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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 20 p4p, 5 weight class) and Edson Bidon Barbosa (ranked 5 p4p, 1 weight class). Balagot Liu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edson Bidon Barbosa's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edson Bidon Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Barbosa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liu misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Barbosa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liu sizes up Barbosa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A punch lands to the side of Barbosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Liu lands a jab to the nose.
Liu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barbosa is out of range and Liu settles back down.
Barbosa throws a low kick, looking for Liu's leg but Liu calmly moves out of range.
Liu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Liu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Balagot Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good shot there by Liu.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barbosa.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Barbosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barbosa misses with a straight left.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liu misses the jab.
Liu staying out of range there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barbosa. Liu shrugs it off though.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Liu's shoulder, as Liu tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Liu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That kick from Liu tenderised Barbosa's leg. Barbosa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Liu with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liu. Barbosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Liu swings widly with a right hand
and Barbosa counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Liu throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liu. Barbosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Barbosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Liu misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liu throwing a counter right hand but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Barbosa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Liu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbosa is trying to counter with his kicks.
Liu 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.
Liu lands a two punch combo.
Liu connects with a high kick.
A nice leg kick from Liu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liu throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barbosa is out of range.
Barbosa throws a leg kick
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Liu lands a glancing blow to the side of Barbosa's head.
Liu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbosa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barbosa slips a straight right by Liu.
Liu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Barbosa drops Liu with a beautiful combination! Liu stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Barbosa is looking for the KO!
Liu is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu misses with a right hand
and Barbosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barbosa tries to score with a low kick but Liu moves his leg out of the way.
Barbosa stuns Liu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Liu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Barbosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Barbosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barbosa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Liu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oh Liu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
Liu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liu seems to have got his legs back now.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Barbosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Liu.
Liu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barbosa under the eye.
Liu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
Liu walks into a straight right hand from Barbosa.
A big left from Liu misses.
A little jabbing left from Barbosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu 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.
Barbosa misses with a right hand
and Barbosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liu with a nice calf kick.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Liu throws a leg kick which misses Barbosa's front leg but catches the back leg as Barbosa tries to avoid it.
Balagot Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
Liu jabs Barbosa right on the nose. Barbosa blinks but takes it well.
A big left from Liu misses.
Liu swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Liu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Liu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Liu with a nice calf kick.
Liu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Liu.
A big right from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Barbosa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A slow jab from Liu misses its intended target.
Barbosa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Liu throws a lazy uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa looks to land a left hand but Liu moved out of range nicely.
Liu connects with a leg kick.
Liu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barbosa. Barbosa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barbosa moves away from the strike by Liu.
Liu works over Barbosa's head and body with a nice combination.
Liu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liu throws a hook to the side of Barbosa's head but Barbosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
Liu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liu throws a series of punches but Barbosa moves out of range.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Liu walks into a straight right hand from Barbosa.
Jab by Liu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbosa slips under a jab from Liu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
Liu misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barbosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbosa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Liu lands a head shot.
Barbosa bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liu's head.
Liu connects with a body shot.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
A countering left hand to the body from Barbosa misses.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
Barbosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Liu.
Liu throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Liu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Liu.
Barbosa tries to move into range but Liu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Liu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Liu throws a big shot that misses.
Liu blocks a head kick by Barbosa.
Nice defenses there by Liu.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liu. That's going to slow Barbosa down.
Liu throws out a loose jab but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Liu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A punch combination from Liu misses.
Barbosa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Liu misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barbosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Liu slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Barbosa.
Barbosa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barbosa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
Liu lands a jab.
Liu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Barbosa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Liu lands with a straight right. Barbosa didn't see that one coming.
Liu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Barbosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Barbosa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Liu has got the better of the exchanges.
A combination from Liu does no damage.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that second round.
That's time! Liu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice cross by Liu.
Barbosa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barbosa walks into a stiff left hand from Liu.
Liu misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa.
Liu throws a lazy uppercut
and Barbosa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Liu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Liu in his tracks.
Liu throws a series of strikes that have Barbosa backpedaling.
Barbosa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
Liu misses with an uppercut.
Liu tries to bum rush Barbosa with a series of wild strikes but Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liu throws a jab when Barbosa was well out of range.
