PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klein East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). East comes to the cage accompanied by Cold as Ice- M.O.P.. Liddell has chosen Go Ninja- Vanilla Ice as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

East
vs
Liddell

182 cm
20
205 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
204 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Klein East!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyoto Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
East looking to land some kicks to the body here.
East throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
East jabs at Liddell's body.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
East tries to score a power double leg takedown but Liddell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten East somewhat.

Liddell darts in and clinches East up against the cage.

Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liddell works the jab nicely.
East looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
East swings for the body but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
East looks to land a left hand but Liddell moved out of range nicely.

East fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liddell, pushing him back against the cage.
Liddell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Liddell lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liddell throws an elbow but misses.
East misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Liddell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
East throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddell blocks it with crossed arms.
East throws a head punch that misses.
East lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell digs a right hand underneath East's ribcage. East let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Liddell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
East is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
Liddell tries to clinch there but East circles away.
Liddell lands with a straight right. East didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East throws the kick towards the body but Liddell avoids it.
Liddell lands with a kick to the temple. East shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Liddell scores with a hook.
East blocks a head kick by Liddell.

Liddell lands a big head kick that sends East tumbling to the mat! Liddell takes a step backwards and waves East back to his feet - he wants the finish!

East is rocked!

It looks like Klein East has been cut.
Klein East seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Liddell closes the distance and clinches.
Oh East is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
East tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
East seems to have got his legs back now.

Liddell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
East connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Lyoto Liddell has been cut.
East looks to throw the jab but Liddell is out of range.
Liddell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
East is breathing heavily.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Liddell.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Liddell takes the fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from East. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
East on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Liddell has managed to clinch.
A short left from Liddell.
Liddell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
East fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Liddell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Liddell as the two fighters clinch.
Liddell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liddell scores with a shot to the side of East's head.
Liddell lands a right hand that snaps the head of East backwards.
East takes an elbow to the temple.
Liddell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Liddell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Liddell.
Liddell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Liddell.
Still in the clinch, Liddell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Liddell lands an elbow just above East 's eye.
Liddell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
East misses with the head strike.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liddell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liddell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liddell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of East backwards.
East takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
A head punch on the inside from East fails to land.
Liddell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through East's defenses.
Liddell is leaning against East and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Liddell lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Liddell obliges.
Liddell lands a hook that snaps the head of East backwards.

Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liddell closes the distance and clinches.
Liddell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Liddell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. East is defending well for now.
East misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
Liddell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Liddell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Liddell scores a nice knee to the body.
Liddell lands an elbow inside.
Liddell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Liddell lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Liddell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
Liddell lands a body shot.

Liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.

Liddell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
East fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Liddell lands a good knee to the midsection. East won't want to take too many of those.
Liddell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through East's defenses.
A short body shot lands from East as the two fighters clinch.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
East fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
East can't find room to land a body shot as Liddell controls the action.
Liddell is working East over against the cage.
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!
Good body shot from Liddell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell lands a nice elbow.

Liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
East misses with the combination.
Liddell scores with a kick to the body.
Liddell throws a nice head kick!

Liddell has closed the distance and engaged East in a clinch.
Liddell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Liddell lands a right hand that snaps the head of East backwards.
Liddell working East over with knees to the body.
Liddell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
East takes an elbow to the temple.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Liddell.
A short uppercut from Liddell.
Liddell scores with a shot to the side of East's head.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liddell gets underhooks to prevent East's takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Liddell.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Liddell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Liddell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Liddell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Liddell 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!

Liddell is looking to slow East down with leg kicks.
A right-left combo lands from Liddell.
East blocks the body kick.
East comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch combination from East misses.
Liddell is looking to slow East down with leg kicks.
Liddell lands a nice looking body kick.
Liddell throws a combination. East tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell catches East with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Liddell moves in looking to clinch but East pushes him off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
East throws the left hand but Liddell avoids the punch easily.
East takes one on the button.
Liddell scores with a spinning back kick!

Liddell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with East, pushing him back against the cage.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through East's defenses.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Liddell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Liddell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Easts head.

Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liddell staying out of range there.
Liddell scores with a one two! East had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lyoto Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and East moves out of range easily.
Liddell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
East swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts East, as that shot connected.
Liddell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
East misses with a wild body shot.
East tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Liddell counters with an inside leg kick.
Liddell scores with a jab to the jaw.

