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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Din kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is FEARLESS. Liddell has chosen It's Dark and Hell is hot 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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187 cm
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208 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
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213 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Liddell! The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Liddell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
al Din steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liddell. Liddell throws a lazy right hand but al Din sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. al Din scores with a nice head shot. al Din ducks under a wild hook from Liddell. Taj al Din seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. al Din dips to his left and cracks Liddell with an uppercut!
It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut. Danga de danga de dang - al Din scores with a four punch combination! al Din lands with a nice body kick. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! al Din takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses. Liddell thows a body shot but no joy. al Din scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Liddell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by al Din. al Din throws a half hearted mid kick. al Din connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. al Din scores with a shot to the body.
al Din scores with a leg kick.
Liddell looks gassed! Liddell tries to bum rush al Din with a series of wild strikes but al Din uses good footwork to avoid the assault. al Din lands with an uppercut that bounces Liddell off the cage and back into rage. al Din ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. al Din lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Liddell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. al Din changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. al Din turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Liddell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That has opened up Chuck Liddell's cut even more. al Din lands a big head kick that sends Liddell tumbling to the mat! al Din takes a step backwards and waves Liddell back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Liddell is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A slapping body kick lands there for al Din. Liddell is still on wobbly legs! Can al Din finish him? al Din throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Liddell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Liddell seems to have recovered his senses. Liddell 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. al Din connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by al Din. Whack! al Din lands a heavy head kick that drops Liddell. The ref tackles al Din to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Liddell was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Taj al Din!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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