PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacory Luck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seylotoma Frend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Luck
vs
Frend

194 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacory Luck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seylotoma Frend!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frend keeps the fight on the outside.
Frend changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Luck tries to avoid it but Frend manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Luck to the ground. Luck escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Frend swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Luck counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Luck moves into the clinch.
Luck content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Luck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
Luck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luck swings wildly with an uppercut but Frend uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Frends head.
Frend tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luck just stands there and leans against the cage.
Luck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luck scores with a shoulder strike.
Frend tries for a takedown but Luck manages to get underhooks.
Jacory Luck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seylotoma Frend.
Still in the clinch, Luck scores with a nice short uppercut.

Frend is rocked!
Luck lands a shoulder strike.
Frend is still on wobbly legs! Can Luck finish him?
Luck keeps control of Frend as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Frend seems to have recovered his senses.
Luck is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Frend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luck lands a body shot in the clinch.
Luck taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Luck.
Luck is stalling here.
Luck tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luck.
Luck avoiding damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luck.
Luck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luck slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luck lands a left hand that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
Luck cracks Frend with a nice body shot.
Luck putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Frend in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Frend looks gassed!
Frend takes a shot to the head.
Luck pushes Frend back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frend jumps guard but Luck stands there with Frend around his waist. Frend gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Luck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Luck.
Luck slows down the pace here.
Luck lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Frend or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luck lands a hook that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
Luck lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luck.
A short uppercut from Luck.
Luck lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luck content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Luck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Luck.
Luck lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Luck.
Luck gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Luck lands a right hand.
Luck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luck lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luck holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Luck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luck gets through Frend's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Luck.
Luck pushes Frend back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Luck - that landed with a thud.
Frend has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Luck is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Frend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Luck.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Luck.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Luck for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacory Luck dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Luck catches Frend with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Luck has managed to clinch.
Frend wants a takedown but no success here.
Luck stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jacory Luck.
Luck scores with a body shot.
Frend is breathing heavily.

Frend gets a clinch.
Luck digs a right hand underneath Frend's ribcage. Frend let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Luck lands a left hand.
Frend wants to break free but Luck has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frend working hard to break the clinch.
Luck is working Frend over against the cage.
Luck throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luck lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luck is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hook to the body lands for Luck.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Luck takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Luck seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Luck lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luck working aggressively here.
Luck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
Luck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luck throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Frend blocks it with crossed arms.
Luck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Frend tries to break free but Luck pushes him back against the cage.
Jacory Luck has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luck lands a right hand.
Luck lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Luck - that landed with a thud.
Luck stalling in the clinch.
A short left from Luck.
Luck throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luck lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luck is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Luck lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Frend's defenses.
Frend is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Luck lands a left hand that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
Luck crunches a lovely knee into Frend's ribcage.
Luck softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luck lands a right hand.
Luck lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Luck scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Luck working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Luck lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Frend.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luck lands a nice uppercut.
Frend letting Luck take a breather here.
Luck scores with a shoulder strike.
Frend is trying to push Luck away but Luck has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Luck stalls.
Luck lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacory Luck dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Frend on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Frend shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Luck has taken the fight to the clinch.
Luck lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luck presses Frend against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Frend tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Luck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Luck on the inside.
Luck lands a left hand.
Frend being controlled against the cage.
Luck lands a body shot in the clinch.
Luck stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Frend backwards.
Frend takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luck controlling the action here for a moment.
Luck lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luck pushes Frend back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frend working hard to break the clinch.
Luck misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Luck - that landed with a thud.
Luck stalling the fight.
Luck lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Frend.
A shot in the inside from Luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Luck.
Luck works on Frend's body with a couple of short punches.
Luck taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Luck lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Frend or not.
Luck is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frend can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from Luck.
Luck scores with a shoulder strike.
Luck is pushing Frend up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Luck lands a nice shot to the body.
Frend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Luck.
Luck with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luck just leaning against Frend, taking a breather.
Luck misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Luck on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luck.
Luck has Frend pressed against the cage.
Frend is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jacory Luck is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frend takes a knee to the side of the body.
Luck lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Luck.
Frend fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jacory Luck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seylotoma Frend.
Luck leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Luck keeps control of Frend as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Luck.
Frend has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Luck avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Luck lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Frend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Seylotoma Frend has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frend is trying to force a seperation but Luck has the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacory Luck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luck 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacory Luck!