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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Carlos Luciano (ranked 1263 p4p, 159 weight class) and Emilio Rojas (ranked 1924 p4p, 227 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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168 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Carlos Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emilio Rojas!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
Luciano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rojas moves away.
Rojas looks to throw the jab but Luciano is out of range.
Emilio Rojas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rojas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rojas loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
Luciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rojas lands a glancing blow to the side of Luciano's head.
Luciano misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Luciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Rojas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rojas walks into a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rojas.
Luciano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rojas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rojas has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rojas misses with a leg kick
and Luciano counters with an outside leg kick.
Luciano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rojas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano is looking to chop away at Rojas's legs.
A leg kick checked by Rojas.
Luciano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Luciano lands with an uppercut that bounces Rojas off the cage and back into range.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rojas.
Rojas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Rojas.
Luciano takes one to the chin there.
Luciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rojas is out of range and Luciano settles back down.
Luciano slips under a jab.
Rojas moves out of range of the leg kick from Luciano.
Rojas throws a counter combo.
Rojas fails to land with a series of punches.
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rojas's head.
It looks like Emilio Rojas has been cut.
Jab by Rojas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rojas lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Luciano throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
Luciano slips under a jab.
Luciano motions for Rojas to come forward. Luciano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano moves forwards but Rojas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Rojas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luciano scores with the left hand. Rojas knows he should have avoided that one.
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Rojas is out of range.
Rojas thows a leg kick but Luciano checks it
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
Rojas misses with a wild body shot.
Rojas lands with an uppercut that bounces Luciano off the cage and back into range.
Rojas throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano misses with a hook.
Luciano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Luciano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas slips a straight right by Luciano.
Rojas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rojas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Luciano is out of range and Rojas settles back down.
Luciano tries to move into range but Rojas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rojas was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
Luciano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Rojas.
Luciano lands with an uppercut that bounces Rojas off the cage and back into range.
Rojas dips to his left and cracks Luciano with an uppercut!
Luciano cracks the inside of Rojas's front leg.
Rojas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Luciano had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rojas misses with a hook
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rojas scores with a jab.
Rojas looks to throw the jab but Luciano is out of range.
Rojas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Luciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rojas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rojas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
Rojas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luciano looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rojas cracks a nice hook into Luciano's ribs.
Luciano throws a hook but Rojas avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Rojas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Luciano connects with an inside leg kick.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luciano half committed to a counter leg kick.
Luciano moves out of range as Rojas strikes.
Luciano throws a leg kick that misses.
Rojas throws a jab but it's blocked by Luciano.
Rojas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Rojas.
A quick step to the side and Luciano tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano throws a body punch but Rojas moves out of range.
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 Rojas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rojas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luciano with a hook.
Luciano slips a jab from Rojas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Emilio Rojas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Emilio Rojas's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rojas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rojas throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Luciano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Donk. Rojas catches Luciano right on the button with a cross.
Rojas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luciano takes one to the side of the head.
Luciano swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Rojas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rojas misses with a lunging right hand
and Luciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rojas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luciano slips a straight right by Rojas.
Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Rojas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Luciano throws a right hand that misses
and Rojas counters with a thumping low kick.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
Luciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rojas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely.
Rojas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rojas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luciano throws out the jab.
Rojas misses with a lunging right hand
and Luciano counters with a two punch combo.
Rojas misses with a body shot.
Rojas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luciano tests Rojas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luciano misses the shot to the body.
Luciano misses with a looping left.
Rojas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rojas checks the leg kick.
Luciano slips a jab from Rojas.
Rojas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rojas swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rojas throws a chopping leg kick but Luciano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rojas's corner calls for a 1-2. Rojas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luciano punishes Rojas's body with a nice straight punch.
Emilio Rojas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luciano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rojas to score with a decent uppercut.
Luciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rojas.
Rojas checks a low kick from Luciano.
Rojas moves out of range of the body kick from Luciano.
Rojas throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.
Luciano is looking to counter punch.
Rojas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luciano takes a swing at Rojas's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rojas! But no joy.
Luciano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rojas misses with a straight left.
Luciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Luciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rojas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rojas throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with a looping left.
Luciano slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Rojas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rojas.
Rojas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
Rojas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Luciano backs up against the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Rojas misses the target.
Rojas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luciano throws a shot from downtown. Rojas moves away and avoids it.
Luciano misses with a hook.
Rojas misses with a straight left.
Luciano wants to land a leg kick but Rojas is out of range.
Rojas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luciano slips a jab from Rojas.
Luciano swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A big left from Rojas misses.
Rojas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rojas misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano ducks right into an uppercut from Rojas.
Rojas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luciano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rojas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Luciano lands a leg kick that knocks Rojas off balance momentarily.
Rojas throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rojas misses with a left hand
and Luciano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rojas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rojas thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Luciano misses the target.
Luciano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rojas checks it well.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano's corner calls for a 1-2. Luciano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rojas misses with a low kick.
Luciano is looking to counter punch.
Rojas checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Emilio Rojas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Emilio Rojas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Luciano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rojas checks it well.
Rojas cracks Luciano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rojas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rojas scores with a nice right hand.
Luciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rojas.
Luciano misses with an uppercut. Rojas saw that one coming.
Rojas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rojas missing with a left hand there. Luciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rojas throws a lazy right hand but Luciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Luciano walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rojas checks a leg kick nicely.
A slow jab from Rojas misses its intended target.
Luciano went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Luciano staying out of range there.
Jab from Rojas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rojas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely.
Rojas checks a leg kick.
Rojas doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Luciano throws a body shot but no joy.
Rojas misses with a head kick.
Luciano ducks right into an uppercut from Rojas.
Luciano throws a leg kick but Rojas checks it.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luciano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rojas misses with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luciano throws the left hand but Rojas avoids the punch easily.
Luciano staying out of range there.
Rojas throws a hook but Luciano blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rojas. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rojas lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Luciano might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Luciano tries to work over Rojas's front leg with a kick but Rojas checks it.
Luciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rojas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rojas scores with a jab. Luciano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rojas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luciano.
Luciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot by Rojas.
Luciano looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Luciano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luciano misses with a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rojas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Luciano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Rojas is out of range.
Rojas looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
Emilio Rojas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas with a jab.
Rojas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano.
Luciano has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rojas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Luciano does it's job there.
Rojas is rocked!
Luciano throws a poor cross that misses
and Rojas counters with an inside leg kick.
Rojas is still on wobbly legs! Can Luciano finish him?
Rojas is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Luciano moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Carlos Luciano!
Jose Carlos Luciano bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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