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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timo Luikku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Holliday's choice of entrance music: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 lbs
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177 cm
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162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timo Luikku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christian Holliday!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luikku looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Holliday is fending him off so far but Luikku persists. Nope, Holliday circles away and we're back to standing.
Luikku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Luikku is looking to clinch but Holliday is avoiding it.
Holliday connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Luikku slips a straight right by Holliday.
Luikku moves into the clinch successfully.
Luikku has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Holliday is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Holliday tries to pull guard but Luikku holds him up against the cage and eventually Holliday drops back down to his feet.
Holliday drops down looking for an ankle pick but Luikku pulls his leg out and moves away.
Holliday scores with a hook to the body. Luikku takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab by Holliday.
Holliday misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Holliday swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luikku fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timo Luikku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luikku rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holliday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luikku tries to close the distance and clinch but Holliday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Timo Luikku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luikku tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luikku fails with the takedown.
Luikku closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Luikku missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Luikku is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Holliday wants to improve his position but Luikku is controlling well.
Luikku is tying to control. Holliday wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Holliday is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holliday is staying active underneath Luikku, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Luikku is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Holliday doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Luikku.
Holliday looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Luikku gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holliday tries to pull guard but Luikku holds him up against the cage and eventually Holliday drops back down to his feet.
Holliday is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luikku pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Luikku tightens his grip and picks Holliday up, before dumping him to the ground. Holliday manages to land in guard.
Holliday tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Luikku content to stall in guard here.
Holliday looking for a guillotine here but Luikku defends easily.
Luikku controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday wants to sweep but no luck.
Holliday is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Luikku scoring with punches to the head and body.
Luikku missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Luikku pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holliday is keeping the position for now.
Luikku trying to control the position from guard on top but Holliday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luikku stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holliday swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Holliday lands with a nice combination. Luikku backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luikku scores with a takedown into Holliday's guard.
Holliday looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luikku is one step ahead there.
Luikku being controlled here momentarily.
Luikku won't allow Holliday to get back to his feet.
Holliday looks gassed!
Luikku preventing the sweep.
Luikku wants to control from the top but Holliday keeps moving.
Luikku stopping the sweep attempt from Holliday.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Luikku stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holliday swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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 Timo Luikku will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Luikku tries to clinch but Holliday moves out of range.
Holliday throws a big shot that misses.
Luikku darts in and clinches Holliday up against the cage.
Luikku'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.
Holliday drops down looking for an ankle pick but Luikku pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice sprawl there from Holliday as Luikku shoots in.
Holliday misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luikku closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luikku lands a takedown into guard.
Luikku slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Luikku is pushing down on Holliday's leg trying to pass to half guard. Holliday is fighting to maintain full guard but Luikku has managed to sneak the leg through.
Luikku missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday is staying active underneath Luikku, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Holliday moves into full guard.
Luikku stands up out of Holliday's guard for a moment - Holliday manages to land a nice upkick.
Holliday is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Holliday is breathing heavily.
Holliday has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Luikku can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Holliday keeping moving, preventing Luikku from controlling successfully.
Luikku won't allow Holliday to sweep him here.
Luikku trying to control the position from guard on top but Holliday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Luikku drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Luikku jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luikku tries to clinch up but Holliday circles away and keeps his distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Luikku checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Holliday.
Holliday looks to score with a jab to the body but Luikku is just out of range.
Luikku gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Luikku has hold of one of Holliday's legs. Holliday is fighting the takedown attempt but Luikku gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Luikku stopping the sweep attempt from Holliday.
Luikku passes Holliday's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Holliday is looking for a sweep. Luikku is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Luikku.
Luikku is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holliday works his way to full guard. Good work.
Holliday looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luikku is one step ahead there.
Holliday keeping moving, preventing Luikku from controlling successfully.
Luikku postures up.
Luikku sitting in guard here, content to control.
Luikku's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luikku stopping the sweep attempt from Holliday.
Luikku passes Holliday's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Holliday manages to get to full guard.
Luikku stands and throws Holliday's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Luikku trying to control the position but Holliday is working away.
Luikku misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timo Luikku dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Holliday throws a front kick aimed at Luikku's knee but Luikku avoids it well.
Luikku scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Holliday wants to control but Luikku is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Luikku seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holliday does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Luikku is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Holliday is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Holliday punching from the bottom.
Luikku wants to work for an arm triangle but Holliday is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Luikku landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Holliday works his way to full guard. Good work.
Luikku thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luikku takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holliday throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luikku gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Holliday regains guard.
Holliday is looking to stand up but Luikku isn't so interested in that idea.
Luikku trying to control the position from guard on top but Holliday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Luikku's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Luikku seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Holliday tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Luikku has gone for a leg lock! Holliday slips out almost immediately though and dives into Luikku's guard.
Holliday tries to free his leg and advance position but Luikku is retaining full guard.
Timo Luikku overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luikku looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Luikku is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Luikku pulls Holliday in to control the position.
Holliday is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Luikku working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Holliday doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Luikku is tightening it up a little... Holliday has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Holliday reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Holliday taps out! nice BJJ there by Luikku!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Timo Luikku!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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