PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Jackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Luciano acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Jackman
vs
Luciano

183 cm
26
176 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
181 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Jackman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano is looking to clinch but Jackman is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from Jackman as Luciano shoots in.
Jackman just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackman fails to land the takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Luciano. Those never looked like landing.
Jackman moves out of range of the strikes.
Luciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackman throws a jab but it's blocked by Luciano.

Jackman scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jackman thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Luciano sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jackman trying to advance position but Luciano counters by regaining guard.
Jackman stops Luciano from standing up.
Jackman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackman forces his way into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Luciano can do anything to dispel that myth.
Luciano regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jackman.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackman tries to free his leg and advance position but Luciano is retaining full guard.
Jackman trying to control but Luciano is working from the bottom.
Jackman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jackman is working hard here to advance position.
Jackman looking to sit in guard and control but Luciano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jackman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Luciano's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jackman is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jackmanis looking to pass into half guard but Luciano pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Luciano is in guard.
Jackman wants to sweep but no luck.
Luciano must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Luciano trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jackman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Luciano can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Luciano trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackman looking to control.
Luciano controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Luciano pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackman is keeping the position for now.

Charles Luciano has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Luciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice shot by Jackman.
Luciano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Luciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luciano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackman.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jackman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Luciano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Luciano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jackman slips a jab and a cross from Luciano.
Jackman tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Luciano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackman circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luciano.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackman throws a right hand that Luciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Luciano also avoids with ease.
Jackman scores with a nice head shot.
Jackman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Luciano but Luciano pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Luciano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Jackman to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luciano.
Luciano looks gassed!
Jackman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luciano has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Jackman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Luciano is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackman clobbers Luciano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Horrible takedown by Jackman or perhaps it was just good defense by Luciano which made him look bad.
Luciano tries to bum rush Jackman with a series of wild strikes but Jackman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luciano.
Jackman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
No joy there for Luciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Luciano throws out a loose jab but Jackman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Luciano on the side of the head.
Luciano misses with a combination
and Jackman counters with a straight right hand.
Luciano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Luciano is rocked!

Jackman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Luciano!
Luciano is still in real trouble! Can Jackman finish him?
Jackman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Luciano is breathing heavily.

Luciano defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Jackman.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackman is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Luciano is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Luciano flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Jackman anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Luciano and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Jackman slips an arm under Luciano chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Jackman has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Jackman is squeezing on Luciano like an anaconda would it's prey. Luciano fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nate Jackman!