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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Prior (ranked 5257 p4p, 538 weight class) and Weimin Liaw (ranked 22316 p4p, 744 weight class). Prior's entrance music is Parov Stelar Band - All Night. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Powerful takedowns
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Prior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Weimin Liaw!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Prior there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liaw on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Liaw cracks Prior with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Liaw misses the shot to the body.
Prior fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Liaw has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Liaw tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Prior is able to avoid easily.
Liaw scores with a hook.
Liaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prior moves away.
Nice defenses there by Prior.
Prior turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liaw takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prior pushes Liaw up against the cage in a clinch.
Liaw working aggressively here.
Prior gets through Liaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liaw misses with the head strike.
Prior breaks from the clinch.
Prior throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liaw now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Prior throws a head kick but Liaw moves out of range.
Liaw blocks a head kick by Prior.
Prior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liaw manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Prior.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liaw. Prior does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weimin Liaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prior on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Prior cracks a nice hook into Liaw's ribs.
Liaw misses with a two punch combination.
Liaw throws a big shot that misses.
Prior tries to work over Liaw's front leg with a kick but Liaw checks it.
Prior misses with an uppercut.
Prior swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Prior 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.
Prior throws a nice outside leg kick.
Prior connects with an inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prior.
Prior fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Prior is looking to wear down Liaw with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Prior smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Liaw misses.
Prior lands a nice shot that snaps Liaw's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liaw takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Liaw cracks Prior with a right hand to the side of the head.
Prior is rocked!
Liaw blocks a head kick by Prior.
Liaw throws out a counter right but Prior avoids it with no problem.
Oh Prior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prior scores with a nice head shot.
Liaw slips a straight right by Prior.
A little jabbing left from Liaw on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Prior throws a leg kick but Liaw sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Prior throws the left hand but Liaw avoids the punch easily.
Liaw slips under a jab.
Prior seems to have got his legs back now.
A slapping leg kick lands for Prior.
Prior is looking to chop away at Liaw's legs.
Prior takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prior throws a right hand that Liaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Liaw also avoids with ease.
Liaw has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Liaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Prior slips under a jab.
Prior appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Prior misses with a wild body shot.
Liaw throws out a counter right but Prior avoids it with no problem.
Liaw fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Prior misses with a low kick as Liaw jumps back.
Prior lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liaw circles away quickly and effectively.
Liaw throws a monster overhand right that drops Prior! Liaw follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Weimin Liaw!
During a confident post fight interview, Weimin Liaw thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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