Barbosa thinks about the counter body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Liu thuds his right hand into Barbosa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Liu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liu blocks a jab.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Liu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch lands to the side of Liu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barbosa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
Barbosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu misses with a shot to the body
and Liu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barbosa misses with a left hand
and Liu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice shot lands for Liu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Liu misses with a hook.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Liu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liu misses with a hook
and Barbosa counters with an inside leg kick.
Liu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Barbosa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barbosa.
Barbosa walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu thows a leg kick but Barbosa checks it
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Barbosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barbosa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Liu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Liu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barbosa momentarily.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
Barbosa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liu moves away.
As Barbosa looks to move away, Liu throws a big counter combo but Barbosa just gets out of the way.
Barbosa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Barbosa misses with a kick to the body
and Liu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barbosa.
Barbosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A swing and a miss from Liu.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barbosa walks into a left hand.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
Barbosa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liu staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Liu misses the target.
Liu misses with an uppercut.
Liu swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Liu throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Liu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barbosa misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu clearly takes that round.
That's time! Liu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good exchange - Barbosa coming out on top.
A clash of legs there as Barbosa blocks the low kick.
Liu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Liu.
Liu misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Barbosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Liu throws a hook but Barbosa avoids it easily.
Barbosa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Liu with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Liu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barbosa doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
Barbosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Liu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Barbosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Liu swings widly with a right hand
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa throws a solid leg kick but Liu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a poor cross that misses
and Liu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa slips a jab from Liu.
Liu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Liu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Liu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barbosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Liu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barbosa.
Liu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barbosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
Nice cross by Liu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbosa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barbosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barbosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Liu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Barbosa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Barbosa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liu. Liu obviously looking to wear him down.
Barbosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balagot Liu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Liu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barbosa has time to react.
Liu misses with a series of wild punches.
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
Barbosa blocks a low kick nicely.
Liu throws a series of punches but Barbosa avoids them all with ease.
Barbosa throws out a counter right but Liu avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Barbosa defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Liu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barbosa.
Liu misses with a hook to the body
and Barbosa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Liu thinking.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Liu checks a low kick from Barbosa.
Liu throws a poor cross that misses
and Barbosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Liu throws a hook but Barbosa blocks it.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Barbosa ducks down to avoid it.
Liu lands a jab to the nose.
Liu throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
A low kick lands for Liu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Liu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barbosa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liu lands a body shot.
Liu throws a poor cross that misses
and Barbosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liu scores with a decent looking hook.
Barbosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Liu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Liu misses the jab.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu had his way with Edson Bidon Barbosa in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liu scores with the left hand. Barbosa knows he should have avoided that one.
Barbosa misses with a low kick as Liu jumps back.
Liu throws a shot from downtown. Barbosa moves away and avoids it.
Barbosa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Barbosa moves forwards but Liu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Liu dips to his left and cracks Barbosa with an uppercut!
Barbosa jabs Liu right on the nose. Liu blinks but takes it well.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Barbosa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Liu connects with a solid leg kick.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Liu.
Liu connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
Barbosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Barbosa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barbosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barbosa throws the kick towards the body but Liu avoids it.
Liu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barbosa. Barbosa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barbosa misses with a straight right.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barbosa checks a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Liu.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Edson Bidon Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu tries to score with a low kick but Barbosa moves his leg out of the way.
Liu slips a jab from Barbosa.
Liu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab from Barbosa misses.
Barbosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barbosa throws a solid leg kick but Liu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Barbosa.
Liu throwing a counter right hand but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu misses with a hook.
Liu misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut.
Liu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Liu misses.
Liu scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa lands with an overhand left.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
Barbosa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Liu lands a slapping body shot.
Barbosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barbosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liu, as that shot connected.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Barbosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barbosa moves away from the strike by Liu.
A countering left hand to the body from Barbosa misses.
Liu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Barbosa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
Barbosa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barbosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barbosa feints a counter leg kick.
Liu jabs at Barbosa's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liu lands a jab-cross combination.
Barbosa throws a right and a left that Liu avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Liu. Those never looked like landing.
A low kick from Liu is predictable there
and Barbosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Liu looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Barbosa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barbosa throws a poor cross that misses
and Liu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barbosas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Liu misses with a right hand
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balagot Liu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
Balagot Liu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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FIGHT
RATING
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