PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Risley (ranked 1657 p4p, 211 weight class) and Jose Carlos Luciano (ranked 1283 p4p, 170 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Risley
vs
Carlos Luciano

179 cm
39
177 lbs
27 - 15 - 1

180 cm
26
178 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joe Risley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Carlos Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Risley stuns Luciano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Risley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Risley manages to avoid it.
Risley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luciano only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Luciano moves out of range of the body kick.
Risley cracks Luciano with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Luciano checks a low kick from Risley.
A slapping body kick lands there for Risley.
Risley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Luciano wants to land a leg kick but Risley is out of range.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Risley.
Risley looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
Risley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Luciano at a distance.
Luciano has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Joe Risley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano slips a straight right by Risley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Risley cracks a nice hook into Luciano's ribs.
Risley thows a leg kick but Luciano checks it
and Luciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano tries to bum rush Risley with a series of wild strikes but Risley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luciano.
Luciano lands a high kick!
Donk. Risley catches Luciano right on the button with a cross.
Luciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Risley misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Luciano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Risley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luciano manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Luciano.
Risley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A big left from Risley misses.
Risley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Risley takes one to the side of the head.
Risley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body punch from Luciano.
Risley jabs Luciano right on the nose. Luciano blinks but takes it well.
Risley lands a jab to Luciano's midsection.
Risley swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
Risley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Luciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Risley looks to throw the jab but Luciano is out of range.
Risley lands a two punch combo.
Risley lands a jab to Luciano's midsection.
Risley is looking to wear down Luciano with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Risley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano misses with a body punch
and Risley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Risley 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luciano is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Risley with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Risley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And Luciano responds with a good body kick, but Risley manages to step out the way in time.
Risley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Risley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
And Luciano responds with a good body kick, but Risley manages to step out the way in time.
Risley looks to throw the jab but Luciano is out of range.
Luciano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luciano tests Risley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luciano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Risley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Risley moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLuciano.
Risley cracks Luciano with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Risley stuns Luciano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Risley looks for a takedown but Luciano sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Luciano.
Luciano cracks Risley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luciano lands the left hand.
Risley throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.
Risley just misses with a punch to the body.
Risley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luciano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Luciano works Risley's body with a nice hook.
Risley throws a leg kick but Luciano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Risley throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano checks the leg kick.
And Luciano responds with a good body kick, but Risley manages to step out the way in time.
Good shot there by Risley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Risley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Luciano avoids the head kick by Risley.
Risley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Risley misses with an uppercut. Luciano saw that one coming.
Risley tests Luciano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luciano throws a push kick but Risley slaps the foot to one side.
Luciano blocks a head kick by Risley.
Risley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Luciano might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Risley has got the better of the exchanges.
A slapping body kick lands there for Luciano.
Luciano misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano staying out of range there.
Nice cross by Risley.
Risley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luciano staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Risley connects with an inside leg kick.
Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Risley moves away.
Luciano blocks a head kick by Risley.
A countering left hand to the body from Luciano misses.
Risley throws a hook but Luciano blocks it.
Risley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luciano can do to turn this around?
Luciano misses the shot to the body.
Risley throws a lazy uppercut
and Luciano counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Risley out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Luciano is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jose Carlos Luciano!