PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luciano's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Mechanic. Evangelisti has chosen Hunting For Death as his entrance music. Charlie Luciano has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Luciano
vs
Evangelisti

194 cm
28
191 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

183 cm
29
193 lbs
25 - 5 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Evangelisti.
A head kick misses from Evangelisti.
Luciano connects with the punch.
Dante Evangelisti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Evangelisti lands with a kick to the temple. Luciano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
Luciano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Evangelisti. That did some damage!
Evangelisti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Evangelisti just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Luciano.
Luciano blocks a jab.

Luciano drives through and clinches with Evangelisti 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!
Evangelisti tries a body shot but Luciano blocks it.
Luciano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Evangelisti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evangelisti throws a shot from downtown. Luciano moves away and avoids it.
Evangelisti thows a leg kick but Luciano checks it
and Luciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Luciano loads up on a big right hand but Evangelisti slips the punch.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Evangelisti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti misses with a hook
and Luciano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Luciano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Evangelisti to score with a decent uppercut.
Evangelisti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Luciano misses with a looping left.
Evangelisti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Luciano tries to clinch but Evangelisti moves out of range.
Evangelisti lands a jab to Luciano's midsection.
Evangelisti lands with a right hand.
Evangelisti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evangelisti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luciano.
Evangelisti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Luciano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Evangelisti's knee momentarily.
Good work by Luciano as he checks the leg kick.
Luciano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Evangelisti misses with a wild body shot.
Luciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Evangelisti is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luciano is looking to land body kicks.
Evangelisti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Luciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti lands with a kick to the ribs.
Some wild striking there from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Evangelisti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Luciano misses.
Evangelisti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luciano.
Luciano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evangelisti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Evangelisti.
Luciano lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with a hook. Evangelisti ducked under it nicely.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Evangelisti circles away.
Luciano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Luciano scores with a jab to the body.
Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evangelisti moves away.
Evangelisti lands a leg kick that knocks Luciano off balance momentarily.
Luciano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luciano avoids the head kick by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti throws a poor cross that misses

and Luciano counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Luciano misses with an elbow over the top.
Luciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Evangelisti blocks an elbow strike from Luciano.
Evangelisti tries to break the clinch but Luciano is controlling the position.
Luciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evangelisti is defending well for now.
Evangelisti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti lands a hook that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Evangelisti 's eye.
Luciano scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Evangelisti breaks the clinch.
Evangelisti lands a slapping body shot.
Evangelisti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Evangelisti.
Luciano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evangelisti. Evangelisti obviously looking to wear him down.
Luciano is breathing heavily.
Evangelisti throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evangelisti throws a sloppy head kick and Luciano moves out of range easily.
Evangelisti misses with a wild body shot.
Luciano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Evangelisti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Luciano's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Evangelisti throws a big shot that misses.
Evangelisti scoring well with a low kick there.
Luciano tries a head kick but it misses.
Evangelisti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Evangelisti throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Luciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Evangelisti misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Luciano finds it's way through Evangelisti's defenses.
Luciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Evangelisti throws out a leg kick but Luciano moves out of range and Evangelisti only half commits.
Evangelisti avoids the head kick by Luciano.
Evangelisti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Luciano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evangelisti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
An inside leg kick lands from Evangelisti.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evangelisti tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano slips a jab from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti tries a low kick but Luciano avoids it.
Evangelisti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Evangelisti swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
Evangelisti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luciano scores with a jab. Evangelisti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Luciano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Luciano lands with a nice body punch.
Luciano checks a leg kick.
Evangelisti throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Luciano's head.
Evangelisti lands with a nice body punch.
Luciano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evangelisti takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Luciano is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Evangelisti drops his hands momentarily and Luciano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with a leg kick
letting Evangelisti counter with a right hand.

Luciano is rocked!
Luciano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evangelisti. Evangelisti obviously looking to wear him down.
Evangelisti tries to land a front kick but Luciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Luciano is looking to clinch.
Evangelisti throws a shot from downtown. Luciano moves away and avoids it.
Evangelisti throws a body kick that misses.
Evangelisti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luciano.
Evangelisti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Luciano doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice straight punches there by Evangelisti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Evangelisti.
Oh Luciano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luciano walks straight into a right hand from Evangelisti - that's dropped him! Evangelisti jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Luciano from any more punishment! Luciano complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dante Evangelisti!
After winning the bout, Dante Evangelisti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.