PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Wright (ranked 6163 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samson Luminor (ranked 6444 p4p, 667 weight class). Samson Luminor has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Wright
vs
Luminor

190 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

IniTech Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Samson Luminor!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Luminor waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Wright. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Wright to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Tony Wright has been cut.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Luminor from controlling successfully.
Wright is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Luminor looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wright wants to work for an arm triangle but Luminor is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Luminor actively working from the bottom here.
Luminor is pressing down on Wright's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luminor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wright defends it easily.

Wright avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Luminor keeping full guard, as Wright tries to pass.
Wright is breathing heavily.

Luminor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luminor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wright doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wright manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wright showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wright tries to stand but Luminor is controlling from the bottom.
Wright tries to free his leg and advance position but Luminor is retaining full guard.
Wright wants to control from the top but Luminor keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luminor has an active guard here but Wright has managed to pass into half guard.
Luminor trying to control here.
Luminor is looking to get back to full guard here but Wright has managed to pass to side control instead.
Luminor tries to bench press Wright off him but Wright keeps the position.
Wright gets to mount! Luminor was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wright controlling his opponent.
Luminor wants to hold on but Wright pushes him away.
Wright is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Luminor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wright fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wright trying to control but Luminor is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wright avoids the attempt from Luminor to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Luminor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Wright's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luminor scores with a hook.
Wright looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice shot lands for Luminor.
Wright shoots in but Luminor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jab by Luminor.
Wright takes one to the side of the head.
Luminor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wright with a poor takedown
enabling Luminor to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luminor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wright but Wright pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Luminor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luminor connects with a combination that backs up Wright into the cage. Luminor lands a flurry of punches that gets past Wright's guard. Wright is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Luminor bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samson Luminor!