PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kruk Ma Kali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ma Kali comes to the ring accompanied by ONLY FEAR OF DEATH. Chuck Liddell told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Ma Kali
vs
Liddell

187 cm
22
213 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Convicted
Bushido Clothing

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kruk Ma Kali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ma Kali looks to land a left hand but Liddell moved out of range nicely.
Ma Kali lands a lovely overhand right.
Liddell throws a head kick but Ma Kali moves out of range.
Ma Kali throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Ma Kali moves out of range as Liddell strikes.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Ma Kali moves out of range easily.
Ma Kali moves out of range of the body kick.
Kruk Ma Kali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ma Kali throws a series of punches but Liddell avoids them all with ease.
Ma Kali cracks Liddell with a right hand to the side of the head.
A cross from Ma Kali lands.
Ma Kali scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ma Kali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Liddell.
Liddell throws a head kick but Ma Kali moves out of range.
A combination from Ma Kali does no damage.
The crowd cheers as Ma Kali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liddell doesn't seem phased though.
Ma Kali avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Ma Kali throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ma Kali lands a jab to Liddell's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ma Kali throws a one two combo.
Liddell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ma Kali thows a body shot but no joy.
Jab from Ma Kali.
Ma Kali lunges at Liddell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Liddell's hand.
Ma Kali scores with a decent looking hook.
Ma Kali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liddell.
Liddell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ma Kali darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ma Kali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
Ma Kali lands a slapping body shot.
Ma Kali connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ma Kali.
Donk. Ma Kali catches Liddell right on the button with a cross.
Liddell misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Liddell looks gassed!
Ma Kali thows a body shot but no joy.
Ma Kali throws a right hand that Liddell ducks under and follows up with a left that Liddell also avoids with ease.
Ma Kali throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ma Kali lands a nice hook to Liddell's body. Liddell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Liddell is looking to land body kicks.
Ma Kali throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ma Kali with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ma Kali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Liddell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ma Kali lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ma Kali scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ma Kali throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liddell throws a left that rocks Ma Kali and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Liddell dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Ma Kali regain composure!

