PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lodin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen DMX Intro as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lodin
vs
Liddell

190 cm
29
224 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

187 cm
31
213 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Lodin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell slips a straight right by Lodin.
Lodin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Lodin clinches with his opponent.
Liddell struggles to land a body shot inside as Lodin controls his hands.
A short right from Liddell.
A body shot lands from Lodin.
Lodin lands a left hand.
Liddell misses with some punches.
Liddell blocks a body shot from Lodin.
Liddell takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lodin is leaning against Liddell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Liddell looks gassed!
Liddell misses with a knee to the head.
Lodin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A hook to the body from Lodin.

Lodin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lodin pushes down on Liddell's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lodin slips a nice elbow through Liddell's hands, connecting with Liddell's forehead.
Liddell looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lodin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lodin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Liddell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lodin controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Lodin.
Liddell taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lodin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lodin cracks Liddell with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Lodin!
Frank Lodin retains his light heavyweight title!
Frank Lodin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.