PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Lucan (ranked 3454 p4p, 5977 weight class) and Dominick De Struicao (ranked 416 p4p, 570 weight class). De Struicao has chosen Walk With Me In Hell as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lucan
vs
De Struicao

189 cm
33
199
7 - 12 - 0

196 cm
46
189
26 - 21 - 0

Great wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edwin Lucan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucan moves out of range as De Struicao throws a body kick.

Lucan closes the distance and clinches.
Lucan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Lucan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lucan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Struicao throws a sloppy head kick and Lucan moves out of range easily.
De Struicao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lucan.
Lucan throws a lazy right hand but De Struicao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've been told by Lucan's head coaches at Rabid Dog that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lucan is looking to clinch but De Struicao is avoiding it.
De Struicao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lucan.
Lucan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
De Struicao throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Struicao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lucan scores with a jab. De Struicao acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Lucan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. De Struicao manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucan trying to control but De Struicao is working from the bottom.
De Struicao is trying to control the position but Lucan postures up.
Lucan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Struicao works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lucan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lucan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lucan is looking to work some ground and pound but De Struicao has wrist control.
Lucan slips nicely into half guard.
Lucan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De Struicao's head.
Lucan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lucan lands strikes from half guard.
Lucan slips a nice elbow through De Struicao's hands, connecting with De Struicao's forehead.
Lucan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lucan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lucan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
De Struicao blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lucan.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lucan connects with a nice short shot to De Struicao's temple.
Lucan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
De Struicao taking some punishment here, with Lucan in his half guard.

De Struicao is rocked!
Lucan lands a big elbow - De Struicao is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Lucan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edwin Lucan!
An out of breath Edwin Lucan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.