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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between chuck liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Steamboat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, chuck liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricky Steamboat!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steamboat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steamboat stuffs the takedown.
Steamboat moves in looking to clinch but liddell pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from liddell.
Steamboat displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Steamboat is looking to clinch but liddell is avoiding it.
Steamboat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steamboat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
liddell is breathing heavily.
liddell misses with a double jab
and Steamboat counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Steamboat. That's going to slow liddell down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steamboat rushes liddell and presses him up against the cage.
Steamboat is stalling here.
Steamboat has had enough of the clinch but liddell keeps him there for the moment.
Steamboat breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steamboat throws a sloppy head kick and liddell moves out of range easily.
Steamboat cracks liddell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steamboat tries to clinch up.
Steamboat cracks the inside of liddell's front leg.
Steamboat tries for a takedown but liddell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steamboat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Steamboat. liddell shrugs it off though.
Steamboat goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Steamboat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steamboat throws a nice head kick!
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!
Steamboat turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steamboat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steamboat buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steamboat.
Steamboat scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Steamboat drops liddell with a left right combo! Steamboat follows him down to the ground into side control.
liddell is rocked!
Steamboat decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Oh liddell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
liddell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
liddell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
liddell seems to have got his legs back now.
Steamboat throws a series of strikes that have liddell backpedaling.
Steamboat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Steamboat.
Steamboat has managed to clinch.
Steamboat breaks the clinch.
Steamboat fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat is looking to clinch but liddell is avoiding it.
liddell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Good leg kick by Steamboat there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steamboat fails to land the takedown.
liddell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steamboat is working the combinations to good effect here.
liddell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Steamboat darts in and clinches liddell up against the cage.
Steamboat is trying to break free.
liddell prevents the takedown attempt.
chuck liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Steamboat.
Steamboat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
liddell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Steamboat prevents liddell from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
liddell prevents Steamboat from breaking the clinch.
Steamboat has had enough of the clinch but liddell keeps him there for the moment.
Steamboat lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt liddell or not.
liddell keeps control of Steamboat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
liddell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Steamboat is looking to break free of the clinch but liddell has double underhooks.
Steamboat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steamboat moves into the clinch.
liddell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steamboat throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steamboat scores with a nice right hand.
Steamboat is looking to clinch.
liddell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Steamboat dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Steamboat lands with a thumping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steamboat.
Steamboat throws a left and a right that both miss
and liddell counters with a three punch combo that has Steamboat backing up. Steamboat nods at liddell to acknowledge the strikes.
Steamboat throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steamboat doesn't manage to clinch there - liddell circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steamboat, right into the meat.
Steamboat doesn't manage to clinch there - liddell circles away.
Steamboat lands a nice looking body kick.
Steamboat swinging wilding here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Steamboat.
Steamboat lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steamboat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steamboat lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steamboat throws a nice inside leg kick.
Steamboat is looking to clinch but liddell is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Steamboat wants to break the clinch but can't.
liddell can't break the clinch.
Steamboat wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steamboat breaks the clinch.
Steamboat lands with a thumping leg kick.
liddell keeps the fight on the outside.
Steamboat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Steamboat lands a head kick. liddell smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steamboat is looking to slow liddell down with leg kicks.
liddell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steamboat is looking to clinch.
Steamboat clinches up against the cage.
Steamboat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Steamboat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but liddell has him pressed against the cage.
Steamboat is looking to break free of the clinch but liddell has double underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Steamboat.
Steamboat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Steamboat there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steamboat throws a right hand that liddell ducks under and follows up with a left that liddell also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Steamboat.
liddell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Steamboat. Steamboat obviously looking to wear him down.
liddell needs to keep his hands up - Steamboat had a free shot at his head there.
Steamboat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
chuck liddell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steamboat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt liddell.
Steamboat stalks liddell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into liddell's face. liddell staggers backwards, shaken.
chuck liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steamboat moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Steamboat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steamboat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steamboat lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Steamboat. liddell shrugs it off though.
Steamboat tries to close the distance and clinch but liddell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat jabs liddell right on the nose. liddell blinks but takes it well.
Steamboat getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Steamboat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by liddell.
Steamboat gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steamboat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steamboat goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Steamboat thows a body kick. liddell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Steamboat thuds his shin into the meat of liddell's side.
Steamboat moves in looking to clinch but liddell pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steamboat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
liddell takes a kick to the side of the head.
Steamboat fakes the leg kick and cracks liddell in the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Steamboat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Steamboat wants to clinch
and liddell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
liddell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Steamboat counters with a low kick, right behind liddell 's knee.
Steamboat wants to clinch.
Steamboat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt liddell.
liddell takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Steamboat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
liddell swats away the attempt to clinch by Steamboat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steamboat moves in looking to clinch but liddell pushes him off.
Steamboat 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 Steamboat off to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steamboat shoots in for a double leg but liddell sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Steamboat throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steamboat lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steamboat dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on liddell. That did some damage!
liddell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Steamboat counters with an outside leg kick.
Steamboat changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Steamboat.
liddell misses with the body kick
and Steamboat counters with an outside leg kick.
liddell throws a lazy head kick
and Steamboat counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. liddell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Steamboat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Steamboat.
Steamboat misses with the combination.
liddell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Steamboat counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice combination there by Steamboat.
Steamboat tries to clinch but liddell is having none of it.
Steamboat tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and liddell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Steamboat working for a triangle but liddell defends it easily.
liddell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
liddell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Steamboat looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
liddell prevents Steamboat from getting back to his feet.
chuck liddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
liddell wants to stand but Steamboat is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ricky Steamboat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Steamboat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Steamboat winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 25:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Steamboat!
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