PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Caerwyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abner Felipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abner Felipe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Caerwyn
vs
Felipe

187 cm
25
235 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luciano Caerwyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abner Felipe!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felipe swinging wildly here.
Caerwyn tries to counter with a takedown but Felipe is quick to defend against it.
Caerwyn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Felipe.
Caerwyn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Felipe lands with a nice body punch.
Luciano Caerwyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felipe tries for a takedown but Caerwyn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Caerwyn throws a looping overhand right but Felipe ducks down to avoid it.
Caerwyn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Felipe lunges at Caerwyn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Caerwyn's hand.

It looks like Luciano Caerwyn has been cut.
Felipe scores with a shot to the body.
Felipe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Caerwyn on the side of the head.
Caerwyn throws a leg kick which misses Felipe's front leg but catches the back leg as Felipe tries to avoid it.
Caerwyn scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Felipe misses the shot to the body.
Felipe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caerwyn.
Felipe just misses with a punch to the body.
Felipe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Felipe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caerwyn. Caerwyn obviously looking to wear him down.
Caerwyn is looking to slow Felipe down with leg kicks.
Caerwyn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Caerwyn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caerwyn lands a body shot.
Caerwyn connects with a body shot.
Felipe looks winded!
Felipe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caerwyn.
Caerwyn throws a body punch but Felipe moves out of range.
Felipe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caerwyn manages to avoid it.
Caerwyn misses with a wild combination.

Caerwyn has Felipe up against the cage in a clinch.

Caerwyn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Felipe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Caerwyn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Caerwyn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Felipe is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Caerwyn rather than just go for the knockout.
A combination from Caerwyn does no damage.
Felipe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caerwyn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caerwyn slips under a jab from Felipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caerwyn scores with a decent looking hook.
Felipe scores with a nice right hand.
Jab from Caerwyn.
Nice shot lands for Caerwyn.
Caerwyn lands a nice shot that snaps Felipe's head back.
Felipe swinging wildly here.
Caerwyn moves out of range of the strikes.
Felipe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Caerwyn lands a jab to Felipe's midsection.
Caerwyn scores with the left hand. Felipe knows he should have avoided that one.
Caerwyn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caerwyn connects with a solid leg kick.
Caerwyn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Caerwyn lands a nice shot to the body.
It looks like Caerwyn has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.

Caerwyn forces Felipe back against the cage and clinches.
Caerwyn landing knees to the body.
Felipe takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felipe takes an elbow to the temple.
Caerwyn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Caerwyn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Felipe takes an elbow to the temple.
Felipe takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Abner Felipe has been cut.
Caerwyn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Felipe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caerwyn lands an elbow inside.
Caerwyn scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caerwyn obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caerwyn obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caerwyn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Felipe's face.

Caerwyn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caerwyn thuds a left hand into Felipe's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caerwyn punishes Felipe's body with a nice straight punch.
Caerwyn moves away from the strike by Felipe.
Caerwyn misses with a series of wild punches.
Felipe 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.
Felipe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Felipe misses with a two punch combination.
Felipe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Caerwyn throws a right hand that Felipe ducks under and follows up with a left that Felipe also avoids with ease.
Caerwyn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Felipe misses with a straight left.
Luciano Caerwyn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caerwyn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felipe 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.
Felipe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caerwyn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Felipe.
And Felipe tries to counter it with a takedown but Caerwyn pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Felipe misses with a wild body shot.
Felipe swings for the body but Caerwyn moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luciano Caerwyn dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A nice leg kick lands there from Caerwyn.
Abner Felipe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caerwyn with a hook.
Felipe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caerwyn.
Caerwyn is looking to slow Felipe down with leg kicks.
Caerwyn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Felipe.
Sloppy strikes from Felipe. Those never looked like landing.
Caerwyn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Felipe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Felipe blocks a jab.
Felipe connects with a nice looking jab.
Felipe throws a body punch but Caerwyn moves out of range.
Caerwyn tries to counter with a takedown but Felipe is quick to defend against it.
Felipe misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caerwyn misses with a two punch combination.
Felipe throws a shot from downtown. Caerwyn moves away and avoids it.
Caerwyn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Caerwyn drops Felipe with a beautiful combination! Felipe stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Caerwyn is looking for the KO!

Felipe is rocked!
Caerwyn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Felipe is still on wobbly legs! Can Caerwyn finish him?
Felipe is breathing heavily.
Caerwyn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Felipe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A nice inside leg kick there by Caerwyn. That's going to slow Felipe down.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caerwyn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Caerwyn.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Caerwyn here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Caerwyn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Caerwyn lands a big knee to the head and Felipe goes down! Caerwyn pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luciano Caerwyn!
In his post fight interview, Luciano Caerwyn started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.