PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragan Hozdic (ranked 4401 p4p, 113 weight class) and Edwin Lucan (ranked 3048 p4p, 84 weight class). Edwin Lucan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hozdic
vs
Lucan

193 cm
32
245 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

189 cm
30
199 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dragan Hozdic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edwin Lucan!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Lucan. That's going to slow Hozdic down.
Lucan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hozdic.

Hozdic moves into the clinch.

Hozdic manages to break the clinch.
Lucan wants to clinch.
Lucan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lucan misses with a hook. Hozdic ducked under it nicely.
Lucan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hozdic.
Hozdic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lucan is fending him off so far but Hozdic persists. Nope, Lucan circles away and we're back to standing.
Lucan stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hozdic.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dragan Hozdic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hozdic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Dragan Hozdic has been cut.
Lucan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Edwin Lucan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hozdic has a takedown stuffed.
Lucan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lucan wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucan throws a right and a left that both miss.
A right-left combo lands from Lucan.
Hozdic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lucan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lucan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Hozdic gets caught napping as Lucan dives in and scores a takedown. Hozdic manages to retain guard.

Hozdic is rocked!
Lucan arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Hozdic's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Edwin Lucan!
A relieved looking Edwin Lucan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.