Liddell takes the fight into the clinch.
Liddell lands with a light punch inside.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
East on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell lands a left hand.
Lyoto Liddell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Liddell lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liddell just misses with a elbow thrown towards East's brow.
East swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
East blocks an elbow strike.
Liddell unloads a knee to the mid-section. East lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Liddell.
East working aggressively here.
Liddell lands with a right to the head.
Liddell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
East stalling against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from East fails to land.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that East shrugs off.
Liddell pushes East back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell blocking some punches.
East takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Liddell.
Liddell lands with a light punch inside.
Liddell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Liddell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Liddell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
East tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Liddell lands an elbow that stopped East in his tracks for a moment.
Liddell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Liddell lands a good knee to the midsection. East won't want to take too many of those.
A shot in the inside from Liddell.
East takes a shot to the head.
Liddell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Liddell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Liddell.
Liddell misses with an elbow over the top.
East doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike.
East takes a shot to the head.
East lands a nice uppercut.
East takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Liddell - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
East takes an elbow to the temple.
East throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Liddell is working East over against the cage.
Liddell lands a damaging elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Liddell.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liddell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of East backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
A hook to the body from Liddell.
East working aggressively here.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that East shrugs off.
Liddell lands a damaging elbow.
Liddell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that East shrugs off.
East misses with a punch on the inside.
Liddell scores with a shot to the side of East's head.
Liddell lands an elbow inside.
Liddell lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
East tries for a takedown but Liddell manages to get underhooks.

Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liddell scores with a head kick.
Liddell connects with a single shot there.
Liddell lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
East throws a head kick that misses
and Liddell counters with a nice low kick that buckles East's knee momentarily.
Liddell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Liddell bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Liddell throws a one two combo.

Liddell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with East, pushing him back against the cage.
Liddell lands a damaging elbow.

Liddell manages to break the clinch.

Liddell moves into the clinch.
East tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddell avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Liddell.
East swings wildly with an uppercut but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Liddell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
East takes an elbow to the temple.
Liddell lands an elbow that stopped East in his tracks for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Liddell.
Liddell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Liddell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick from East misses.
East lands a head shot.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
East with a nice cross.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
East throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Liddell throws a head kick but East moves out of range.
A low kick from East misses
and Liddell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
East feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Liddell's calf.
East throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
East shoots and misses
and Liddell counters with a nice low kick that buckles East's knee momentarily.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and East moves out of range easily.
Lyoto Liddell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
East throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Liddell gets a clinch.
Liddell lands a left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
East swings wildly with an uppercut but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike.
Liddell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
East throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddell.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East scores with a shoulder strike.
East misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liddell lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Liddell.
East cracks Liddell with a nice body shot.
Liddell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
East lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Liddell or not.
East tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liddell's elbow.
Liddell lands a knee to the body.
Liddell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, East scores with a nice short uppercut.
East misses with a body punch.
Liddell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liddell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
East makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from East. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Liddell.
East is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Liddell.
East takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
East throws a big shot that misses.
East loads up on a big right hand but Liddell slips the punch.

Liddell closes the distance and pushes East back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
East tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell lands an elbow that stopped East in his tracks for a moment.
East tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Liddell lands a nice elbow.
East goes for a takedown attempt but Liddell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Liddell. That snapped East's head back.
A right-left combo lands from Liddell.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddell.
Liddell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell keeps East at a distance using the push kick.
Liddell throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
East throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
East loads up on a big right hand but Liddell slips the punch.
Liddell keeps East at a distance using the push kick.
Lyoto Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Liddell finds it's way through East's defenses.

Liddell clinches up with East and pushes him back against the cage.
Liddell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that East shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
Liddell lands an elbow inside.
Liddell misses with the head strike.
East is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short right from Liddell on the inside.
Liddell tries to land knees in the clinch but East avoids the damage to the body.
East lands a shot to the body.
East misses with the head strike.
East blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
East misses with some punches.
East misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
East gets through Liddell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Liddell pushes off an throws an elbow but East leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
East avoids the elbow strike from Liddell, against the cage.
East will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by East.
East misses with a punch on the inside.
East lands a hook that snaps the head of Liddell backwards.
Liddell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liddell working aggressively here.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
Liddell misses with a punch on the inside.
East gets through Liddell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
East misses with a punch on the inside.
East blocking some punches.
East missing with knees to the body.
Klein East has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
East lands with a left to the head.
Liddell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Liddell throws an elbow that misses.
East works on Liddell's body with a couple of short punches.
East lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
East misses with a hook to the ribs.
Liddell blocking some punches.
East stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
East misses with a punch on the inside.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
East avoids a wild elbow strike from Liddell.
East trying to land knees to the body.
East tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liddell's elbow.
East misses with a body punch.
East tries a knee to the head but Liddell blocks it.
East scores with an uppercut up the middle.
East tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.

Liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
East misses the jab.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
East motions for Liddell to come forward. East throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell slips a straight right by East.
Liddell stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klein East. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liddell lands a head kick. East smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Liddell clinches up with East and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Liddell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Liddell has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 25:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 25:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyoto Liddell!