PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Friedrich Nietzsche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nietzsche comes to the cage accompanied by Heartbeats. Luciano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Mechanic. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Nietzsche
vs
Luciano

190 cm
25
195 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

194 cm
25
188 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Friedrich Nietzsche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nietzsche shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Luciano manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nietzsche throwing strikes from guard but Luciano blocks nicely.
Nietzsche working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nietzsche postures up.
Nietzsche trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Luciano manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nietzsche is looking to improve his position but Luciano isn't that keen on the idea.
Nietzsche tries to hold on but Luciano pushes him away.
Nietzsche is looking to improve his position but Luciano isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano controlling his opponent.
Luciano trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nietzsche 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.

Luciano is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Nietzsche throws a series of strikes that have Luciano backpedaling.

It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.

Nietzsche clinches up against the cage.
Nietzsche lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nietzsche works on Luciano's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche tries a body shot but Luciano blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nietzsche just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luciano's brow.
Luciano blocks the elbow strike.
Nietzsche tries to land knees in the clinch but Luciano avoids the damage to the body.
Nietzsche stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nietzsche stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nietzsche trying to control the position but instead, Luciano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nietzsche into the cage.
Luciano wants to stall.
Nietzsche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luciano landing knees to the head.
Nietzsche misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nietzsche tries to stall but Luciano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Luciano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luciano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Luciano throws an elbow but misses.
Nietzsche tries to throw a body punch but Luciano avoids it by throwing Nietzsche back against the cage.
Nietzsche is trying to maintain a safe position but Luciano gets an underhook and turns Nietzsche into the cage.
Nietzsche throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.

It looks like Friedrich Nietzsche has been cut.
Nietzsche blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luciano prevents a body shot from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luciano creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nietzsche lands an elbow that stopped Luciano in his tracks for a moment.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nietzsche lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Luciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nietzsche is defending well for now.
Luciano has Nietzsche pressed against the cage.
Luciano crunches a lovely knee into Nietzsche's ribcage.
Nietzsche wants to get back to striking at distance but Luciano won't allow it.
Nietzsche is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luciano is defending well for now.
Nietzsche taking a breather.
Nietzsche is looking for a takedown.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luciano.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nietzsche wants a takedown but no success here.
Nietzsche tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Luciano breaks the clinch.
Friedrich Nietzsche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano lands a front kick.
That kick from Nietzsche tenderised Luciano's leg. Luciano is trying to keep his angry face on.
Luciano scores with a push kick.
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nietzsche was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
Luciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Luciano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nietzsche throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nietzsche throws a low kick but Luciano moves out of range easily.
Nietzsche tries to clinch but Luciano moves out of range.
Nietzsche steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luciano.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nietzsche, as that shot connected.
Luciano checks the leg kick.
Luciano scores with a decent looking hook.
Nietzsche gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Friedrich Nietzsche will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

