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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvio Sierra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvio Sierra has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Excellent boxer
Determined
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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
2 - 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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Silvio Sierra!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sierra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liddell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sierra. Sierra circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sierra bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liddell's head.
Some wild striking there from Sierra.
Sierra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Liddell counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddell.
Liddell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Liddell stalling in the clinch.
Liddell prevents Sierra from breaking the clinch.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sierra misses the shot to the body.
Liddell ducks under a wild hook from Sierra.
Liddell misses with a wild body shot.
Sierra throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sierra looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sierra shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Liddell eats them both and turns towards Sierra to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sierra scores with a nice right hand.
Sierra throws a right and a left that Liddell avoids nicely.
Liddell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sierra is trying to break free.
Sierra is looking to break free of the clinch but Liddell has double underhooks.
Sierra managing to block the knees to the body from Liddell.
Sierra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sierra throws a right hand that Liddell ducks under and follows up with a left that Liddell also avoids with ease.
Liddell closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sierra up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sierra was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
Liddell moves away from the strike by Sierra.
No joy there for Sierra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sierra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liddell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liddell throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sierra counters with a left and a right that stings Liddell.
Sierra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sierra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sierra misses with a straight left.
Sierra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sierra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Liddell counters with a series of strikes. Sierra will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sierra throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddell slips a jab and a cross from Sierra.
Sierra misses with a few strikes there.
Sierra looks gassed!
Liddell moves into the clinch successfully.
Liddell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sierra or not.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sierra.
Liddell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sierra.
Sierra misses with a hook. Liddell ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Liddell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Silvio Sierra has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sierra connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sloppy strikes from Liddell. Those never looked like landing.
Sierra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice body punch from Liddell.
Liddell instigates a clinch.
Sierra wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sierra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liddell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liddell pushes Sierra up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Silvio Sierra will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Silvio Sierra's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Sierra.
Sierra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liddell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sierra throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liddell counters by clinching up.
Sierra wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liddell has him pressed against the ropes.
Liddell manages to break the clinch.
Liddell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sierra throws a series of punches but Liddell avoids them all with ease.
Sierra misses with a two punch combination.
Liddell takes one to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Chuck Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sierra scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell tries to score with a low kick but Sierra moves his leg out of the way.
Sierra 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.
Sierra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Sierra.
A swing and a miss from Sierra.
Liddell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sierra wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Sierra 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liddell drives through and clinches with Sierra against the ropes.
Liddell lands a hook that snaps the head of Sierra backwards.
Sierra wants to get back to striking at distance but Liddell won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sierra connects with a body shot that sends Liddell's belly button to the back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liddell rushes Sierra and presses him up against the ropes.
Liddell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sierra up against the ropes.
Liddell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liddell manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell forces Sierra back against the ropes and clinches.
Liddell throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sierra wants to break the clinch but can't.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sierra wants to break free but Liddell has control.
Liddell will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sierra up against the ropes.
Sierra is trying to force a seperation but Liddell has the dominant position.
Liddell will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sierra up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Liddell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Sierra's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liddell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sierra lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Sierra misses.
Sierra keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sierra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Silvio Sierra will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Silvio Sierra's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Liddell throws a push kick but Sierra slaps the foot to one side.
Sierra tries to keep at a distance but Liddell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sierra prevents a body shot from Liddell.
Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sierra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Sierra.
Sierra looks to land a combination. Liddell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut.
Liddell dodges the punch combination from Sierra.
Sierra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liddell circles away quickly and effectively.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sierra misses with a two punch combination.
Sierra throws a right and a left that Liddell avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Sierra misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sierra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liddell blocks a jab.
Sierra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddell clinches with his opponent.
Sierra is looking to break free of the clinch but Liddell has double underhooks.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sierra dips to his left and cracks Liddell with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Liddell slips a jab and a cross from Sierra.
Silvio Sierra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell moves into the clinch successfully.
Liddell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sierra keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell rushes Sierra and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddell instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Sierra keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell is trying to push Sierra away but Sierra has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sierra avoids it.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Sierra has the dominant position.
Liddell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chuck Liddell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Liddell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sierra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
Sierra has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Liddell has Sierra pressed against the ropes, preventing Sierra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sierra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sierra is trying to push Liddell away but Liddell has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sierra tries to circle away but Liddell has him pinned against the ropes.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Sierra misses with a hook.
Liddell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sierra misses with a jab to the body
and Liddell counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddell.
Liddell looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddell is struggling to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chuck Liddell.
I think Sierra has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silvio Sierra!
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