PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tota Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dog Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddel comes to the cage accompanied by Ektomorf - Show your fist. Dog Crazy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Liddel
vs
Crazy

185 cm
25
192 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

195 cm
26
190 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tota Liddel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dog Crazy!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddel lands with a kick to the temple. Crazy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Dog Crazy has been cut.
Liddel looks for the body kick but Crazy saw that one coming.
Crazy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crazy is looking to clinch.
Liddel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liddel thows a body shot but no joy.
Crazy is looking to clinch but Liddel is avoiding it.
Liddel takes a swing at Crazy's ribcage but misses.
Liddel throws a body punch but Crazy moves out of range.
Liddel throws a leg kick that is checked

and Crazy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crazy lands a nice uppercut.
Crazy digs a right hand into Liddel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddel's gas tank.
Crazy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Liddel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crazy struggles to land a body shot inside as Liddel controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy stalling.
Crazy blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Liddel.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Liddel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crazy backwards.
Crazy misses with some punches.
Crazy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crazy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crazy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liddel's elbow.
Liddel presses Crazy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Liddel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
Crazy tries for a takedown but Liddel manages to get underhooks.
Crazy leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Liddel taking a breather.
Crazy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddel.
Liddel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Crazy - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Liddel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
Liddel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddel lands a nice uppercut.
Crazy lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tota Liddel has been cut.
Liddel misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crazys head.

Liddel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tota Liddel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good shot there by Liddel.
Crazy checks a low kick from Liddel.
A shot to the liver by Crazy. Beautiful body shot.
Crazy moves in looking to clinch but Liddel pushes him off.
Liddel throws a shot from downtown. Crazy moves away and avoids it.
Crazy blocks a head kick by Liddel.
Crazy moves out of range as Liddel throws a body kick.
Crazy avoids the body shot from Liddel.
Crazy throws a head kick that misses.

Crazy closes the distance and clinches.
Liddel lands with a left to the head.
Liddel lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddel prevents a body shot from Crazy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crazy trying to land knees to the body.
Crazy throws a head punch that misses.
Crazy cracks Liddel with a nice body shot.
Crazy lands with a light punch inside.
Crazy effectively controlling the action here.
Crazy is working for takedown but Liddel is calmly controlling the position for now.
Liddel lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crazy stalling the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crazy lands a left hand.
Liddel tries a body shot but Crazy blocks it.
Crazy blocking some punches.
Crazy looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tota Liddel will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Liddel lands a body shot.
Crazy throws a leg kick which misses Liddel's front leg but catches the back leg as Liddel tries to avoid it.
Liddel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crazys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Liddel connects with a single shot there.
Liddel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Liddel counters with a leg kick.
Crazy wants to clinch up but Liddel keeps it at a distance.
Liddel goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crazy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liddel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Crazy.
Crazy throws a body punch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crazy.
Liddel is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel misses with a kick to the body.
Crazy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crazy wants to clinch but Liddel slips to the side
and Liddel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crazy is looking to clinch.
Crazy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Crazy tries to clinch up.
Crazy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Liddel throws a lazy right hand but Crazy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crazy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Liddel swings for the body but Crazy moves out of range.
Crazy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liddel.
Liddel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crazy. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddel misses with a wild body shot.
Liddel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Crazy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel just misses with a punch to the body.
Liddel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Liddel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Liddel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crazy.
Liddel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Liddel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crazy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Crazy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Crazy sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Liddel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Liddel misses with a left hand
and Crazy counters with an inside leg kick.
Crazy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crazy throws a lazy right hand but Liddel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crazy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Crazy.
Liddel thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Liddel.
Liddel keeps the fight on the outside.
Crazy lands with a shot to the body.
Crazy tries to clinch but Liddel moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Crazy.
Crazy wants to clinch up but Liddel keeps it at a distance.
Crazy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Liddel. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crazy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crazy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Liddel misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crazy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liddel.
Crazy is breathing heavily.
That kick from Liddel tenderised Crazy's leg. Crazy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Liddel lands an overhand right.

That has opened up Dog Crazy's cut even more.
Liddel scores with the left hand. Crazy knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tota Liddel dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice jab there from Liddel.
Liddel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Liddel wants it to stay on the feet.
Liddel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Liddel scores with a body shot.
Liddel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tota Liddel is winning the standup battle so far.
Liddel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crazy. Crazy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Liddel misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Liddel.
Crazy doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddel circles away.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crazy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Liddel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Crazy somewhat.
Liddel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel tries a low kick but Crazy avoids it.
Liddel lands a leg kick that knocks Crazy off balance momentarily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Liddel!
Crazy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Liddel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Liddel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Liddel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Liddel.
Liddel misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crazy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Liddel sizes up Crazy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Liddel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crazy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

The cut above Dog Crazy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Crazy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddel throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liddel throws a shot to the body.
Liddel thuds a left hand into Crazy's body.
Liddel throws a leg kick but Crazy checks it.
Liddel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Liddel.
Liddel digs a good body shot into Crazy's ribs.
Crazy moves out of range as Liddel strikes.
Liddel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddel throws a hook but Crazy blocks it.
Liddel loads up on a big right hand but Crazy slips the punch.
Crazy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Liddel lands a nice hook to Crazy's body. Crazy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crazy is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel avoids the head kick by Crazy.
Crazy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liddel.
Liddel lands with a nice body punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liddel, as that shot connected.
Crazy moves out of range of the leg kick from Liddel.
Crazy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liddel can pounce on him.
Liddel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crazys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Liddel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Liddel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Dog Crazy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crazy is looking to clinch but Liddel is avoiding it.
Liddel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Liddel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crazy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Liddel misses with the combination.
Jab by Liddel.
Liddel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crazy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Liddel.
Liddel throws a shot to the body.
Crazy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Liddel connects with a leg kick. Crazy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Liddel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Crazy's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddel sizes up Crazy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Crazy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dog Crazy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liddel scores with a spinning back kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tota Liddel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liddel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tota Liddel!
Tota Liddel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.