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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Sleeper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes into the arena with Stemm - "Face the Pain" blaring out of the sound system. Sleeper has chosen Love me Sexy as his entrance music. Tyler Sleeper told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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205 lbs
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200 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Sleeper!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sleeper swats away the attempt to clinch by Liddell.
Sleeper throws a nice head kick!
Sleeper shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Liddell but Liddell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sleeper wants to clinch
and Liddell counters by clinching up.
Liddell holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sleeper pulls guard.
Sleeper wants to get back to his feet but Liddell is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sleeper wants to sweep here but Liddell controlling him for the moment.
Sleeper is trying to keep Liddell in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liddell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleeper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Liddell won't allow Sleeper to get back to his feet.
Liddell gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Liddell darts in trying to clinch
and Sleeper counters with a left and a right that stings Liddell.
Nice straight punches there by Sleeper. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sleeper.
Liddell darts in and clinches Sleeper up against the cage.
Liddell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sleeper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sleeper wants to break free but Liddell has control.
Liddell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleeper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Sleeper.
Sleeper looks gassed!
Liddell throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sleeper.
Chuck Liddell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Sleeper with that takedown attempt.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Sleeper.
Liddell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sleeper scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Liddell is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Liddell throws Sleeper to one side and escapes!
Liddell clinches with his opponent.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Sleeper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell doesn't manage to clinch there - Sleeper circles away.
Sleeper throws a leg kick that is checked
and Liddell counters by moving into the clinch.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddell throws a leg kick which misses Sleeper's front leg but catches the back leg as Sleeper tries to avoid it.
Sleeper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddell misses with a straight left.
Liddell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sleeper tries to keep at a distance but Liddell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Liddell keeps control of Sleeper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sleeper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sleeper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liddell turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Liddell decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sleeper to his feet.
Sleeper scores a takedown into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddell is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sleeper thowing shots but they're missing.
Sleeper sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sleeper lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chuck Liddell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Liddell wants to clinch
and Sleeper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Liddell avoiding damage as Sleeper throws knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Liddell turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Liddell decides to stand back up.
Sleeper is looking to chop away at Liddell's legs.
Sleeper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Liddell looks to score with a jab to the body but Sleeper is just out of range.
Sleeper scores with a takedown into Liddell's guard.
Sleeper gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleeper is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Sleeper.
Liddell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sleeper gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Liddell counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Liddell.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Liddell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sleeper is out of range.
Sleeper scores with a shot to the body.
Liddell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chuck Liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sleeper throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Liddell's waist but Liddell gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sleeper off to one side.
Liddell defending well as Sleeper loads up on a big left hand.
Liddell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Liddell gets a trip takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleeper missing with punches from the bottom.
Sleeper missing with punches from the bottom.
Sleeper moves into full guard.
Sleeper looking for subs off his back but Liddell has passed one foot through into half guard.
Liddell gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleeper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddell. That did some damage!
Liddell clinches up against the cage.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liddell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sleeper clinches with his opponent.
Liddell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Liddell misses.
Liddell has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sleeper throws a lazy head kick
and Liddell counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sleeper breaks the clinch.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses.
Sleeper looks to clinch
and Liddell counters with a big head kick but Sleeper shrugs it off.
Good leg kick by Sleeper there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sleeper looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Liddell!
Sleeper trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sleeper looking to ground and pound but Liddell is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sleeper landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chuck Liddell will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Sleeper. That's going to slow Liddell down.
Sleeper moves in looking to clinch but Liddell pushes him off.
Sleeper is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
Liddell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sleeper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sleeper shoots in but no luck this time.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Sleeper moves out of range easily.
Liddell closes the distance and clinches.
Sleeper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liddell breaks the clinch.
Liddell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Liddell forces Sleeper back against the cage and clinches.
Liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liddell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sleeper.
Sleeper misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell scores with a jab. Sleeper acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sleeper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Sleeper avoids it.
Liddell has Sleeper up against the cage in a clinch.
Liddell keeps control of Sleeper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Liddell misses with a knee to the head.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Liddell is looking to clinch but Sleeper is avoiding it.
Liddell pushes Sleeper up against the cage in a clinch.
Liddell goes for a takedown attempt but Sleeper pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sleeper misses with a two punch combination.
Sleeper throws a lazy head kick
and Liddell counters by clinching up.
Sleeper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleeper prevents the takedown attempt.
Sleeper has had enough of the clinch but Liddell keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Liddell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sleeper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sleeper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sleeper tries to break the clinch but Liddell is controlling the position.
Sleeper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Liddell up against the cage.
Liddell is stalling here.
Sleeper has had enough of the clinch but Liddell keeps him there for the moment.
Liddell tries to score a body lock takedown but Sleeper shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Liddell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sleeper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Sleeper lands a jab to Liddell's midsection.
Liddell scores with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell scoring well with a low kick there.
Liddell avoids the head kick by Sleeper.
Liddell is looking to clinch.
Sleeper is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
Liddell closes the distance but Sleeper moves to the side
and Sleeper counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick
and Sleeper counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sleeper tries to clinch but Liddell is having none of it.
Sleeper wants to land a leg kick but Liddell is out of range.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Sleeper.
Liddell moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Sleeper there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sleeper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sleeper bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sleeper has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sleeper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddell rushes Sleeper and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sleeper drags the fight down to the ground.
Chuck Liddell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sleeper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sleeper manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Liddell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liddell, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Liddell!
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