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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shawnn Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jambo Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddel has chosen Steve Aoki - Pursuit of Happiness (REMIX) as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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170 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
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165 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawnn Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jambo Liddel!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A good leg kick by Liddel.
Chen looks to throw the jab but Liddel is out of range.
Liddel with a hook.
Liddel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Chen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liddel.
Liddel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chen's head.
Chen avoids a kick to the body.
Jambo Liddel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chen tries to clinch there but Liddel circles away.
Liddel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chen's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel misses the shot to the body.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch but Chen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liddel looks to land a combination but Chen avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddel. Chen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liddel throws a wild body kick that Chen sees coming a mile off.
Liddel connects with a solid leg kick.
Liddel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy left from Liddel finds it's target.
Liddel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liddel throws a low kick but Chen moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Liddel is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Liddel moves to clinch but Chen breaks away
and Chen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Chen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Liddel.
Liddel throws a nice looking combination but Chen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liddel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddel scores with a leg kick.
Liddel misses with a low kick.
Chen tries to clinch up but Liddel circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chen tries to clinch up but Liddel circles away and keeps his distance.
Good leg kick by Liddel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chen checks a leg kick.
Chen doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddel circles away.
A left and a right from Liddel both land. Nice combination.
Liddel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chen to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Jambo Liddel has been cut.
A head kick misses from Liddel.
Liddel lands a jab-cross combination.
Liddel darts in and clinches Chen up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Liddel backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddel wants to break free but Chen has control.
Chen working aggressively here.
Liddel looking to throw knees to the head but Chen is blocking nicely.
Chen misses with some punches.
Liddel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Liddel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chen lands an uppercut.
Liddel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liddel blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chen lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Chen lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jambo Liddel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jambo Liddel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Chen moves out of range of the body kick from Liddel.
Nice uppercut there from Liddel.
Chen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Liddel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Liddel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chen. That did some damage!
Chen tries to clinch but Liddel is having none of it.
Chen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Liddel back to the cage. Chen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Liddel lands with an overhand left.
Chen blocks a leg kick.
Liddel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Liddel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chen in his tracks.
Liddel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Chen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddel.
Liddel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liddel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liddel tries to pull guard but Chen won't allow it.
Chen lands a shoulder strike.
Liddel missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Liddel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Liddel blocking some punches.
Liddel jumps guard but Chen stands there with Liddel around his waist. Liddel gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Liddel breaks from the clinch.
Liddel darts in trying to clinch
and Liddel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jambo Liddel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chen tries to clinch up but Liddel circles away and keeps his distance.
Liddel fakes the leg kick and cracks Chen in the body.
Chen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liddel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Liddel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Liddel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Liddel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chen checks it well.
Chen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Some bone on bone action there as Chen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chen misses with a hook
and Liddel counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Liddel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chen misses with a lunging right hand
and Liddel counters with a good low kick that Chen was not able to check.
Liddel lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chen takes a step back to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel lands a high kick!
Liddel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Chen if he has to take too many more of those.
Liddel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jambo Liddel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddel throws a sloppy head kick and Chen moves out of range easily.
Chen tries to clinch there but Liddel circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chen eats them both and turns towards Liddel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chen moves into range and clinches up with Liddel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jambo Liddel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jambo Liddel's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Liddel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liddel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chen avoids a kick to the body.
Chen moves forwards but Liddel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chen avoids the head kick by Liddel.
Liddel misses with the combination.
Liddel throws a leg kick which misses Chen's front leg but catches the back leg as Chen tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel throws a sloppy head kick and Chen moves out of range easily.
Chen keeps the fight on the outside.
A big left from Liddel misses.
Chen misses with a hook. Liddel ducked under it nicely.
Liddel tries a head kick but it misses.
Chen looks to land a right hand but Liddel moved out of range.
Liddel misses with a low kick.
Liddel keeps the fight on the outside.
Jambo Liddel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Some wild striking there from Liddel.
Chen moves into the clinch successfully.
Liddel blocks an uppercut.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.
Still in the clinch, Chen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Liddel misses with an elbow strike.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen lands a hook that snaps the head of Liddel backwards.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddel.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.
Liddel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chen misses with some punches.
Liddel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shawnn Chen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liddel.
Liddel blocks the elbow strike.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Liddel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liddel blocking some punches.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Liddel.
Liddel pulls guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Liddel is trying to keep Chen in close.
Shawnn Chen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chen throws an elbow that misses. Liddel uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chen's guard. Nice move by Liddel!
And that's the end of the fight!
Shawnn Chen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Liddel 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jambo Liddel!
Jambo Liddel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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