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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Batts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes into the arena with Ice Cold blaring out of the sound system. Batts has chosen Pro-pain - Make war (not love) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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208 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Batts!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell moves in looking to clinch but Batts pushes him off.
Batts scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Batts moves into the clinch.
Batts scores with a nice hook to the head.
Batts lands with a left to the head.
Liddell lands a nice uppercut.
Batts misses with some punches.
Liddell is trying to maintain a safe position but Batts gets an underhook and turns Liddell into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Liddell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Liddell.
Batts scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell misses with a punch on the inside.
Liddell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Liddell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Batts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Liddell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Batts scores with a hook to the body.
Batts missing with knees to the body.
Batts takes a knee to the side of the body.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Batts misses with a knee to the head.
Batts prevents a body shot from Liddell.
Batts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell manages to break the clinch.
Batts feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Liddell's calf.
Batts digs a good body shot into Liddell's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Batts misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Liddell counters with an inside leg kick.
Liddell takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Batts clinches.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but Batts blocks with his arms.
Liddell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Batts swings wildly with an uppercut but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batts blocks an elbow strike.
Batts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Batts looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Batts tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Batts stalling against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Batts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liddell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liddell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batts throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddell.
A right hook to the body lands for Liddell.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but Batts blocks with his arms.
Batts tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Liddell stalling.
Batts avoids a wild elbow strike from Liddell.
Liddell blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Liddell.
Liddell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Billy Batts has been cut.
Liddell scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Batts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short left from Liddell.
Liddell tries a body shot but Batts blocks it.
Liddell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Batts's elbow.
Liddell stalling.
Still in the clinch, Batts scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batts blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Batts as Liddell tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chuck Liddell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Batts's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
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.
Batts misses with an uppercut
and Liddell counters with a leg kick.
Batts has closed the distance and engaged Liddell in a clinch.
Batts avoids a wild elbow strike from Liddell.
Liddell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Batts is keeping busy.
Liddell misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell misses with a knee strike.
Batts managing to block the knees to the body from Liddell.
A short uppercut from Batts.
Liddell is looking to control Batts's arms but Batts gets an underhook and turns him. Now Liddell has his back to the cage.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Batts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Batts fails to land.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but Batts blocks it.
Batts scores with a shot to the side of Liddell's head.
Liddell avoiding damage as Batts throws knees to the body.
Batts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Batts misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Batts as Liddell tries to tie him up.
Liddell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chuck Liddell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Batts trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liddell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but Batts blocks it.
Liddell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liddell wants to break free but Batts has control.
A short right from Batts.
Batts blocks an uppercut.
Batts avoids a wild elbow strike from Liddell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liddell breaks the clinch.
Liddell moves out of range of the body kick from Batts.
Liddell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Batts moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good leg kick by Batts there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liddell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Batts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batts looks to land a right hand but Liddell moved out of range.
Batts closes the distance and clinches.
Liddell looking to slow down the pace here.
Liddell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Batts lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddell pushes off an throws an elbow but Batts leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Liddell connects with a knee to the head.
Batts is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Liddell tries a knee to the head but Batts blocks it.
Batts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liddell's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Batts.
Batts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Liddell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Batts landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Liddell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Liddell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batts blocks it with crossed arms.
Liddell misses with a knee strike.
Batts lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Liddell throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Batts managing to block the knees to the body from Liddell.
Liddell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Batts is defending well for now.
Liddell takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Batts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Batts's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Liddell takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Liddell misses with a leg kick
and Batts counters with a low kick, right behind Liddell 's knee.
Liddell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Batts scores with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Batts thows a body kick. Liddell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Batts. That's going to slow Liddell down.
Batts gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell misses with a body punch.
Batts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Batts fails to land.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Batts is controlling him.
Batts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
Batts prevents a body shot from Liddell.
Batts blocks the elbow strike.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Batts.
A shot in the inside from Batts.
Liddell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Liddell trying to stall but Batts improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Liddell scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short right from Batts.
Batts tries a body shot but Liddell blocks it.
Batts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Liddell takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Batts misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Batts throws an elbow that misses.
Batts lands a nice shot to the body.
Batts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Batts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liddell misses with an elbow strike.
Liddell throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batts lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Batts as the two fighters clinch.
Liddell tries a body shot but Batts blocks it.
Batts lands an elbow that stopped Liddell in his tracks for a moment.
Batts cracks Liddell with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Batts.
Liddell misses with a punch to the body.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell throws a head punch that misses.
Batts pushes Liddell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Batts misses with a knee to the head.
Batts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Batts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddell blocks it with crossed arms.
Batts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liddell is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell avoiding damage as Batts throws knees to the body.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Batts looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Batts blocks an uppercut.
Liddell trying to control the position but instead, Batts has worked for underhooks and has pushed Liddell into the cage.
Batts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Liddell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batts.
Batts lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Batts lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liddell.
Batts scores a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Batts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Batts 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Batts!
An intense looking Billy Batts took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Aye, aye - London. Yer a stones throw from me boys in Amsterdam, so after da fight, Im gonna meet up with Qing, Bob, Orlando and the guys at Nemesis. Its 420 tonight.'.
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energy
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hype
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