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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sancho Zola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zola might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Crow On A Tombstone by Satyricon. Liddell has chosen Fatal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
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185 cm
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200 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sancho Zola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zola throws a lazy head kick
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zola on the side of the head.
Liddell cracks Zola with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Sancho Zola has been cut.
Zola tries to land a body kick
letting Liddell counter with a right hand.
Zola closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Liddell quickly recovers to half guard.
Zola tries to pass to full mount but Liddell defends it.
Liddell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zola not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Liddell is holding on to half guard well.
Zola wants to pass to mount but Liddell is defending the position.
Zola stops Liddell from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zola lands with a punch from half guard.
Liddell wants to improve his position but Zola is controlling well.
Liddell is looking to control Zola's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Liddell avoid being mounted?
Liddell wants to get back to full guard.
Zola is trying to work for a kimura but Liddell is defending well.
Zola missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Liddell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zola not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zola trying to pass the guard but Liddell defending well.
Zola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Liddell defending well though.
Liddell tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Zola has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Zola unloading with bombs!
Zola 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zola looking to ground and pound but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Zola there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Zola lands a big elbow.
Zola punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zola throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Zola avoids the attempt from Liddell to control.
Zola goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Liddell is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zola not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zola looking for a sweep. Not yet Zola, not yet.
Zola is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Liddell is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zola had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Liddell defends it easily.
Liddell stands up and waves to Zola to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sancho Zola will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sancho Zola's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nice sprawl there from Liddell as Zola shoots in.
Zola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Zola.
Zola swings away with a body shot that misses
and Liddell counters with a stiff right hand.
Zola with a poor takedown
and Liddell counters with a straight right hand.
Zola throws a leg kick
and Liddell counters with a left to the body.
Zola throws a combination that misses
and Liddell counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zola's knee momentarily.
Liddell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Liddell with a nice cross.
Zola misses with a takedown attempt
and Liddell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sancho Zola. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A cross from Liddell lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell connects with a combination that backs up Zola into the cage. Liddell lands a flurry of punches that gets past Zola's guard. Zola is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Liddell bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Liddell!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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