PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyes Badaoui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Luster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Badaoui
vs
Luster

202 cm
22
284 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

195 cm
22
230 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lyes Badaoui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mack Luster!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Chris Dean and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luster throws a series of punches but Badaoui avoids them all with ease.
Badaoui throws a looping overhand right but Luster ducks down to avoid it.
Badaoui has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luster.
A cross from Luster lands.
Badaoui closes this distance looking for a takedown but Luster circles away.
Luster cracks Badaoui with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Badaoui gets a clinch.
Badaoui lands a nice uppercut.
Luster stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Badaoui fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luster working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Luster scores with a nice short uppercut.
Badaoui is looking for a takedown.
Badaoui misses with a hook from the clinch.
Badaoui is looking to control Luster's arms but Luster gets an underhook and turns him. Now Badaoui has his back to the cage.
Badaoui misses with a hook from the clinch.
Badaoui has a couple of punches blocked by Luster.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Luster as Badaoui tries to tie him up.
Luster scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luster throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Badaouis head.
Badaoui looking to slow down the pace here.
Luster scores with a hook to the body.
Luster lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Badaoui lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luster backwards.
Luster misses with a body punch.
Luster lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Luster.
Luster stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Luster lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Badaoui is looking to control Luster's arms but Luster gets an underhook and turns him. Now Badaoui has his back to the cage.
Luster pushes Badaoui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luster lands a nice uppercut.
Badaoui misses with some punches.
Badaoui is looking to control Luster's arms but Luster gets an underhook and turns him. Now Badaoui has his back to the cage.
Badaoui tries for a takedown but Luster manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyes Badaoui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badaoui backwards.
Luster throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Badaouis head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luster lands a body punch in the clinch.
Luster presses Badaoui against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Badaoui is breathing heavily.
Badaoui swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Badaoui tries to work over Luster's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Badaoui has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Luster is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short uppercut from Luster.
Badaoui gets through Luster's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luster lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Luster.
Badaoui goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luster prevents it.
Badaoui throws a punch but it's blocked by Luster.
Badaoui misses with some punches.
Luster works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Badaoui swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Badaoui has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Luster is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Luster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Badaoui trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badaoui trying to control the position but instead, Luster has worked for underhooks and has pushed Badaoui into the cage.
Luster lands a nice shot to the body.
Luster lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Luster.
A short right from Luster on the inside.
Luster is leaning against Badaoui and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Luster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luster lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luster is leaning against Badaoui and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luster.
Luster lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Luster breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Badaoui chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luster can pounce on him.

Luster gets a clinch.
Luster pushes Badaoui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luster scores with a hook to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Badaoui just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luster's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luster lands a body shot in the clinch.
Luster cracks Badaoui with a nice body shot.
Luster cracks Badaoui with a nice body shot.
Luster lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luster scores with a shoulder strike.
Luster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Badaoui is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Luster is defending well.
Luster cracks Badaoui with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Luster.
Luster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Luster on the inside.
Luster lands a shoulder strike.
Luster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badaoui backwards.
Badaoui fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luster presses Badaoui against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luster throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Badaouis head.
Luster lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Luster.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mack Luster dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Both fighters circling a little - Luster finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Luster. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Luster lands with a nice body kick.
Luster buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luster with a nice cross.
Luster fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Badaoui looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luster cracks Badaoui with a good jab.
Luster pushes Badaoui away with a front kick.
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!
Luster throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luster moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Badaoui misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Luster lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Luster catches Badaoui with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Badaoui takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Badaoui is rocked!
Luster steps in with a hook that catches Badaoui right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Luster follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Badaoui looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mack Luster!