PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Furio Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jambo Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcone kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hatebreed - Live for this. The crowd seem to be enjoying Liddel's choice of entrance music: Just One Last Time. Jambo Liddel 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!

Falcone
vs
Liddel

178 cm
31
156 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

187 cm
30
165 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Furio Falcone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jambo Liddel!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Falcone darts in and clinches Liddel up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Falcone throws an elbow but misses.
Liddel stalling in the clinch.
Falcone tries to land a knee to the head but Liddel blocks with his arms.
A short left from Liddel.
Falcone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddel's face.

It looks like Jambo Liddel has been cut.
Liddel blocks the elbow strike.
Liddel misses with a knee to the head.
Falcone scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liddel is stalling here.
Falcone pushes off an throws an elbow but Liddel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Liddel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liddel dodges an elbow strike from Falcone.
A knee to the head by Liddel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falcone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddel blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falcone.
Liddel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Falcone tries to land a knee to the head but Liddel blocks with his arms.
Falcone tries to throw a body punch but Liddel avoids it by throwing Falcone back against the cage.

Liddel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Liddel misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddel moves in looking to clinch but Falcone pushes him off.
Liddel avoids the head kick by Falcone.
Falcone goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Falcone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Falcone throws a leg kick
and Liddel counters with a nice body kick.
Liddel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Liddel checks a leg kick.
Falcone dodges the punch combination from Liddel.
Falcone scores with a leg kick.
Furio Falcone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Falcone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liddel looks to score with a jab to the body but Falcone is just out of range.
Liddel checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddel tries to clinch but Falcone is having none of it.
Falcone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Liddel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Liddel.
Falcone tries to clinch up.
Falcone lands with a shot to the body.
Liddel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Falcone at a distance.
Falcone feints and then cracks Liddel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddel down.
Liddel misses with a wild combination.
Liddel blocks the body kick.
Falcone walks into a straight right hand from Liddel.
Falcone throws a front kick aimed at Liddel's knee but Liddel avoids it well.
Falcone connects with a crisp jab.
Liddel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Liddel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Liddel tries to bum rush Falcone with a series of wild strikes but Falcone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Falcone cracks Liddel with a good jab.
Liddel throws a series of punches but Falcone moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Falcone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Falcone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Liddel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Falcone misses with a low kick.
Liddel throws out a loose jab but Falcone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liddel checks a low kick from Falcone.
Liddel tries a head kick but it misses.
Falcone lands a slapping body shot.
Falcone throws a leg kick but Liddel checks it.
Falcone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddel misses with a low kick.
Liddel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Falcone is out of range and Liddel settles back down.
Liddel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Falcone throws a low kick, looking for Liddel's leg but Liddel calmly moves out of range.
Falcone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Liddel pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Falcone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Falcone tries to clinch there but Liddel circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falcone lands a right hook to the body.
Falcone throws a head kick that misses.
Falcone throws a leg kick that misses.
A combination from Liddel does no damage.
Liddel lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddel fails to land with a series of punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Liddel checks a leg kick.
Falcone lands a glancing blow to the side of Liddel's head.
Falcone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liddel moves away.
Liddel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falcone fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liddel checks it well.
Falcone throws a leg kick but Liddel checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falcone. Liddel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Falcone clobbers Liddel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Falcone avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Furio Falcone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jambo Liddel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Falcone closes the distance and clinches.
Liddel lands with a right to the head.
Falcone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Liddel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Falcone is looking to wear down Liddel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Liddel blocks a low kick nicely.
Liddel throws a leg kick that misses.
Liddel takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Falcone cracks the inside of Liddel's front leg.
Falcone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liddel misses with a looping right.
Falcone throws a leg kick
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
Falcone throws a body punch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddel throws a sloppy head kick and Falcone moves out of range easily.
Falcone doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddel circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Liddel blocks the leg kick.

