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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Bullock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Liddell acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Bullock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bullock misses the jab.
Liddell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bullock clinches with his opponent.
Liddell wants to get back to striking at distance but Bullock won't allow it.
Bullock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Liddell or not.
Bullock pushes Liddell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bullock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bullock - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Liddell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bullock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bullock'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.
Bullock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Liddell is trying to maintain a safe position but Bullock gets an underhook and turns Liddell into the cage.
Bullock lands a shoulder strike.
Bullock lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bullock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liddell's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bullock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Liddell is trying to stall.
Liddell is trying to force a seperation but Bullock has the dominant position.
Bullock misses with a body punch.
Liddell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liddell trying to stall but Bullock improves his position.
Bullock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bullock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bullock misses with a body shot.
Bullock scores with a jab to the body.
Bullock moves into the clinch successfully.
Bullock can't break the clinch.
Bullock tries to work over Liddell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bullock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Liddell tries to break free but Bullock pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell taking a breather.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell connects with a solid leg kick.
Liddell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bullock tries to clinch there but Liddell circles away.
Bullock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liddell can pounce on him.
Liddell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That kick from Liddell tenderised Bullock's leg. Bullock is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bullock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bullock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bullock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bullock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liddell throws a head kick that half lands.
Bullock closes the distance and clinches.
Bullock prevents Liddell from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bullock avoids the head kick by Liddell.
Liddell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bullock.
Bullock is looking to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Liddell.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.
Liddell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bullock.
Bullock swings for the body but Liddell moves out of range.
Bullock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Liddell tries to work over Bullock's front leg with a kick but Bullock checks it.
Liddell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bullock.
Bullock throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddell feints and then cracks Bullock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bullock down.
Bullock rushes Liddell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bullock scores with a shoulder strike.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell scores with a hook to the body. Bullock takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Liddell throws a leg kick which misses Bullock's front leg but catches the back leg as Bullock tries to avoid it.
Bullock is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bullock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bullock tries to clinch there but Liddell circles away.
Bullock wants to clinch up but Liddell keeps it at a distance.
Liddell pushes Bullock away with a front kick.
Liddell scores with a head kick. Bullock tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bullock blocks a head kick by Liddell.
Bullock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddell throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bullock is looking to wear down Liddell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bullock clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bullock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Liddell is trying to break the clinch but Bullock has him pressed against the cage.
Liddell is looking to control Bullock's arms but Bullock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Liddell has his back to the cage.
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 Mark Bullock will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bullock tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
Bullock moves to clinch but Liddell breaks away
and Liddell counters with a thumping low kick.
Bullock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bullock tries to clinch but Liddell moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bullock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liddell lands a high kick!
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Bullock.
Bullock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Liddell counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bullock tries to clinch but Liddell is having none of it.
Liddell throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bullock's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell lands a nice hook to Bullock's body. Bullock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bullock takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bullock tries to clinch up but Liddell circles away and keeps his distance.
Bullock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bullock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liddell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bullock doesn't seem bothered though.
Liddell connects with a solid leg kick.
Liddell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Liddell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bullock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liddell can pounce on him.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Liddell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Liddell throws a head kick but Bullock moves out of range.
Bullock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bullock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Liddell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bullock closes the distance and pushes Liddell back into the cage.
Bullock is working Liddell over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bullock has Liddell pushed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullock lands with a right to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Bullock.
Bullock works on Liddell's body with a couple of short punches.
Liddell looking to stall.
Bullock is trying to break free.
Liddell is trying to maintain a safe position but Bullock gets an underhook and turns Liddell into the cage.
Liddell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bullock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bullock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liddell is defending well for now.
Liddell is trying to push Bullock away but Bullock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bullock misses with a body punch.
Bullock lands a body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Liddell in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullock is stalling here.
Bullock lands a body punch.
Liddell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mark Bullock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Liddell wants to stall.
Bullock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liddell has had enough of the clinch but Bullock keeps him there for the moment.
Bullock works on Liddell's body with a couple of short punches.
Bullock stalls.
A short right from Bullock on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bullock wants to clinch up but Liddell keeps it at a distance.
Liddell delivers a nice body kick.
Liddell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Bullock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Liddell feints and then cracks Bullock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bullock down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bullock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bullock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bullock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Bullock is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bullock tries to clinch up.
Bullock moves out of range of the body kick.
Bullock throws a series of punches but Liddell moves out of range.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mark Bullock 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. This is the final round!
Bullock moves into the clinch.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bullock takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Liddell throws a leg kick that misses.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Bullock moves out of range easily.
Bullock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bullock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Liddell throws a head kick but Bullock moves out of range.
Liddell throws a chopping leg kick but Bullock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bullock tries to clinch but Liddell is having none of it.
Bullock has taken the fight to the clinch.
A hook to the body from Bullock.
Bullock leaning against his opponent.
Bullock looking to throw knees to the head but Liddell is blocking nicely.
Liddell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Liddell prevents a body shot from Bullock.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell trying to control the position but instead, Bullock has worked for underhooks and has pushed Liddell into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bullock.
Bullock is working Liddell over against the cage.
Bullock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Liddell backwards.
Bullock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Liddell is leaning against Bullock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bullock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Liddell feints and then cracks Bullock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bullock down.
Bullock takes the fight into the clinch.
Bullock digs a right hand into Liddell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liddell's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Bullock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Bullock.
Bullock controlling the action here for a moment.
Bullock pushes Liddell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bullock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bullock tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bullock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Liddell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Liddell throws a solid leg kick but Bullock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Liddell.
Bullock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liddell connects with a leg kick. Bullock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Liddell misses with a low kick.
Bullock tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bullock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Bullock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bullock misses with a body kick.
Bullock has managed to clinch.
Liddell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Liddell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liddell.
Liddell struggles to land a body shot inside as Bullock controls his hands.
Liddell swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullock uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Bullock.
Bullock lands a body shot.
Bullock breaks from the clinch.
Liddell is looking to score with low kicks.
Bullock closes the distance looking to clinch
and Liddell counters with an outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bullock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Liddell.
Liddell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Liddell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bullock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Bullock.
Bullock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mark Bullock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Liddell tries to score with a low kick but Bullock moves his leg out of the way.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell connects with a high kick.
A leg kick checked by Bullock.
Bullock wants to clinch.
Bullock forces Liddell back against the cage and clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bullock as Liddell tries to tie him up.
Chuck Liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good body shot from Bullock.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Bullock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bullock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Bullock!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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