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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Aka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen Redemption Song as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Aka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aka throws a leg kick but Liddell checks it.
Liddell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aka backs up against the cage.
It looks like Jason Aka has been cut.
Aka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aka feints and then cracks Liddell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddell down.
Chuck Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liddell.
Aka tries to land a front kick but Liddell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aka tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liddell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aka.
Liddell looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aka is looking to clinch.
Aka is looking to slow Liddell down with leg kicks.
Aka doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddell circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aka.
Aka takes the fight into the clinch.
Liddell avoiding damage as Aka throws knees to the body.
Aka working Liddell over with knees to the body.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Aka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aka.
Aka with a knee to the head.
Aka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Liddell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aka lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Liddell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Aka.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Aka has the dominant position.
Liddell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddell avoids it.
Aka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Aka is controlling the position.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aka scoring well with a low kick there.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crunch! Aka slams his shin into Liddell's torso.
Aka tries to clinch up but Liddell circles away and keeps his distance.
Liddell steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Aka. That one must have hurt.
Aka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Liddell tries to keep at a distance but Aka has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aka landing knees to the head.
Liddell wants to break free but Aka has control.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Aka has the dominant position.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Aka is controlling him.
Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liddell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Liddell sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aka.
A good leg kick by Aka.
Liddell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Aka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liddell tries to keep at a distance but Aka has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liddell's face.
Liddell avoiding damage as Aka throws knees to the body.
Aka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Liddell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aka keeps control of Liddell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Liddell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell manages to break the clinch.
Aka takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Liddell throws a right and a left that Aka avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Aka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aka.
Aka closes the distance and clinches.
Liddell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aka lands a knee to the head.
Liddell avoiding damage as Aka throws knees to the body.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aka working Liddell over with knees to the body.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
Aka misses with a knee strike.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddell tries to bum rush Aka with a series of wild strikes but Aka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aka.
Aka takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses.
Aka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aka wants to clinch.
Liddell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Aka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Aka.
Liddell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Aka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liddell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aka can pounce on him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aka. That's going to slow Liddell down.
Good leg kick by Aka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liddell's sensitive parts.
Aka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aka thumps Liddell with a low kick.
Liddell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aka looks for the body kick but Liddell saw that one coming.
Liddell misses with an uppercut. Aka saw that one coming.
Aka ducks under a wild hook from Liddell.
Aka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liddell connects with a right hand. Aka shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Aka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Aka's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Aka.
Aka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aka scores with a kick to the midsection.
Aka throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aka.
Aka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Aka closes the distance and clinches.
Aka lands a knee to the head.
Aka connects with a knee to the head.
Aka connects with a knee to the head.
Aka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aka keeps control of Liddell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
Liddell can't break the clinch.
Aka landing knees to the head.
Liddell wants to break free but Aka has control.
Aka scores with a knee to the head.
Liddell tries to break free but Aka pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aka misses with a knee strike.
Aka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
Aka tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Aka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Aka is controlling him.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Aka keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Aka won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aka lands a good knee to the midsection. Liddell won't want to take too many of those.
Aka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liddell can do to turn this around?
Liddell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aka lands a knee to the head.
Liddell working hard to break the clinch.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
Liddell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liddell is looking to break free of the clinch but Aka has double underhooks.
Liddell is trying to break free.
Aka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddell avoids it.
Liddell tries to break free but Aka pushes him back against the cage.
Aka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liddell avoids it.
Aka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Liddell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aka lands a knee to the body.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aka avoids the body shot from Liddell.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Aka.
Aka throws a solid leg kick but Liddell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aka.
Aka closes the distance and pushes Liddell back into the cage.
Liddell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Liddell is trying to break free.
Liddell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aka working Liddell over with knees to the body.
Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aka moves into the clinch.
Aka looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Liddell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
Aka trying to land knees to the body.
Aka tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Aka misses with an elbow over the top.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liddell blocks it with crossed arms.
Aka prevents Liddell from breaking the clinch.
Aka tries a knee to the head but Liddell blocks it.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Liddell avoiding damage as Aka throws knees to the body.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Aka won't allow it.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Aka has the dominant position.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
Liddell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aka looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Liddell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
Liddell avoiding damage as Aka throws knees to the body.
Aka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Liddell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liddell breaks the clinch.
Aka motions for Liddell to come forward. Aka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jason Aka is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from Liddell misses.
Aka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddell. That did some damage!
Aka moves away from the strike by Liddell.
Aka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Aka.
Liddell throws a body punch but Aka moves out of range.
Aka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Aka lands with a kick to the ribs.
Aka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Liddell throws a shot from downtown. Aka moves away and avoids it.
Liddell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Aka.
Liddell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aka.
Aka throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid body kick from Aka.
Aka moves into the clinch successfully.
Aka trying to land knees to the body.
Aka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aka connects with a knee to the head.
Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aka.
Liddell misses with a wild body shot.
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aka.
Aka fakes the leg kick and cracks Liddell in the body.
Liddell has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Aka.
Aka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liddell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aka tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Liddell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Aka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Aka's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Liddell swinging wildly here.
Aka tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
Aka thumps Liddell with a low kick.
Aka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddell. That did some damage!
Liddell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aka. Aka obviously looking to wear him down.
Aka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Both fighters circling a little - Aka finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Aka misses with an uppercut. Liddell saw that one coming.
Liddell walks forward, straight into a front kick from Aka.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aka.
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!
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Aka.
Liddell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Aka. Aka circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Aka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aka tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddell swings for the body but Aka moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Aka!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aka connects with a solid leg kick.
Aka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aka tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
Aka tries to clinch there but Liddell circles away.
Aka tries to clinch up.
Liddell misses with the combination.
Aka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liddell's sensitive parts.
Aka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Aka is controlling him.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aka scores a nice knee to the body.
Aka keeps control of Liddell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A frustrated look appears on Liddell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Liddell working hard to break the clinch.
Aka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
Aka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Aka is controlling the position.
Aka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chuck Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aka looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Aka keeps him there for the moment.
Aka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aka has Liddell pressed against the cage, preventing Liddell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Aka is controlling the position.
Liddell managing to block the knees to the body from Aka.
Liddell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aka has him pressed against the cage.
Liddell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aka looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Liddell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aka blocks it with crossed arms.
Aka landing knees to the body.
Aka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liddell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aka lands a knee to the head.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
Aka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liddell manages to break the clinch.
Aka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chuck Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell swinging wildly here.
Aka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Liddell's calf.
Aka keeps Liddell at a distance using the push kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell's corner calls for a 1-2. Liddell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Aka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Aka tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Aka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liddell tries to break free but Aka pushes him back against the cage.
Aka tries to land knees in the clinch but Liddell avoids the damage to the body.
Liddell can't break the clinch.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Aka won't allow it.
Aka tries to land a knee to the head but Liddell blocks with his arms.
Liddell breaks the clinch.
Aka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Aka slips under a jab.
Aka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Liddell's calf.
Aka scores with a leg kick.
Liddell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liddell, pushing him back against the cage.
Aka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liddell is defending well for now.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Aka keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but Aka is controlling the position.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Aka won't allow it.
Liddell swings wildly with an uppercut but Aka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aka missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Liddell's efforts to push away.
Liddell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Aka keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aka.
Aka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aka doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddell circles away.
Aka scores with a push kick.
Aka feints and then cracks Liddell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddell down.
Liddell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aka moves out of range as Liddell strikes.
Aka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jason Aka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Aka.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Aka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aka 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 James Glass scores the fight for Jason Aka!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Jason Aka!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Jason Aka!
Jason Aka wins by unanimous decision!
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