PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giordano Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Lucania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bruno might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Preliator. This should be fireworks!

Bruno
vs
Lucania

194 cm
25
265 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
275 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Giordano Bruno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Salvatore Lucania!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruno stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lucania delivers a nice body kick.
Lucania scoring well with a low kick there.
Lucania showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bruno.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruno.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruno just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruno dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lucania. That did some damage!
Bruno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lucania at a distance.
Bruno throws out a leg kick but Lucania moves out of range and Bruno only half commits.
Bruno scores with a hook to the body. Lucania takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bruno shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bruno lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lucania checks a leg kick.
Bruno sizes up Lucania with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bruno wants to land a leg kick but Lucania is out of range.
Bruno throws a leg kick but Lucania checks it.
Bruno throws a sloppy head kick and Lucania moves out of range easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bruno, as that shot connected.
Bruno scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lucania in his tracks.
Bruno misses the shot to the body.
Bruno takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruno throws a low kick but Lucania moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucania plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bruno misses with a low kick.
Bruno lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bruno swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bruno connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lucania momentarily.
Bruno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lucania.
Bruno throws out a loose jab but Lucania uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruno misses with a left hand

and Lucania counters by clinching up.
Bruno misses with some punches.
Bruno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lucania is defending well for now.
Lucania using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bruno lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Lucania.

It looks like Giordano Bruno has been cut.
Bruno can't find room to land a body shot as Lucania controls the action.
Lucania lands an elbow inside.
Bruno slows down the pace here.
Bruno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruno trying to control the position but instead, Lucania has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bruno into the cage.
Bruno managing to block the knees to the body from Lucania.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lucania.
Lucania slows down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Bruno.
Lucania is looking to control Bruno's arms but Bruno gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lucania has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lucania comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lucania missing with knees to the body.
Lucania unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Bruno.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruno avoids the elbow strike from Lucania, against the cage.
Lucania lands a damaging elbow.

Giordano Bruno's cut is getting worse.
Lucania blocking some punches.
Bruno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruno managing to block the knees to the body from Lucania.
Bruno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lucania is keeping busy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bruno.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Bruno.
Bruno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lucania backwards.
Lucania is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giordano Bruno dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giordano Bruno's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bruno ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lucania moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Lucania gets tackled into the cage by Bruno. Bruno maintains the clinch.
Lucania is trying to maintain a safe position but Bruno gets an underhook and turns Lucania into the cage.
Bruno lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruno makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bruno.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bruno.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bruno.
Bruno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lucania blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruno is struggling to control the position.
Bruno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lucania is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania tries to land knees in the clinch but Bruno avoids the damage to the body.
Bruno leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lucania tries to land a knee to the head but Bruno blocks with his arms.
Lucania misses with an elbow strike.
Lucania missing with knees to the body.
Bruno lands a shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bruno takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lucania manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lucania lands an elbow inside.
Bruno tries to land knees in the clinch but Lucania avoids the damage to the body.
Lucania prevents a body shot from Bruno.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bruno blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruno lands an elbow that stopped Lucania in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Salvatore Lucania has been cut.
Lucania creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bruno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Giordano Bruno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruno scores with a shot to the side of Lucania's head.

Bruno jumps guard and drags Lucania to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bruno is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bruno has Lucania pulled in close to control his posture.
Lucania sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bruno's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruno trying to hold on to Lucania's head to control him but Lucania postures up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lucania working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Giordano Bruno wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lucania gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bruno.
Lucania avoids a kick to the body.
Bruno connects with a jab.
Bruno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lucania checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruno throws a body punch but Lucania moves out of range.
Bruno missing with a left hand there. Lucania was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruno throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've been told by Bruno's head coaches at Beast II that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bruno scores with a leg kick.
Bruno tries to clinch up but Lucania circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruno swats away the attempt to clinch by Lucania.
Bruno swats away the attempt to clinch by Lucania.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Bruno scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giordano Bruno dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Bruno throws a head kick that misses.
Bruno lands with an overhand left.
Lucania checks a leg kick nicely.
Bruno chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bruno scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lucania throws a sloppy head kick and Bruno moves out of range easily.
Bruno fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lucania.
Lucania doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lucania fails to land with a series of punches.
Bruno connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruno cracks Lucania with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bruno connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lucania tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bruno bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lucania's head backwards.
Lucania's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bruno is looking to land body kicks.
Bruno dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lucania. That did some damage!
Lucania takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lucania on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bruno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lucania can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lucania tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruno misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruno throws a shot to the body.
Bruno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lucania.

Bruno lands a big head kick that sends Lucania tumbling to the mat! Bruno takes a step backwards and waves Lucania back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lucania is rocked!
Giordano Bruno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucania keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giordano Bruno is winning the standup battle so far.
Bruno throws a solid leg kick but Lucania takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bruno.
Bruno works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lucania is still on wobbly legs! Can Bruno finish him?
Bruno throws an overhand right that drops Lucania like a sack of potatoes! Bruno dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giordano Bruno!
Giordano Bruno looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Domine Iesu, Per vagitus Tui in praesepio pro me nascentis, Per lacrimas Tui in cruce pro me morientis, Per amorem Tui in tabernaculo pro me viventis, Miserere mei et salva me. '.