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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rick Ashton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuai Liang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man. Liang is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: So Cold by Breaking Benjamin. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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153 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Ashton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kuai Liang!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liang tries to close the distance and clinch but Ashton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Liang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ashton.
Ashton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Liang can pounce on him.
Liang has Ashton up against the cage in a clinch.
Liang is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Liang tries to work over Ashton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Liang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liang tries to throw a body punch but Ashton avoids it by throwing Liang back against the cage.
Liang prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Liang fails to land.
Ashton is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Liang can't fight it off and eventually Ashton manages to take the fight to the floor. Liang looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Liang is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ashton is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashton engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ashton trying to control but Liang is working from the bottom.
Ashton stopping the sweep attempt from Liang.
Ashton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rick Ashton has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ashton misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Ashton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liang throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashton has a takedown stuffed.
Ashton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Liang pinned against the cage. Liang gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Liang stuffs the takedown attempt from Ashton. Ashton gets slowly back to his feet.
Ashton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ashton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Liang pinned against the cage. Liang gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Liang has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Liang clinches.
I was talking to Ashton's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Liang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ashton wants a takedown.
Ashton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Liang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liang lands an uppercut.
Liang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Liang content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Liang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liang misses with the head strike.
Liang working aggressively here.
Liang swings wildly with an uppercut but Ashton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liang is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ashton is keeping busy.
Liang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ashton backwards.
Liang tries to throw a body punch but Ashton avoids it by throwing Liang back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liang prevents a takedown attempt there.
Liang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ashton.
Liang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ashton's elbow.
Ashton blocks a body shot from Liang.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Liang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Liang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ashton blocking some punches.
Ashton wants a takedown but no success here.
Ashton blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liang gets underhooks to prevent Ashton's takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Liang.
A right hand to the body from Liang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kuai Liang dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ashton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Liang quickly recovers to half guard.
Liang looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ashton seems to be working for a kimura but Liang defends the submission attempt.
Ashton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Liang has managed to free his arm - good work.
Liang regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ashton wants to control from the top but Liang keeps moving.
Liang controls Ashton momentarily but Ashton frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liang has his foot on Ashton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ashton works his way back into a safe position though.
Ashton wants to control from the top but Liang keeps moving.
Liang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Liang is pulling down on Ashton's head. It's preventing any offense from Ashton, at least for the moment.
Ashton throws a strike but Liang rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ashton wants to get back to his feet but Liang is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Liang doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Liang manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Liang's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ashton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Liang tries to free his leg and advance position but Ashton is retaining full guard.
Ashton has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Liang should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Ashton has tightened it up now! Liang should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rick Ashton!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rick Ashton made sure he mentioned CEC Nutrition Q160, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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