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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Liddell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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216 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Ruiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Ruiz. No joy for Liddell on that attempt.
Ruiz misses the shot to the body.
Ruiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Liddell counter with a right hand.
Ruiz misses with a jab to the body
and Liddell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruiz misses with a straight right.
Ruiz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Liddell counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ruiz wants to sweep here but Liddell controlling him for the moment.
Ruiz is working hard here to advance position.
Ruiz wants to control but Liddell passes easily into half guard.
Ruiz gets full guard.
Liddell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruiz is keeping the position for now.
Ruiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell thows a big elbow that misses.
Ruiz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Liddell controls the pace.
Ruiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ruiz has his hands on Liddell's head, controlling the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
We're going to have a standup here because Carlos Ruiz wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Liddell tries for a takedown but Ruiz circles away easily
and Ruiz counters with a right hand to the body.
Ruiz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Liddell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruiz thinking.
Jab from Ruiz.
The crowd cheers as Ruiz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liddell doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a looping left.
Ruiz forces Liddell back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruiz.
Ruiz is struggling to control the position.
Ruiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ruiz lands with a right to the head.
Ruiz controlling the action here for a moment.
Liddell blocking some punches.
Liddell wants to break free but Ruiz has control.
Liddell is trying to break free.
Ruiz lands a body punch.
Liddell looks gassed!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruiz misses with a looping left.
Liddell tries to bum rush Ruiz with a series of wild strikes but Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Liddell throws a poor cross that misses
and Ruiz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Liddell won't be happy with that.
Liddell takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Liddell is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruiz landing a few strikes.
Ruiz wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.
Liddell wants to get back to his feet.
Ruiz scoring with punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Liddell keeps working.
Ruiz working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Liddell is looking to get back to his feet here but Ruiz is keeping cool and he's managed to take Liddell's back.
What can Liddell do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Liddell covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruiz lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Ruiz.
Ruiz throwing damaging strikes from the back! Liddell could be in trouble here!
Ruiz trying to control momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Ruiz dominated that round.
That's time! Ruiz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ruiz scores with a decent looking hook.
Ruiz shoots in and drives through. Liddell sprawls well.
Liddell misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruiz misses with a hook
and Liddell counters with a takedown into side control.
Liddell fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ruiz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Liddell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ruiz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ruiz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Liddell's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Liddell's back!
Ruiz is punishing Liddell with some ground and pound.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruiz scores with punches and elbows.
Liddell is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Can Liddell hold on?! Ruiz is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Liddell has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Ruiz scores with punches from the back.
Liddell is trapped and Ruiz is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The referee is taking a good look at Liddell as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Ruiz!
Ruiz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Liddell is trying to get back to his feet but Ruiz has full control of the position and if anything, Liddell has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Ruiz scores with strikes from the back.
Ruiz lands a shot to the body.
Liddell takes a big shot to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Carlos Ruiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruiz is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Ruiz gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Ruiz gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Ruiz apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Liddell misses with a straight right.
Ruiz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ruiz wants it to stay on the feet.
Carlos Ruiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruiz takes a swing at Liddell's ribcage but misses.
Liddell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Liddell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ruiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Ruiz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ruiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruiz misses with a hook.
Liddell moves away from the strike by Ruiz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Ruiz misses.
Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Liddell.
Liddell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruiz.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Liddell is defended easily by Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a body shot.
Ruiz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Liddell on the side of the head.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut.
Ruiz misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz tries to bum rush Liddell with a series of wild strikes but Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chuck Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ruiz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Liddell needs to keep his hands up - Ruiz had a free shot at his head there.
Ruiz cracks a nice hook into Liddell's ribs.
Ruiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liddell can do to turn this around?
Ruiz throws a combination. Liddell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddell connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruiz cracks Liddell with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Ruiz dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Liddell looks to land a right hand but Ruiz moved out of range.
Ruiz throws a looping overhand right but Liddell ducks down to avoid it.
Liddell shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ruiz as he jumps to the side.
A big left from Ruiz misses.
Ruiz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell shoots in but no luck this time.
Liddell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiz misses with a two punch combination.
Ruiz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruiz throws an off balance right hand
and Liddell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell fails to land the takedown.
Carlos Ruiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Liddell.
Ruiz throws an overhand right that lands on Liddell's shoulder, as Liddell tries to avoid the shot.
Liddell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruiz finds it's way round the side to connect with Liddell's head.
Liddell fails with a takedown attempt.
Ruiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ruiz catches Liddell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ruiz instigates a clinch.
Liddell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Ruiz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz prevents Liddell from breaking the clinch.
Ruiz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Liddell.
Ruiz presses Liddell against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ruiz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Ruiz.
Ruiz digs a right hand into Liddell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddell's gas tank.
Ruiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ruiz.
A short right from Ruiz on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruiz.
Ruiz has Liddell pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Ruiz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruiz digs a right hand into Liddell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddell's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz pushes Liddell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ruiz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ruiz pushes Liddell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz is leaning against Liddell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ruiz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Ruiz.
Ruiz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ruiz stalling against the cage.
Ruiz lands with a light punch inside.
Chuck Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz has Liddell pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Liddell manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ruiz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Ruiz is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Ruiz.
Ruiz pushes Liddell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ruiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
Ruiz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ruiz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ruiz is struggling to control the position.
Ruiz is leaning against Liddell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ruiz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ruiz gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Ruiz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ruiz 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Ruiz!
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RATING
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