PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Del Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luciano comes to the cage accompanied by The Mechanic. Thompson has chosen Gin and Juice by Snoop Dog as his entrance music. Charlie Luciano has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Luciano
vs
Thompson

194 cm
26
188 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

175 cm
31
202 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Del Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thompson moves into range and clinches up with Luciano.
Luciano keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luciano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Luciano scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Del Thompson has been cut.
Thompson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Luciano.
Thompson works on Luciano's body with a couple of short punches.
Luciano throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thompson.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Luciano is controlling him.
Thompson takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson avoids the elbow strike from Luciano, against the cage.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luciano stalling.
Thompson avoids a wild elbow strike from Luciano.
Luciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Luciano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Luciano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Luciano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luciano taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Luciano misses with a knee strike.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Luciano working Thompson over with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson looks gassed!
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Luciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Luciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
Luciano taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
A short body shot lands from Luciano as the two fighters clinch.
Thompson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano has Thompson pushed against the cage.
Luciano missing with knees to the body.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
Luciano blocking some punches.
Luciano tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Luciano looking to slow down the pace here.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
Luciano landing knees to the body.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Luciano lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Luciano.
Thompson misses with a punch on the inside.
Luciano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Luciano.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luciano obliges.
Knees to the body from Luciano.
Luciano lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luciano.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Luciano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Luciano.
Luciano just leaning against Thompson, taking a breather.
Luciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Luciano lands a nice elbow.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luciano.
Thompson avoiding damage as Luciano throws knees to the body.
Luciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Luciano has Thompson pressed against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Luciano blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to circle away but Luciano has him pinned against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano stalling.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Luciano.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short right from Thompson on the inside.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Luciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.
Luciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Luciano keeps control of Thompson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Thompson breaks the clinch.
Del Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
A lazy left from Luciano finds it's target.
Luciano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luciano, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Luciano dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Luciano avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Luciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thompson closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Luciano throws a leg kick which misses Thompson's front leg but catches the back leg as Thompson tries to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Luciano. Beautiful body shot.
Luciano avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Luciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Luciano tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Luciano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luciano displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thompson up against the cage.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luciano blocks an elbow strike.
Luciano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
Luciano trying to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Luciano - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.
Luciano lands an elbow inside.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Luciano keeps him there for the moment.
Luciano with a knee to the head.
Luciano throws an elbow that misses.
Luciano taking a breather.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Luciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson avoiding damage as Luciano throws knees to the body.
Luciano looking to slow down the pace here.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Luciano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Luciano is struggling to control the position.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
Luciano lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Luciano lands an elbow inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Luciano missing with knees to the body.

Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luciano lands a leg kick that knocks Thompson off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt
and Luciano counters with a thumping low kick.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and Luciano moves out of range easily.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick from Luciano lands but Thompson takes it in his stride.

Thompson is rocked!
A head kick misses from Thompson.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Luciano finish him?
Del Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Luciano keeps it at a distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Luciano!
Thompson is looking to clinch but Luciano is avoiding it.
Thompson seems to have recovered his senses.
Luciano cracks Thompson with an open hand slap.
Luciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson throws a head kick but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano scores with the left hand. Thompson knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Luciano has Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson avoids a wild elbow strike from Luciano.
Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Thompson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson wants to break free but Luciano has control.
Thompson avoiding damage as Luciano throws knees to the body.
Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Luciano is trying to stall.
A knee to the head by Luciano.
Thompson tries to circle away but Luciano has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thompson can do to turn this around?
Thompson takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Luciano throws an elbow but misses.
Luciano displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thompson up against the cage.
Luciano crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Luciano dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Luciano drops Thompson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Thompson! Luciano dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Luciano!
Charlie Luciano retains his middleweight title!
Charlie Luciano thanked the fans post fight for their support.