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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenji Okami!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell wants to clinch up but Okami keeps it at a distance.
Okami lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Liddell wants to clinch.
Liddell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Okami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Liddell tries to clinch up.
Okami wants to land a leg kick but Liddell is out of range.
Liddell tries to clinch up but Okami circles away and keeps his distance.
Liddell tries to clinch up but Okami circles away and keeps his distance.
Okami lands a nice shot that snaps Liddell's head back.
Liddell tries to clinch there but Okami circles away.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt
and Okami counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okami swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddell.
Okami lands with a hook. Liddell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Liddell wants to clinch.
Okami bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell clinches up against the cage.
Okami pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Okami lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liddell doesn't seem phased though.
Liddell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt.
Liddell closes the distance but Okami moves to the side
and Okami counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Okami smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Liddell wants to clinch.
Liddell closes the distance looking to clinch
and Okami counters with a series of strikes. Liddell will be more careful next time no doubt.
Okami cracks Liddell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okami misses with a two punch combination.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddell tries to clinch there but Okami circles away.
Liddell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Okami to score with a decent uppercut.
Okami changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liddell tries to clinch up but Okami circles away and keeps his distance.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Okami is looking to break free of the clinch but Liddell has double underhooks.
Okami is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Okami is looking to break free of the clinch but Liddell has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liddell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Okami's brow.
Okami wants to get back to striking at distance but Liddell won't allow it.
Liddell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Okami blocks it with crossed arms.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Okami avoids it.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami avoiding damage as Liddell throws knees to the body.
Liddell misses with an elbow over the top.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Okami has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Okami breaks the clinch.
Okami misses with a kick to the body.
Liddell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Okami changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Okami lands a jab to the head.
Liddell tries to clinch but Okami is having none of it.
Liddell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Okami counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Okami swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddell.
Okami goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Liddell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Okami counters with a series of strikes. Liddell will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okami connects with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami lands a glancing blow to the side of Liddell's head.
Okami misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Okami is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Liddell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Okami fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Liddell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Liddell wants to clinch.
Okami scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt
and Okami counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Okami lands a head kick. Liddell smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Okami connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Liddell's hands.
Liddell is looking to clinch.
Liddell drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Okami is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Okami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddell wants to clinch but Okami slips to the side
and Okami cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Okami connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenji Okami dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Okami scores with a three punch combo!
Liddell 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 is looking to clinch but Okami is avoiding it.
Okami with a hook.
Liddell closes the distance looking to clinch
and Liddell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Okami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okami lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Okami cracks Liddell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Okami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okami might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Liddell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matheus Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Okami cracks Liddell with a right hand to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell tries to clinch but Okami is having none of it.
Okami punishes Liddell's body with a nice straight punch.
Liddell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liddell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Okami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liddell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Okami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Okami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Okami works Liddell's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Okami scores with a punch to the head.
Liddell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Okami counters with a one-two to the body.
Okami dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Okami cracks Liddell with an open hand slap.
Okami lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Liddell at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice combination there by Okami.
Kenji Okami seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Okami, right into the meat.
Liddell takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Okami works over Liddell's head and body with a nice combination.
Liddell is rocked!
Liddell closes the distance but Okami moves to the side
and Okami counters with a slapping leg kick.
Okami tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Okami scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Okami throws a head kick but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Liddell takes one on the button.
Liddell takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Okami moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Liddell wants to clinch.
Okami lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Okami with a jab.
Okami scoring well with a low kick there.
Matheus Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okami scores with a jab to the body.
Okami throws a head kick that misses.
Good shot there by Okami.
Liddell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Okami scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Okami scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami connects with a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Okami.
Okami scores with a jab to the jaw.
Liddell moves to clinch but Okami breaks away
and Okami counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okami moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Okami scores with a head kick.
Liddell tries to clinch up
and Okami counters with a left to the body.
Okami displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Okami.
Liddell avoids the head kick by Okami.
Okami has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Liddell moves in looking to clinch but Okami pushes him off.
Okami throws a combination. Liddell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Okami counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell wants to clinch but Okami slips to the side
and Okami counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Liddell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A right-left combo lands from Okami.
Okami connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Liddell walks into a stiff left hand from Okami.
Okami keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Okami.
Okami dips to his left and cracks Liddell with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell tries to clinch up.
Liddell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Liddell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Okami thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Liddell if he has to take too many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenji Okami showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Okami lands a head kick!
Liddell tries to clinch but Okami moves out of range.
Okami fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Liddell on the side of the head.
Liddell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Okami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Okami counter with a right hand.
A lazy left from Okami finds it's target.
Okami misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell blocks a head kick by Okami.
Liddell has managed to clinch.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that Okami shrugs off.
Liddell has Okami pressed against the cage, preventing Okami from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Okami has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Liddell misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Okami is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws an elbow that misses.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that Okami shrugs off.
Liddell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Okami is looking to break free of the clinch but Liddell has double underhooks.
Liddell looking to throw knees to the head but Okami is blocking nicely.
Okami escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Okami lands a high kick!
Okami connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Okami thuds a left hand into Liddell's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Okami.
Liddell tries to clinch up but Okami circles away and keeps his distance.
Okami lands a body shot.
Liddell takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okami connects with a solid leg kick.
Okami shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Liddell eats them both and turns towards Okami to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Okami throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell moves forwards but Okami connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Liddell's head.
Okami will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Okami misses with a head kick.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Okami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okami throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Liddell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Okami counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Okami scores with a punch to the head.
Okami throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Liddell.
Liddell tries to clinch but Okami moves out of range.
Liddell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Okami is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick misses from Okami.
Okami throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Liddell doesn't manage to clinch there - Okami circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami throws a series of punches but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell closes the distance and pushes Okami back into the cage.
Liddell lands an elbow inside that Okami shrugs off.
Okami tries to circle away but Liddell has him pinned against the cage.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but Okami blocks with his arms.
Liddell has Okami pressed against the cage, preventing Okami from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Okami is trying to force a seperation but Liddell has the dominant position.
Liddell misses with a knee strike.
Okami stalling.
Liddell throws an elbow that misses.
Liddell misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Okami.
Okami misses with a knee to the head.
Okami wants to break free but Liddell has control.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Okami looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Okami's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Okami looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Liddell looking to throw knees to the head but Okami is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Liddell.
Okami wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liddell has him pressed against the cage.
Okami is trying to break the clinch but Liddell has him pressed against the cage.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but Okami blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okami wants to get back to striking at distance but Liddell won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Okami escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matheus Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Okami lands a nice looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji Okami comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Okami winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenji Okami!
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