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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chu Ho Soon (ranked 717 p4p, 479 weight class) and Balagot Liu (ranked 90 p4p, 59 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Balagot Liu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu scores with a push kick.
Ho Soon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ho Soon scores with a hook.
Ho Soon lands a glancing blow to the side of Liu's head.
A low kick lands for Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
A telegraphed right hand from Ho Soon misses the target.
Liu lands a really nice looking cross but Ho Soon seems unphased.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but Liu moves out of range easily.
Liu lands a front kick.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Ho Soon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Liu momentarily.
Ho Soon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ho Soon.
Ho Soon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ho Soon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ho Soon misses with a right hand
and Liu counters with a nice uppercut.
Chu Ho Soon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu slips under a jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon with a nice calf kick.
Liu dips to his left and cracks Ho Soon with an uppercut!
Ho Soon walks into a left hand.
Ho Soon misses with a wild combination.
Liu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ho Soon looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Liu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ho Soon swings widly with a right hand
and Liu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liu tries to clinch there but Ho Soon circles away.
Liu is looking to chop away at Ho Soon's legs.
Ho Soon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Liu tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ho Soon moves out of range as Liu throws a body kick.
Liu tries to score with a low kick but Ho Soon moves his leg out of the way.
Liu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liu misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ho Soon connects with a solid leg kick.
Liu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho Soon.
Liu thinks about the counter body kick.
Liu has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Liu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Liu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liu lands a nice looking body shot.
Ho Soon misses the jab.
Ho Soon misses with a looping left.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liu was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon lands a nice shot that snaps Liu's head back.
Liu lands an overhand right.
Liu tries to land a leg kick but Ho Soon saw it coming and moves away.
Liu moves out of range of the body kick from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses the body punch
letting Liu counter with a right hand.
Ho Soon checks a low kick from Liu.
Liu misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Ho Soon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ho Soon blocks the body kick.
Ho Soon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Liu counters with a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Liu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Liu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ho Soon checks a leg kick nicely.
Liu scores with a nice head shot.
Ho Soon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
Liu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Ho Soon misses.
Ho Soon moves out of range of the leg kick from Liu.
Ho Soon looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Ho Soon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
Ho Soon connects with the punch.
Liu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ho Soon lands a nice shot to the body.
Liu cracks Ho Soon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ho Soon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Soon throws a low kick, looking for Liu's leg but Liu calmly moves out of range.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Liu slips a jab from Ho Soon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Liu pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ho Soon back to the cage. Liu follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Liu misses with a looping right.
It looked like Ho Soon was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Liu.
A decent looking cross lands there for Liu.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ho Soon, as that shot connected.
Liu throws out a loose jab but Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu misses with a straight right.
A bone on bone clash there as Liu blocks the leg kick.
Liu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Liu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ho Soon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Liu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ho Soon has time to react.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu blocks a jab.
Liu steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Liu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ho Soon momentarily.
Ho Soon staying out of range there.
Ho Soon misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ho Soon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Liu counters with a nice body shot.
A leg kick checked by Liu.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liu. Ho Soon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu misses with a two punch combination.
Ho Soon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Liu misses with a lunging right hand
and Ho Soon counters with a straight right hand.
Ho Soon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Liu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ho Soon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ho Soon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ho Soon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ho Soon thuds a left hand into Liu's body.
Liu stuns Ho Soon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Soon throws a big shot that misses.
Ho Soon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Ho Soon catches Liu right on the button with a cross.
Ho Soon scores with the left hand. Liu knows he should have avoided that one.
Ho Soon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Liu.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Liu scores with a punch to the head.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Liu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a body punch but Liu moves out of range.
Ho Soon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ho Soon 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.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon gets tackled into the cage by Liu. Liu maintains the clinch.
Liu misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ho Soon working aggressively here.
Ho Soon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ho Soon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Soon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Ho Soon as he connects with a hook.
Liu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Liu working aggressively here.
Liu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ho Soon manages to break the clinch.
Liu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Balagot Liu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ho Soon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Liu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Liu throws a shot from downtown. Ho Soon moves away and avoids it.
Ho Soon misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Ho Soon.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ho Soon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ho Soon jabs at Liu's body.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick which misses Liu's front leg but catches the back leg as Liu tries to avoid it.
Liu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ho Soon tried to score with a low kick but Liu checks it.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liu blocks a leg kick.
Liu steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ho Soon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ho Soon looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Liu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ho Soon misses with a looping left.
A punch lands to the side of Liu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ho Soon gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Liu finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ho Soon throws a head kick that misses.
Liu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ho Soon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu looks to land a body kick but Ho Soon moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon checks a leg kick.
Liu scores with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Ho Soon.
Liu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws out a powerful jab.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho Soon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Liu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ho Soon. Ho Soon obviously looking to wear him down.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
Liu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ho Soon if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu looks to land a left hand but Ho Soon moved out of range nicely.
Liu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ho Soon just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon feints and then cracks Liu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liu down.
Liu throws a leg kick but Ho Soon checks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Balagot Liu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ho Soon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ho Soon scores with a hook.
Liu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon throws out a leg kick but Liu moves out of range and Ho Soon only half commits.
Jab by Ho Soon.
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ho Soon misses with a body punch
and Liu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ho Soon tries to land a leg kick but Liu saw it coming and moves away.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut.
Good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Liu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ho Soon. Liu shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Liu with a jab.
Liu moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ho Soon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liu checks it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ho Soon.
Ho Soon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Liu throws a hook to the side of Ho Soon's head but Ho Soon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ho Soon lands a nice shot to the body.
Liu throws a hook but Ho Soon blocks it.
Liu with the inside leg kick.
Liu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon with a nice calf kick.
Liu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Soon throws out the jab.
Liu flicks out a counter leg kick but Ho Soon steps away.
A shot to the liver by Liu. Beautiful body shot.
Ho Soon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ho Soon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chu Ho Soon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Ho Soon misses its intended target.
Liu avoids the body shot from Ho Soon.
Liu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a front kick aimed at Liu's knee but Liu avoids it well.
Ho Soon looks to land a body kick but Liu moved away.
Liu connects with a solid leg kick.
Liu cracks Ho Soon with a good jab.
Ho Soon misses with a right hand
and Liu counters with a left to the body.
Liu is looking to chop away at Ho Soon's legs.
Ho Soon scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice cross by Liu.
Liu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Liu walks into a left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Ho Soon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice cross by Liu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon misses with a jab to the body
and Liu counters with a straight right hand.
Ho Soon throws a sloppy body shot
and Liu counters with a straight right hand.
Ho Soon misses the body punch
and Liu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Ho Soon there.
Nice shot by Liu.
Ho Soon throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Good exchange - Liu coming out on top.
Liu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liu checks a leg kick nicely.
Liu counters with a body kick.
Ho Soon will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Liu throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ho Soon throws a big shot that misses.
Liu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good 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!
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Ho Soon looks to land a left hand but Liu moved out of range nicely.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
Liu scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon sizes up Liu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ho Soon misses with a left hand
and Liu counters with a nice body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ho Soon misses the target.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ho Soon throws a right hand that misses
enabling Liu to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho Soon takes one to the side of the head.
Ho Soon is rocked!
Liu blocks a low kick nicely.
Oh Ho Soon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ho Soon seems to have got his legs back now.
Liu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ho Soon's head.
Ho Soon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Liu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ho Soon throws a poor cross that misses
and Liu counters with a low kick, right behind Ho Soon 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick
and Liu counters with a right hand to the body.
Ho Soon throws an off balance right hand
and Liu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Liu throws a series of punches but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but Liu avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balagot Liu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Liu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
Balagot Liu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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