PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco De Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with Bullet With A Name On It by Nonpoint blaring out of the sound system. De Luca comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The End Begins (To Rock) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Williams
vs
De Luca

185 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco De Luca!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by De Luca.
De Luca misses with a two punch combination.

Williams tries to keep at a distance but De Luca has taken the fight into the clinch.
De Luca is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Williams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Williams just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Luca's brow.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but De Luca keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Williams throws an elbow but misses.
Williams looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Luca has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Williams.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De Luca avoids a wild elbow strike from Williams.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. De Luca won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Williams.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Luca's efforts to push away.
De Luca blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from De Luca.
De Luca keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Luca dodges an elbow strike from Williams.
De Luca fails to pull guard.
Jason Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco De Luca.
Williams throws an elbow that misses.
De Luca blocks an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams lands an elbow inside that De Luca shrugs off.
Williams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee calls for De Luca to work.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams tries to break free but De Luca pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Williams throws an elbow but misses.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but De Luca is blocking nicely.
Williams lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
De Luca taking a breather.
De Luca dodges an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams is trying to stall.
Williams looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De Luca blocks with his arms.
De Luca has Williams pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Williams.
Williams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Williams misses with an elbow strike.
Williams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Luca looking for a takedown.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Luca tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Williams smiles and moves away.
De Luca jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jason Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Luca blocks the body kick.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams throws a low kick, looking for De Luca's leg but De Luca calmly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.

De Luca gets a takedown into half guard.

De Luca is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

De Luca looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Luca moves nicely into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams avoids any damage from the ground and pound of De Luca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco De Luca dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams misses with a low kick.
De Luca misses with a looping right.

De Luca feints and as Williams raises his hands in defense, De Luca changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams is looking to stand up but De Luca isn't so interested in that idea.
De Luca throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but De Luca is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Williams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Luca on the ground.
Williams has momentary wrist control but De Luca slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams keeping full guard, as De Luca tries to pass.
De Luca working some strikes from top position.
Williams utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Luca tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Luca trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Luca looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Williams keeping moving, preventing De Luca from controlling successfully.
De Luca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Luca sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Williams's guard.
De Luca seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
De Luca missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Luca moves nicely into side control.
Williams is not content to let De Luca control the position.
Williams tries to escape but De Luca is in control.
De Luca has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Williams!
Williams taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Luca jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Williams manages to avoid the submission attempt.
De Luca scoring with punches from side control.
Williams wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Williams regains half guard, as De Luca was trying to land strikes.
De Luca works his way into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco De Luca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A clash of legs there as Williams blocks the low kick.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and De Luca moves out of range easily.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Luca is out of range.
De Luca checks a leg kick.
De Luca checks a low kick from Williams.
De Luca blocks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Luca checks a leg kick.

De Luca looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Williams!

De Luca has hold of Williams's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Williams manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
De Luca lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Marco De Luca has got the better of the ground game so far.
Williams wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by De Luca.
De Luca unloading with bombs!
Williams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
De Luca looking to finish with strikes here!
Jason Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Luca putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

It looks like Jason Williams has been cut.
De Luca connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
De Luca punching from mount but Williams doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Williams avoids a series of strikes thrown by De Luca.
De Luca throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Williams is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids a series of strikes thrown by De Luca.
De Luca is landing with some decent strikes but Williams is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
De Luca unloads with some shots from mount but Williams bucks and avoids them well.

De Luca jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Williams is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Williams and De Luca has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
De Luca trying to control the position but Williams is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Luca goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Williams rolls with the submission and now he's on top in De Luca's guard! Nice work there by Williams!
Williams would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Marco De Luca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Luca trying to control the position here.
De Luca wants to sweep here but Williams controlling him for the moment.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of De Luca's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco De Luca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Luca winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco De Luca!