is breathing heavily.
Hitz lands a big shot there that rocks Lucia but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hitz with shots to the head and body - Lucia looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lucia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hitz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lucia looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hitz prevents Lucia from getting the reversal.
Hitz wants to control the pace but Lucia is squirming around nicely.
Lucia wants to hold on but Hitz pushes him away.
Hitz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lucia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hitz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hitz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lucia?
Hitz looking to control but Lucia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lucia is desperately trying to improve his position but Hitz has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitz controlling the position easily from mount.
Lucia is squirming around, avoiding Hitz's attempts to control the action.
Lucia tries to lock up and control but Hitz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hitz controlling his opponent.
Hitz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Despite being in the dominant position, RJ Hitz just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lucia misses with a takedown

and Hitz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lucia won't be happy with that.

Hitz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hitz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lucia being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitz is chipping away with strikes.
Lucia tries to improve position but can't.
Lucia seems a little lost for a moment, as Hitz dominates the positioning.
Lucia wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hitz working the ground and pound from side control.
Lucia manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Lucia is trying to control the action in half guard but Hitz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RJ Hitz dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lucia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Hitz counters with a takedown into side control.
Lucia struggling a bit here.
Lucia manages to get back to half guard.
Hitz trying to pass the guard but Lucia defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lucia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hitz won't allow Lucia to sweep him here.

Lucia looking for a guillotine here but Hitz defends easily.
Hitz postures up.

Lucia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hitz looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucia keeping moving, preventing Hitz from controlling successfully.
Lucia trying to control the position.

Lucia scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lucia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Hitz scores a takedown into full mount!
Hitz lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucia is desperately trying to improve his position but Hitz has a good base and remains in mount.
RJ Hitz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lucia doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Lucia bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lucia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lucia wants to control from the top but Hitz keeps moving.
Lucia sitting in guard here, content to control.

Lucia stands up and waves to Hitz to follow him.
Lucia with a poor takedown

and Hitz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lucia's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Lucia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lucia is looking to stand up but Hitz isn't so interested in that idea.

Lucia working for a triangle but Hitz defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucia looking to control.

Hitz wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Lucia's closed guard. He's half up but Lucia has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Lucia pivots and extends the arm, Hitz falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Lucia! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jason Lucia!