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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Tolstoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolstoy has chosen Russian National Anthem as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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205 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksander Tolstoy!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell swings for the body but Tolstoy moves out of range.
Liddell lands a high kick to the side of Tolstoy's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Liddell dives into guard, looking to finish.
It looks like Aleksander Tolstoy has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tolstoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tolstoy is looking for a kimura but Liddell is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tolstoy to get the leverage.
Liddell preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Tolstoy stops Liddell from getting back to his feet.
Tolstoy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Liddell sees it coming and defends easily.
Tolstoy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tolstoy wants to work for an arm triangle but Liddell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell is trying to stand up here but Tolstoy is controlling him well.
Tolstoy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tolstoy wants to work for an arm triangle but Liddell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Liddell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tolstoy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tolstoy looks gassed!
Tolstoy prevents Liddell from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tolstoy wants to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Liddell - that will leave a mark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Liddell coming out on top.
Tolstoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tolstoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tolstoy fails with the takedown.
Tolstoy avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Tolstoy moves out of range.
Liddell loads up on a big right hand but Tolstoy slips the punch.
Tolstoy wants to clinch up but Liddell keeps it at a distance.
Liddell looks to throw the jab but Tolstoy is out of range.
Liddell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksander Tolstoy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Liddell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tolstoy blocks a head kick by Liddell.
A telegraphed right hand from Liddell misses the target.
Liddell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tolstoy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liddell.
Tolstoy tries to clinch but Liddell is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tolstoy misses with a jab to the body
and Tolstoy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tolstoy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Liddell counters with a three punch combo that has Tolstoy backing up. Tolstoy nods at Liddell to acknowledge the strikes.
Chuck Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Liddell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Liddell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tolstoy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tolstoy scores with a shot to the side of Liddell's head.
Tolstoy is working Liddell over against the ropes.
Liddell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tolstoy shoots in and bounces Liddell off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tolstoy prevents Liddell from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy throwing strikes from guard but Liddell blocks nicely.
Tolstoy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Liddell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tolstoy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tolstoy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tolstoy forces his way into half guard.
Liddell has hold of Tolstoy's hands but Tolstoy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is looking to improve his position.
Tolstoy stops Liddell from getting back to his feet.
Tolstoy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tolstoy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Liddell doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tolstoy.
Tolstoy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tolstoy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Liddell sees it coming and defends easily.
Tolstoy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tolstoy is working for a kimura but Liddell is defending it quite comfortably.
Liddell is trying to stand.
Nice strikes from Tolstoy there.
Liddell wants to control but Tolstoy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Liddell looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tolstoy is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aleksander Tolstoy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tolstoy ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
Tolstoy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Liddell counters with a nice kick to the body.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Tolstoy.
Tolstoy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell lands a nice looking body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liddell throws a push kick but Tolstoy slaps the foot to one side.
Tolstoy wants to clinch up but Liddell keeps it at a distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Liddell!
A swing and a miss from Liddell.
Tolstoy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liddell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy wants to clinch but Liddell slips to the side
and Liddell counters with a left to the body.
Liddell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tolstoy.
Tolstoy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Liddell as he jumps to the side.
Liddell lands with an uppercut that bounces Tolstoy off the ropes and back into rage.
Tolstoy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liddell.
Tolstoy closes the distance but Liddell moves to the side
and Liddell finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liddell, pushing him back against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tolstoy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tolstoy lands with a light punch inside.
Tolstoy lands with a left to the head.
Tolstoy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tolstoy keeps control of Liddell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tolstoy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Aleksander Tolstoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tolstoy.
Tolstoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tolstoy lands with a left to the head.
Liddell takes a shot to the head.
Tolstoy lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Tolstoy.
Tolstoy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tolstoy lands a left hand.
Tolstoy prevents Liddell from breaking the clinch.
Tolstoy lands a nice uppercut.
Tolstoy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Liddell backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tolstoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tolstoy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Tolstoy is controlling the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tolstoy.
Tolstoy gets through Liddell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tolstoy pushes Liddell back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Tolstoy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tolstoy.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tolstoy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tolstoy lands a right hand.
Liddell is trying to break free.
A right handed body shot lands from Tolstoy.
Tolstoy keeps control of Liddell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
Tolstoy throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddell.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Tolstoy is controlling the position.
Tolstoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tolstoy lands a shot to the body.
Tolstoy lands an uppercut.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Liddell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liddell, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Liddell!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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