PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between C Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Lighternot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lighternot has chosen Idle Hands as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Liddell
vs
Lighternot

188 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, C Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Lighternot!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lighternot dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Lighternot avoids them all with ease.
Liddell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lighternot circles away quickly and effectively.
Lighternot moves in looking to clinch but Liddell pushes him off.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Liddell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lighternot tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Liddell swivels and escapes.
Liddell misses with the combination.

Lighternot clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liddell blocks an uppercut.
Lighternot lands with a short shot to the head.
Lighternot tries to score a body lock takedown but Liddell shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Lighternot successfully pulls guard.
Lighternot is trying to control the position but Liddell postures up.
Liddell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lighternot has a closed guard, preventing Liddell from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lighternot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Liddell stands up over Lighternot, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Liddell throws a big right hand that misses.
Liddell trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lighternot's guard.
Liddell trying to control the position from guard on top but Lighternot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Liddell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Liddell preventing the sweep.
Liddell trying to control the position from guard on top but Lighternot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Liddell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Liddell is fighting to break Lighternot's control of his arms but Lighternot is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lighternot tries to score a body lock takedown but Liddell shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
C Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Lighternot.

Liddell manages to break the clinch.
Lighternot tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lighternot checks a low kick from Liddell.
C Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liddell misses with a double jab.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lighternot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liddell to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Duke Lighternot has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Lighternot.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
Liddell misses with an attempted mid kick.

Lighternot darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lighternot thows a huge punch but Liddell dodges it nicely.
Liddell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liddell tries to get out of the position.
Liddell is refusing to be controlled, as Lighternot sits in half guard.
Liddell throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liddell tries to kick Lighternot off but Lighternot keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Liddell punching from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lighternot working Liddell over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Lighternot there.
Lighternot thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Liddell does no damage.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liddell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lighternot.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Liddell tries to bum rush Lighternot with a series of wild strikes but Lighternot uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lighternot tries to clinch up.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lighternot was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
C Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell swinging wildly here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Lighternot.
Lighternot lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lighternot lands a nice forearm strike.
Lighternot wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Lighternot dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duke Lighternot's cut.
That's time! Liddell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice cross by Liddell.
Liddell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a wild combination.
Lighternot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liddell.
Lighternot shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Liddell sprawls well. Liddell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lighternot gets slowly back to his feet.
Liddell misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liddell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Liddell lands with a nice combination. Lighternot backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Liddell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lighternot.
C Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Lighternot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lighternot is defended easily by Liddell.
C Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Lighternot scores with a takedown into Liddell's guard.
Lighternot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liddell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lighternot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Liddell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Liddell wants to get back to his feet but Lighternot is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Liddell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Liddell pushes Lighternot off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lighternot circles away quickly and effectively.
Lighternot shoots for a takedown but Liddell saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Liddell misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Liddell does no damage.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
Liddell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Liddell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell throws a push kick but Lighternot slaps the foot to one side.
Liddell fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lighternot slips a jab and a cross from Liddell.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Lighternot avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Liddell.
Liddell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Lighternot shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Liddell manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Liddell wants to stand but Lighternot is controlling the position.
Liddell throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lighternot lands a couple of digs.
Lighternot chips away with some ground and pound.
Liddell keeping moving, preventing Lighternot from controlling successfully.
Lighternot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Liddell tries to strike from the bottom.
Lighternot won't allow Liddell to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lighternot works over Liddell with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lighternot wants to control from the top but Liddell keeps moving.
Lighternot throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Lighternot gets the takedown into side control.
Liddell avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lighternot.
Liddell is trying to control Lighternot's posture but Lighternot avoids it.
Lighternot scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Liddell to see if he's OK.
Lighternot tries to score with some ground and pound. Liddell controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Liddell bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Liddell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lighternot checks a low kick from Liddell.
Liddell lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that C Liddell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Duke Lighternot's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Liddell misses with a wild combination.
Liddell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell misses with a series of wild punches.
Lighternot dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Liddell throws a push kick but Lighternot slaps the foot to one side.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lighternot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horrible takedown by Lighternot or perhaps it was just good defense by Liddell which made him look bad.
Nice takedown defense from Liddell. No joy for Lighternot on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lighternot is defended easily by Liddell.
C Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Lighternot.
Lighternot slips a jab and a cross from Liddell.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lighternot dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
Liddell tries to land a front kick but Lighternot steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lighternot blocks the body kick.

Lighternot closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lighternot lands in his opponent's guard.
Liddell looking to control.
Lighternot in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lighternot trying to control but Liddell is working from the bottom.
Lighternot stands up over Liddell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lighternot stops Liddell from standing up.
Lighternot is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lighternot has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lighternot pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liddell is keeping the position for now.
Lighternot stands and throws Liddell's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Liddell is pushing Lighternot's head away, looking to escape. Lighternot manages to hold on to the position though.
Liddell trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Lighternot scores with a couple of short elbows.
Liddell pushes Lighternot away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lighternot gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lighternot wants to lay and pray for a moment but Liddell keeps working.
Liddell gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lighternot throwing shots but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Lighternot seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Liddell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lighternot lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is trying to stand.
Lighternot is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lighternot looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Liddell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lighternot is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Liddell wants to get back to his feet.
Liddell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lighternot scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lighternot missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Liddell wants to get back to his feet.
Lighternot wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lighternot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Liddell misses with a two punch combination.
Liddell fails to land with a series of punches.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lighternot blocks the body kick.
Lighternot takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Lighternot changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Liddell looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Duke Lighternot has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lighternot works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lighternot working the ground and pound.
Liddell is not content to let Lighternot control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lighternot looks up at the clock and then as Liddell takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lighternot smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Liddell is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Lighternot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lighternot has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Lighternot!