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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Bruens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruens comes to the cage accompanied by River Below. Luciano is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Mechanic. This should be a great matchup!
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185 lbs
16 - 11 - 1 |
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188 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class 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
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Bruens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruens looking to score a takedown here. Luciano is defending well but Bruens drives through and ends up in Luciano's guard.
Bruens loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bruens has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Luciano scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Bruens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bruens throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Luciano was covering up waiting for the punch and Bruens finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Luciano is pulling down on Bruens's head to control his posture.
Luciano keeping moving, preventing Bruens from controlling successfully.
Bruens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bruens sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bruens tries to free his leg and advance position but Luciano is retaining full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bruens shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Luciano sprawls well. Luciano wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bruens gets slowly back to his feet.
Bruens tries a low kick but Luciano avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice takedown defense from Luciano. No joy for Bruens on that attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Luciano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Luciano.
Bruens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luciano lands a jab to the head.
Luciano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Charlie Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruens misses with a hook. Luciano ducked under it nicely.
Bruens lunges at Luciano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Luciano's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruens shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Luciano defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Bruens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luciano.
Luciano slips under a jab from Bruens.
Luciano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luciano goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luciano. That's going to slow Bruens down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruens misses with a left hand
and Luciano counters with a body kick.
Luciano lands with an overhand left.
Luciano scores with a sloppy right hand. Bruens should have avoided that one.
Bruens staying out of range there.
Bruens looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano missing with a left hand there. Bruens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luciano is looking to clinch but Bruens is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luciano tries to bum rush Bruens with a series of wild strikes but Bruens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Luciano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Luciano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bruens shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bruens was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Luciano is trying to stand up.
Bruens trying to control but Luciano is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luciano working to try and regain half guard.
Bruens lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Luciano working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
Bruens unloading with bombs!
Luciano is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bruens trying to control but Luciano is having none of it.
Luciano blocking the ground and pound.
Bruens working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Luciano?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano is desperately trying to improve his position but Bruens has a good base and remains in mount.
Bruens with a couple of short strikes.
Luciano is rocked!
Bruens loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Luciano scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Bruens land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Bruens stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Bruens!
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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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