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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 214 p4p, 429 weight class) and Remy Jacquard (ranked 24 p4p, 49 weight class). Balagot Liu had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Remy Jacquard!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Liu finds it's target.
Liu throws a hook but Jacquard avoids it easily.
Jacquard tries to clinch but Liu moves out of range.
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.
Jacquard misses with a two punch combination.
Liu misses with an uppercut. Jacquard saw that one coming.
Liu looks to score with a jab to the body but Jacquard is just out of range.
Liu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jacquard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Liu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liu throws the left hand but Jacquard avoids the punch easily.
Liu cracks Jacquard with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liu walks into a left hand.
We've been informed that Jacquard has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jacquard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liu.
Jacquard doesn't manage to clinch there - Liu circles away.
Liu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jacquard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liu.
Liu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Jacquard ducks down to avoid it.
Nice cross by Liu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacquard swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Liu misses with a wild combination.
Liu slips under a jab.
A big right from Liu misses.
Jacquard misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacquard slips a straight right by Liu.
Jacquard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jacquard tries to clinch there but Liu circles away.
Liu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jacquard moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jacquard moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.
Jacquard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jacquard tries to bum rush Liu with a series of wild strikes but Liu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liu cracks Jacquard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jacquard misses with a low kick.
Jacquard slips a straight right by Liu.
Jacquard let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jacquard staying out of range there.
Jacquard slips under a jab.
Liu throws the left hand but Jacquard avoids the punch easily.
Liu backing away here, and Jacquard unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jacquard dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liu. That did some damage!
Liu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jacquard closes the distance but Liu moves to the side
and Liu counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacquard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Remy Jacquard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacquard slips a straight right by Liu.
Liu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jacquard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jacquard was well out of range. Poor timing from Liu.
Liu blocks a jab.
Jacquard takes the fight into the clinch.
Jacquard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jacquard manages to avoid it.
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jacquard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liu misses the jab.
Liu moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJacquard.
Liu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Liu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Liu misses.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jacquard.
Liu swinging wildly here.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Jacquard ducks down to avoid it.
Jacquard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jacquard connects with a crisp jab.
Jab by Liu.
Liu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liu swings for the body but Jacquard moves out of range.
Jacquard swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Jacquard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jacquard misses with a hook.
Jacquard shoots for a double leg takedown but Liu sprawls well. He's pushed Jacquard's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jacquard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Liu avoids the body shot from Jacquard.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jacquard. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jacquard connects with a body shot.
Jacquard throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Liu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jacquard connects with a body shot that sends Liu's belly button to the back.
Liu misses the jab.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jacquard.
Liu cracks Jacquard with an open hand slap.
Jacquard throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Liu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Liu misses.
Jacquard tries to clinch but Liu moves out of range.
Liu tries a low kick but Jacquard avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Jacquard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Liu misses with a looping right.
Jacquard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jacquard misses with a takedown attempt - Liu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Liu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Liu misses with the combination.
Jacquard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Liu circles away quickly and effectively.
Liu connects with a right hand. Jacquard shakes it off.
Jacquard tries to clinch but Liu is having none of it.
Jacquard swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jacquard looks to land a body kick but Liu moved away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jacquard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice defenses there by Jacquard.
Liu misses with a hook. Jacquard ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu misses with a body shot.
Liu is looking to score with low kicks.
Liu misses with a kick to the body.
Jacquard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jacquard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that round.
That's time! Liu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Liu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jacquard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Jacquard.
Jacquard slips a jab from Liu.
Liu lands a nice shot to the body.
Jacquard throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Liu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jacquard on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Jacquard.
Liu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jacquard.
Jacquard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Jacquard ducks down to avoid it.
Liu throws a hook to the side of Jacquard's head but Jacquard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jacquard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Liu is fending him off so far but Jacquard persists. Nope, Liu circles away and we're back to standing.
Liu throws a series of strikes that have Jacquard backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Liu throws a series of strikes that have Jacquard backpedaling.
Liu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jacquard just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jacquard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacquard lands a nice uppercut.
Liu is trying to break the clinch but Jacquard is controlling him.
Jacquard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Jacquard tries a head kick but it misses.
Jacquard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Liu throws out the jab.
A combination from Jacquard does no damage.
Jacquard throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jacquard staying out of range there.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacquard.
Jacquard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Liu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jacquard on the side of the head.
Liu misses with a two punch combination.
Jacquard has a takedown stuffed.
The fighters circling - Jacquard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liu looks to land a left hand but Jacquard moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jacquard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Liu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Liu keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacquard walks into a left hand.
Jacquard walks into a left hand.
