PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Lukaszewicz (ranked 5009 p4p, 573 weight class) and Luca Conti (ranked 3138 p4p, 414 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lukaszewicz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alter Bridge - Show me a leader. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lukaszewicz
vs
Conti

185 cm
25
216 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

198 cm
23
216 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Lukaszewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luca Conti!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lukaszewicz looking to throw knees to the head but Conti is blocking nicely.
Lukaszewicz takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Robert Lukaszewicz has been cut.
Lukaszewicz blocks a body shot from Conti.
Conti lands a damaging elbow.
Conti lands a damaging elbow.
Conti wants to take the fight to the mat but Lukaszewicz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Lukaszewicz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Conti lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Conti lands a damaging elbow.
Conti changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lukaszewicz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Conti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lukaszewicz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lukaszewicz throws a right and a left that Conti avoids nicely.
Lukaszewicz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conti throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lukaszewicz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Conti counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lukaszewicz won't be happy with that.

Lukaszewicz explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukaszewicz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lukaszewicz throws a shot to the body.
Conti misses with a combination
letting Lukaszewicz counter with a right hand.
Conti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Conti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lukaszewicz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Conti rushes Lukaszewicz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lukaszewicz jumps guard but Conti stands there with Lukaszewicz around his waist. Lukaszewicz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Conti lands a damaging elbow.
Conti lands a damaging elbow.
Conti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
Conti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lukaszewicz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Conti has him pressed against the cage.
Conti lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lukaszewicz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Conti prevents Lukaszewicz from breaking the clinch.
Lukaszewicz tries to break the clinch but Conti is controlling the position.
Conti lands an elbow just above Lukaszewicz 's eye.

Robert Lukaszewicz's cut is getting worse.
Conti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Conti lands a good knee to the midsection. Lukaszewicz won't want to take too many of those.
Conti misses with a punch to the body.
Conti lands an elbow that stopped Lukaszewicz in his tracks for a moment.
Conti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lukaszewicz backwards.
Conti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lukaszewicz's defenses.

Robert Lukaszewicz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lukaszewicz is trying to push Conti away but Conti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Conti with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Conti.
Lukaszewicz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Conti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Conti obliges.
Lukaszewicz is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lukaszewicz can't break the clinch.
Conti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Conti lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Robert Lukaszewicz's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Conti has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Lukaszewicz is trying to keep an underhook but Conti manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Conti.
Conti content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lukaszewicz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Conti lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conti wants to free his trapped foot but Lukaszewicz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Conti takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lukaszewicz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Conti.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Conti working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Nice strikes from Conti there.
Conti slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Conti scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Conti is trying to control. Lukaszewicz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Conti trying to control from Lukaszewicz's half guard. Lukaszewicz has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lukaszewicz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Conti on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conti working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Conti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conti lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Conti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Lukaszewicz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Conti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lukaszewicz doesn't seem bothered though.
Conti gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lukaszewicz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lukaszewicz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Conti counters with a right hand to the body.
Robert Lukaszewicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conti tries to clinch there but Lukaszewicz circles away.

Lukaszewicz gets tackled into the cage by Conti. Conti maintains the clinch.
Conti lands a good knee to the midsection. Lukaszewicz won't want to take too many of those.
Lukaszewicz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lukaszewicz tries to circle away but Conti has him pinned against the cage.
Conti lands an elbow inside.
Lukaszewicz jumps guard but Conti stands there with Lukaszewicz around his waist. Lukaszewicz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lukaszewicz is trying to maintain a safe position but Conti gets an underhook and turns Lukaszewicz into the cage.
Luca Conti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Conti lands a damaging elbow.
Conti lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right hand to the body from Conti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukaszewicz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lukaszewicz is trying to break free.
Conti crunches a lovely knee into Lukaszewicz's ribcage.
Lukaszewicz working hard to break the clinch.
Conti working Lukaszewicz over with knees to the body.
Conti cracks Lukaszewicz with a nice body shot.
Conti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice left hand lands by Conti.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robert Lukaszewicz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luca Conti!