PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Sanguinetti (ranked 280 p4p, 449 weight class) and Charles Luciano (ranked 45 p4p, 75 weight class). Luciano has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sanguinetti
vs
Luciano

185 cm
32
205
26 - 9 - 0

190 cm
30
207
19 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conquer

Conviction
© Trap House

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 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Sanguinetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanguinetti moves out of range of the leg kick from Luciano.
Sanguinetti is looking to counter punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Luciano.
Luciano with a nice calf kick.

Luciano gets a clinch.

Luciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Luciano misses.
Luciano lands a leg kick that knocks Sanguinetti off balance momentarily.
Luciano throws a push kick but Sanguinetti slaps the foot to one side.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Luciano closes the distance and pushes Sanguinetti back into the cage.
Sanguinetti gets underhooks to prevent Luciano's takedown attempt.

Sanguinetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luciano throws a leg kick
and Sanguinetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Luciano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano blocks a body shot from Sanguinetti.
Luciano can't find room to land a body shot as Sanguinetti controls the action.

Luciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luciano thuds his shin into the meat of Sanguinetti's side.
Luciano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sanguinetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanguinetti was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Luciano throws an off balance right hand
and Sanguinetti counters with a straight right hand.
Luciano throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Luciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A counter left hand to the body from Sanguinetti misses its target.
Luciano tries to clinch there but Sanguinetti circles away.
Luciano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanguinetti swats away the attempt to clinch by Luciano.
It looked like Sanguinetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luciano looks to land a left hand but Sanguinetti moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanguinetti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luciano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanguinetti. That did some damage!
Luciano thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sanguinetti if he has to take too many more of those.
Luciano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Luciano looks to clinch
and Sanguinetti counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Luciano falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Orlando Sanguinetti!
After winning the bout, Orlando Sanguinetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.