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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buddy Threadgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pita Liva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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198 cm
25
288 lbs
8 - 9 - 0 |
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199 cm
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280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buddy Threadgood! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pita Liva! The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liva, right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Threadgood. Liva throws a nice head kick!
Threadgood jabbing away but nothing is landing. Threadgood sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Threadgood lands with a good body shot. This has been an exciting period of action! Threadgood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Threadgood shoots in but no luck this time. Liva throws a leg kick which misses Threadgood's front leg but catches the back leg as Threadgood tries to avoid it. Threadgood shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Liva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Threadgood won't allow Liva to get back to his feet. Liva is trying to control the position but Threadgood postures up. Threadgood won't allow Liva to get back to his feet. Threadgood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Threadgood stands and throws Liva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Liva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Threadgood is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Liva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Threadgood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Threadgood misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Threadgood is trying to ground and pound but Liva uses the momentary lack of control by Threadgood to regain half guard. Threadgood passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Liva! Threadgood trying to control but he's not successful this time. Liva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Threadgood goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Liva turns into him and now he's in Threadgood's guard.
Liva trying to control the position from guard on top but Threadgood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Liva wanted to stand there but Threadgood had control of the position. Threadgood wants to get back to his feet but Liva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Threadgood keeping moving, preventing Liva from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Pita Liva was stalling too much, according to the referee. Threadgood misses with a straight left. Threadgood walks into a stiff left hand from Liva. Threadgood throws a nice outside leg kick. Threadgood tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Liva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Liva keeps Threadgood at a distance using the push kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Liva scores with a push kick. Liva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Threadgood is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Threadgood shoots for a takedown but Liva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Threadgood is breathing heavily. Liva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Threadgood misses with an uppercut. Liva saw that one coming. Liva misses with a head kick.
Liva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pita Liva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Threadgood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Liva to score with a decent uppercut. Liva scores with a kick to the body.
Liva scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Liva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Liva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Threadgood takes a step back to recover. Threadgood has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Liva. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Liva throws a quick inside leg kick. Threadgood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pita Liva dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Threadgood takes a kick to the side of the head. Liva lands a nice looking body kick. Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Liva! Threadgood is out on his feet! Liva rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Threadgood is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Threadgood is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pita Liva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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