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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serge Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes to the cage accompanied by Ice Cold. Sarkisyan has chosen George Michael - Careless Whisper as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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220 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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218 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serge Sarkisyan!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Sarkisyan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sarkisyan connects with a right hand. Liddell shakes it off.
Liddell connects with a high kick.
It looks like Serge Sarkisyan has been cut.
Liddell misses the shot to the body.
Liddell misses with a hook. Sarkisyan ducked under it nicely.
Sarkisyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liddell.
Liddell throws a lazy right hand but Sarkisyan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liddell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sarkisyan manages to avoid it.
Sarkisyan misses with a wild combination.
Liddell lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell moves into range and clinches up with Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Liddell.
Liddell prevents a body shot from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan jumps guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sarkisyan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Liddell can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Liddell won't allow Sarkisyan to sweep him here.
Liddell decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sarkisyan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sarkisyan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sarkisyan wants to clinch but Liddell slips to the side
and Liddell counters with a right hand to the body.
Sarkisyan throws a right and a left that Liddell avoids nicely.
Sarkisyan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sarkisyan's defenses.
Liddell tries to break free but Sarkisyan pushes him back against the cage.
Liddell misses with an elbow over the top.
Liddell throws an elbow that misses.
Liddell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sarkisyan's face.
Sarkisyan is rocked!
That has opened up Serge Sarkisyan's cut even more.
Liddell has Sarkisyan pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Sarkisyan is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Liddell - that's hurt Sarkisyan badly! Oh, another knee lands and Sarkisyan is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Sarkisyan doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Chuck Liddell!
A victorious Chuck Liddell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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