PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Luciano (ranked 446 p4p, 542 weight class) and Bo Garrett (ranked 71 p4p, 84 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luciano
vs
Garrett

185 cm
33
190
17 - 9 - 0

175 cm
33
185
23 - 15 - 2

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Luciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garrett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luciano.
Garrett slips a jab from Luciano.
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Luciano.
Luciano swings widly with a right hand
and Garrett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garrett misses with a hook.
Luciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Luciano throws a looping overhand right but Garrett ducks down to avoid it.
Antonio Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Garrett.

Garrett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Luciano, pushing him back against the cage.
Garrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
A short right from Garrett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luciano working aggressively here.
I was talking to Luciano's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Garrett goes for a takedown attempt but Luciano pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Luciano throws a hook but Garrett avoids it easily.
Garrett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano.
Garrett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luciano looks to land a right hand but Garrett moved out of range.
Garrett steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Luciano.
Garrett moves out of range of the strikes.
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Garrett counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Luciano misses.
Luciano moves forwards but Garrett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses
and Garrett counters with a nice body shot.
Garrett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luciano.
Luciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garrett's head.
Antonio Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garrett lands a jab.
Garrett just misses with a punch to the body.

Garrett clinches up with Luciano and pushes him back against the cage.
Garrett lands a body shot.
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garrett backwards.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garrett throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
Garrett tries to work over Luciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luciano misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Garrett.
Garrett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws an elbow but it misses.
Luciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett misses with a body punch.
Luciano lands with a left to the head.
Garrett tries to work over Luciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garrett misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Luciano.
Luciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garrett lands a shoulder strike.
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garrett.
Garrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luciano lands with a short shot to the head.
Luciano working aggressively here.
Luciano blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Garrett throws a punch but it's blocked by Luciano.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Garrett.
Luciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garrett misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lucianos head.
Garrett presses Luciano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garrett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Luciano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.
Garrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Luciano fails to land.
We've been informed that Garrett has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Luciano blocks an uppercut.
Luciano prevents a body shot from Garrett.
Luciano scores with a shoulder strike.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Garrett.
Garrett throws a punch but it's blocked by Luciano.
Garrett can't find room to land a body shot as Luciano controls the action.
Nice body punch from Garrett - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
Garrett misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrett tries to work over Luciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Garrett - that landed with a thud.
Luciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Garrett.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garrett throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Luciano.
Garrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garrett tries to throw a body punch but Luciano avoids it by throwing Garrett back against the cage.
Garrett misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett leaning against his opponent.
Luciano blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett blocking some punches.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bo Garrett will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luciano throws out a loose jab but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Luciano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Garrett counters with a takedown into side control.
Garrett lands a few punches from side control.
Garrett postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Garrett postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Luciano dodges the ground and pound from Garrett.
Luciano wants to control but Garrett postures up.
Garrett lands a decent elbow from side control.
Check out the look on Garrett's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Garrett is working Luciano over with some ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garrett is putting a hurting on Luciano here, landing some big shots from side control.
Garrett has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Garrett in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Luciano is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bo Garrett!
During a confident post fight interview, Bo Garrett thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.