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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Praust (ranked 813 p4p, 1041 weight class) and Charles Luciano (ranked 107 p4p, 136 weight class). Praust's entrance music is Holidays In The Sun. A fine choice. Marshall Praust is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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9 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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19 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshall Praust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luciano tries a quick counter leg kick but Praust is wise to it.
Luciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Praust tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Luciano manages to circle out of the way.
Praust tries to clinch up.
Luciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Praust sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Praust is looking to clinch but Luciano is avoiding it.
Praust tries to clinch but Luciano moves away
and Luciano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some bone on bone action there as Luciano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Luciano steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick lands from Luciano.
Praust looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Luciano thuds a left hand into Praust's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praust throws an overhand right that lands on Luciano's shoulder, as Luciano tries to avoid the shot.
Praust takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Marshall Praust has been cut.
Praust misses with a low kick.
Luciano lands a jab.
Luciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Praust.
Luciano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Praust.
Praust takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Praust gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Luciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Praust controls his hands.
Luciano working aggressively here.
Praust can't find room to land a body shot as Luciano controls the action.
Luciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Praust backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with the head strike.
Luciano misses with the head strike.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Praust backwards.
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!
Praust breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Praust moves into range and clinches up with Luciano.
Luciano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Prausts head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luciano.
Praust is rocked!
Praust blocks an uppercut.
Oh Praust is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Praust blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Praust.
Luciano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Praust.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
Luciano misses with some punches.
Praust blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Luciano fails to land.
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano misses with some punches.
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Praust uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano misses with the head strike.
Praust wants a takedown but no success here.
Praust blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luciano misses with the head strike.
Luciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Praust uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano misses with some punches.
Praust blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luciano.
Luciano throws a head punch that misses.
Luciano working aggressively here.
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Luciano fails to land.
Luciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Praust.
Praust blocks an uppercut.
Praust seems to have got his legs back now.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luciano with a nice calf kick.
Praust doesn't manage to clinch there - Luciano circles away.
Luciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Praust tries to clinch up.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Praust tries to counter by clinching up but Luciano breaks away and moves out of range.
Charles Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Praust pushes Luciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Luciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praust blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Luciano.
Luciano blocks a body shot from Praust.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Praust.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Luciano.
Praust taking a breather.
Luciano lands with a short shot to the head.
Marshall Praust's cut is getting worse.
Praust breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Praust walks forward, straight into a front kick from Luciano.
Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Luciano misses with an uppercut
and Praust counters with an inside leg kick.
Luciano throws an overhand right that drops Praust like a sack of potatoes! Luciano dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Luciano!
Charles Luciano thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Marshall Praust had this to say: 'No worries. The Athletic Commission has just announced my opponent has once again tested positive for PEDs, so this fight will be declared a 'No-Contest.''.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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