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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kova Luu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luu has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buElOjx2T7w as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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267 lbs
4 - 7 - 0 |
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255 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kova Luu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Luu tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Liddell is in Luu's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Luu wriggles free and stands up.
Jab by Liddell.
Luu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Luu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Luu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Liddell walks away with a smile on his face. Luu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Liddell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Liddell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Liddell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Liddell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luu throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
Luu stuffs the takedown attempt from Liddell. Liddell gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Liddell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liddell closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Luu's guard.
Liddell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Luu is pulling down on Liddell's head. It's preventing any offense from Liddell, at least for the moment.
Luu's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Luu scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Liddell.
Liddell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luu.
Luu slips a jab and a cross from Liddell.
Luu tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luu digs a good body shot into Liddell's ribs.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Liddell.
Liddell scores with a kick to the body.
Luu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liddell shoots in looking for a takedown but Luu manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Liddell's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Luu looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well.
Liddell throws a body kick that misses.
Liddell looks for a takedown but Luu sprawls well.
Liddell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Liddell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Luu counters with a nice leg kick.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Liddell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luu.
Luu takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luu fails to pull guard.
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!
Luu wants to get back to striking at distance but Liddell won't allow it.
Luu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Liddell walks away with a smile on his face. Luu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck for Liddell with that takedown attempt.
Liddell tries to clinch there but Luu circles away.
Liddell tries to land a leg kick but Luu saw it coming and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Luu is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Liddell dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Liddell lands with a hook. Luu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Luu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Liddell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Liddell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luu.
Liddell tries for a takedown but Luu sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Luu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Shane Liddell has been cut.
Liddell shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Luu defends it nicely.
Luu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liddell circles away quickly and effectively.
Liddell stuffs the takedown.
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!
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luu misses the shot to the body.
Liddell scores with a takedown into Luu's guard.
Liddell throws a big right hand that misses.
Luu manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Luu trying to control but Liddell is having none of it.
Luu looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luu is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell blocking the ground and pound.
Liddell blocking the ground and pound.
Liddell keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Luu trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Liddell tries to hold on but Luu postures up.
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!
Luu is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Liddell is surviving well by controlling Luu's body position as best he can.
Luu trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu looking to finish with strikes here!
Liddell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Luu with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Liddell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Luu on the ground.
Liddell is desperately trying to improve his position but Luu has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luu is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Liddell to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Liddell shrugs it off.
Luu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Liddell is looking to escape.
Liddell takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Liddell is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
A nice elbow there by Luu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luu prevents Liddell from getting the reversal.
Liddell tries to hold on but Luu pushes him away.
Luu looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kova Luu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shane Liddell'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Luu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shane Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Luu manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Liddell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Luu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Liddell is looking to stand up but Luu won't let him.
Luu trying to control the position here.
Luu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liddell.
Luu controls Liddell momentarily but Liddell frees himself.
Kova Luu has got the better of the ground game so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Luu is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Luu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Liddell wants to get back to his feet but Luu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Luu tries to free his leg and advance position but Liddell is retaining full guard.
Liddell wants to sweep but no luck.
Luu trying to control the position from guard on top but Liddell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kova Luu.
Liddell throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Liddell throws a right hand that Luu ducks under and follows up with a left that Luu also avoids with ease.
Liddell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Liddell looks to land a combination but Luu avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Luu.
Liddell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luu cracks Liddell with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Luu defends it nicely.
Luu moves in looking to clinch but Liddell pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Liddell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
so Luu counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Luu gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Liddell ducks under a wild hook from Luu.
Luu scores with a nice right hand.
Liddell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Luu as he avoids it easily.
Liddell thows a leg kick but Luu checks it
and Luu counters with a three punch combo that has Liddell backing up. Liddell nods at Luu to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luu dodges the punch combination from Liddell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luu misses with an uppercut.
Liddell tried to score with a low kick but Luu checks it.
A slow jab from Liddell misses its intended target.
Luu dives in and scores a takedown into Liddell's guard.
Luu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Luu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luu thows a big elbow that misses.
Liddell being controlled here, momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kova Luu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Luu 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kova Luu!
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RATING
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