PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luca Li Citra (ranked 2540 p4p, 3840 weight class) and Dax Ryan (ranked 309 p4p, 425 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Li Citra
vs
Ryan

190 cm
26
170
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
182
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

NARCOS

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luca Li Citra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dax Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ryan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Li Citra.
Ryan throws out a counter right but Li Citra avoids it with no problem.
Li Citra misses with a looping right.
Ryan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Li Citra fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Li Citra pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Ryan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Li Citra connects with a body shot.
Li Citra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Li Citra.
Li Citra throws a body punch but Ryan moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryan! But no joy.
Li Citra scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Li Citra darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ryan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li Citra sizes up Ryan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ryan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Li Citra keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Li Citra has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Li Citra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ryan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Li Citra misses with a straight right.
Li Citra swinging wildly here.
Ryan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Luca Li Citra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li Citra ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra scores with a nice head shot.
Ryan slips a straight right by Li Citra.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Li Citra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Li Citra really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ryan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Luca Li Citra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Li Citra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ryan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Li Citra waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ryan.
Li Citra scores with a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Ryan.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryan! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan moves away from the strike by Li Citra.
Li Citra lands a lovely overhand right.
Ryan walks into a straight right hand from Li Citra.
Li Citra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryan! But no joy.
A swing and a miss from Li Citra.
Li Citra throws a looping overhand right but Ryan ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Ryan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Li Citra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Li Citra scores with a hook to the body. Ryan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ryan blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Ryan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Li Citra throws a hook but Ryan avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryan! But no joy.
Li Citra throws a hook but Ryan avoids it easily.
Ryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Li Citra misses.
Li Citra is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ryan.
A little jabbing left from Ryan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Li Citra looks to land a right hand but Ryan moved out of range.
Ryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Li Citra misses its intended target.
Ryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Li Citra throws a hook but Ryan avoids it easily.
Ryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ryan is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Li Citra throws a body shot but no joy.
Ryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A shot to the liver by Li Citra. Beautiful body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Li Citra misses the target.
Li Citra scores with the left hand. Ryan knows he should have avoided that one.
Li Citra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Li Citra dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ryan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Li Citra misses its intended target.
Ryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ryan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Li Citra.
It seemed like Ryan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Li Citra misses with a wild body shot.
Jab by Li Citra.
Li Citra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ryan can do to turn this around?
Li Citra chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Li Citra.
Ryan throws out a counter right but Li Citra avoids it with no problem.
Li Citra paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ryan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Li Citra has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li Citra misses with a straight right.
Li Citra misses with a body shot.
Li Citra lands a nice looking body shot.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Li Citra.
Luca Li Citra is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li Citra throws a big shot that misses.
Ryan throws out a counter right but Li Citra avoids it with no problem.
Li Citra is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Li Citra misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ryan counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Luca Li Citra has been cut.
Li Citra scores with a shot to the body.
Li Citra works the jab nicely.
Li Citra dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Li Citra.
Ryan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A clash of legs there as Ryan blocks the low kick.
Ryan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Li Citra lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Li Citra. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Li Citra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan moves away from the strike by Li Citra.
Ryan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Li Citra lands a head kick. Ryan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Li Citra throws a hook to the side of Ryan's head but Ryan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryan! But no joy.
Li Citra looks to land a right hand but Ryan moved out of range.
Li Citra misses the jab.
Li Citra throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Li Citra throws a body punch but Ryan moves out of range.
Ryan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Ryan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ryan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - Li Citra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ryan throws out a counter right but Li Citra avoids it with no problem.
Ryan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li Citra tests Ryan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li Citra displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ryan.
Nice body punch from Li Citra.
Ryan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ryan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Li Citra.
Li Citra dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Li Citra lands with a shot to the body.
Li Citra tests Ryan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Li Citra.
Ryan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Li Citra throws out the jab.
Ryan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Li Citra connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ryan scrambles back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Li Citra lunges at Ryan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ryan's hand.
Li Citra scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Ryan is rocked!
Li Citra drops Ryan with a naaaaasty hook - Ryan is in real trouble here! Li Citra dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca Li Citra!
A victorious Luca Li Citra thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.