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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olivier De Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Block Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Troyer might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jay Z - Run This Town. Liddell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slayer - Raining Blood kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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288 lbs
29 - 24 - 0 |
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254 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olivier De Troyer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Block Liddell!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Troyer moves away.
Liddell lands with a shot to the body.
Liddell staying out of range there.
Liddell plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Liddell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Troyer's calf.
A left lands for De Troyer.
De Troyer throws a head kick that misses.
Liddell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from De Troyer.
Liddell avoids the body shot from De Troyer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell moves away from the strike by De Troyer.
De Troyer misses with a body shot.
De Troyer tries a head kick but it misses.
De Troyer takes a kick to the side of the head.
Liddell throws a head kick that half lands.
De Troyer throws a sloppy head kick
and Liddell counters with a big head kick but De Troyer shrugs it off.
Liddell loads up on a big right hand but De Troyer slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer misses with a body kick.
A big right from De Troyer misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddell. De Troyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell scores with a head kick. De Troyer tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
De Troyer misses with a body kick.
Liddell misses with a low kick as De Troyer jumps back.
De Troyer lands a head shot.
The fighters circling - De Troyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Troyer thuds his shin into the meat of Liddell's side.
Liddell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liddell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell slips under a jab from De Troyer.
De Troyer bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell manages to work his way to half guard, despite De Troyer's best efforts.
De Troyer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Liddell's head.
Liddell wants to control but De Troyer is keeping busy.
De Troyer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Troyer is working for a submission of some sort.
De Troyer is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is looking to improve his position.
De Troyer wants to take a breather but Liddell is having none of it.
De Troyer wants to free his trapped foot but Liddell is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Liddell has hold of De Troyer's hands but De Troyer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from De Troyer there.
Liddell is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer working the head and body with strikes.
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 trying to hold on to De Troyer's head to control him but De Troyer postures up.
De Troyer is looking for a kimura but Liddell is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for De Troyer to get the leverage.
Liddell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Troyer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Troyer trying to mount his opponent but Liddell defends it.
De Troyer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Troyer thows a huge punch but Liddell dodges it nicely.
Liddell trying to control but De Troyer postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olivier De Troyer dominated that round.
That's time! De Troyer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Liddell throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy.
Liddell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Troyer.
Liddell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Troyer throws a solid leg kick but Liddell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Troyer.
Liddell motions for De Troyer to come forward. Liddell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Liddell lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Troyer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Troyer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab from Liddell does it's job there.
De Troyer connects with a high kick.
De Troyer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Troyer wants to land a leg kick but Liddell is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell misses the shot to the body.
Liddell throws a hook but De Troyer blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Troyer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liddell.
Liddell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liddell.
De Troyer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Liddell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Troyer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liddell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Liddell lands with a slapping head kick.
Liddell throws a front kick that sends De Troyer stumbling back into the cage.
De Troyer slips a jab and a cross from Liddell.
Liddell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Troyer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
De Troyer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liddell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Troyer rather than just go for the knockout.
De Troyer loads up on a big right hand but Liddell slips the punch.
Liddell jabs at De Troyer's body.
Liddell thuds his shin into the meat of De Troyer's side.
De Troyer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but De Troyer is just out of range.
Liddell swinging wildly here.
Liddell lands with a shot to the body.
Liddell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Liddell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
De Troyer throws a lazy right hand but Liddell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Troyer throws a jab when Liddell was well out of range.
Liddell cracks De Troyer with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Troyer walks into a straight right hand from Liddell.
De Troyer is looking to land body kicks.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Liddell. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! De Troyer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Liddell - the referee stops the clock and De Troyer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Liddell. De Troyer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Troyer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liddell looks to land a combination. De Troyer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Liddell has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Troyer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Liddell jabs De Troyer right on the nose. De Troyer blinks but takes it well.
Liddell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Troyer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Liddell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Troyer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
De Troyer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Troyer misses with a looping right.
De Troyer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Liddell.
De Troyer shoots in for a takedown but Liddell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell scores with a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Liddell!
De Troyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liddell to score with a decent uppercut.
Liddell takes a swing at De Troyer's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Liddell throws a quick head kick that skims the top of De Troyer's head.
Liddell lands a leg kick that knocks De Troyer off balance momentarily.
De Troyer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A nice combination there by Liddell.
De Troyer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Liddell cracks a nice hook into De Troyer's ribs.
Liddell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Liddell swings for the body but De Troyer moves out of range.
Liddell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Liddell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liddell cracks the inside of De Troyer's front leg.
Block Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell keeps De Troyer at a distance using the push kick.
Liddell lands a nice hook to De Troyer's body. De Troyer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Troyer blocks a head kick by Liddell.
Liddell digs a good hook to De Troyer's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Block Liddell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
De Troyer drops his hands momentarily and Liddell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Block Liddell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Liddell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Troyer is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Liddell's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Liddell slips under a jab.
Liddell misses with a straight left.
De Troyer throws a looping overhand right but Liddell ducks down to avoid it.
Liddell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Liddell lands a head kick!
Donk. Liddell catches De Troyer right on the button with a cross.
Liddell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liddell throws a leg kick which misses De Troyer's front leg but catches the back leg as De Troyer tries to avoid it.
Liddell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Troyer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
De Troyer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - De Troyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liddell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Liddell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Liddell connects with a body shot that sends De Troyer's belly button to the back.
Liddell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
De Troyer blocks a head kick by Liddell.
De Troyer misses the shot to the body.
Liddell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Troyer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Liddell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
De Troyer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Troyer avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Liddell.
De Troyer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Liddell lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Troyer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Liddell lands a head kick!
Some wild striking there from De Troyer.
De Troyer blocks a head kick by Liddell.
De Troyer moves out of range of the body kick.
De Troyer closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Liddell quickly recovers to half guard.
Liddell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
De Troyer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer wants to pass the guard but Liddell is keeping the position.
De Troyer throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Troyer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Troyer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Liddell seems keen to control De Troyer's posture.
De Troyer 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 four minutes gone in the round.
De Troyer forces his way into half guard.
De Troyer is looking for a kimura here.
Liddell won't allow De Troyer to pass to mount.
Olivier De Troyer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddell tries to roll over but De Troyer keeps him under control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Block Liddell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Liddell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Block Liddell!
Block Liddell is the new heavyweight champion!
Block Liddell decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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