PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Luggy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luggy's entrance music is Smashing Pumpkins - Quiet. A fine choice. Lima has chosen DMX - Ain't no sunshine as his entrance music. Matt Luggy had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Luggy
vs
Lima

173 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
27
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Luggy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Douglas Lima!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lima scores with a one two! Luggy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Matt Luggy has been cut.
Lima looks to land a body kick but Luggy moved away.
Lima is looking to clinch.
Lima fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Luggy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lima misses with a two punch combination.
Lima misses with a head kick.
Lima wants to clinch up but Luggy keeps it at a distance.
Lima tries to clinch but Luggy moves out of range.
Lima moves into range and connects with a jab.
Luggy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lima lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lima tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luggy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Luggy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Luggy has Lima pressed against the cage.
Luggy takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Luggy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lima.
Lima lands a shoulder strike.
Lima misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luggy.
Luggy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lima lands a good knee to the midsection. Luggy won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Lima.
Lima using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luggy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luggy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lima misses with a knee strike.
Lima softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lima misses with a punch to the body.
Lima throws an elbow but it misses.
Lima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lima tries to work over Luggy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lima misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Lima.
Lima is looking to break free of the clinch but Luggy has double underhooks.
Lima letting Luggy take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luggy managing to block the knees to the body from Lima.
Lima throws an elbow but it misses.
Lima throws a punch but it's blocked by Luggy.

Luggy works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Luggy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luggy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Lima has his feet on Luggy's thighs here. He's pushed Luggy off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Luggy screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Douglas Lima!
In his post fight interview, Douglas Lima started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.