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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Liften Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chen Hardham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chen Hardham acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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175 cm
25
156 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Liften Jr! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chen Hardham! The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Liften Jr clinches up against the cage. Liften Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardham avoids the damage to the body. Hardham is trying to break the clinch but Liften Jr has him pressed against the cage. Hardham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Liften Jr is keeping busy. Liften Jr letting Hardham take a breather here. Hardham dodges an elbow strike from Liften Jr.
Liften Jr throws an elbow but it misses.
Hardham wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chen Hardham. Liften Jr tries to clinch letting Hardham counter with a right hand. Liften Jr moves to clinch but Hardham breaks away and Hardham counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Liften Jr misses the jab. Liften Jr closes the distance looking to clinch enabling Hardham to counter with a crisp jab. Liften Jr drops his hands momentarily and Hardham takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Liften Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardham is just out of range. Liften Jr closes the distance but Hardham moves to the side and Hardham counters with a lovely straight right hand! Hardham has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hardham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liften Jr throws out a loose jab but Hardham uses good head movement to avoid it. Liften Jr wants to clinch up but Hardham keeps it at a distance. Liften Jr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hardham, pushing him back against the cage. Liften Jr lands a nice knee to the body. Liften Jr lands a knee to the body.
Liften Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Liften Jr lands an elbow inside that Hardham shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Liften Jr lands an elbow just above Hardham 's eye. Hardham managing to block the knees to the body from Liften Jr.
Liften Jr crunches a lovely knee into Hardham's ribcage. Liften Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Liften Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Liften Jr misses with an elbow over the top. Hardham misses with a hook from the clinch. Liften Jr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Liften Jr throws an elbow that misses.
Liften Jr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hardham slows down the pace here.
Liften Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardham avoids it. Hardham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Liften Jr obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Liften Jr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hardham can't break the clinch.
Hardham blocks an elbow strike from Liften Jr.
Liften Jr tries a knee to the head but Hardham blocks it.
Liften Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardham won't want to take too many of those. Liften Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardham.
Hardham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Liften Jr.
Hardham avoids the elbow strike from Liften Jr, against the cage.
Hardham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Liften Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Liften Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Liften Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Hardham can't break the clinch.
Hardham leaning his opponent against the cage. Liften Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Liften Jr dominated that round. That's time! Liften Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Liften Jr tries to clinch and Hardham counters with a two punch combo. Liften Jr looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. Liften Jr moves to clinch but Hardham breaks away and Hardham counters with a nice uppercut. Hardham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Liften Jr moves in looking to clinch but Hardham pushes him off. Liften Jr is looking to clinch. Liften Jr drives through and clinches with Hardham against the cage.
Hardham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Liften Jr or not.
That's one minute gone in the round. Liften Jr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Hardham working hard to break the clinch. Liften Jr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Liften Jr pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Liften Jr. Hardham taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Liften Jr trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardham. Liften Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardham.
Liften Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardham lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Hardham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Hardham avoids a wild elbow strike from Liften Jr. Liften Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short uppercut from Hardham. Liften Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Hardham is trying to stall.
Liften Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hardham takes an elbow to the forehead. Liften Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardham avoids the damage to the body. Liften Jr lands a damaging elbow. Liften Jr lands a nice elbow. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nice elbow from Liften Jr. Liften Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Liften Jr lands an elbow just above Hardham 's eye. Liften Jr missing with knees to the body.
Liften Jr misses with an elbow over the top. Hardham is working Liften Jr over against the cage. Hardham takes a knee to the side of the body. Liften Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Liften Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardham.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liften Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Liften Jr landing knees to the head.
Liften Jr missing with knees to the body.
Liften Jr lands an elbow that stopped Hardham in his tracks for a moment.
Hardham is rocked! Liften Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardham's defenses. Hardham is still on wobbly legs! Can Liften Jr finish him? With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liften Jr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardham's brow. Hardham blocks the elbow strike.
Liften Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardham's defenses. Liften Jr lands a damaging elbow. Liften Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Liften Jr. Liften Jr working Hardham over with knees to the body. Ben Liften Jr has scored more points in the clinch so far. Liften Jr lands a big knee to the head and Hardham goes down! Liften Jr pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Liften Jr! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ben Liften Jr made sure he mentioned Ace of Spades Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
49% |
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