Liu throws a series of punches but Jacquard avoids them all with ease.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Jacquard cracks Liu with a good jab.
Jacquard connects with a looping right hand.
Liu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Liu swings for the body but Jacquard moves out of range.
Liu lands with an uppercut that bounces Jacquard off the cage and back into range.
Jacquard throws a sloppy body shot
and Jacquard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jacquard wants to clinch.
Balagot Liu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jacquard defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balagot Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
Jacquard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jacquard.
Liu connects with a looping right hand.
Jacquard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liu looks to land a combination. Jacquard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacquard misses with a hook.
Balagot Liu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jacquard punishes Liu's body with a nice straight punch.
Liu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jacquard's hands.
Liu cracks a nice hook into Jacquard's ribs.
Liu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Jacquard.
Nice defenses there by Jacquard.
Liu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jacquard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Liu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Liu avoids the head kick by Jacquard.
Liu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liu throws a head kick but Jacquard moves out of range.
Jacquard replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Liu blocks it well.
Jacquard shoots in and drives through. Liu sprawls well.
Balagot Liu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Remy Jacquard.
Liu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jacquard.
Liu defending well as Jacquard loads up on a big left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacquard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jacquard throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Liu fails to land with a series of punches.
Liu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacquard lands a jab.
Liu with a nice calf kick.
Liu misses with an uppercut.
Jacquard ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Liu misses with a wild combination.
Jacquard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liu.
Liu slips a jab from Jacquard.
Jacquard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jacquard slips a straight right by Liu.
Jacquard throws out a leg kick but Liu moves out of range and Jacquard only half commits.
Jacquard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Jacquard thinks about the counter body kick.
Jab, jab by Liu - just one landing.
Jacquard looks to land a right hand but Liu moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacquard cracks a nice hook into Liu's ribs.
Liu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jacquard can do to turn this around?
Liu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jacquard.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Jacquard loads up on a big right hand but Liu slips the punch.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Jacquard ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balagot Liu dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Liu lands the left hand.
Jacquard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Liu in his tracks.
Jacquard blocks a jab.
Jacquard takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Liu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jacquard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jacquard tries to clinch but Liu moves out of range.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
Jacquard fails to land with a series of punches.
Jacquard throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Liu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jacquard.
Jacquard has managed to clinch.
Jacquard breaks from the clinch.
Jacquard tries to close the distance and clinch but Liu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jacquard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jacquard throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Liu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jacquard's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jacquard throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jacquard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu catches Jacquard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Liu slips under a jab from Jacquard.
Jacquard just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLiu.
Liu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jacquard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liu, pushing him back against the cage.
Jacquard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jacquard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jacquard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Liu dodges the punch combination from Jacquard.
Liu lands a nice shot that snaps Jacquard's head back.
Jacquard fails to land with a series of punches.
Jacquard connects with a high kick.
Jacquard throws a head kick that Liu semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu lands with a good body shot.
Liu cracks a nice hook into Jacquard's ribs.
Liu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jacquard lands a leg kick that knocks Liu off balance momentarily.
Jacquard closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacquard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jacquard manages to break the clinch.
Liu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jacquard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jacquard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Jacquard.
Liu avoids the head kick by Jacquard.
Jacquard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jacquard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jacquard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jacquard swings wildly with an uppercut but Liu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liu 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.
Liu is looking to slow Jacquard down with leg kicks.
Jacquard instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jacquard misses with a punch to the body.
Jacquard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacquard throws a push kick but Liu slaps the foot to one side.
Liu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jacquard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liu moves away.
Liu throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice cross by Liu.
Liu throws a nice looking combination but Jacquard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jacquard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jacquard throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Liu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jacquard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sloppy strikes from Jacquard. Those never looked like landing.
Jacquard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liu tries to score with a low kick but Jacquard moves his leg out of the way.
Jacquard misses with a body shot.
Jacquard lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu throws a right and a left that Jacquard avoids nicely.
Jacquard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws out a loose jab but Jacquard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jacquard walks into a jab.
Jacquard slips under a jab.
Liu blocks a head kick by Jacquard.
Jacquard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jacquard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Liu backing away here, and Jacquard unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jacquard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liu, pushing him back against the cage.
Liu blocks an elbow strike from Jacquard.
Remy Jacquard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liu blocking some punches.
Jacquard throws a punch but it's blocked by Liu.
Jacquard lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu blocks an elbow strike from Jacquard.
Jacquard lands a nice uppercut.
Jacquard manages to break the clinch.
Jacquard missing with a left hand there. Liu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Remy Jacquard.
I think Liu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balagot Liu!
After winning the bout, Balagot Liu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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