PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Luciano (ranked 57 p4p, 241 weight class) and Kaarlo Susi (ranked 9 p4p, 37 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Luciano
vs
Susi

190 cm
27
223
14 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
210
11 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conviction

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Luciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaarlo Susi!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Susi misses with an uppercut
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
Luciano tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Susi jabs Luciano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Susi tried to score with a low kick but Luciano checks it.
Susi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Luciano has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Susi misses with a hook.
Susi motions for Luciano to come forward. Susi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Susi.
Susi looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
Luciano appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Susi tries to land a body kick
and Luciano counters with a left to the body.
Susi throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Susi misses with a looping right.
Luciano tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Susi manages to circle out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano slips under a jab.
Luciano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Susi.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Susi.
Luciano is looking to counter the offense by Susi and move into the clinch.
Susi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Luciano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Susi throws a wild body kick that Luciano sees coming a mile off.
Susi misses with a hook.
Susi lands a really nice looking cross but Luciano seems unphased.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Susi throws a sloppy body shot

and Luciano counters by clinching up.
Luciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Susi prevents a body shot from Luciano.
Susi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luciano has him pressed against the cage.
Luciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Susi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Susi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Luciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Susi swings widly with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a thumping low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Susi throws a hook but Luciano blocks it.
Luciano thinks about countering with a body kick.
Susi scores with a body shot.
Luciano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Susi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Luciano's sensitive parts.
Susi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Luciano.
Susi just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Luciano was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Susi.
Nice cross by Luciano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A head kick by Susi misses
and Luciano counters with a right hand to the body.
Susi blocks a head kick by Luciano.
Susi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Luciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A low kick lands for Susi.
Luciano looks to throw a body kick
and Susi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luciano loads up on a big right hand but Susi slips the punch.
A jab lands there for Susi.
Kaarlo Susi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Susi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Luciano under the eye.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Susi.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick misses from Luciano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi throws a jab when Luciano was well out of range.
Susi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Susi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luciano avoids the head kick by Susi.
Luciano connects with an inside leg kick.
Luciano misses with a hook to the body
and Susi counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Susi.
Susi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Luciano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Susi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Susi.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Susi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Susi ducks under a wild hook from Luciano.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaarlo Susi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luciano defending well as Susi loads up on a big left hand.
Luciano throwing a counter right hand but Susi manages to avoid it.
Susi throws a poor cross that misses
and Luciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Susi lands a leg kick that knocks Luciano off balance momentarily.
Susi misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot by Luciano.
Susi misses with a hook
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano moves out of range of the leg kick from Susi.
Luciano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Susi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Susi throws a lazy uppercut
and Susi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Susi throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano thuds his shin into the meat of Susi's side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Susi.
Susi scores with the left hand. Luciano knows he should have avoided that one.
Susi is looking to chop away at Luciano's legs.
Luciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano misses with a straight left.
Kaarlo Susi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Susi misses with a straight right.
Susi tries a head kick but it misses.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Susi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luciano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Susi misses with a hook
and Luciano counters with an inside leg kick.
Susi throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi lands a nice looking body shot.
Luciano is looking to chop away at Susi's legs.
Susi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
Susi throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
Susi walks into a stiff left hand from Luciano.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Susi misses.
Luciano is looking to counter with a body kick.
Susi misses with a lunging right hand
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luciano misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Susi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Susi tries to land a front kick but Luciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Luciano wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Susi throws a poor cross that misses
and Luciano counters with an outside leg kick.
A cross from Luciano lands.
Luciano misses with a hook. Susi ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Susi. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Susi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Susi.
A counter left hand to the body from Luciano misses its target.
Good exchange - Susi coming out on top.
Luciano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Susi checks a low kick from Luciano.
Luciano staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Susi.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Susi.
Susi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Susi misses with an uppercut.
Luciano is looking to counter with a body kick.
Luciano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Susi scores with a head kick. Luciano tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Susi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Susi catches Luciano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Susi lands a really nice looking cross but Luciano seems unphased.
Susi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luciano manages to avoid it.
Luciano staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaarlo Susi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Luciano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Susi.
Susi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Susi missing with a left hand there. Luciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A lazy left from Susi finds it's target.
Susi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Luciano is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Susi misses with a jab to the body
and Luciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Susi misses with a hook
and Luciano counters with a low kick, right behind Susi 's knee.
Luciano staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Susi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Susi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Susi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Susi misses with an uppercut
and Luciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Susi throws a looping overhand right but Luciano ducks down to avoid it.
Luciano walks into a stiff left hand from Susi.
A shot to the body from Susi misses
and Luciano counters with a nice kick to the body.
Susi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A left lands for Luciano.
Luciano lands a really nice looking cross but Susi seems unphased.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luciano blocks a head kick by Susi.
Susi misses with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a thumping low kick.
Susi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano avoids a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Susi.
Luciano takes a swing at Susi's ribcage but misses.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Susi.
Luciano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Susi counters with a straight right hand.
Good shot there by Luciano.
A slow jab from Luciano misses its intended target.
Nice cross by Susi.
Susi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Susi throws an off balance right hand
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Susi.
Luciano tries to counter by clinching up but Susi breaks away and moves out of range.
Luciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Luciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Susi misses with a looping left.
Luciano walks into a stiff left hand from Susi.
Luciano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Susi.
Luciano is looking to counter the offense by Susi and move into the clinch.
Susi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Susi misses with a jab to the body
and Luciano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Susi throws a lazy uppercut
and Luciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Susi throws a jab but it's blocked by Luciano.
Susi throws a leg kick
and Luciano counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Luciano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Susi's knee momentarily.
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!
Susi throws a sloppy body shot
and Luciano counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Susi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Luciano.
Luciano throws a shot to the body.
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Susi is out of range.
Susi misses with a looping left.
Susi misses with a straight right.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Luciano! Susi is out on his feet! Luciano rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Susi is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Susi is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Luciano!
Charles Luciano retains his light heavyweight title!
Charles Luciano took some time post fight to say the following; 'Pleasure beating the crap out of this chump.'.