PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Danger (ranked 129 p4p, 300 weight class) and Charles Luciano (ranked 22 p4p, 51 weight class). Danger comes to the cage accompanied by Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. This should be a great matchup!

Danger
vs
Luciano

193 cm
28
205
15 - 11 - 0

190 cm
28
223
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Conviction

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 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Danger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Danger scores with a decent looking hook.
Luciano jabs at Danger's body.
Danger scores with a nice head shot.
Danger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luciano.
An inside leg kick lands from Luciano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano sizes up Danger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Luciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danger.
Luciano swats away the attempt to clinch by Danger.
Luciano let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Danger is just out of range.
Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danger moves away.
Luciano missing with a left hand there. Danger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Danger moves out of range of the strikes.
Danger throws a lazy head kick
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Danger misses with a looping right.
Danger with a hook.
Danger connects with a looping right hand.
Luciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luciano.
Luciano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Danger avoids the body shot from Luciano.
Luciano throws a head kick but Danger moves out of range.
Danger wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger lands with a good body shot.
Danger misses with a kick to the body.
Danger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Luciano misses with a body shot
and Danger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luciano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Danger rather than just go for the knockout.
Danger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Luciano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses the shot to the body.
Danger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danger works the jab nicely.
Danger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano counters with an inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Danger crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Luciano - the referee stops the clock and Danger gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Luciano. Danger manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Danger looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danger wants to clinch.
Danger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Charles Luciano will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Luciano misses with a wild body shot.
Jab by Luciano.
Luciano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Danger tries a head kick but it misses.
Luciano was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Luciano avoids the head kick by Danger.
Danger is looking to clinch.
A head kick by Danger misses
letting Luciano counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danger explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Luciano takes a swing at Danger's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Danger was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Luciano.
Luciano throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger throws a jab when Luciano was well out of range.
Luciano appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Danger wants to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Luciano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Luciano throws a lazy uppercut
and Danger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danger connects with a right hand. Luciano shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Luciano misses.
Charles Luciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Luciano. That did some damage!
Danger darts in trying to clinch
and Luciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Danger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano falls off balance throwing a combination
and Danger counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Luciano as he connects with a hook.
Luciano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Danger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Danger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Luciano looks to land a left hand but Danger moved out of range nicely.
Danger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A slow jab from Danger misses its intended target.
Danger throws an overhand right that lands on Luciano's shoulder, as Luciano tries to avoid the shot.
Luciano throws a head kick but Danger moves out of range.
A slow jab from Luciano misses its intended target.
Danger missing with a left hand there. Luciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger slips under a jab.
Luciano is looking to slow Danger down with leg kicks.
Nice shot by Danger.
Danger tries to clinch up.
Luciano misses with a hook. Danger ducked under it nicely.

Danger sends Luciano crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Danger is motioning to the referee to let Luciano up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Luciano is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danger lands a nice shot to the body.
Danger moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Danger dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

Danger misses with a body kick.
Danger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a lunging right hand
and Danger counters with a left to the body.
Danger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Luciano throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danger takes a jab right on the kisser.
Luciano drops his hands momentarily and Danger takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danger just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Danger finds it's way through Luciano's defenses.
Luciano swings widly with a right hand
and Luciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Danger.
Danger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luciano with a jab.
Luciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Danger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger misses with a shot to the body
enabling Luciano to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Danger.
Luciano walks into a stiff left hand from Danger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danger throws a leg kick that misses.
Danger takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Danger throws a sloppy head kick and Luciano moves out of range easily.
Danger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It seemed like Luciano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luciano lands a nice hook to Danger's body. Danger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano avoids the head kick by Danger.
Luciano let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Luciano looks to land a right hand but Danger moved out of range.
Luciano misses with a wild body shot.
Luciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Danger is out of range and Luciano settles back down.
Luciano slips under a jab from Danger.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Danger.
Danger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luciano throws out the jab.
Danger throws a quick counter kick to the body but Luciano avoids it.
Danger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Luciano misses with an uppercut
and Danger counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luciano. Danger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Danger throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Luciano misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Danger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Danger tries to clinch there but Luciano circles away.
Danger misses with a hook.
Luciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danny Danger.
Well Danger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!