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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 198 p4p, 494 weight class) and Chu Ho Soon (ranked 21 p4p, 52 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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 16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chu Ho Soon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liu. That did some damage!
Ho Soon tries to score with a low kick but Liu moves his leg out of the way.
Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
An inside leg kick lands from Liu.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
Liu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A right-left combo lands from Liu.
Liu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ho Soon takes one on the button.
Ho Soon misses with a series of wild punches.
Ho Soon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lius jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ho Soon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Liu finds it's target.
Ho Soon connects with a looping right hand.
Ho Soon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Liu looks to land a right hand but Ho Soon moved out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
Ho Soon misses with a straight right.
Ho Soon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liu checks it well.
Liu swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Liu misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ho Soon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho Soon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ho Soon under the eye.
Crunch! Liu slams his shin into Ho Soon's torso.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liu, as that shot connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liu.
Ho Soon walks into a left hand.
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Liu slips under a jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon is looking to slow Liu down with leg kicks.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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 takes one on the button.
Liu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho Soon.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon throws a chopping leg kick but Liu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Liu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ho Soon can pounce on him.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ho Soon scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu scoring well with a low kick there.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho Soon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon scores with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Liu blocks the low kick.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick as Liu jumps back.
Ho Soon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liu is out of range and Ho Soon settles back down.
Ho Soon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Nice defenses there by Liu.
Liu misses with a looping right.
Ho Soon connects with a jab.
Liu moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
A clash of legs there as Liu blocks the low kick.
A low kick lands for Liu.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho Soon moves away.
Liu slips a jab from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon with a nice calf kick.
Ho Soon tries to work over Liu's front leg with a kick but Liu checks it.
Ho Soon misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Ho Soon slips the punch.
Good shot there by Liu.
A big right from Liu misses.
Liu tries to score with a low kick but Ho Soon moves his leg out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Liu.
Liu is looking to counter punch.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
Liu checks the leg kick.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Ho Soon slips the punch.
Liu throws a hook but Ho Soon avoids it easily.
Liu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Ho Soon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ho Soon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho Soon tries a quick counter leg kick but Liu is wise to it.
Liu lands a jab to the nose.
Liu swings for the body but Ho Soon moves out of range.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho Soon throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
Ho Soon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Liu.
Liu is looking to counter punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Ho Soon blocks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Liu checks it.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Liu.
Liu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Liu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liu lands a lovely overhand right.
Liu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Soon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Soon 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 slips under a jab from Liu.
Liu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Liu punishes Ho Soon's body with a nice straight punch.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Ho Soon ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon cracks Liu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Ho Soon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That kick from Ho Soon tenderised Liu's leg. Liu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ho Soon throws a shot to the body.
Ho Soon throws a looping overhand right but Liu ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Soon drops his hands momentarily and Liu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot by Ho Soon.
Liu throws a head kick that half lands.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Liu.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liu. That's going to slow Ho Soon down.
Ho Soon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Liu finds it's way round the side to connect with Ho Soon's head.
Liu lands a head shot.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu throws the left hand but Ho Soon avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Liu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liu blocks a leg kick.
Liu defending well as Ho Soon loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ho Soon might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Liu has got the better of the exchanges.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Liu checks a leg kick.
Liu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Soon with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Liu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ho Soon is looking to score with low kicks.
Ho Soon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Liu avoids the body shot from Ho Soon.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick but Liu checks it.
Liu thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ho Soon scores with a body shot.
Liu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ho Soon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good shot there by Liu.
Ho Soon tries to work over Liu's front leg with a kick but Liu checks it.
Liu looks to throw the jab but Ho Soon is out of range.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Balagot Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
Liu misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liu. Ho Soon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu works Ho Soon's body with a nice hook.
Good work by Ho Soon as he checks the leg kick.
Ho Soon swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Ho Soon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Liu walks into a left hand.
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!
Liu blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
Liu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ho Soon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ho Soon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Liu if he has to take too many more of those.
A swing and a miss from Ho Soon.
Liu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Liu slips under a jab.
