PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Raymore Ardonia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boyd Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Raymore Ardonia
vs
Lucas

191 cm
31
221 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

208 cm
20
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mirko Raymore Ardonia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Boyd Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ardonia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ardonia misses the shot to the body.
Ardonia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lucas throws a head kick but Ardonia moves out of range.
A combination from Ardonia does no damage.
Ardonia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lucas throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lucas scoring well with a low kick there.
Ardonia misses with a series of wild punches.
Lucas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ardonia.
Lucas feints and then cracks Ardonia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ardonia down.
Lucas connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ardonia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
An inside leg kick lands from Lucas.
Ardonia checks a low kick from Lucas.
Ardonia on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lucas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas tries a head kick but it misses.
Lucas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
No joy there for Ardonia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lucas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lucas cracks the inside of Ardonia's front leg.
Lucas lands with a cross.
Lucas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lucas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ardonia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lucas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ardonia throws a right hand that Lucas ducks under and follows up with a left that Lucas also avoids with ease.
Ardonia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ardonia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lucas. Lucas obviously looking to wear him down.
Ardonia is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucas wants to slow Ardonia down by chopping away at his legs.
Lucas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ardonia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lucas counters with a leg kick.
Lucas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lucas lands with a nice body kick.
Lucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ardonia.
Lucas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lucas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lucas throws a sloppy head kick and Ardonia moves out of range easily.
Lucas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ardonia moves out of range of the body kick.
Lucas slips under a jab.
Lucas throws a body punch but Ardonia moves out of range.
Ardonia 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.
Ardonia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lucas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lucas looks to land a body kick but Ardonia moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ardonia was well out of range. Poor timing from Lucas.
Lucas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lucas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ardonia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ardonia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ardonia blocks a head kick by Lucas.
Lucas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ardonia throws a right and a left that Lucas avoids nicely.
Lucas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lucas scores with a leg kick.
Lucas moves forwards but Ardonia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lucas scores with a shot to the body.
Ardonia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucas throws a body kick that misses.
Lucas jabs at Ardonia's body.
Ardonia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lucas was well out of range. Poor timing from Ardonia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ardonia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lucas scores with a leg kick.
Ardonia throws a jab but it's blocked by Lucas.
Ardonia walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lucas.
Lucas cracks the inside of Ardonia's front leg.
Lucas sizes up Ardonia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lucas digs a good hook to Ardonia's body.
Lucas scores with a punch to the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ardonia!
Ardonia thows a body shot but no joy.
Lucas just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Lucas.
Ardonia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lucas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boyd Lucas 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.

Lucas scores with a jab. Ardonia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lucas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lucas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lucas sizes up Ardonia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ardonia misses with a few strikes there.
Lucas connects with a crisp jab.
Ardonia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lucas lands a nice hook to Ardonia's body. Ardonia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lucas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ardonia throws out the jab.
Lucas slips under a jab from Ardonia.
Lucas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ardonia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Ardonia does no damage.
Ardonia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lucas!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ardonia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lucas moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Lucas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lucas.
Ardonia ducks right into an uppercut from Lucas.
Ardonia misses with a few strikes there.
Ardonia swinging wildly here.
Boyd Lucas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lucas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ardonia.
Ardonia blocks the body kick.
Ardonia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lucas counters with an inside leg kick.
Ardonia misses with a lunging right hand
and Lucas counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ardonia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ardonia there as he acknowledges the shot.

Ardonia is rocked!
Lucas throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Ardonia crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Boyd Lucas!