PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Luciano (ranked 3995 p4p, 24674 weight class) and Oliver McCarthy (ranked 500 p4p, 707 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Luciano
vs
McCarthy

187 cm
19
210
1 - 2 - 1

190 cm
19
205
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bruno Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oliver McCarthy!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano.
A slow jab from Luciano misses its intended target.
Luciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Oliver McCarthy has been cut.
Luciano throws the left hand but McCarthy avoids the punch easily.
McCarthy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luciano misses with a straight left.
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luciano throws a left and a right that both miss
and McCarthy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Bruno Luciano has been cut.
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCarthy counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A shot to the body from Luciano misses
and McCarthy counters with a nice uppercut.
McCarthy takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Luciano darts in and clinches McCarthy up against the cage.
Luciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luciano is trying to stall.
Luciano lands a body punch in the clinch.
McCarthy is looking to break free of the clinch but Luciano has double underhooks.
Luciano struggles to land a body shot inside as McCarthy controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luciano.
McCarthy is looking to break free of the clinch but Luciano has double underhooks.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by McCarthy.
McCarthy tries to circle away but Luciano has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy wants to get back to striking at distance but Luciano won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Luciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luciano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McCarthy or not.
Luciano keeps control of McCarthy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCarthy's elbow.
Luciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCarthy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Luciano on the inside.
Luciano tries a body shot but McCarthy blocks it.
Luciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCarthy backwards.

McCarthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Luciano misses.
McCarthy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Luciano with a body shot.
McCarthy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Luciano throws a right hand that misses
and Luciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano scores with a decent looking hook.
Luciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little jabbing left from McCarthy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McCarthy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luciano.
McCarthy throws out a counter right but Luciano avoids it with no problem.
Luciano definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Luciano cracks McCarthy with an open hand slap.
McCarthy walks into a straight right hand from Luciano.
Luciano throws a right hand that misses
and McCarthy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCarthy counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCarthy counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCarthy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luciano misses with a body shot
letting McCarthy counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano misses with a body punch
and McCarthy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Luciano is rocked!
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses
and McCarthy counters with a huge left! Luciano is in big trouble! He's backing up but McCarthy isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Luciano from any more damage. A dominating finish by McCarthy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver McCarthy!
During a confident post fight interview, Oliver McCarthy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.