PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Choke Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen Intro - DMX as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Armstrong
vs
Liddell

209 cm
24
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Choke Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell connects with a body shot.
Armstrong wants to clinch but Liddell slips to the side
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Liddell moves away
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
Armstrong tries to clinch but Liddell moves away
and Liddell counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Liddell.
Armstrong wants to clinch but Liddell slips to the side
and Liddell counters with a nice uppercut.
Armstrong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Armstrong tries to clinch up
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Armstrong closes the distance looking to clinch
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong closes the distance but Liddell moves to the side
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Armstrong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Armstrong closes the distance but Liddell moves to the side
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Victor Armstrong has been cut.
Armstrong tries to clinch up
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong closes the distance looking to clinch
and Liddell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Armstrong thinking.
Armstrong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Liddell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell digs a good body shot into Armstrong's ribs.
Armstrong is breathing heavily.
Liddell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Liddell looks to land a combination. Armstrong sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong closes the distance but Liddell moves to the side
and Liddell counters with a series of strikes. Armstrong will be more careful next time no doubt.
Armstrong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Liddell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Liddell lands with a nice body punch.
Liddell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Liddell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Armstrong rather than just go for the knockout.
Armstrong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Liddell finds it's way round the side to connect with Armstrong's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Liddell lands a nice looking kick to the body. Armstrong takes a step back to recover.
Liddell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Liddell thuds a left hand into Armstrong's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Liddell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Liddell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Armstrong tries to avoid it but Liddell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Armstrong to the ground. Armstrong escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Armstrong takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Liddell digs a good hook to Armstrong's body.
Armstrong walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Victor Armstrong's cut is getting worse.
Armstrong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Liddell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Armstrong had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Armstrong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Liddell finds it's way round the side to connect with Armstrong's head.
Liddell thuds his right hand into Armstrong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Liddell lands a jab to the nose.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Liddell lands a body shot.
Liddell connects with a single shot there.
Armstrong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Victor Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armstrong takes one on the chin but seems OK.
No luck for Liddell with that takedown attempt.
Armstrong moves to clinch but Liddell breaks away
and Liddell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Liddell connects with a jab.
Armstrong moves to clinch but Liddell breaks away
and Liddell counters with a right hand to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Victor Armstrong's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Armstrong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Liddell lands a nice shot that snaps Armstrong's head back.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Liddell.
Victor Armstrong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Choke Liddell.
Armstrong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Liddell lands with a hook. Armstrong tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Good exchange - Liddell coming out on top.
Armstrong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Liddell tests Armstrong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Liddell scores with a jab to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a takedown attempt - Armstrong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Liddell shoots in and drives through. Armstrong sprawls well.
Liddell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Jeez, Victor Armstrong's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nice body punch from Liddell.
Liddell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liddell lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddell works Armstrong's body with a nice hook.
Liddell scores with a sloppy right hand. Armstrong should have avoided that one.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong tries to clinch up
and Liddell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Armstrong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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 scores with a decent looking hook.
Armstrong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Liddell finds it's way round the side to connect with Armstrong's head.
Armstrong moves to clinch but Liddell breaks away
and Liddell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Armstrong thinking.
Liddell connects with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Liddell. Beautiful body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong takes one to the chin there.
Liddell closes the distance and clinches up with Armstrong, looking for a takedown. Liddell pushes Armstrong against the cage but Armstrong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Liddell lands with a right hand.

Liddell throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Armstrong tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Liddell is in Armstrong's guard.
Armstrong wants to get back to his feet but Liddell passes into half guard.
Armstrong knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Liddell on the ground.
Liddell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Liddell scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Liddell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Liddell postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Armstrong to stand up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Choke Liddell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Armstrong's cut.
That's time! Armstrong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Armstrong walks into a stiff left hand from Liddell.
Armstrong tries to clinch
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Armstrong tries to clinch
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell throws a good cross that connects.
Armstrong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Liddell counters with a straight right hand.
Armstrong moves to clinch but Liddell breaks away
and Liddell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Armstrong thinking.
Armstrong wants to clinch
and Liddell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Armstrong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Liddell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Armstrong thinking.
Victor Armstrong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell scores with a body shot.
Liddell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Armstrong has time to react.

Liddell is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Armstrong's half guard.
Liddell controlling the action here.
Armstrong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Armstrong tries to get out of the position.
Liddell is keen to just control but Armstrong is a slippery customer.
Liddell frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell raining down shots from the mount!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Victor Armstrong's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Choke Liddell!
Choke Liddell thanked the fans post fight for their support.