No luck for Nietzsche with that takedown attempt.
Luciano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nietzsche.
Luciano checks a leg kick nicely.
Luciano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Luciano keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Luciano.
Nietzsche shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A low kick from Nietzsche misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nietzsche ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luciano moves away.
Nietzsche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nietzsche avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luciano, as that shot connected.
A shot to the liver by Luciano. Beautiful body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Luciano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nietzsche takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nietzsche misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano checks a leg kick.
Nietzsche looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good standup being displayed there by Luciano as he connects with a hook.
Luciano 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.
Nietzsche throws a low kick, looking for Luciano's leg but Luciano calmly moves out of range.
Nietzsche shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nietzsche looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice uppercut lands for Nietzsche. That snapped Luciano's head back.
Nietzsche throws a head kick but Luciano moves out of range.
Nietzsche takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Charlie Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nietzsche wants to land a leg kick but Luciano is out of range.
Nietzsche chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luciano can pounce on him.
Luciano cracks Nietzsche with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nietzsche drives through with a takedown into Luciano's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nietzsche stopping the sweep attempt from Luciano.
Luciano keeping moving, preventing Nietzsche from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nietzsche!
Nietzsche wants to control but Luciano is having none of it.
Nietzsche tries to improve his position but instead Luciano has taken his back!
Nietzsche staying busy and making it hard for Luciano to control.
Luciano is trying to stick to Nietzsche's back but Nietzsche is turning into Luciano. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Luciano's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luciano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nietzsche keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Luciano's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luciano is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Nietzsche can't find room to land a body shot as Luciano controls the action.
Luciano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nietzsche avoiding damage as Luciano throws knees to the body.
Luciano crunches a lovely knee into Nietzsche's ribcage.
Luciano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.
Luciano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Luciano manages to break the clinch.
Nietzsche scores with a body shot.
Luciano lands with a shot to the body.
Luciano feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nietzsches jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Some wild striking there from Nietzsche.
Luciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick misses from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche is looking to clinch.
Good shot there by Luciano.
Nietzsche rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nietzsche shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Luciano defends it nicely.
Luciano scores with the left hand. Nietzsche knows he should have avoided that one.
Luciano checks a low kick from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche throws a push kick but Luciano slaps the foot to one side.
Luciano wants to clinch up but Nietzsche keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nietzsche shoots in for a double leg but Luciano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Friedrich Nietzsche. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nietzsche connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Nietzsche forces Luciano back against the cage and clinches.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Luciano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Luciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Luciano moves out of range of the leg kick from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche blocks the body kick.
Luciano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nietzsche 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.
A big left from Nietzsche misses.
Luciano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luciano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice shot lands for Luciano.
Luciano blocks a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luciano.
Nietzsche takes one to the side of the head.
Nietzsche lands a slapping body shot.
That kick from Luciano tenderised Nietzsche's leg. Nietzsche is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Luciano checks the leg kick.
Luciano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Luciano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nietzsche throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nietzsche looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luciano moves in looking to clinch but Nietzsche pushes him off.
Nietzsche tries to score a power double leg takedown but Luciano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nietzsche somewhat.
Friedrich Nietzsche is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luciano's corner calls for a 1-2. Luciano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luciano keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloppy strikes from Nietzsche. Those never looked like landing.
Luciano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nietzsche shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Luciano sprawls well. Luciano wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nietzsche gets slowly back to his feet.
Nietzsche scores with a hook to the body. Luciano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano drops his hands momentarily and Nietzsche takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nietzsche closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot lands for Luciano.

Nietzsche is rocked!
Luciano lands a jab.
Oh Nietzsche is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charlie Luciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nietzsche is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nietzsche throws a nice looking combination but Luciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nietzsche misses with a low kick.
Luciano connects with a leg kick. Nietzsche looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Luciano gets a clinch.
Luciano lands an elbow that stopped Nietzsche in his tracks for a moment.
Luciano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The referee calls for Luciano to work.
Nietzsche lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nietzsche blocks an elbow strike from Luciano.
Luciano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Luciano lands an elbow just above Nietzsche 's eye.
Luciano's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Charlie Luciano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche takes an elbow to the temple.
Luciano slows down the pace here.
Luciano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Luciano lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luciano obliges.
Nietzsche seems to have got his legs back now.
Luciano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Luciano breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luciano.
Luciano lands with a nice body kick.
Luciano scores with a nice strike.
A head kick from Luciano lands but Nietzsche takes it in his stride.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Nietzsche circles away.
Nietzsche moves in looking to clinch but Luciano pushes him off.
Nietzsche lands a two punch combo.
Nietzsche moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Luciano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Luciano slips under a jab from Nietzsche.
Nietzsche shoots in but Luciano avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Friedrich Nietzsche. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good work by Luciano as he checks the leg kick.
Nietzsche tried to score with a low kick but Luciano checks it.
Nietzsche takes one to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luciano.
Nietzsche tries to clinch there but Luciano circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Nietzsche. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No luck for Nietzsche with that takedown attempt.
Good exchange - Luciano coming out on top.
Luciano lands a nice shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Luciano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Luciano has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Luciano!
Charlie Luciano thanked the fans post fight for their support.