Falcone clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falcone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Liddel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Liddel dodges an elbow strike from Falcone.
Liddel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddel leaning his opponent against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Falcone connects with a knee to the head.
Liddel prevents a body shot from Falcone.
Falcone lands a knee to the body.
Liddel is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falcone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Falcone lands a left hand.
Liddel is trying to push Falcone away but Falcone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Liddel trying to control the position but instead, Falcone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Liddel into the cage.
Falcone misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddel.
Liddel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Falcone cracks Liddel with a nice body shot.
Falcone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Furio Falcone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Falcone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Falcone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Falcone missing with knees to the body.
Falcone tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddel avoids the damage to the body.
Liddel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Falcone.
Falcone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Falcone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddel blocks it with crossed arms.
Falcone scores a nice knee to the body.
Falcone pushes off an throws an elbow but Liddel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Falcone.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Liddel in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Liddel blocks an elbow strike.
Falcone landing knees to the head.
Falcone lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Liddel or not.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Falcone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Liddel's brow.
Falcone throws an elbow that misses.

Liddel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Falcone moves into range and clinches up with Liddel.
Falcone lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liddel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddel blocks the elbow strike.
Falcone looking to throw knees to the head but Liddel is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone trying to land knees to the body.
Falcone misses with an elbow over the top.
Liddel takes an elbow to the temple.
Liddel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Falcone up against the cage.
Falcone lands a damaging elbow.
Falcone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Falcone is looking to control Liddel's arms but Liddel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Falcone has his back to the cage.
Falcone misses with a punch to the body.
Liddel avoiding damage as Falcone throws knees to the body.
Liddel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Liddel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Falcone is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Falcone landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Furio Falcone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jambo Liddel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Liddel tries a head kick but it misses.
Liddel doesn't manage to clinch there - Falcone circles away.
Liddel tries to score with a low kick but Falcone moves his leg out of the way.
Furio Falcone is winning the standup battle so far.
Liddel throws a head kick that half lands.
Jambo Liddel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Falcone throws a sloppy head kick and Liddel moves out of range easily.
Liddel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Falcone throws a leg kick but Liddel checks it.
Falcone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Falcone throws a leg kick but Liddel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Falcone throws a low kick but Liddel avoids it.
Falcone scores with a hook to the body. Liddel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Liddel throws a front kick aimed at Falcone's knee but Falcone avoids it well.
Falcone swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddel.
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Falcone.
Falcone attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Falcone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Liddel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel blocks a head kick by Falcone.
Falcone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Falcone tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Falcone lands with a thumping leg kick.
Falcone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liddel stalks Falcone and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Falcone's face. Falcone staggers backwards, shaken.
Falcone throws a leg kick that is checked
and Liddel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Liddel clinches up against the cage.
Liddel misses with a knee strike.
Liddel is looking to break free of the clinch but Falcone has double underhooks.
Liddel dodges an elbow strike from Falcone.
Falcone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddel blocks it with crossed arms.
Falcone tries a knee to the head but Liddel blocks it.
Liddel managing to block the knees to the body from Falcone.
Liddel prevents a body shot from Falcone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Falcone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Liddel tries to break the clinch but Falcone is controlling the position.

Liddel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Falcone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddel pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Falcone back to the cage. Liddel follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Falcone rushes Liddel and presses him up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Falcone.
Liddel avoids a wild elbow strike from Falcone.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Falcone.
Falcone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddel avoids it.
Liddel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falcone misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Falcone.
Liddel leaning against his opponent.
Falcone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Liddel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Liddel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Falcone taking a breather.
Falcone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Falcone.
Falcone tries a body shot but Liddel blocks it.
Falcone missing with knees to the body.
Falcone lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcone tries a knee to the head but Liddel blocks it.
Falcone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Falcone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Falcone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddel.
Liddel is looking to break free of the clinch but Falcone has double underhooks.
Falcone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Falcone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Furio Falcone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel is trying to maintain a safe position but Falcone gets an underhook and turns Liddel into the cage.
Liddel letting Falcone take a breather here.
Falcone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jambo Liddel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liddel looking to throw knees to the head but Falcone is blocking nicely.
Falcone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Falcone looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Falcone.
Falcone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Falcone tries to land 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.
Falcone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Falcone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liddel is defending well for now.
Liddel avoids the elbow strike from Falcone, against the cage.
Falcone pushes off an throws an elbow but Liddel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Furio Falcone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Falcone 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Furio Falcone!
Furio Falcone was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.