PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadamasa Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luciano's entrance music is The Mechanic. A fine choice. Charlie Luciano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Luciano
vs
Yamada

194 cm
28
191 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

186 cm
31
195 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Tadamasa Yamada!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano takes a swing at Yamada's ribcage but misses.
Luciano throws a head kick that misses.
Yamada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamada scores with a jab. Luciano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Luciano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yamada lands a right hook to the body.
Luciano has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yamada finds it's way round the side to connect with Luciano's head.
Yamada lands a body shot.
Yamada looks to land a combination but Luciano avoids it well.
Yamada dips to his left and cracks Luciano with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luciano manages to avoid it.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Yamada connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
Yamada lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yamada thows a body shot but no joy.
Yamada throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamada swinging wildly here.
Tadamasa Yamada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamada tried to score with a low kick but Luciano checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yamada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano keeps Yamada at a distance using the push kick.
Yamada cracks Luciano with an open hand slap.
Yamada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luciano.
Yamada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yamada scores with a jab to the body.
Yamada misses with a looping right.
Luciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Luciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano connects with an inside leg kick.
Luciano lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yamada takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamada slips a straight right by Luciano.
Yamada getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Luciano avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano connects with an inside leg kick.
Luciano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yamada's calf.
Yamada misses with a hook. Luciano ducked under it nicely.
A combination from Yamada does no damage.
Luciano cracks Yamada with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Luciano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luciano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamada stuns Luciano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yamada throws a shot from downtown. Luciano moves away and avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Yamada.
Luciano's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yamada connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Luciano scrambles back to his feet.
Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Luciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano throws a wild body kick that Yamada sees coming a mile off.
Luciano delivers a nice body kick.
Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Luciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yamada's head.
Luciano slips a jab from Yamada.
Luciano wants to land a leg kick but Yamada is out of range.
Yamada throws a low kick but Luciano avoids it.
Yamada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada throws a hook but Luciano blocks it.
Yamada misses with a wild combination.
Luciano bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good leg kick by Yamada there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yamada on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yamada connects with a body shot.
Luciano scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamada just misses with a punch to the body.

Luciano moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamada creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yamada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yamada avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Yamada's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yamada lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luciano lands an elbow inside.
Yamada misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luciano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yamada misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamada has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yamada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.
Luciano is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tadamasa Yamada will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charlie Luciano's cut.
That's time! Luciano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
Luciano connects with a jab.
Luciano throws a jab when Yamada was well out of range.
Yamada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yamada lands a leg kick that knocks Luciano off balance momentarily.
Luciano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Luciano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yamada looks to land a right hand but Luciano moved out of range.
Yamada lands a jab to the head.
Luciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yamada walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yamada loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamada.
Yamada's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yamada duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luciano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yamada. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luciano has closed the distance and engaged Yamada in a clinch.
Yamada misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Yamada breaks the clinch.
Yamada scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Luciano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yamada jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luciano misses with a head kick.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Luciano is out of range.
A combination from Yamada does no damage.
Luciano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Tadamasa Yamada seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamada throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Luciano on the side of the head.
Yamada throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamada throws out a loose jab but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano defending well as Yamada loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yamada misses with a wild body shot.
Luciano throws a wild body kick that Yamada sees coming a mile off.
Luciano is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Luciano.
Yamada misses with a low kick.
Luciano takes a swing at Yamada's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luciano. Yamada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamada connects with a leg kick. Luciano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A swing and a miss from Yamada.
Yamada walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Luciano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Good leg kick by Luciano there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A slow jab from Luciano misses its intended target.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamada.
Yamada cracks Luciano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yamada works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luciano misses with a leg kick.
Yamada fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yamada tries to work over Luciano's front leg with a kick but Luciano checks it.
Luciano tests Yamada's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yamada is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Yamada.
A swing and a miss from Yamada.
Yamada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Yamada lands the left hand.
Yamada throws a shot from downtown. Luciano moves away and avoids it.
Yamada swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luciano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamada fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Yamada attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Luciano connects with a high kick.

Yamada is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Yamada misses the target.
Yamada is still on wobbly legs! Can Luciano finish him?
Yamada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamada seems to have recovered his senses.
Luciano connects with an inside leg kick.
Luciano lands a head shot.
Nice defenses there by Yamada.
Yamada misses with a body shot

and Luciano counters by moving into the clinch.
Yamada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luciano is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yamada lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luciano is stalling here.
Yamada takes an elbow to the temple.
Yamada misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tadamasa Yamada will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Charlie Luciano's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Luciano lands a high kick!
Luciano slips a straight right by Yamada.
Luciano slips a jab from Yamada.
Yamada misses with a hook
and Luciano counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Luciano lands a nice hook to Yamada's body. Yamada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yamada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yamada gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luciano.
Yamada misses with a wild body shot.
Yamada takes one to the chin there.
Luciano throws a sloppy head kick and Yamada moves out of range easily.
Yamada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yamada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luciano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada throws a jab when Luciano was well out of range.
Yamada looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
A big left from Yamada misses.
Luciano avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada throws out a loose jab but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamada slips a jab from Luciano.
Luciano looks to land a right hand but Yamada moved out of range.
Luciano scores with a punch to the head.
No joy there for Yamada, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yamada throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
Yamada scores with a shot to the body.
Yamada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Luciano.
A solid body kick from Luciano.
Yamada takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamada swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamada scores with a three punch combo!
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch but Yamada swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada 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.
Yamada on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamada misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luciano.
Luciano is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Luciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamada.
Luciano jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yamada throws a series of strikes that have Luciano backpedaling.

Luciano closes the distance and clinches.
Yamada lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Luciano throws an elbow that misses.
Yamada has a couple of punches blocked by Luciano.
Luciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Luciano trying to control the position but instead, Yamada has worked for underhooks and has pushed Luciano into the cage.
Luciano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Luciano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

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

Yamada breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luciano circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Yamada drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Luciano follows Yamada to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Luciano!
A relieved looking Charlie Luciano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.