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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Craig Clendennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clendennon kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is LoFidelity Allstars - Battleflag. Luciano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Still Ballin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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155 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Clendennon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Luciano!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano digs a good hook to Clendennon's body.
Luciano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clendennon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Luciano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luciano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Clendennon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Clendennon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luciano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Clendennon feints and then cracks Luciano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luciano down.
A swing and a miss from Luciano.
Luciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Craig Clendennon has been cut.
Luciano lands a jab to the nose.
Clendennon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luciano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clendennon counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano rushes Clendennon and presses him up against the cage.
Clendennon lands an elbow inside.
Clendennon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clendennon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clendennon lands a shoulder strike.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Luciano avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Luciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clendennon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luciano's brow.
Luciano jumps guard but Clendennon stands there with Luciano around his waist. Luciano gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clendennon throws an elbow that misses.
Clendennon misses with an elbow strike.
Clendennon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Clendennon.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clendennon.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clendennon throws an elbow but misses.
Luciano dodges an elbow strike from Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luciano blocks the elbow strike.
Luciano lands a shot to the body.
Clendennon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clendennon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clendennon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Luciano takes a knee right on the jaw!
Clendennon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clendennon lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clendennon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luciano's defenses.
Clendennon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Luciano managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
A head punch on the inside from Clendennon fails to land.
Clendennon misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon throws an elbow that misses.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luciano avoids it.
Clendennon is pressed up against the cage. Luciano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Clendennon down to the mat. Clendennon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Clendennon clinches up with Luciano and pushes him back against the cage.
Clendennon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
Clendennon throws an elbow but it misses.
Clendennon scores with a shoulder strike.
Clendennon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luciano's defenses.
Clendennon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clendennon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clendennon misses with a knee to the head.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clendennon throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano jumps into guard, dragging Clendennon to the mat.
Luciano wants to hit a switch here but Clendennon passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Luciano there!
Luciano wants to hold on but Clendennon pushes him away.
Clendennon looking to control and managing it successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luciano is squirming around, avoiding Clendennon's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Luciano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Luciano pushes Clendennon up against the cage in a clinch.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luciano avoids it.
Clendennon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clendennon throws an elbow but it misses.
Luciano blocks an elbow strike.
Luciano avoids a wild elbow strike from Clendennon.
Clendennon throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clendennon throws an elbow but misses.
Clendennon looking to throw knees to the head but Luciano is blocking nicely.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the head but Luciano blocks with his arms.
Luciano is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Clendennon to keep the fight standing.
Luciano avoids a wild elbow strike from Clendennon.
Clendennon lands an elbow inside that Luciano shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon blocks the elbow strike.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Luciano avoids the damage to the body.
Clendennon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luciano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luciano is defending well for now.
Luciano goes for a takedown in the clinch but Clendennon prevents it.
Luciano blocks an elbow strike from Clendennon.
Clendennon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
Clendennon lands a shot to the body.
Luciano tries a body shot but Clendennon blocks it.
Clendennon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Luciano in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Luciano avoids a wild elbow strike from Clendennon.
Luciano tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Craig Clendennon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clendennon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clendennon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luciano avoids it.
Nice elbow from Clendennon.
Craig Clendennon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Luciano tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Clendennon just stands there and leans against the cage.
Clendennon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano goes for a takedown in the clinch but Clendennon prevents it.
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!
Clendennon takes a shot to the head.
Luciano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon scores a nice knee to the body.
Clendennon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luciano's defenses.
Clendennon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luciano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luciano avoids it.
Clendennon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luciano blocks an elbow strike.
Clendennon misses with an elbow over the top.
Clendennon can't find room to land a body shot as Luciano controls the action.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clendennon lands an elbow inside.
Luciano blocks an elbow strike.
Clendennon landing knees to the body.
Clendennon lands an elbow that stopped Luciano in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luciano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clendennon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Clendennon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Clendennon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clendennon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clendennon throws an elbow but misses.
Clendennon blocking some punches.
Luciano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Luciano jumps guard but Clendennon turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luciano tries to pull guard but Clendennon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Clendennon prevents the takedown attempt.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clendennon backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Luciano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Clendennon.
Luciano shoots for a takedown but Clendennon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Clendennon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Clendennon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano throws a hook but Clendennon avoids it easily.
Clendennon lands a nice hook to Luciano's body. Luciano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Luciano swings widly with a right hand
and Clendennon counters with an outside leg kick.
Luciano misses with the combination.
Luciano will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Luciano wants to slow Clendennon down by chopping away at his legs.
Craig Clendennon is winning the standup battle so far.
Luciano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clendennon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Luciano. That did some damage!
Luciano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clendennon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano throws a leg kick which misses Clendennon's front leg but catches the back leg as Clendennon tries to avoid it.
Clendennon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Luciano misses with a leg kick
and Clendennon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Clendennon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Luciano. That did some damage!
Nice jab there from Clendennon.
Clendennon throws a combination. Luciano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Luciano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luciano looks to land a combination but Clendennon avoids it well.
Clendennon moves out of range as Luciano strikes.
Clendennon wants to clinch.
Luciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luciano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Clendennon is able to avoid easily.
Charlie Luciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luciano tries to clinch up but Clendennon circles away and keeps his distance.
Craig Clendennon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Clendennon, right into the meat.
Luciano cracks Clendennon with an open hand slap.
A shot to the body from Luciano misses
and Luciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano throws a series of punches but Clendennon avoids them all with ease.
Clendennon catches Luciano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Clendennon tries to clinch up.
Luciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Clendennon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Charlie Luciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clendennon.
Luciano avoids the elbow strike from Clendennon, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Luciano avoids the damage to the body.
Clendennon connects with a knee to the head.
Clendennon lands an elbow inside.
Luciano is rocked!
Clendennon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luciano is still on wobbly legs! Can Clendennon finish him?
Clendennon lands a nice elbow.
Clendennon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Luciano blocks an elbow strike from Clendennon.
Clendennon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clendennon throws an elbow but misses.
Clendennon has Luciano pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Luciano is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Clendennon - that's hurt Luciano badly! Oh, another knee lands and Luciano is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Luciano doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Craig Clendennon!
During a confident post fight interview, Craig Clendennon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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