PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Lucania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tomilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lucania might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Murder Inc. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tomilson's choice of entrance music: Bout that Life. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lucania
vs
Tomilson

193 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

195 cm
25
218 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

North
KO Clothing

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 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Salvatore Lucania!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Tomilson!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucania waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tomilson.
Lucania smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
An inside leg kick from Lucania misses.
A good leg kick by Lucania.
Lucania lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tomilson at a distance.
Lucania pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucania lunges at Tomilson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tomilson's hand.
Tomilson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tomilson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomilson misses with a series of wild punches.
Lucania scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lucania lands an overhand right.

Lucania fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tomilson to the ground. Lucania is now in Tomilson's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lucania stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tomilson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania passes into half guard.

Lucania is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tomilson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lucania is trying to control the action in half guard but Tomilson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tomilson manages to get to full guard.
Lucania throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tomilson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomilson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lucania wants to control from the top but Tomilson keeps moving.
Lucania looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lucania preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucania throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lucania wants to pass the guard but Tomilson is keeping the position.
Lucania looking to sit in guard and control but Tomilson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Lucania is looking for a triangle but Tomilson pushes his legs off easily.
Tomilson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lucania is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lucania is looking for a kimura but Tomilson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lucania to get the leverage.
Lucania tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tomilson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lucania wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tomilson keeps working.
Lucania passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tomilson!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lucania trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvatore Lucania dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tomilson throws a leg kick

and Lucania counters with a takedown into side control.

Lucania working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Lucania is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tomilson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lucania fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lucania throws a strike aimed at the side of Tomilson's head but Tomilson avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lucania goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Tomilson has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Lucania but great work by Tomilson.
Tomilson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lucania is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Tomilson working the ground and pound.
Tomilson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lucania is trying to improve his position.
Lucania prevents Tomilson from improving position.
Lucania gets back to half guard.
Lucania is looking for a sweep. Tomilson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomilson misses with a head shot. Lucania uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lucania preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tomilson throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tomilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lucania wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Lucania is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tomilson is looking to advance position but Lucania has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucania throwing strikes here but Tomilson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lucania with good strikes from the mount here!
Lucania throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tomilson tries to hold on but Lucania pushes him away.
Lucania throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tomilson because Lucania loaded up on that one.
Lucania sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Salvatore Lucania overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tomilson tries to lock up and control but Lucania gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lucania throwing strikes here but Tomilson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucania connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lucania punching from mount but Tomilson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lucania trying to control but Tomilson is having none of it.
Lucania punching from mount but Tomilson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tomilson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lucania looking to control but Tomilson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Poor strikes thrown by Lucania there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salvatore Lucania dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tomilson throws a leg kick that is checked

and Lucania counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tomilson!
Lucania tries to score with some ground and pound. Tomilson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lucania 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.

Lucania tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lucania has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
An elbow from Lucania crashes against the mat.

Lucania thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tomilson parries the strikes from Lucania easily there. Lucania is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tomilson to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomilson prevents Lucania from improving position.
Tomilson struggling a bit here.
Lucania throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Lucania working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lucania tries to move to full mount but Tomilson actually manages to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucania thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tomilson's head.
Mike Tomilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lucania trying to pass the guard but Tomilson defending well.
Lucania is working hard here to advance position.

Lucania is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lucania is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tomilson is just riding it out for now. Lucania eventually gives up the hold.
Tomilson trying to control here.
Lucania thows a huge punch but Tomilson dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lucania throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Lucania is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tomilson defends it well.
Lucania throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lucania tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tomilson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lucania is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tomilson can do to turn this around?
Lucania is trying to control the action in half guard but Tomilson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Salvatore Lucania showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lucania has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salvatore Lucania!
An out of breath Salvatore Lucania thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.