PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucio Migliacino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucio Migliacino has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Migliacino
vs
Cook

192 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucio Migliacino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lex Cook!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Cook with that takedown attempt.
Migliacino fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Migliacino looks to land a body kick but Cook moved away.
Lucio Migliacino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Migliacino fails to land the takedown.
Cook tries to clinch up.
Migliacino misses with a takedown

and Cook counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucio Migliacino. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Migliacino turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Sloppy strikes there by Migliacino.

Migliacino tries for a kimura but Cook is defending well.
Cook tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Migliacino presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Migliacino putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Migliacino trying to control but Cook is having none of it.
Migliacino raining down shots from the mount!
Migliacino fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Migliacino won't let Cook get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Migliacino avoids the attempt from Cook to control.
Migliacino trying to control but Cook is having none of it.
Cook is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Migliacino looking to finish with strikes here!
Migliacino has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Migliacino working for a submission but Cook is keeping him at bay.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cook wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Cook just holding on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Migliacino thowing shots but they're missing.
Cook tries to control the position but Migliacino now has his back.
Migliacino trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Cook doesn't escape.
Migliacino is breathing heavily.
Cook tries to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Cook manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucio Migliacino dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cook gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cook wants to break the clinch but can't.
Migliacino can't break the clinch.

Cook manages to break the clinch.
Migliacino closes the distance and clinches up with Cook, looking for a takedown. Migliacino pushes Cook against the cage but Cook circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Cook.
Migliacino clinches but Cook breaks the clinch

and Cook counters with a takedown into side control.
Cook tries to stand but Migliacino is controlling his head.
Cook is looking to take a break and control but Migliacino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Migliacino gets back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Migliacino preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Cook trying to control from Migliacino's half guard. Migliacino has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Cook wants to stand but Migliacino has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Migliacino is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Cook trying to control but Migliacino is working from the bottom.
Migliacino preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cook looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook trying to control but Migliacino is working from the bottom.
Migliacino looking for a sweep. Not yet Migliacino, not yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Migliacino misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cook takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cook fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cook keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucio Migliacino. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cook shoots in and bounces Migliacino off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Migliacino thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cook really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Migliacino. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cook won't allow Migliacino to sweep him here.
Migliacino is looking to stand up but Cook isn't so interested in that idea.
Cook throws a strike but Migliacino rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Migliacino slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lex Cook showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Migliacino shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Migliacino wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cook keeps working.
Cook is looking to get back to full guard here but Migliacino has managed to pass to side control instead.
Migliacino looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Migliacino raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook can't escape the position.
Cook is squirming around, avoiding Migliacino's attempts to control the action.
Migliacino controlling the pace for now.
Migliacino trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lucio Migliacino overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two 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.
Migliacino content just to control the position here.
Cook is just holding on here. Migliacino manages to take his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Migliacino really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Cook.
Cook trying to get back to his feet but Migliacino is in full control for now.

Cook defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Migliacino's arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good control from Migliacino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lucio Migliacino just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cook is looking to slow Migliacino down with leg kicks.
Migliacino moves in looking to clinch but Cook pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Migliacino.
Cook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cook misses with a double jab.

Cook scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cook seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Migliacino does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucio Migliacino showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Migliacino has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucio Migliacino!