PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kingsley Ciprut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Labayen Luceno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ciprut
vs
Luceno

186 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
28
205 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kingsley Ciprut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Labayen Luceno!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Luceno instigates a clinch.
Ciprut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Ciprut.
Knees to the body from Ciprut.
Ciprut lands an elbow that stopped Luceno in his tracks for a moment.
Ciprut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luceno drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Luceno tries to score a body lock takedown but Ciprut shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ciprut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ciprut misses with a knee strike.
Ciprut struggles to land a body shot inside as Luceno controls his hands.
Luceno drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kingsley Ciprut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Labayen Luceno.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luceno is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ciprut pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luceno takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Ciprut.
Luceno looks gassed!
Ciprut working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ciprut throws a head punch that misses.
Ciprut lands an elbow just above Luceno 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ciprut obliges.
Luceno drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ciprut pulls his leg out and moves away.

Luceno gets tackled into the cage by Ciprut. Ciprut maintains the clinch.
Ciprut working Luceno over with knees to the body.
Ciprut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luceno takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ciprut blocks a body shot from Luceno.
Luceno letting Ciprut take a breather here.
Luceno misses with an elbow over the top.
Luceno takes an elbow to the temple.
Luceno tries to work over Ciprut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ciprut lands a knee to the head.
Ciprut lands an elbow just above Luceno 's eye.
Ciprut landing knees to the head.
Ciprut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ciprut lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ciprut just leaning against Luceno, taking a breather.
Ciprut lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ciprut landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Luceno fails to pull guard.
Ciprut lands an elbow that stopped Luceno in his tracks for a moment.
Ciprut lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Luceno.
Ciprut misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ciprut obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Ciprut.
Ciprut stalling in the clinch.
Ciprut landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ciprut stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ciprut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luceno's defenses.
Ciprut utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ciprut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Ciprut - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciprut lands a nice elbow.
Luceno being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kingsley Ciprut dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ciprut instigates a clinch.
Ciprut lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Labayen Luceno has been cut.
Ciprut avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kingsley Ciprut.

Ciprut has Luceno up against the cage in a clinch.
Ciprut lands a good knee to the midsection. Luceno won't want to take too many of those.
Ciprut connects with a knee to the head.
Luceno is breathing heavily.
Ciprut lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kingsley Ciprut has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ciprut for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Luceno swings wildly with an uppercut but Ciprut uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luceno misses with an elbow over the top.
Ciprut's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Luceno takes a shot to the head.
Luceno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ciprut stalling.
Ciprut seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kingsley Ciprut.
Ciprut is looking to clinch but Luceno is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luceno tries to bum rush Ciprut with a series of wild strikes but Ciprut uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ciprut tries to clinch but Luceno is having none of it.
Ciprut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ciprut tries to clinch there but Luceno circles away.
A head kick misses from Ciprut.
Ciprut tries to close the distance and clinch but Luceno swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ciprut wants to clinch

and Luceno counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Luceno.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luceno has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ciprut is proving hard to escape from.
Ciprut is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luceno can do to turn this around?
Luceno prevents Ciprut from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ciprut scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Kingsley Ciprut is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ciprut has Luceno up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Luceno tries to break free but Ciprut pushes him back against the cage.
Luceno wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ciprut has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luceno.
Ciprut lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ciprut - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Luceno drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ciprut gets the underhooks and prevents it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ciprut stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kingsley Ciprut dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Labayen Luceno's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Ciprut fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luceno throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ciprut's waist but Ciprut gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Luceno off to one side.
Ciprut tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ciprut tries to close the distance and clinch but Luceno swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ciprut closes the distance and pushes Luceno back into the cage.
Ciprut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ciprut lands an elbow inside that Luceno shrugs off.
Ciprut gets underhooks to prevent Luceno's takedown attempt.
Ciprut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luceno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ciprut blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ciprut crunches a lovely knee into Luceno's ribcage.
Luceno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luceno wants a takedown but no success here.
Kingsley Ciprut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Labayen Luceno.
Ciprut lands a good knee to the midsection. Luceno won't want to take too many of those.
Ciprut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Luceno takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ciprut lands a nice elbow.
Ciprut tries a knee to the head but Luceno blocks it.
Luceno tries to land a knee to the head but Ciprut blocks with his arms.
Ciprut lands a good knee to the midsection. Luceno won't want to take too many of those.
Ciprut crunches a lovely knee into Luceno's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciprut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ciprut just leaning against Luceno, taking a breather.
Ciprut gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Ciprut lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut connects with a knee to the head.
Ciprut pushes Luceno back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ciprut lands a good knee to the midsection. Luceno won't want to take too many of those.
Ciprut will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Luceno up against the cage.
Ciprut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ciprut.
Ciprut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Ciprut.
Ciprut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ciprut misses with a punch to the body.
Ciprut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut tries to work over Luceno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ciprut landing knees to the body.
Ciprut is working Luceno over against the cage.
Ciprut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ciprut lands an elbow inside.
Ciprut manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ciprut working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ciprut leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ciprut.
Labayen Luceno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kingsley Ciprut is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciprut scores with a knee to the head.
Ciprut scores a nice knee to the body.
Ciprut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciprut lands a good knee to the midsection. Luceno won't want to take too many of those.
Ciprut unloads a knee to the mid-section. Luceno lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ciprut digs a right hand into Luceno's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Luceno's gas tank.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kingsley Ciprut showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ciprut, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kingsley Ciprut!