PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Dante Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Oquinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oquinn has chosen Damian - King Gordy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luciano
vs
Oquinn

188 cm
26
152 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
163 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Decent boxing
Determined

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Elite Canadian Threads

Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dante Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Damien Oquinn!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oquinn misses with a straight left.
Oquinn lands with a good body shot.
Oquinn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luciano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luciano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oquinn throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano slips a jab from Oquinn.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
Luciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Oquinn is just out of range.
Oquinn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Oquinn.
Oquinn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Luciano. Luciano circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Luciano is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oquinn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oh Luciano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Damien Oquinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Oquinn misses the target.
Luciano seems to have got his legs back now.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Luciano. Oquinn shrugs it off though.
An inside leg kick from Luciano misses.
Oquinn clobbers Luciano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oquinn avoids a kick to the body.
Oquinn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oquinn just misses with a punch to the body.
Oquinn throws a series of punches but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano scores with a spinning back kick!
Luciano thuds his shin into the meat of Oquinn's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oquinn throws a series of punches but Luciano moves out of range.
Oquinn looks winded!
A combination from Oquinn does no damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
Luciano prevents Oquinn from breaking the clinch.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Luciano has Oquinn pressed against the ropes, preventing Oquinn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.
Luciano taking a breather.
Oquinn is trying to force a seperation but Luciano has the dominant position.
Luciano will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oquinn up against the ropes.
Luciano gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
Luciano landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Luciano takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Luciano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oquinn's defenses.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oquinn tries to circle away but Luciano has him pinned against the ropes.
Luciano taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Oquinn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Luciano seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Oquinn can turn it around.
Oquinn tries to break free but Luciano pushes him back against the ropes.

Oquinn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid body kick from Luciano.
Oquinn throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.

Luciano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oquinn, pushing him back against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Luciano.
Oquinn letting Luciano take a breather here.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oquinn letting Luciano take a breather here.
Luciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oquinn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oquinn takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Luciano 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.

Oquinn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luciano.
Oquinn misses with a straight left.
Luciano takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oquinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luciano slips a jab from Oquinn.
Luciano needs to keep his hands up - Oquinn had a free shot at his head there.
Oquinn throws a nice looking combination but Luciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luciano really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Luciano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Luciano closes the distance and clinches.
Luciano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luciano working Oquinn over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Luciano.
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!
Oquinn takes an elbow to the temple.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Oquinn 's eye.
Luciano lands a knee to the head.
Luciano working Oquinn over with knees to the body.
Luciano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Luciano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oquinn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oquinn is breathing heavily.
Luciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.
Luciano effectively controlling the action here.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Oquinn shrugs off.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Oquinn 's eye.
Luciano lands a nice elbow.
Oquinn is trying to break the clinch but Luciano is controlling him.
A bit of stalling here from Luciano.
Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Luciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oquinn's defenses.
Oquinn takes an elbow to the temple.
Dante Luciano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luciano lands an elbow inside.
Luciano lands an elbow inside.
Oquinn tries to break the clinch but Luciano is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Oquinn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oquinn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Luciano connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano lands a good knee to the midsection. Oquinn won't want to take too many of those.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Oquinn shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oquinn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
Luciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oquinn's defenses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oquinn takes an elbow to the temple.
Luciano stalling in the clinch.
Oquinn is trying to break the clinch but Luciano is controlling him.
Luciano prevents Oquinn from breaking the clinch.
Luciano lands a knee to the head.
Luciano is pushing Oquinn up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Luciano lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luciano is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Oquinn wants to get back to striking at distance but Luciano won't allow it.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Oquinn shrugs off.
Oquinn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luciano has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Luciano dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Luciano connects with a solid leg kick.

Luciano has closed the distance and engaged Oquinn in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luciano obliges.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Oquinn shrugs off.
Oquinn is looking to break free of the clinch but Luciano has double underhooks.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Luciano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Oquinn 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luciano obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Luciano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luciano lands a knee to the head.
Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oquinn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Luciano's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Oquinn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A bit of stalling here from Luciano.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Luciano.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano scores a nice knee to the body.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Oquinn 's eye.
Luciano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oquinn's face.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Oquinn shrugs off.
Luciano keeps control of Oquinn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Luciano.
Luciano lands a nice elbow.
Luciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Oquinn 's eye.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
Oquinn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oquinn takes an elbow to the temple.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luciano crunches a lovely knee into Oquinn's ribcage.
Oquinn tries to circle away but Luciano has him pinned against the ropes.
Luciano leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Luciano for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano trying to stall but Oquinn improves his position.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
Luciano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Oquinn shrugs off.
Luciano leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Luciano trying to stall but Oquinn improves his position.
Luciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luciano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oquinn's face.
Oquinn is looking to break free of the clinch but Luciano has double underhooks.
Damien Oquinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luciano prevents Oquinn from breaking the clinch.
Luciano lands a knee to the head.
Oquinn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Luciano.
Luciano stalling in the clinch but Oquinn improves position.
Luciano lands an elbow that stopped Oquinn in his tracks for a moment.
Oquinn is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Luciano.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Luciano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luciano, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Luciano!
Dante Luciano took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Elite Canadian Threads for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Damien Oquinn spoke after the fight, saying 'Ill be back'.