PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel De Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Vicent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Lucas comes to the cage accompanied by Apaga mais não bate. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De Lucas
vs
Vicent

183 cm
28
215 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

198 cm
28
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel De Lucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Vicent!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vicent doesn't manage to clinch there - De Lucas circles away.
Good work by Vicent as he checks the leg kick.
Vicent pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Lucas misses with a body kick.

De Lucas moves into range and clinches up with Vicent.
De Lucas misses with a hook from the clinch.

De Lucas is trying to trip Vicent. He has hold of a leg but Vicent is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. De Lucas persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Vicent working a defensive guard here.
De Lucas trying to control but Vicent is working from the bottom.
De Lucas wants to pass the guard but Vicent is keeping the position.
De Lucas wants to control from the top but Vicent keeps moving.
De Lucas prevents Vicent from getting back to his feet.
De Lucas wants to control from the top but Vicent keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Samuel De Lucas.
Vicent misses with a hook. De Lucas ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lucas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vicent doesn't seem bothered though.
De Lucas fails with an attempt to clinch.

Vicent gets caught flat footed, as De Lucas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Vicent will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
De Lucas wants to pass the guard but Vicent is keeping the position.
Vicent wants to hit a switch here but De Lucas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Vicent there!
De Lucas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

De Lucas looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

De Lucas is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Vicent to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Vicent shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lucas trying to control but Vicent is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vicent can't escape the position.

De Lucas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Vicent has managed to escape the submission attempt.
De Lucas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vicent really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

De Lucas is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Vicent has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Vicent!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
De Lucas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vicent's guard.

De Lucas 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.
Vicent wants to sweep here but De Lucas controlling him for the moment.
Vicent keeping full guard, as De Lucas tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Lucas looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Vicent thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Vicent really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Lucas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vicent wants to hit a switch here but De Lucas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Vicent there!
Vicent tries to hold on but De Lucas postures up.
De Lucas controlling the position easily from mount.

De Lucas is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Vicent to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Vicent shrugs it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Lucas controlling the position easily from mount.

De Lucas is working for a guillotine from mount but Vicent frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel De Lucas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Lucas lands with a right hand.
Vicent throws a leg kick but De Lucas checks it.
Vicent misses with a low kick.
De Lucas throws a lazy head kick
and Vicent counters with a nice kick to the body.
De Lucas moves in looking to clinch but Vicent pushes him off.
De Lucas moves out of range of the body kick from Vicent.
Vicent moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Lucas misses with a head kick.
Vicent throws a leg kick
and De Lucas counters with a low kick, right behind Vicent 's knee.
De Lucas misses with a low kick as Vicent jumps back.
De Lucas avoids a kick to the body.
Vicent moves out of range of the leg kick from De Lucas.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vicent checks a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vicent tries to keep at a distance but De Lucas has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vicent looking to stall.
De Lucas can't find room to land a body shot as Vicent controls the action.

De Lucas turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
De Lucas is looking to take a break and control but Vicent is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vicent is looking for a sweep.
De Lucas slows the pace down.
Vicent is trying to control De Lucas's posture but De Lucas avoids it.
De Lucas trying to control the position but Vicent is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vicent is trying to work for a sweep but De Lucas has mounted him!
Samuel De Lucas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Lucas tries to control but Vicent wriggling away.
De Lucas looking to control and managing it successfully.
De Lucas tries to control but Vicent wriggling away.
Vicent is trying to escape the mount.
Vicent is squirming around, avoiding De Lucas's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vicent is trying to escape the mount.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

De Lucas has control of Vicent's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Vicent regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Lucas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Vicent has managed to escape the submission attempt.

De Lucas working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Vicent looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by De Lucas! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Samuel De Lucas!
After the fight, Samuel De Lucas was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.