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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tico Tico (ranked 642 p4p, 2040 weight class) and Jonathan Liddell (ranked 40 p4p, 119 weight class). Tico comes to the ring accompanied by Paco De Lucia - Tico Tico . Tico Tico has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tico Tico!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonathan Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell doesn't manage to clinch there - Tico circles away.
Tico lands with a hook. Liddell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Liddell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tico with a nice calf kick.
Tico misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell misses with a hook.
Jonathan Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tico counters with a good low kick that Liddell was not able to check.
Liddell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tico looks to score with a jab to the body but Liddell is just out of range.
Tico lands a nice looking body shot.
Tico looks to score with a jab to the body but Liddell is just out of range.
Tico scores with a hook to the body. Liddell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Liddell tries to clinch up
and Tico counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with the combination.
Liddell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tico circles away from the clinch attempt.
Liddell ducks under a wild hook from Tico.
Liddell wants to counter with a clinch but Tico pushes him away.
Liddell with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tico counters with a right hand to the body.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tico swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddell tries to clinch but Tico is having none of it.
Liddell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liddell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tico counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Liddell thinking.
Tico with a nice calf kick.
Liddell misses with a body kick.
Tico is looking to counter punch.
Liddell misses with a few strikes there.
Tico half committed to a counter leg kick.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses
and Tico counters with a right hand to the body.
Tico throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tico circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tico connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddell moves in looking to clinch but Tico pushes him off.
Liddell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Liddell moves into the clinch successfully.
Tico scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tico.
Tico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tico on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liddell missing with knees to the body.
Tico throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Liddell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Liddell misses with a combination
and Tico counters with a body kick.
Tico is looking to wear down Liddell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tico throws a body shot but no joy.
Liddell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tico misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddell.
Liddell misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and Tico tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tico Tico is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tico tries to keep at a distance but Liddell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Liddell prevents a body shot from Tico.
Liddell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tico lands with a light punch inside.
Tico creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liddell's defenses.
Tico prevents a takedown attempt there.
Liddell breaks from the clinch.
Tico scores with the left hand. Liddell knows he should have avoided that one.
Liddell tries to land a body kick
and Tico counters with a stiff right hand.
Liddell is rocked!
Tico finds Liddell's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Liddell flops back against the ropes, eyes gazing into the distance. Tico lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Liddell will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tico Tico!
Tico Tico retains his bantamweight title!
In his post fight interview, Tico Tico started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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