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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam Lyoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lao Chang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Liam Lyoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lao Chang!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lyoto lands with a shot to the body.
Chang misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lyoto looks to score with a jab to the body but Chang is just out of range.
Lyoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chang.
Lyoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chang.
Lyoto blocks a head kick by Chang.
Liam Lyoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Lyoto. Beautiful body shot.
Chang throws a sloppy head kick and Lyoto moves out of range easily.
Chang misses with an uppercut. Lyoto saw that one coming.
Lyoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Chang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lyoto.
Chang throws a sloppy head kick and Lyoto moves out of range easily.
Lyoto misses the jab.
Lyoto misses with a straight left.
Chang tries a head kick but it misses.
Lyoto stuns Chang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chang rushes Lyoto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lyoto connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lyoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chang's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chang.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lyoto throws an elbow but misses.
Chang misses with the head strike.
Lyoto trying to land knees to the body.
Chang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lyotos head.
Lyoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lyoto or not.
Lyoto misses with an elbow strike.
Chang gets through Lyoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lyoto tries to land a knee to the head but Chang blocks with his arms.
Chang can't find room to land a body shot as Lyoto controls the action.
Chang stalling in the clinch.
Lyoto looking to throw knees to the head but Chang is blocking nicely.
Chang avoiding damage as Lyoto throws knees to the body.
Chang tries to work over Lyoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang landing knees to the body.
Lyoto is breathing heavily.
Chang blocks an elbow strike.
Lyoto letting Chang take a breather here.
Lyoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lyoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lyoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Lyoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice body punch from Chang.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang is struggling to control the position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lyoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chang's brow.
Chang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lyoto tries to land a knee to the head but Chang blocks with his arms.
Chang slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang blocks an elbow strike.
Chang stalls.
Chang looking to throw knees to the head but Lyoto is blocking nicely.
Lyoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lyoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chang is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Chang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chang struggles to land a body shot inside as Lyoto controls his hands.
Chang leaning against his opponent.
Lyoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chang blocks it with crossed arms.
Chang is pushing Lyoto up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Chang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lyoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chang blocks an elbow strike from Lyoto.
Chang stalling in the clinch.
Lyoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chang lands with a short shot to the head.
Chang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lyoto looking to throw knees to the head but Chang is blocking nicely.
Lyoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Chang.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lao Chang dominated that round.
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.
Chang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lyoto thuds a left hand into Chang's body.
Chang tries a head kick but it misses.
Lyoto swings for the body but Chang moves out of range.
Lyoto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chang.
Lyoto misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Chang 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lyoto cracks Chang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lyoto looks to score with a jab to the body but Chang is just out of range.
Lao Chang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chang drives through and clinches with Lyoto against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lyoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chang's brow.
Chang misses with a knee strike.
Lyoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Chang avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lyoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chang leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lao Chang seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lyoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chang avoids a wild elbow strike from Lyoto.
Lyoto trying to land knees to the body.
Lyoto tries to land a knee to the head but Chang blocks with his arms.
Chang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lyoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chang.
Lyoto tries a knee to the head but Chang blocks it.
Lyoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chang takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lyoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chang.
Chang tries to land a knee to the head but Lyoto blocks with his arms.
Chang stalling against the cage.
Chang tries to throw a body punch but Lyoto avoids it by throwing Chang back against the cage.
Chang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lyoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chang obliges.
Chang throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyoto blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lyoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chang.
Chang taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lyoto misses with an elbow strike.
Chang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chang trying to land knees to the body.
Lyoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Chang pushes Lyoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lyoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chang scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chang - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chang connects with a knee to the head.
Chang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chang scores with a shot to the side of Lyoto's head.
Chang throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chang will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lyoto up against the cage.
Chang scores a nice knee to the body.
Chang lands a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chang.
Chang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lyoto misses with an elbow strike.
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!
Good body shot from Chang.
Lyoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chang.
Chang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chang is working Lyoto over against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chang obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lao Chang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Chang moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chang.
Lyoto throws the left hand but Chang avoids the punch easily.
Lyoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chang darts in and clinches Lyoto up against the cage.
Chang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lyoto throws an elbow but it misses.
Chang landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Chang.
Chang pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chang lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chang is struggling to control the position.
Lyoto misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chang - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lyoto throws an elbow but misses.
Lyoto tries a knee to the head but Chang blocks it.
Lyoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chang blocks it with crossed arms.
Chang misses with a knee to the head.
Lyoto misses with a knee to the head.
Chang pushes Lyoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Chang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chang is leaning against Lyoto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chang scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lyoto misses with an elbow strike.
Chang lands a good knee to the midsection. Lyoto won't want to take too many of those.
Liam Lyoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang leaning his opponent against the cage.
Chang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chang stalling.
Chang misses with a body punch.
Lyoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chang scores with a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lyoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chang's brow.
Chang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chang holding his opponent close, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chang blocks an elbow strike.
Chang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chang is struggling to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chang taking a breather.
Chang lands with a right to the head.
Lyoto pushes off an throws an elbow but Chang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Chang.
Lyoto misses with a knee to the head.
Come on Chang - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lyoto misses with a knee to the head.
Chang stalling in the clinch.
Chang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lyoto avoids it.
Chang putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lyoto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chang misses with a knee to the head.
Lyoto tries to land a knee to the head but Chang blocks with his arms.
Chang pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lao Chang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lao Chang.
Chang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chang managing to block the knees to the body from Lyoto.
Lyoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lao Chang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chang has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lao Chang!
After the fight, Lao Chang was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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