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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rand al Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen DMX Intro as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rand al Thor had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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224 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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213 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rand al Thor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell tries to clinch but al Thor moves out of range.
al Thor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
al Thor explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
al Thor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liddell staying out of range there.
al Thor moves out of range as Liddell strikes.
al Thor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Liddell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
al Thor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddell. al Thor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Rand al Thor has been cut.
Liddell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
al Thor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Liddell backwards.
al Thor slowing the pace effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with some punches.
al Thor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
al Thor blocks an uppercut.
al Thor blocks an uppercut.
al Thor takes an elbow to the forehead.
al Thor blocks an uppercut.
Liddell is trying to stall.
Liddell has a couple of punches blocked by al Thor.
Liddell misses with a short punch on the inside.
al Thor blocks an elbow strike from Liddell.
Liddell gets through al Thor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Liddell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of al Thor backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
al Thor throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddell.
al Thor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
al Thor thows a body shot but no joy.
al Thor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Thor clinches.
al Thor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
al Thor gets through Liddell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
al Thor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liddell misses with a punch to the body.
Liddell lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
al Thor trying to stall but Liddell improves his position.
al Thor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liddell takes a swing at al Thor's ribcage but misses.
al Thor scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Liddell scores with a nice strike.
A leg kick checked by Liddell.
Liddell misses with a lunging right hand
and al Thor counters with a straight right hand.
Liddell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but al Thor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
al Thor digs a good body shot into Liddell's ribs.
al Thor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell moves out of range as al Thor strikes.
al Thor misses the shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Thor, right into the meat.
al Thor closes the distance and clinches.
Liddell has a couple of punches blocked by al Thor.
al Thor lands with a light punch inside.
al Thor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liddell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
al Thor working aggressively here.
al Thor avoids the elbow strike from Liddell, against the cage.
Liddell has a couple of punches blocked by al Thor.
Liddell tries to break the clinch but al Thor is controlling the position.
Liddell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liddell is looking to control al Thor's arms but al Thor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Liddell has his back to the cage.
al Thor gets through Liddell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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 looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liddell leaning against his opponent.
Liddell throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liddell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
al Thor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Liddell backwards.
al Thor'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.
Still in the clinch, al Thor scores with a nice short uppercut.
al Thor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
al Thor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping leg kick lands for al Thor.
al Thor rushes Liddell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
al Thor lands with a short shot to the head.
al Thor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
al Thor stalling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
al Thor manages to break the clinch.
al Thor connects with an inside leg kick.
Liddell throws a combination that misses
and al Thor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rand al Thor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rand al Thor's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
al Thor connects with a nice looking jab.
Liddell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
al Thor slips a jab from Liddell.
Nice straight punches there by al Thor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of al Thor.
Liddell lands with an uppercut that bounces al Thor off the cage and back into range.
al Thor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Liddell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
al Thor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Liddell throws a body punch but al Thor moves out of range.
al Thor clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liddell throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from al Thor.
al Thor breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Liddell misses the target.
Liddell throws the left hand but al Thor avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell takes one to the chin there.
Liddell looks to land a left hand but al Thor moved out of range nicely.
Liddell throws a poor cross that misses
and al Thor counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by al Thor.
al Thor digs a right hand into Liddell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddell's gas tank.
al Thor lands a nice shot to the body.
Liddell takes a shot to the head.
al Thor lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liddell.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
al Thor digs a right hand into Liddell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddell's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
al Thor misses with a short punch on the inside.
al Thor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from al Thor.
al Thor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
al Thor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from al Thor.
Rand al Thor is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from al Thor. Liddell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mark Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Thor tried to score with a low kick but Liddell checks it.
al Thor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
al Thor misses with a wild combination.
A punch lands to the side of Liddell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and al Thor moves out of range easily.
al Thor scores with a spinning back kick!
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Liddell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
al Thor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liddell.
A short right hand to the side of the head by al Thor.
al Thor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Liddell can do to turn this around?
al Thor lands with a left to the head.
al Thor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
al Thor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
al Thor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by al Thor.
Liddell is rocked!
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Liddell is still on wobbly legs! Can al Thor finish him?
Liddell throws an off balance right hand
and al Thor scores with a counter punch that sends Liddell to the canvas! al Thor smells blood - he's punishing Liddell with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Liddell has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rand al Thor!
Our winner, Rand al Thor, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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