PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Lucious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaroslav Svoboda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lucious
vs
Svoboda

182 cm
22
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Gold Standard Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Lucious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaroslav Svoboda!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svoboda scores with a spinning back kick!

Lucious takes the fight into the clinch.
Lucious tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Svoboda is looking to break free of the clinch but Lucious has double underhooks.

Svoboda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lucious pushes Svoboda up against the cage in a clinch.
Lucious throws a knee to the head but misses.
Svoboda wants to break free but Lucious has control.
Svoboda tries to circle away but Lucious has him pinned against the cage.
Lucious with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lucious using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Lucious.
Svoboda wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lucious has him pressed against the cage.
Lucious is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Svoboda is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Svoboda's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lucious throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Svoboda blocks it with crossed arms.
Lucious lands a right hand.
Lucious lands a nice elbow.
Lucious with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svoboda wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lucious has him pressed against the cage.
Lucious taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucious tries a knee to the head but Svoboda blocks it.
Lucious scores with a knee to the head.
Lucious with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lucious with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svoboda looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lucious tries to land a knee to the head but Svoboda blocks with his arms.
Svoboda jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lucious walks away with a smile on his face. Svoboda gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Svoboda swats away the attempt to clinch by Lucious.
Svoboda throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Svoboda misses with a kick to the body.
Lucious lands a nice leg kick that just misses Svoboda's sensitive parts.
Svoboda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lucious.
Svoboda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Svoboda just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucious checks a low kick from Svoboda.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lucious looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lucious pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucious moves out of range as Svoboda throws a body kick.
Svoboda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lucious.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lucious.
Svoboda throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lucious slips under a jab from Svoboda.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Svoboda.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lucious misses with the head strike.
Lucious prevents Svoboda from breaking the clinch.
Lucious tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svoboda avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svoboda wants to get back to striking at distance but Lucious won't allow it.

Svoboda gets control of Lucious's arms and successfully pulls guard. Svoboda will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Svoboda not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lucious is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Svoboda has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Lucious is looking to defend but Svoboda has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Lucious! Svoboda pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Lucious taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jaroslav Svoboda!