PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saikologically Challenged (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes to the cage accompanied by Crying Like a Bitch. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Liddell
vs
Challenged

185 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Saikologically Challenged!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Liddell.
Challenged avoids a punch combination nicely.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Challenged swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Challenged was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
Liddell tries to bum rush Challenged with a series of wild strikes but Challenged uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Challenged throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liddell fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Challenged checks it well.
Liddell stuffs the takedown attempt from Challenged. Challenged gets slowly back to his feet.
Challenged slips a jab and a cross from Liddell.
Liddell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddell tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a two punch combination.
Liddell staying out of range there.
Liddell misses with the combination.
Challenged keeps the fight on the outside.
Good leg kick by Liddell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Liddell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Challenged tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Liddell smiles and moves away.
Liddell misses the jab.
Liddell throws a sloppy head kick and Challenged moves out of range easily.
Liddell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Challenged moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Challenged lands the left hand.
Chuck Liddell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Liddell is breathing heavily.
Liddell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Challenged fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saikologically Challenged.
Liddell lands a jab-cross combination.
Challenged wants to clinch.
Liddell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Challenged swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liddell throws a head kick but Challenged moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddell stuffs the takedown attempt from Challenged. Challenged gets slowly back to his feet.
Challenged scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liddell tries to clinch there but Challenged circles away.
Liddell throws a big shot that misses.
Liddell wants to clinch
letting Challenged counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liddell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liddell waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Challenged.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challenged lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Challenged shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Liddell defends it nicely.
Liddell throws a left and a right that both miss

and Challenged counters with a beautiful punch that sends Liddell to the canvas!

Liddell is rocked!

It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Challenged working some strikes from top position.
Oh Liddell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Challenged thows a big elbow that misses.
Liddell seems to have got his legs back now.
Challenged pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liddell is keeping the position for now.
Challenged with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Challenged postures up in Liddell's guard and throws a big left but Liddell blocks it.
Challenged missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saikologically Challenged dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Liddell's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Liddell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Challenged throws out the jab.
Liddell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Challenged jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liddell is looking to land body kicks.
Liddell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Liddell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Liddell thuds a left hand into Challenged's body.
Liddell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Challenged counters with a series of strikes that sends Liddell to the canvas! Challenged follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Liddell keeping moving, preventing Challenged from controlling successfully.
Challenged throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Challenged throwing strikes but missing.
Challenged working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challenged throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Liddell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Challenged in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Challenged lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Challenged trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Challenged wants to control from the top but Liddell keeps moving.
Challenged throwing strikes from guard but Liddell blocks nicely.
Liddell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Challenged.
Challenged pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liddell is keeping the position for now.

That's two 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Challenged tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Liddell is able to avoid easily.
Liddell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Challenged connects with a good right hand that stumbles Liddell. Liddell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Challenged lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Liddell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Challenged.

Oooh a lovely combination from Challenged sends Liddell down but not out. Challenged dives into side control looking to finish.
Challenged creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The strikes coming from Challenged are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Liddell taking punishment in the form of punches.
Challenged wants to control but Liddell is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challenged works to advance to full mount. Liddell defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Challenged in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Challenged looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Challenged pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Challenged with good strikes from the mount here!
Challenged loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Liddell scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Challenged land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Challenged stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Saikologically Challenged!