Liu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick which misses Liu's front leg but catches the back leg as Liu tries to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ho Soon 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.
Liu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Liu cracks Ho Soon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balagot Liu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A cross from Ho Soon lands.
Ho Soon walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
Liu throws a jab but it's blocked by Ho Soon.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho Soon.
Ho Soon motions for Liu to come forward. Ho Soon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu defending well as Ho Soon loads up on a big left hand.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
Liu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ho Soon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Liu.
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon connects with a jab.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ho Soon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liu.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho Soon misses with a hook.
Liu lands a head shot.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Ho Soon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Soon avoids the body shot from Liu.
Good standup being displayed there by Liu as he connects with a hook.
Ho Soon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Liu.
Ho Soon throws a solid leg kick but Liu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ho Soon.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Soon.
Ho Soon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Soon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Soon motions for Liu to come forward. Ho Soon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ho Soon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ho Soon. That's going to slow Liu down.
Liu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ho Soon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liu moves away from the strike by Ho Soon.
Liu lands a high kick!
Liu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ho Soon takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Ho Soon scores with a leg kick.
Ho Soon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ho Soon throws a low kick, looking for Liu's leg but Liu calmly moves out of range.
Ho Soon throws a shot to the body.
Liu throws a body punch but Ho Soon moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
Ho Soon was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Liu connects with a solid leg kick.
Liu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ho Soon is able to avoid easily.
Liu moves out of range of the leg kick from Ho Soon.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Balagot Liu will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Liu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu backing away here, and Ho Soon unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ho Soon wants to land a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Ho Soon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ho Soon looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Liu, as that shot connected.
Ho Soon throws a jab but it's blocked by Liu.
Ho Soon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Liu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ho Soon can pounce on him.
Ho Soon blocks a jab.
A big left from Ho Soon misses.
Liu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ho Soon can pounce on him.
Ho Soon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho Soon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ho Soon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liu.
Ho Soon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ho Soon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ho Soon misses with a left hand
and Liu counters with a stiff right hand.
Ho Soon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Soon feints and then cracks Liu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liu down.
Ho Soon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Liu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ho Soon throws a sloppy body shot
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ho Soon throws out a leg kick but Liu moves out of range and Ho Soon only half commits.
Liu scores with a leg kick.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Liu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ho Soon tries to land a leg kick but Liu saw it coming and moves away.
Liu throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
Ho Soon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Liu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Liu moves out of range as Ho Soon strikes.
Liu throws a jab when Ho Soon was well out of range.
A nice leg kick from Liu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Liu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Soon. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ho Soon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chu Ho Soon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ho Soon lands a slapping body shot.
Liu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ho Soon.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ho Soon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liu lands with a right hand.
Ho Soon misses with an uppercut.
Ho Soon misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Liu misses its intended target.
Ho Soon is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Liu with a body shot.
Liu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ho Soon slips a straight right by Liu.
Decent striking displayed by Liu there.
Ho Soon connects with a crisp jab.
Ho Soon 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.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu slips under a jab.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ho Soon! But no joy.
Liu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ho Soon ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho Soon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ho Soon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu throwing a counter right hand but Ho Soon manages to avoid it.
Liu scores with a jab to the body.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Liu walks into a stiff left hand from Ho Soon.
Liu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Liu.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Liu throws a good cross that connects.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Ho Soon misses with a low kick.
A big right from Liu misses.
Ho Soon tries a low kick but Liu avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu lands with a hook. Ho Soon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ho Soon walks into a jab.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Soon throws a leg kick that misses.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho Soon throws a body shot but no joy.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho Soon misses the shot to the body.
Ho Soon walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
A good leg kick by Liu.
Liu works over Ho Soon's head and body with a nice combination.
Liu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Liu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice jab there from Liu.
Liu missing with a left hand there. Ho Soon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu scores with a three punch combo!
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Soon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liu moves away.
A left and a right from Liu both land. Nice combination.
Ho Soon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu throws a hook but Ho Soon blocks it.
Ho Soon misses with a hook to the body
and Liu counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balagot Liu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liu 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
During a confident post fight interview, Balagot Liu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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