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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Luciano (ranked 5642 p4p, 5090 weight class) and Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan (ranked 569 p4p, 541 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.
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180 cm 21 172 2 - 4 - 0 |
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174 cm 20 175 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Great elbows Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Luciano! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! AliKhan checks a leg kick. Luciano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
AliKhan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. A solid leg kick lands there for Luciano.
An inside leg kick lands from Luciano. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Luciano. Luciano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Luciano throws a wild body kick that AliKhan sees coming a mile off. AliKhan darts in and out, connecting with a jab. A left lands for AliKhan. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Luciano jabs AliKhan to the body, keeping him at a distance. Luciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Luciano lands an overhand right. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Luciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Crunch! Luciano slams his shin into AliKhan's torso. AliKhan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Luciano throws a leg kick and AliKhan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as AliKhan checks a leg kick. Luciano throws a chopping leg kick but AliKhan manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Luciano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. AliKhan moves out of range of the leg kick from Luciano. A decent looking cross lands there for Luciano. Luciano throws a nice outside leg kick. Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it. AliKhan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Luciano digs a good hook to AliKhan's body.
AliKhan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Luciano throws the kick towards the body but AliKhan avoids it. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A big right from Luciano misses.
Luciano pushes AliKhan up against the cage in a clinch. Still in the clinch, AliKhan scores with a nice short uppercut. AliKhan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A nice right hand lands inside from AliKhan. AliKhan struggles to land a body shot inside as Luciano controls his hands.
Luciano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through AliKhan's defenses.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/cut.gif) It looks like Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan has been cut. AliKhan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano lands an elbow that stopped AliKhan in his tracks for a moment. A right hand to the body from AliKhan.
Luciano takes a shot to the head.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. AliKhan misses with a body punch.
Luciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
AliKhan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. AliKhan tries to work over Luciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. A nice left hand lands by AliKhan.
AliKhan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luciano throws a low kick but it's checked well by AliKhan. Luciano throws a leg kick and AliKhan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Luciano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. AliKhan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. AliKhan looks to land a body kick but Luciano moved away. Luciano throws the left hand but AliKhan avoids the punch easily. AliKhan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jose Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano rushes AliKhan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Luciano prevents AliKhan from breaking the clinch. AliKhan blocks the elbow strike.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Luciano throws an elbow that misses.
AliKhan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. AliKhan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow. Luciano blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Luciano misses with some punches.
AliKhan presses Luciano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Luciano has AliKhan pressed against the cage, preventing AliKhan from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Luciano scores with a shot to the side of AliKhan's head. AliKhan working some nice short punches in the clinch. AliKhan lands a hook to the side of the head. A body shot lands from AliKhan.
Luciano throws an elbow but it misses.
Luciano is trying to maintain a safe position but AliKhan gets an underhook and turns Luciano into the cage. AliKhan misses with a punch on the inside.
Luciano digs a right hand into AliKhan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on AliKhan's gas tank. AliKhan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. AliKhan blocks an elbow strike. AliKhan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Luciano lands a body shot. AliKhan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Luciano dominated that round. The cut man is working on Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
AliKhan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luciano. Danga de danga de dang - Luciano scores with a four punch combination! Luciano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. A kick lands to the mid section there for Luciano. AliKhan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luciano misses with an attempted mid kick.
AliKhan now looks to counter with a shot at the body. AliKhan thows a leg kick but Luciano checks it and Luciano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps AliKhan thinking. A low kick from Luciano is predictable there letting AliKhan counter with a right hand. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Luciano lands a nice leg kick that just misses AliKhan's sensitive parts. Luciano lands a nice looking body kick. Luciano throws a nice outside leg kick.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Luciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luciano drives through and clinches with AliKhan against the cage.
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that AliKhan can do to turn this around? AliKhan misses with a punch on the inside.
AliKhan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
AliKhan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Luciano connects with an inside leg kick. AliKhan misses the shot to the body. AliKhan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Luciano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! AliKhan scrambles back to his feet. AliKhan tried to score with a low kick but Luciano checks it. A shot to the liver by Luciano. Beautiful body shot. Luciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Luciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Luciano misses with an uppercut. AliKhan saw that one coming.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Luciano throws a leg kick but AliKhan sees it coming and checks it nicely. Luciano backing away here, and AliKhan unleashes a leg kick that just misses. AliKhan checks the leg kick. Luciano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Jose Luciano is winning the standup battle so far. A kick lands to the mid section there for Luciano. This has been an exciting period of action! Luciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between AliKhan's hands. Luciano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. AliKhan throws a lazy uppercut
and Luciano counters with a series of strikes. AliKhan will be more careful next time no doubt. Luciano misses with a low kick.
Luciano dips to his left and cracks AliKhan with an uppercut!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked.gif) AliKhan is rocked!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/cut.gif) That has opened up Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan's cut even more. Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by AliKhan.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by AliKhan.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Luciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano scores with a leg kick.
AliKhan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Luciano. That one must have hurt. A big right from Luciano misses. Luciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Luciano throws a shot from downtown. AliKhan moves away and avoids it. AliKhan feints a counter leg kick. Luciano takes a body punch but keeps moving. Luciano lands a head shot. Luciano throws a lazy uppercut
and AliKhan counters with a nice uppercut. Luciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. 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.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. AliKhan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from AliKhan. Luciano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! AliKhan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
AliKhan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luciano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. AliKhan tries to move into range but Luciano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Luciano throws a big shot that misses. AliKhan checks a leg kick. Crunch! Luciano slams his shin into AliKhan's torso. Luciano connects with a looping right hand.
AliKhan looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Luciano dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Luciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. A clash of legs there as Luciano blocks the low kick. AliKhan looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range. It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. AliKhan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Luciano. Luciano scores with a nice head shot. AliKhan lands a head shot. Luciano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Luciano closes the distance but AliKhan moves to the side and Luciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Luciano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. AliKhan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Luciano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. It seemed like AliKhan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Luciano throws a low kick but it's checked well by AliKhan. Luciano backing away here, and AliKhan unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Luciano throws a low kick but AliKhan moves out of range easily. AliKhan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Luciano lands a jab to the nose. AliKhan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Luciano. Luciano looks for the body kick but AliKhan saw that one coming. AliKhan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. AliKhan throws a nice inside leg kick. Good exchange - Luciano coming out on top. Luciano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but AliKhan checks it well. A decent looking cross lands there for AliKhan. Luciano throws a low kick but AliKhan avoids it. Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Luciano misses with a right hand and AliKhan counters with a nice uppercut. AliKhan connects with a body shot. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! AliKhan checks a leg kick. Luciano tries to work over AliKhan's front leg with a kick but AliKhan checks it. And an attempted straight right on the counter from AliKhan! But no joy. Luciano thows a leg kick but AliKhan checks it and AliKhan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. AliKhan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Luciano throws a solid leg kick but AliKhan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Luciano. Luciano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. AliKhan sees it coming and avoids it easily. Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body. AliKhan misses with an uppercut.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. AliKhan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Luciano loads up on a big right hand but AliKhan slips the punch. Luciano lands an overhand right. Luciano misses with a kick to the body.
Luciano throws the left hand but AliKhan avoids the punch easily. AliKhan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Luciano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Luciano misses with a body shot
and AliKhan counters with a nice right hand that sends Luciano toppling to the canvas! Luciano scrambles and gets back to his feet - can AliKhan finish him?!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked2.gif) Luciano is rocked! Luciano gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! AliKhan points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Luciano wakes up just in time to hear AliKhan thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alibaba Mehmet AliKhan!
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