PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luciano comes into the arena with The Mechanic blaring out of the sound system. Alves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thin Lizzy - Angel of Death kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Leandro Alves acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Luciano
vs
Alves

194 cm
28
191 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

195 cm
28
196 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

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World class boxer
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ADCC Champion
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Luciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leandro Alves!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Luciano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alves checks a leg kick.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano throws a leg kick but Alves checks it.
Luciano takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses

and Alves counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Luciano!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Alves wants to control the pace but Luciano is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luciano wants to get back to his feet.
Luciano is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Alves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves wants to take Luciano's back but he can't do it this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves controlling his opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Alves cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Alves looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Alves looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Alves looking to ground and pound but Luciano is blocking nicely.

Alves jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Luciano is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Luciano and Alves has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Luciano is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Alves.

Alves is trying to get an arm triangle but Luciano is defending well.
Alves tries to advance to mount but Luciano denies him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Alves thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Alves advances nicely into full mount.
Alves trying to control but Luciano is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves breaks from Luciano's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Alves raining down hammerfists from mount.
Luciano is trying to escape the mount.
Alves with a couple of short strikes.
Alves landing strikes from the mount and Luciano is in trouble!
Alves punishing his opponent with strikes.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves prevents Luciano from getting the reversal.
Luciano is working hard here to advance position.

Alves goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Luciano turns into him and now he's in Alves's guard.

Alves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Alves working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Luciano has passed into half guard!
Luciano tries to pass the half guard into mount. Alves knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves is looking for a sweep. Luciano is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Luciano decides to stand and escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leandro Alves dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Alves thows a body shot but no joy.
Luciano drops his hands momentarily and Alves takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luciano slaps away a takedown attempt from Alves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Luciano misses the target.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
A jab from Luciano misses.
Alves has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alves there as he acknowledges the shot.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
Alves fails with the takedown
and Luciano counters with a low kick, right behind Alves 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves blocks the body kick.
Luciano loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.
Alves motions for Luciano to come forward. Alves throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano connects with the punch.
Charlie Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves closes the distance and clinches up with Luciano, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes Luciano against the cage but Luciano circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Charlie Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Alves.
Alves on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Alves throws a right hand that misses

and Luciano holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Alves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Luciano pushes off an throws an elbow but Alves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Luciano fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano.
A slow jab from Alves misses its intended target.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luciano.
Luciano is looking to land body kicks.
Luciano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab lands there for Luciano.
Alves chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luciano can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves scores with a nice strike.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves's corner calls for a 1-2. Alves obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luciano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luciano throws a front kick aimed at Alves's knee but Alves avoids it well.
Luciano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luciano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
Luciano wants to clinch.
Luciano wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Charlie Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws a lazy head kick
and Alves counters with a nice uppercut.
Alves shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Luciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alves uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Luciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Alves ducks under a wild hook from Luciano.

Luciano rushes Alves and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Luciano controlling the action here for a moment.
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!
Luciano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Luciano feints and then cracks Alves's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alves down.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luciano trying to land knees to the body.
Alves tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luciano just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Luciano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luciano looking to slow down the pace here.
Luciano pushes Alves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Alves.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Luciano.
Luciano slows down the pace here.
Luciano lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Luciano throws an elbow but misses.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Luciano.
Stalling in the clinch from Luciano.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luciano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Luciano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves's efforts to push away.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Luciano stalls.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Luciano throws an elbow that misses.
Luciano has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Alves breaks the clinch.
Alves ducks right into an uppercut from Luciano.

Luciano gets caught flat footed, as Alves shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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!
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Luciano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Alves trying to control but Luciano is working from the bottom.
Luciano looking to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alves changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Luciano tries to avoid it but Alves manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Luciano to the ground. Luciano escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alves slips a jab from Luciano.
Luciano throws a wild body kick that Alves sees coming a mile off.
Luciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Alves blocks a head kick by Luciano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Luciano.
Alves checks a low kick from Luciano.
Alves walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Luciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Alves misses its intended target.
Luciano lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Luciano finds it's way through Alves's defenses.
Luciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alves.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Luciano on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Alves. Those never looked like landing.
Good shot there by Alves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Luciano clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A jab from Alves misses.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Alves shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Alves is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Luciano defends it well.
Alves trying to advance position but Luciano counters by regaining guard.
Luciano trying to keep a closed guard but Alves is proving a slippery customer.
Alves stands and throws Luciano's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Luciano wants to control but Alves postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Alves is not content to let Luciano control the position.
Alves is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Luciano jumps into side control!
Alves sneaks back into half guard.
Alves trying to control but Luciano postures up.
Alves keeping control of the position.
Alves wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.

Alves has his foot on Luciano's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Luciano works his way back into a safe position though.
Luciano wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.

Alves is looking for a triangle but Luciano pushes his legs off easily.

Alves is working an open guard so Luciano takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano lands a high kick!
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Luciano tries to sprawl out of it but Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Luciano manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A big left from Alves misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano tries to clinch up
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Luciano lands a slapping body shot.
Luciano slips a straight right by Alves.
Luciano wants to clinch.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alves checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Luciano throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Luciano stuffs the takedown attempt from Alves. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves moves out of range as Luciano strikes.
Alves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Alves.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Luciano throws out a loose jab but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves is trying hard to land a takedown here. Luciano sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Leandro Alves will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Luciano cracks a nice hook into Alves's ribs.

Alves tries to keep at a distance but Luciano has taken the fight into the clinch.
Luciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alves is defending well for now.
Alves misses with some punches.
Alves takes a knee to the side of the body.
Luciano landing knees to the body.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Luciano takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Alves is trying to pull guard but Luciano turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Luciano prevents a body shot from Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano looking to stall.
Luciano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Luciano is trying to stall.
Luciano throws an elbow but it misses.
Luciano taking a breather.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Luciano is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alves is keeping busy.
Luciano scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves blocks the elbow strike.
Luciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Luciano.
Alves is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luciano pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luciano.
Alves is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Luciano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Charlie Luciano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luciano gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Luciano.
Luciano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alves's face.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luciano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Luciano stalling the fight.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from Luciano.
Luciano stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Charlie Luciano.
Luciano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alves's sensitive parts.
Alves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Charlie Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Alves.

Luciano takes the fight into the clinch.
Alves tries for a takedown but Luciano manages to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves avoids the elbow strike from Luciano, against the cage.
Luciano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alves takes an elbow to the temple.
Luciano trying to land knees to the body.
Alves misses with a punch on the inside.

Alves jumps into guard, dragging Luciano to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alves is proving hard to escape from.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Alves is working an open guard so Luciano takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Alves misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Luciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Luciano has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 49:47
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47
Judge William Peck scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Luciano!
Charlie Luciano retains his middleweight title!
Charlie Luciano decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.