Ma Kali is rocked!
Ma Kali is trying to control Liddell's posture but Liddell avoids it.
Oh Ma Kali is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liddell tries to stand but Ma Kali is controlling his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with the ground and pound.
Liddell wants to stand but Ma Kali is controlling his arm.
Ma Kali seems to have got his legs back now.
Ma Kali tries to buck Liddell off but Liddell is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Ma Kali's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ma Kali is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Liddell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ma Kali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Ma Kali misses.
Ma Kali blocks a head kick by Liddell.
Liddell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ma Kali misses the shot to the body.
Ma Kali throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Liddell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liddell stalks Ma Kali and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ma Kali's face. Ma Kali staggers backwards, shaken.
Liddell slips under a jab from Ma Kali.
Liddell fails to land with a series of punches.
Ma Kali lands with a shot to the body.
Liddell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ma Kali misses with an uppercut.
Ma Kali blocks a head kick by Liddell.
Ma Kali comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ma Kali avoids the head kick by Liddell.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Ma Kali moves out of range easily.
Ma Kali digs a good body shot into Liddell's ribs.
Good standup being displayed there by Ma Kali as he connects with a hook.
Ma Kali scores with a nice right hand.
Ma Kali scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Liddell doesn't seem bothered though.
Ma Kali cracks Liddell with an open hand slap.
Ma Kali connects with a good right hand that stumbles Liddell. Liddell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ma Kali fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Liddell on the side of the head.
Ma Kali lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ma Kali lands a slapping body shot.
Ma Kali lands with an uppercut that bounces Liddell off the ropes and back into rage.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Ma Kali checks the leg kick.
Liddell avoids the body shot from Ma Kali.
Liddell works the jab nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liddell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ma Kali, as that shot connected.
Nice defenses there by Liddell.
Liddell moves away from the strike by Ma Kali.
Liddell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ma Kali avoids a kick to the body.
Liddell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick
and Ma Kali counters with a straight right hand.
Ma Kali lands with an overhand left.
Ma Kali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddell manages to avoid it.
Ma Kali lands a right hook to the body.
Ma Kali is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ma Kali takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses.
Ma Kali throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ma Kali throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liddell makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ma Kali really felt that one!
Ma Kali misses with a hook. Liddell ducked under it nicely.
Ma Kali lands a with a good body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ma Kali!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Ma Kali scores with a sloppy right hand. Liddell should have avoided that one.
Liddell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ma Kali misses with a hook.
Ma Kali scores with a crisp jab that stopped Liddell in his tracks.
Liddell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Liddell tries to move into range but Ma Kali moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ma Kali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Liddell counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ma Kali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Ma Kali avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Ma Kali.
Liddell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ma Kali finds it's way round the side to connect with Liddell's head.
Liddell misses with a combination
and Ma Kali cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ma Kali.
Liddell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ma Kali throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Liddell counters with a three punch combo that has Ma Kali backing up. Ma Kali nods at Liddell to acknowledge the strikes.
Liddell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ma Kali finds it's way round the side to connect with Liddell's head.
Ma Kali tests Liddell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ma Kali lands the left hand.
A jab from Ma Kali does it's job there.
Ma Kali throws a right hand that Liddell ducks under and follows up with a left that Liddell also avoids with ease.
Liddell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Liddell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ma Kali.
Ma Kali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Liddell counters with a body kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ma Kali's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ma Kali duly obliges.
Ma Kali scores with a one two! Liddell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ma Kali jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
A left and a right from Ma Kali both land. Nice combination.
Ma Kali works the jab nicely.
Ma Kali takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Decent striking displayed by Ma Kali there.
Ma Kali lands a nice looking body shot.
Ma Kali misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ma Kali connects with a body shot.
Ma Kali misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kruk Ma Kali dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ma Kali with a jab.
Liddell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ma Kali is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ma Kali throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ma Kali scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ma Kali throws a right and a left that Liddell avoids nicely.
A jab from Ma Kali finds it's way through Liddell's defenses.
Ma Kali lands with a shot to the body.
Ma Kali looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
Ma Kali throws a series of punches but Liddell avoids them all with ease.
Ma Kali misses the jab.
Liddell scores with a decent looking hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ma Kali checks a leg kick.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ma Kali misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liddell tries to land a front kick but Ma Kali steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a body kick that misses.
Chuck Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Ma Kali.
Jab from Ma Kali.
Good shot there by Ma Kali.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ma Kali!
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ma Kali throws a one two combo.
Ma Kali lunges at Liddell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Liddell's hand.
The crowd cheers as Ma Kali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liddell doesn't seem phased though.
Liddell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Liddell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ma Kali with a jab.
Ma Kali jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali throws a combination. Liddell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ma Kali keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ma Kali lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to de liver by Ma Kali. Beautiful body shot.
Ma Kali throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell walks into a jab.
Ma Kali takes one on the button.
Liddell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ma Kali.
Ma Kali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liddell.
Both fighters circling a little - Liddell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Liddell.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ma Kali throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liddell sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Liddell counters with a nice body kick.
Liddell blocks a jab.
Nice cross by Ma Kali.
Ma Kali throws a lazy right hand but Liddell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ma Kali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liddell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice straight punches there by Liddell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Liddell.
Ma Kali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Liddell has time to react.
Kruk Ma Kali is winning the standup battle so far.
Ma Kali tries to bum rush Liddell with a series of wild strikes but Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liddell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ma Kali throws out the jab.
Ma Kali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Ma Kali moves out of range easily.
Jab, jab by Ma Kali - just one landing.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ma Kali works the jab nicely.
Nice shot by Ma Kali.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Liddell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liddell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ma Kali throws out a loose jab but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liddell throws a head kick but Ma Kali moves out of range.
Ma Kali throws a jab but it's blocked by Liddell.
Ma Kali throws a one two combo.
Ma Kali lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ma Kali scores with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ma Kali.
Ma Kali throws a body punch but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell ducks right into an uppercut from Ma Kali.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ma Kali scores with a decent looking hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ma Kali!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali throws a hook but Liddell avoids it easily.
Ma Kali lands a with a good body shot.
Ma Kali connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Liddell momentarily.
Ma Kali scores with a sloppy right hand. Liddell should have avoided that one.
Ma Kali throws a jab but it's blocked by Liddell.
Liddell misses with a double jab.
Liddell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell moves forwards but Ma Kali connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ma Kali connects with a single shot there.
Ma Kali swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Liddell counters with a nice body kick.
Liddell moves forwards but Ma Kali connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Liddell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ma Kali scores with a hook to the body. Liddell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ma Kali is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liddell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liddell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ma Kali throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Liddell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ma Kali lands a glancing blow to the side of Liddell's head.
A cross from Ma Kali lands.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Ma Kali lands with an overhand left.
Ma Kali is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liddell can do to turn this around?
Ma Kali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liddell.
Liddell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Liddell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Liddell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ma Kali has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ma Kali and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ma Kali throws a predictable looking body shot
and Liddell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Liddell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Liddell walks into a left hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ma Kali.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Ma Kali. Beautiful body shot.
Ma Kali will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Donk. Ma Kali catches Liddell right on the button with a cross.
Ma Kali throws a left and a right that both miss
and Liddell counters with a nice uppercut.
Ma Kali lands with an uppercut that bounces Liddell off the ropes and back into rage.
Liddell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice uppercut lands for Ma Kali. That snapped Liddell's head back.
Liddell ducks under a wild hook from Ma Kali.
Liddell lands with a nice body kick.
Ma Kali lands a with a good body shot.
Ma Kali throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot lands for Ma Kali.
Ma Kali throws a combination that misses
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ma Kali takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses.
Liddell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liddell.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ma Kali misses with a straight right.
Liddell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ma Kali avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Ma Kali misses the jab.
Liddell ducks under a wild hook from Ma Kali.
Ma Kali throws a combination. Liddell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ma Kali misses the shot to the body.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Liddell.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddell throws a nice looking combination but Ma Kali bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ma Kali blocks a head kick by Liddell.
The fighters circling - Ma Kali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Liddell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ma Kali lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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.
Liddell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Liddell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ma Kali counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Ma Kali finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Liddell throws a right hand that Ma Kali ducks under and follows up with a left that Ma Kali also avoids with ease.
Ma Kali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liddell's head.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chuck Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ma Kali misses the body punch
enabling Liddell to counter with a crisp jab.
Liddell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Liddell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ma Kali. That did some damage!

And that's the end of the fight!
Kruk Ma Kali showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ma Kali has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Kruk Ma Kali!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Kruk Ma Kali!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Kruk Ma Kali!

Kruk Ma Kali wins by unanimous decision!