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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Boothe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ice Cold. Boothe has chosen Tyler The Creator - Yonkers as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Boothe!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Boothe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Liddell's calf.
Boothe tries to land a front kick but Liddell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddell.
Liddell wants to clinch up but Boothe keeps it at a distance.
Liddell needs to keep his hands up - Boothe had a free shot at his head there.
Boothe punishes Liddell's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell avoids the body shot from Boothe.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boothe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chuck Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boothe keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell lands with a nice body punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddell.
Boothe avoids a kick to the body.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boothe.
Good work by Boothe as he checks the leg kick.
Liddell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boothe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Liddell.
Boothe pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liddell is out of range and Boothe settles back down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddell.
Boothe throws a right hand that misses
and Liddell counters with a right hand to the body.
Liddell misses with a wild combination.
Boothe slips a jab from Liddell.
Liddell walks into a left hand.
Boothe misses with a wild body shot.
Liddell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boothe.
Boothe misses with a body shot.
Liddell is looking to slow Boothe down with leg kicks.
Boothe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liddell's sensitive parts.
Boothe lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boothe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boothe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Liddell lands a nice shot that snaps Boothe's head back.
Boothe avoids the body shot from Liddell.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liddell.
Boothe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liddell was well out of range. Poor timing from Boothe.
Boothe scores with a shot to the body.
Boothe throws a head kick that misses.
Boothe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liddell scores with a hook to the body. Boothe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Liddell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Liddell.
Boothe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boothe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Liddell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Boothe finds it's way round the side to connect with Liddell's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe 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.
Boothe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Boothe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Boothe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Boothe misses with a low kick as Liddell jumps back.
Boothe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Boothe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boothe lands a really nice looking cross but Liddell seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boothe motions for Liddell to come forward. Boothe throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boothe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liddell.
Liddell looks to clinch
and Boothe counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Liddell jabs at Boothe's body.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell blocks a jab.
Boothe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liddell. Liddell obviously looking to wear him down.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Liddell throws a head kick that half lands.
Liddell ducks under a wild hook from Boothe.
Boothe throws a shot to the body.
Boothe throws a low kick but Liddell avoids it.
Liddell scores with a punch to the head.
Boothe throws a leg kick
and Liddell counters with a slapping leg kick.
Boothe throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boothe checks the leg kick.
Boothe throws a leg kick which misses Liddell's front leg but catches the back leg as Liddell tries to avoid it.
Liddell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boothe.
Liddell throws a leg kick
and Boothe counters with a three punch combo that has Liddell backing up. Liddell nods at Boothe to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Boothe dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Boothe misses with an uppercut.
Liddell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liddell there as he acknowledges the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liddell. That's going to slow Boothe down.
A jab from Boothe finds it's way through Liddell's defenses.
Boothe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddell.
Boothe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boothe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boothe looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well.
Liddell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell throws a push kick but Boothe slaps the foot to one side.
Liddell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boothe lands a nice hook to Liddell's body. Liddell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Liddell slips under a jab from Boothe.
Boothe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Boothe misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boothe throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liddell missing with a left hand there. Boothe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liddell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boothe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liddell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Liddell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boothe cracks Liddell with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Liddell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boothe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boothe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Boothe.
Liddell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Liddell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Boothe misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liddell tries to move into range but Boothe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boothe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Boothe misses the target.
Boothe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boothe throws a head kick but Liddell moves out of range.
Boothe tries to score with a low kick but Liddell moves his leg out of the way.
Boothe throws a nice looking combination but Liddell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liddell moves into the clinch successfully.
Boothe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boothe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boothe misses with some punches.
Liddell tries to land knees in the clinch but Boothe avoids the damage to the body.
Boothe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Liddell up against the cage.
Boothe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Liddell tries to throw a body punch but Boothe avoids it by throwing Liddell back against the cage.
Boothe misses with a body punch.
Boothe tries to work over Liddell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liddell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boothe's brow.
Liddell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boothe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Liddell tries to land knees in the clinch but Boothe avoids the damage to the body.
Liddell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boothe has Liddell pressed against the cage, preventing Liddell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boothe lands a left hand.
Boothe throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Liddell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boothe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liddell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boothe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boothe tries to throw a body punch but Liddell avoids it by throwing Boothe back against the cage.
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 gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boothe misses with a punch on the inside.
Boothe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
Boothe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Liddell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Boothe is breathing heavily.
Liddell lands a shoulder strike.
Boothe takes an elbow to the temple.
Liddell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Liddell scores a nice knee to the body.
Boothe can't find room to land a body shot as Liddell controls the action.
Chuck Liddell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Liddell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boothe blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liddell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Thomas Boothe has been cut.
Liddell lands an elbow that stopped Boothe in his tracks for a moment.
Liddell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Liddell lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Liddell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Boothe'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. This is the final round!
Boothe blocks a head kick by Liddell.
Liddell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boothe misses with the combination.
Liddell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boothe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Boothe.
Boothe throws a leg kick but Liddell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boothe throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Donk. Liddell catches Boothe right on the button with a cross.
Liddell moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell connects with a nice looking jab.
Boothe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boothe takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boothe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liddell instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Boothe.
A hook to the body from Liddell.
Boothe can't find room to land a body shot as Liddell controls the action.
A knee to the head by Liddell.
Liddell struggles to land a body shot inside as Boothe controls his hands.
Boothe avoiding damage as Liddell throws knees to the body.
Boothe misses with a punch on the inside.
Boothe tries to throw a body punch but Liddell avoids it by throwing Boothe back against the cage.
Liddell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Liddell lands with a light punch inside.
Boothe struggles to land a body shot inside as Liddell controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Liddell.
Boothe blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liddell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boothe backwards.
Liddell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Boothe is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liddell wants to stall.
Liddell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Boothe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Boothe dodges an elbow strike from Liddell.
Boothe can't find room to land a body shot as Liddell controls the action.
Liddell drops Boothe with a big knee straight up the middle! Boothe is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Boothe is rocked!
A head kick misses from Boothe.
Boothe throws a sloppy head kick
and Boothe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boothe is still on wobbly legs! Can Liddell finish him?
Boothe throws a hook but Liddell blocks it.
Boothe seems to have recovered his senses.
A head kick by Boothe misses
and Liddell counters with a low kick, right behind Boothe 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Boothe.
Liddell throws a nice looking combination but Boothe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thomas Boothe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boothe misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Liddell.
Boothe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Liddell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Boothe's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Liddell.
Liddell lands a nice shot that snaps Boothe's head back.
Boothe misses with a straight left.
Boothe throws a head kick that misses.
Boothe throws an overhand right that lands on Liddell's shoulder, as Liddell tries to avoid the shot.
Liddell digs a good hook to Boothe's body.
Liddell throws a head kick that Boothe semi-blocks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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 tries a head kick but it misses.
Boothe misses with a looping left.
Boothe throws a big shot that misses.
Liddell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Boothe fails to land.
Liddell trying to land knees to the body.
Liddell lands an elbow that stopped Boothe in his tracks for a moment.
Liddell lands a nice elbow.
Boothe prevents a body shot from Liddell.
Boothe blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liddell throws an elbow but misses.
Liddell prevents a body shot from Boothe.
Boothe takes an elbow to the temple.
Boothe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Liddell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Liddell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Liddell!
An out of breath Chuck Liddell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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