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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Picklesbly (ranked 308 p4p, 249 weight class) and Balagot Liu (ranked 35 p4p, 27 weight class). Picklesbly comes to the cage accompanied by Angels in Heaven - Chris Rodrigues & the Spoon Lady. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adrian Picklesbly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Picklesbly defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Liu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Picklesbly lands a nice hook to Liu's body. Liu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Balagot Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Picklesbly misses with a looping right.
A combination from Picklesbly does no damage.
Liu throws a hook but Picklesbly avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Picklesbly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A left lands for Liu.
Liu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Picklesbly tries to score with a low kick but Liu moves his leg out of the way.
A telegraphed right hand from Picklesbly misses the target.
Liu lands an overhand right.
Liu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Picklesbly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Picklesbly catches Liu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Picklesbly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Area 51 MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Liu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Picklesbly misses with an uppercut. Liu saw that one coming.
Picklesbly fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Liu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Liu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Picklesbly throws a lazy uppercut
letting Liu counter with a right hand.
Liu defending well as Picklesbly loads up on a big left hand.
Liu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Picklesbly throws a nice looking combination but Liu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Picklesbly doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Picklesbly tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Liu manages to circle out of the way.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly tries to move into range but Liu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Liu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Liu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Picklesbly.
Liu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Picklesbly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Liu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Picklesbly at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Picklesbly on the side of the head.
Liu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Picklesbly needs to keep his hands up - Liu had a free shot at his head there.
Picklesbly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liu lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly staying out of range there.
Liu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Picklesbly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Liu.
Liu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Liu throws a hook but Picklesbly blocks it.
Liu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Picklesbly.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Picklesbly.
As Liu tries to get set, Picklesbly tries to push him back and clinch up but Liu manages to avoid the attempt.
Liu scores with a hook.
Picklesbly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Liu moves out of range of the body kick.
Liu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liu with a nice calf kick.
The crowd cheers as Liu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Picklesbly doesn't seem phased though.
A punch lands to the side of Picklesbly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circling - Picklesbly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab by Picklesbly.
Picklesbly catches Liu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Picklesbly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Picklesbly scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Picklesbly's head backwards.
Picklesbly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Picklesbly throws a lazy right hand but Liu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Picklesbly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Picklesbly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Picklesbly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Picklesbly misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Liu! But no joy.
Some wild striking there from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Picklesbly is looking to counter punch.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Picklesbly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Picklesbly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
Liu throws a hook but Picklesbly avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Picklesbly misses its intended target.
Liu scores with a hook to the body. Picklesbly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Picklesbly looks to land a right hand but Liu moved out of range.
Picklesbly misses with a wild combination.
Picklesbly throws a right and a left that Liu avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Liu! But no joy.
Picklesbly tests Liu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Picklesbly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Liu lands with a shot to the body.
Picklesbly tries to clinch
and Picklesbly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Picklesbly throws a series of punches but Liu avoids them all with ease.
That kick from Liu tenderised Picklesbly's leg. Picklesbly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liu, as that shot connected.
Liu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Picklesbly pushes Liu up against the cage in a clinch.
Liu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Liu misses with some punches.
Liu blocks an elbow strike from Picklesbly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Picklesbly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liu, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Picklesbly.
Liu has a couple of punches blocked by Picklesbly.
Picklesbly tries to throw a body punch but Liu avoids it by throwing Picklesbly back against the cage.
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.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Picklesbly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Picklesbly appears to be looking for a big counter.
Liu is looking to slow Picklesbly down with leg kicks.
A right-left combo lands from Liu.
Picklesbly tries to clinch there but Liu circles away.
Liu lands a high kick!
Picklesbly throws an off balance right hand
enabling Liu to counter with a crisp jab.
Liu throws a shot from downtown. Picklesbly moves away and avoids it.
Picklesbly tries to counter by clinching up but Liu breaks away and moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Liu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Picklesbly doesn't seem phased though.
Picklesbly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Picklesbly looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Liu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Picklesbly throws a nice looking combination but Liu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Picklesbly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liu connects with a nice looking jab.
Picklesbly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Liu slips under a jab.
Liu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Liu thuds his right hand into Picklesbly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Picklesbly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Picklesbly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly moves into range and connects with a jab.
Picklesbly throws a leg kick but Liu moved away.
Picklesbly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liu can pounce on him.
