PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Luciano (ranked 1187 p4p, 2078 weight class) and Hells No (ranked 147 p4p, 248 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luciano
vs
No

178 cm
25
160
4 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
155
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricky Luciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Hells No!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano lands a jab.
No's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Luciano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! No scrambles back to his feet.
Luciano throws a right and a left that No avoids nicely.
Luciano lands a right hook to the body.
No throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Luciano moves into range and connects with a jab.
No misses with a hook.
Luciano connects with a nice looking jab.
Luciano misses with a looping left.
No swings away with a body shot that misses
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No misses with an uppercut.
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No tries to counter with a clinch but Luciano shakes him off and moves away.
Luciano scores with a jab to the head.
Luciano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A slow jab from Luciano misses its intended target.

No has closed the distance and engaged Luciano in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of No backwards.
No has a couple of punches blocked by Luciano.
No swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
No tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.

Luciano manages to break the clinch.

No moves into the clinch.
Luciano struggles to land a body shot inside as No controls his hands.
No working aggressively here.
No looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Luciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. No is defending well for now.
Good body shot from Luciano.
No fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Luciano definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from No fails to land.
No misses with some punches.

Luciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice jab there from Luciano.
Luciano connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No blocks a jab.
Nice jab there from Luciano.
Luciano throws a jab when No was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ricky Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.

No is rocked!
Luciano scores with a jab. No acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
No is still on wobbly legs! Can Luciano finish him?
No fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Luciano avoids it really well and circles away.
Luciano throwing a counter right hand but No manages to avoid it.
No seems to have recovered his senses.
Ricky Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hells No.
Luciano looks to throw the jab but No is out of range.
No misses with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
No staying out of range there.
No defending well as Luciano loads up on a big left hand.
No wants to counter with a clinch but Luciano pushes him away.
Luciano lands with a cross.
No takes a swing at Luciano's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luciano lands a big uppercut and No crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but No looks OK. Luciano waves No back to his feet!
Luciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract No.
Luciano works No's body with a nice hook.
No throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Luciano to counter with a crisp jab.
No ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luciano moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano swings widly with a right hand

and No counters by moving into the clinch.
Luciano can't find room to land a body shot as No controls the action.
No struggles to land a body shot inside as Luciano controls his hands.

Luciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No moves in looking to clinch but Luciano pushes him off.
Luciano lands with a nice body punch.
Luciano throws a jab when No was well out of range.
Ricky Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No staying out of range there.
Luciano's corner calls for a 1-2. Luciano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Luciano. No joy for No on that attempt.
No misses with a body shot.
No misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
No throws a poor cross that misses
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Luciano cracks No with an open hand slap.
No takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
No misses with a hook

and Luciano counters with a crisp right hand that drops No! Luciano lets No back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but No was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
No has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luciano scores with a jab to the body.
No doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from No misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luciano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Luciano lands a nice looking body kick.
No looks winded!
No throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Luciano dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Luciano defending well as No loads up on a big left hand.
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that No can do to turn this around?
Luciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from No.
No misses with a hook.
Luciano lunges at No with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by No's hand.
No walks into a left hand.
No bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No moves out of range of the strikes.
No takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Luciano drops No with a huge uppercut! No drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Luciano is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Luciano!
Ricky Luciano is the new lightweight champion!
Ricky Luciano spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.