PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Luciano (ranked 619 p4p, 875 weight class) and AJ Brown (ranked 91 p4p, 129 weight class). Luciano comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Brown has chosen Ace Hood - Undefeated as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Luciano
vs
Brown

190 cm
29
207
17 - 7 - 1

188 cm
29
206
16 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, AJ Brown!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Luciano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Luciano slips a straight right by Brown.
Luciano jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Left hook, right uppercut from Luciano.

It looks like AJ Brown has been cut.
Luciano avoids the head kick by Brown.
Nice body kick from Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a nice body shot.
Brown walks forward, straight into a front kick from Luciano.
Luciano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luciano has managed to clinch.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luciano has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Luciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luciano misses with the head strike.
Luciano tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A bone on bone clash there as Brown blocks the leg kick.
Luciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown is trying to counter with his kicks.
Luciano throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luciano scores with a body shot.
Brown checks a low kick from Luciano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown lands with a kick to the ribs.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Luciano closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Luciano is looking to counter with head kicks.
Brown throws a head kick but Luciano moves out of range.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown fakes the leg kick and cracks Luciano in the body.
Brown throws a push kick but Luciano slaps the foot to one side.
Luciano scores with a punch to the head.
Brown ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano moves out of range of the body kick.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Luciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brown scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brown throws a wild body kick that Luciano sees coming a mile off.
Luciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown is trying to counter with his kicks.
Luciano misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Luciano throws a head kick that misses
letting Brown counter with a right hand.
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 misses with a wild body shot.
Brown 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.

AJ Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on AJ Brown's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Brown lands a big right hand that sends Luciano crashing to the mat! Brown stays standing though and waves Luciano back to his feet!

Luciano is rocked!
Brown throws a body kick that misses
and Luciano counters with a leg kick.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
As Brown backs away, Luciano returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Brown checks a low kick from Luciano.
Brown appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Luciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Brown is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Luciano with a body shot.
Brown throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Brown.
Brown misses the jab.
Luciano thinks about countering with a head kick.
Brown takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Luciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Luciano.
Brown let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A left lands for Brown.
Brown lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luciano instigates a clinch.
Luciano throws a head punch that misses.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luciano is trying to push Brown away but Brown has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Luciano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Luciano.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luciano.
Luciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luciano misses with a body punch.
Luciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luciano blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luciano manages to break the clinch.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Luciano rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brown misses with some punches.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.

Luciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Brown was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luciano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luciano throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luciano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brown is out of range.
Brown flicks out a counter leg kick but Luciano steps away.
Luciano throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Luciano swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Luciano drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Luciano.
Luciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luciano tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Charles Luciano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on AJ Brown's cut.
That's time! Luciano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Luciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luciano tries to score with a low kick but Brown moves his leg out of the way.
Brown feints a counter leg kick.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Luciano clinches with his opponent.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Luciano.
Luciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luciano.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luciano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands a body punch.
Luciano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Luciano scores with a hook to the body.
Luciano misses with some punches.
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luciano.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Luciano.

Luciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A low kick lands for Brown.
Luciano lunges at Brown with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brown's hand.
Brown throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.
Luciano lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a series of punches but Luciano avoids them all with ease.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Luciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Luciano connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Luciano moves out of range as Brown throws a body kick.
Luciano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Brown takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
AJ Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luciano scores with a nice body kick.
Luciano lands with a straight right. Brown didn't see that one coming.
A lazy body kick from Brown
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luciano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brown takes a jab right on the kisser.
Luciano throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Luciano scores with a jab.

That has opened up AJ Brown's cut even more.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Luciano appears to be looking for a big counter.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Brown tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
A good leg kick by Brown.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Luciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Luciano 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Luciano!
A victorious Charles Luciano thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.