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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Luciano (ranked 3075 p4p, 4630 weight class) and Necmettin Hoca (ranked 335 p4p, 468 weight class). Necmettin Hoca has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricky Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Necmettin Hoca!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Hoca is out of range.
Luciano throws a hook to the side of Hoca's head but Hoca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luciano has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hoca finds it's way round the side to connect with Luciano's head.
Hoca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a hook. Hoca ducked under it nicely.
Hoca fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Luciano seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hoca tries to clinch
and Hoca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hoca looks to clinch
and Hoca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hoca misses with a right hand
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoca fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice jab there from Luciano.
A low kick from Luciano misses
and Hoca counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoca swings wildly with an uppercut but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoca is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoca lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoca.
Hoca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hoca connects with a body shot that sends Luciano's belly button to the back.
Hoca looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Necmettin Hoca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoca with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hoca throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luciano.
Hoca tries to clinch there but Luciano circles away.
Hoca throws a lazy uppercut
and Luciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hoca rushes Luciano and presses him up against the cage.
Hoca digs a right hand underneath Luciano's ribcage. Luciano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luciano blocks a body shot from Hoca.
Hoca throws a punch but it's blocked by Luciano.
A nice left hand lands by Hoca.
Hoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
Hoca lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hoca lands a body punch in the clinch.
Luciano wants to break free but Hoca has control.
Luciano blocks an uppercut.
Luciano breaks the clinch.
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.
Hoca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luciano jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Hoca throws a lazy uppercut
and Luciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luciano keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoca ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hoca misses with a right hand
letting Luciano counter with a right hand.
Hoca misses with a left hand
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hoca throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Luciano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Luciano misses with a looping left.
Luciano throws a body punch but Hoca moves out of range.
Luciano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hoca throws a right hand that misses
and Luciano counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hoca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoca lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hoca throws an off balance right hand
and Luciano counters with a nice body shot.
Hoca ducks under a wild hook from Luciano.
Hoca throws a right hand that misses
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luciano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hoca has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Luciano finds it's way round the side to connect with Hoca's head.
Hoca on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Luciano lands a front kick.
Hoca misses with a body punch
and Hoca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoca moves in looking to clinch but Luciano pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoca misses the shot to the body.
Luciano throws a good cross that connects.
Luciano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ricky Luciano will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hoca slips under a jab.
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hoca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hoca ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Hoca.
Hoca moves into range and clinches up with Luciano.
Hoca presses Luciano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luciano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luciano working aggressively here.
Luciano missing with knees to the body.
Luciano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hoca throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoca misses with a left hand
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
Hoca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hoca's knee momentarily.
Luciano throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoca lands a nice shot to the body.
Hoca misses the body punch
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoca rushes Luciano and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Luciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luciano lands with a cross.
Hoca throws a jab when Luciano was well out of range.
Luciano jabs at Hoca's body.
Luciano gets tackled into the cage by Hoca. Hoca maintains the clinch.
Luciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hoca lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice shot lands for Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoca tries to clinch but Luciano moves away
and Luciano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hoca misses with a lunging right hand
and Luciano counters with a nice uppercut.
Hoca throws a looping overhand right but Luciano ducks down to avoid it.
Ricky Luciano is winning the standup battle so far.
Luciano throws a wild body kick that Hoca sees coming a mile off.
Hoca wants to clinch up but Luciano keeps it at a distance.
Luciano thinks about countering with a body kick.
Hoca misses with a shot to the body
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Luciano misses with a body kick.
Hoca walks into a left hand.
Hoca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luciano manages to avoid it.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoca is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Luciano.
Hoca misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoca misses with a body shot
letting Luciano counter with a right hand.
Hoca rushes Luciano and presses him up against the cage.
Luciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hoca is defending well for now.
Hoca softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luciano tries to throw a body punch but Hoca avoids it by throwing Luciano back against the cage.
Luciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoca tries to work over Luciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoca lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoca works on Luciano's body with a couple of short punches.
Luciano blocking some punches.
Hoca blocking some punches.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luciano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Luciano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Necmettin Hoca has been cut.
Luciano scores with a nice right hand.
Hoca tries to clinch
and Hoca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Luciano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice uppercut lands for Hoca. That snapped Luciano's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hoca.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Luciano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Necmettin Hoca's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hoca loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
Hoca takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hoca connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hoca closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Luciano to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano throws out a loose jab but Hoca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoca tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hoca takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hoca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Hoca looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoca lands the left hand.
Hoca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice shot lands for Luciano.
Hoca tries to clinch but Luciano moves away
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoca walks into a straight right hand from Luciano.
Hoca is rocked!
A bone on bone clash there as Hoca blocks the leg kick.
Hoca is still on wobbly legs! Can Luciano finish him?
Hoca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hoca seems to have recovered his senses.
Hoca swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Luciano misses its target.
Hoca has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hoca misses with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a nice uppercut.
Luciano clobbers Hoca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hoca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Luciano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hoca doesn't seem phased though.
Hoca doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hoca throws a jab when Luciano was well out of range.
Luciano scores with a punch to the head.
Hoca tries to clinch up.
Luciano feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Luciano dips to his left and cracks Hoca with an uppercut!
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoca.
Hoca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Luciano cracks Hoca with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hoca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Luciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Necmettin Hoca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoca can do to turn this around?
Luciano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hoca connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoca misses with an uppercut
and Luciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano staying out of range there.
Hoca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano.
Luciano sends Hoca crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Luciano is motioning to the referee to let Hoca up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Ricky Luciano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hoca misses with a lunging right hand
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoca misses with a hook. Luciano ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoca misses with a right hand
letting Luciano counter with a right hand.
Hoca sizes up Luciano with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Luciano throws a big shot that misses.
Hoca walks into a stiff left hand from Luciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoca misses with a hook
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
Hoca throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hoca swings widly with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luciano scores with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hoca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hoca closes the distance but Luciano moves to the side
and Hoca takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hoca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luciano manages to avoid it.
Hoca closes the distance looking to clinch
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Luciano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luciano, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Luciano!
Ricky Luciano tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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