PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucky Mussiono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luka Shepard told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Mussiono
vs
Shepard

182 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

180 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

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 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucky Mussiono!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luka Shepard!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepard swings for the body but Mussiono moves out of range.
Mussiono fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck for Mussiono with that takedown attempt.
Shepard misses with a left hand
and Mussiono counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shepard moves out of range of the strikes.
Mussiono misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mussiono slips under a jab from Shepard.
Mussiono fails with a takedown attempt.
Mussiono throws a series of punches but Shepard moves out of range.
Mussiono moves out of range as Shepard strikes.
Mussiono avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shepard tries to bum rush Mussiono with a series of wild strikes but Mussiono uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Shepard rushes Mussiono and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shepard misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mussiono goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shepard prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucky Mussiono. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mussiono blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shepard prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mussiono.
Mussiono tries to work over Shepard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shepard is trying to break the clinch but Mussiono is controlling him.
Shepard misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Shepard - that landed with a thud.
Mussiono looking for a takedown.
Mussiono blocks a body shot from Shepard.
Shepard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Shepard fails to land.
Shepard lands a shot to the body.
Shepard throws a punch but it's blocked by Mussiono.
Nice body punch from Shepard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shepard misses with a punch on the inside.
Mussiono has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Shepard after a bit of a struggle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepard misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Shepard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mussiono can't find room to land a body shot as Shepard controls the action.
Shepard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shepard scores with a shoulder strike.
Shepard lands an uppercut.
Mussiono digs a right hand into Shepard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shepard's gas tank.
Mussiono misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shepard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shepard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mussiono can't find room to land a body shot as Shepard controls the action.
Shepard is trying to break the clinch but Mussiono has him pressed against the cage.
Shepard tries to circle away but Mussiono has him pinned against the cage.
Shepard can't break the clinch.
Mussiono is working for takedown but Shepard is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shepard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mussiono blocking some punches.
Shepard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Shepard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Shepard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shepard scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shepard.
Shepard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mussiono blocks a body shot from Shepard.
Shepard throws a punch but it's blocked by Mussiono.

Mussiono's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shepard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mussiono.
Shepard moves out of range of the strikes.
Mussiono swats away the attempt to clinch by Shepard.
Mussiono jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mussiono misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shepard misses with an uppercut. Mussiono saw that one coming.
Shepard throws a lazy uppercut
and Mussiono counters with a series of strikes. Shepard will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mussiono lands a nice shot that snaps Shepard's head back.
Mussiono throws a one two combo.
Mussiono throws a right hand that Shepard ducks under and follows up with a left that Shepard also avoids with ease.
Mussiono throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shepard's waist but Shepard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mussiono off to one side.
Mussiono scores with a punch to the head.
Mussiono jabs at Shepard's body.
Mussiono uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shepard.
Mussiono misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mussiono throws a combination that misses
enabling Shepard to counter with a crisp jab.
Shepard swings widly with a right hand
enabling Mussiono to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shepard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mussiono jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shepard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Shepard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Shepard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mussiono.
Mussiono fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shepard tries to clinch but Mussiono moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shepard. Mussiono does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mussiono throws a right and a left that Shepard avoids nicely.
Shepard tries to clinch up.
Mussiono misses with an uppercut
and Shepard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mussiono cracks Shepard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lucky Mussiono is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shepard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mussiono throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shepard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mussiono smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lucky Mussiono is winning the standup battle so far.
Shepard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mussiono.
Shepard misses with a wild body shot.
Mussiono moves out of range as Shepard strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mussiono works over Shepard's head and body with a nice combination.
Mussiono lands a jab-cross combination.
Shepard lands with a right hand.
Shepard tries to clinch but Mussiono is having none of it.
Shepard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shepard throws the left hand but Mussiono avoids the punch easily.
Mussiono tests Shepard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice jab there from Mussiono.
Shepard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mussiono finds it's way round the side to connect with Shepard's head.

Shepard is rocked!
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!
Mussiono scores with a nice head shot.
Shepard is still on wobbly legs! Can Mussiono finish him?
Mussiono drops Shepard with a straight right hand, right on the button! Mussiono follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucky Mussiono!
During a confident post fight interview, Lucky Mussiono thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.