Jab, jab by Liu - just one landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Picklesbly darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Picklesbly walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
Picklesbly needs to keep his hands up - Liu had a free shot at his head there.
Picklesbly ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Picklesbly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Picklesbly misses with a looping right.
Picklesbly clinches up against the cage.
Liu breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Picklesbly wants to clinch.
Picklesbly looks to land a left hand but Liu moved out of range nicely.
Balagot Liu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking cross lands there for Liu.
Picklesbly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Picklesbly doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Liu thuds his right hand into Picklesbly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Picklesbly.
Picklesbly takes one on the button.
Liu lands a jab to the nose.
Liu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Picklesbly throws a nice looking combination but Liu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Picklesbly is looking to clinch.
Liu connects with a jab.
Picklesbly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Liu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Picklesbly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balagot Liu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Picklesbly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Picklesbly ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Picklesbly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Picklesbly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liu. Liu obviously looking to wear him down.
Liu tries to keep at a distance but Picklesbly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Picklesbly stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly tries to work over Liu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Picklesbly leaning against his opponent.
Picklesbly blocks an uppercut.
Picklesbly prevents a body shot from Liu.
Picklesbly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Liu blocking some punches.
A short right from Picklesbly on the inside.
Liu blocks the elbow strike.
Liu blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Picklesbly.
Picklesbly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Picklesbly throws an elbow but misses.
Picklesbly has a couple of punches blocked by Liu.
Picklesbly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Liu up against the cage.
Liu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Picklesbly can't find room to land a body shot as Liu controls the action.
Picklesbly looking to throw knees to the head but Liu is blocking nicely.
Picklesbly throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Liu.
Liu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Picklesblys head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Liu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by Liu.
Picklesbly ducks right into an uppercut from Liu.
Picklesbly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly walks into a jab.
Picklesbly misses with a hook.
Liu throws a body punch but Picklesbly moves out of range.
Jab by Picklesbly.
Liu connects with a nice looking jab.
A punch lands to the side of Picklesbly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu throws a jab when Picklesbly was well out of range.
Picklesbly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Liu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liu misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A bone on bone clash there as Liu blocks the leg kick.
Picklesbly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu lands a glancing blow to the side of Picklesbly's head.
A left lands for Liu.
The fight stays on the outside here - Picklesbly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Liu! But no joy.
Liu misses with a straight right.
Liu is looking to slow Picklesbly down with leg kicks.
Liu avoids the body shot from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Liu has time to react.
Picklesbly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Picklesbly moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.
Liu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liu slips under a jab from Picklesbly.
No joy there for Picklesbly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Liu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Picklesbly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Picklesbly throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Picklesbly looks to land a combination but Liu avoids it well.
Picklesbly scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Picklesbly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adrian Picklesbly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu connects with a right hand. Picklesbly shakes it off.
That kick from Liu tenderised Picklesbly's leg. Picklesbly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Picklesbly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Liu looks to land a combination. Picklesbly sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Picklesbly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liu.
Picklesbly throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Picklesbly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liu.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Liu! But no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Liu. That snapped Picklesbly's head back.
Picklesbly tries to close the distance and clinch but Liu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Liu! But no joy.
Picklesbly walks into a stiff left hand from Liu.
Picklesbly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liu. That's going to slow Picklesbly down.
Picklesbly connects with a crisp jab.
Picklesbly throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Picklesbly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Picklesbly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly looks to land a right hand but Liu moved out of range.
Liu flicks out a counter leg kick but Picklesbly steps away.
Liu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Picklesbly tries to close the distance and clinch but Liu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Picklesbly walks into a stiff left hand from Liu.
Liu cracks Picklesbly with a good jab.
Picklesbly blocks a head kick by Liu.
Picklesbly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Picklesbly checks the leg kick.
Picklesbly slips under a jab from Liu.
Picklesbly tries to clinch up.
Liu slips under a jab.
Liu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Picklesbly throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
Picklesbly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Picklesbly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Picklesbly gets a clinch.
Picklesbly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Picklesbly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Picklesbly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liu blocks a body shot from Picklesbly.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Picklesbly.
Liu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Picklesbly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Liu blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Picklesbly.
Picklesbly misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu managing to block the knees to the body from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Picklesbly lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balagot Liu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Liu winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
Balagot Liu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Adrian Picklesbly spoke after the fight, saying 'The pitter patter slap-fest tactic that most fighters use at the light weights is an embarrassment to MMA. '.
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