PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Choke Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adem Jashari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell's entrance music is Intro - DMX. A fine choice. Jashari is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jashari Entrance. Choke Liddell had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Liddell
vs
Jashari

189 cm
29
220 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

191 cm
25
221 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Choke Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adem Jashari!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Jashari misses the target.
Liddell throws a hook to the side of Jashari's head but Jashari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Jashari misses with a right hand
and Liddell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jashari connects with an inside leg kick.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Jashari moves out of range easily.
Liddell moves out of range as Jashari strikes.
Jashari lands a head kick!
Jashari just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell moves out of range of the body kick from Jashari.

Jashari clinches up against the cage.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Jashari is controlling the position.
Liddell tries for a takedown. No joy.
Liddell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jashari misses with the head strike.
Liddell is trying to push Jashari away but Jashari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jashari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jashari is trying to maintain a safe position but Liddell gets an underhook and turns Jashari into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jashari.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Jashari won't allow it.
Jashari struggles to land a body shot inside as Liddell controls his hands.
Jashari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jashari is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Jashari has the dominant position.

Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot by Liddell.
Liddell slips a straight right by Jashari.
Jashari looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
Jashari throws the left hand but Liddell avoids the punch easily.
Jashari scores with the left hand. Liddell knows he should have avoided that one.
Jashari clobbers Liddell with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jashari misses with a hook. Liddell ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jashari with a jab.
Jashari throws a hook but Liddell avoids it easily.
Liddell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jashari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Jashari.
Liddell misses with a shot to the body
enabling Jashari to counter with a crisp jab.
Liddell checks a leg kick nicely.
Adem Jashari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jashari misses with a straight right.
Jashari misses with a right hand

and Liddell counters with a shoot takedown. Jashari fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Liddell throws a big right hand that misses.
Liddell won't allow Jashari to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is working Jashari over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jashari wants to stand up but Liddell is controlling him.
Liddell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Liddell tries to free his leg and advance position but Jashari is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jashari can do anything to dispel that myth.
Liddell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jashari works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jashari keeping moving, preventing Liddell from controlling successfully.
Jashari is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jashari preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Liddell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jashari is keeping the position for now.
Liddell passes Jashari's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jashari is staying active underneath Liddell, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Liddell wants to pass the guard but Jashari is defending well.
Liddell is working hard here to advance position.
Liddell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jashari's head.
Liddell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Liddell throwing shots but Jashari is blocking nicely.
Liddell wants to pass to mount but Jashari is defending the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jashari wants to get back to his feet.
Liddell tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jashari knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Liddell is trying to control. Jashari wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Liddell trying to pass the guard but Jashari defending well.
Liddell is trying to control. Jashari wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Liddell throws a strike but Jashari avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jashari is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Liddell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jashari swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throwing strikes but missing.
Liddell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Liddell pushing down on Jashari's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jashari is trying to stand.
Liddell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Liddell is trying to control. Jashari wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Liddell thows a huge punch but Jashari dodges it nicely.

Jashari pushes Liddell off and gets back to his feet.
Liddell throws a shot from downtown. Jashari moves away and avoids it.
Liddell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Liddell lands a slapping body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jashari throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jashari throws a body punch but Liddell moves out of range.
Jashari connects with a looping right hand.
Liddell slips a jab from Jashari.
A jab from Jashari misses.
Jashari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Liddell walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell loads up on a big right hand but Jashari slips the punch.
Jashari avoids the body shot from Liddell.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liddell avoids the body shot from Jashari.
Jashari doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddell circles away.
Jashari throws a big shot that misses.
Liddell misses with a takedown attempt - Jashari sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Choke Liddell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liddell slips under a jab from Jashari.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell clobbers Jashari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jashari lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adem Jashari will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Jashari.
Jashari tests Liddell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jashari scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Liddell scores with a hook to the body. Jashari takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jashari connects with an inside leg kick.
Liddell stuns Jashari with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jashari throws an off balance right hand
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liddell just misses with a punch to the body.
Jashari attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jashari swings for the body but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jashari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jashari cracks Liddell with a good jab.
Jashari throws a body punch but Liddell moves out of range.
Jashari throws a poor cross that misses

and Liddell counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Liddell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jashari defending well though.
Liddell is looking to stall here but Jashari recovers full guard.
Jashari keeping full guard, as Liddell tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell looking to pass the guard.
Jashari keeping moving, preventing Liddell from controlling successfully.
Jashari wants to get back to his feet but Liddell is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell works over Jashari with some ground and pound from guard.
Liddell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jashari swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Liddell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Liddell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Liddell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jashari is keeping the position for now.
Jashari wants to stand and escape but Liddell is having none of it.
Liddell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jashari is keeping the position for now.
Jashari is looking to stand up but Liddell isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jashari preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Liddell postures up and lands a big shot to Jashari's brow.
Liddell stops Jashari from standing up.
Liddell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jashari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liddell.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Liddell works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jashari wants to get back to his feet.
Jashari is breathing heavily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Liddell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jashari is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Liddell scores with a couple of nice shots.
Liddell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jashari's head.
Liddell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jashari wants to get back to his feet.
Liddell drops an elbow to the side of Jashari's head.
Liddell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jashari does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jashari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Liddell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jashari keeps working.
Liddell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jashari's head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Liddell is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jashari defends it well.
Liddell throwing shots but Jashari is blocking nicely.
Liddell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Liddell is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jashari doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Liddell.
Liddell is trying to control. Jashari wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Liddell is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Jashari reverses the position - he's now on top in Liddell's guard.
Liddell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jashari is one step ahead there.
Liddell has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Choke Liddell wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Liddell checks a low kick from Jashari.
Jashari throws a poor cross that misses
and Liddell counters with a left to the body.
Jashari misses with a low kick as Liddell jumps back.
Liddell lands with an overhand left.
Jashari misses with a hook

and Liddell counters with a shoot takedown. Jashari fights it but they end up in guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddell sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jashari's guard.
Jashari regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Liddell.
Liddell throws a big right hand that misses.
Jashari is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Liddell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jashari swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Liddell is working Jashari over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Liddell is looking to work some ground and pound but Jashari has wrist control.
Liddell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jashari is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Choke Liddell showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Choke Liddell!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Choke Liddell!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Choke Liddell!

Choke Liddell wins by unanimous decision!
Choke Liddell thanked the fans post fight for their support.