PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jovan Dickons (ranked 751 p4p, 734 weight class) and Antonio Luciano (ranked 115 p4p, 110 weight class). Dickons's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sidung. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dickons
vs
Luciano

196 cm
26
205
11 - 11 - 0

185 cm
32
190
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sakura Style

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jovan Dickons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dickons throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luciano tries to move into range but Dickons moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dickons slips under a jab.
Luciano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Luciano checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Luciano throws a jab when Dickons was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Antonio Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dickons with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dickons lands a nice looking body shot.
Dickons cracks Luciano with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Luciano misses with a looping left.
Dickons swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dickons.
Luciano misses with a lunging right hand
and Dickons connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dickons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano walks into a stiff left hand from Dickons.
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses
and Dickons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luciano misses with a right hand
and Dickons counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Luciano misses.
Dickons lands a jab.
A jab from Luciano misses.
It looked like Dickons wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
It looks like Dickons has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Luciano throws a hook but Dickons avoids it easily.
Luciano misses with a right hand
enabling Dickons to counter with a crisp jab.
Dickons scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jab from Dickons.
Luciano blocks a head kick by Dickons.
Dickons clobbers Luciano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Luciano misses with a hook
and Dickons counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luciano throws a jab but it's blocked by Dickons.
Luciano looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dickons is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Luciano's half guard.
Dickons will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Dickons is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Luciano has managed to free his arm - good work.
Luciano manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickons throws a big right hand that misses.
Dickons postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dickons accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dickons loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Luciano has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dickons working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Luciano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dickons throwing strikes from guard but Luciano blocks nicely.
Dickons trying to control the position from guard on top but Luciano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickons trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Luciano manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dickons being controlled here, momentarily.

Dickons working for a triangle but Luciano defends it easily.
Luciano slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Dickons has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Luciano should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Dickons has tightened it up now! Luciano should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jovan Dickons!