PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between abbas ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think ali might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to fff. abbas ali could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charlie Luciano's chin.

ali
vs
Luciano

186 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
182 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Win Nutritional - proof of quality
Canadian Fighter Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, abbas ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ali tries to bum rush Luciano with a series of wild strikes but Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Luciano shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Luciano showed some decent athleticism there.
Luciano wants to take a breather but ali is having none of it.
ali missing with punches from the bottom.
Luciano throwing shots but ali is blocking nicely.
Luciano thows a huge punch but ali dodges it nicely.
Luciano throwing shots but ali is blocking nicely.
Luciano throws a strike but ali avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
ali is trying to control the position but Luciano postures up.
Luciano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Luciano closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Luciano lands in his opponent's guard.
ali avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Luciano pushes down on ali's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Luciano is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ali has hold of Luciano's hands but Luciano slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Luciano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Luciano missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Luciano thows a huge punch but ali dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Luciano drops an elbow to the side of ali's head.
Luciano is controlling the pace.

ali is defending against the submission attempts here by Luciano.
Luciano looks gassed!

Luciano seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throwing shots but ali is blocking nicely.
ali is looking to improve his position.
ali won't allow Luciano to pass to mount.
ali is trying to stand back up but Luciano is controlling him

ali is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Luciano pulls his head out easily.
ali regains full guard. Nicely done.
Luciano pushing down on ali's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luciano is controlling the pace.

Luciano is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Luciano performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Luciano scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Luciano dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luciano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but ali is out of range.
Luciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
No luck for ali with that takedown attempt.
ali misses with a takedown attempt - Luciano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
ali shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Luciano counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for abbas ali. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luciano sitting and controlling from the half guard.
ali is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Luciano scores with a couple of nice shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Luciano postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. ali looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns ali that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Luciano lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Luciano dominating with strikes here.
Luciano controlling his opponent.
Luciano working ali over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano landing punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Luciano working ali over with strikes here.
Luciano controlling the pace for now.

ali is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Luciano locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! ali is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Charlie Luciano!