PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tota Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Tuomela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddel comes to the cage accompanied by Ektomorf - Show your fist. 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.

Liddel
vs
Tuomela

185 cm
23
192 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

184 cm
28
194 lbs
16 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tota Liddel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimo Tuomela!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuomela misses the body punch
and Liddel counters with a stiff right hand.
Tuomela misses with a hook
letting Liddel counter with a right hand.
Liddel misses with an uppercut
and Tuomela counters with a solid body kick.
Liddel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tuomela.
Tuomela looks to land a right hand but Liddel moved out of range.
Tuomela throws the left hand but Liddel avoids the punch easily.
Tuomela looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Liddel is fending him off so far but Tuomela persists. Nope, Liddel circles away and we're back to standing.
Liddel blocks a jab.
Tuomela misses with the body kick
and Liddel counters with a right hand to the body.
Liddel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tota Liddel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel misses with a right hand
letting Tuomela counter with a right hand.
Tuomela rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Liddel counters with a thumping low kick.
Raimo Tuomela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddel misses with a looping left.
Liddel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Liddel 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.
Tuomela swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Liddel counter with a right hand.
Tuomela misses with a shot to the body
and Liddel counters with a nice body shot.
Liddel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tuomela.
A low kick from Tuomela is predictable there
and Liddel counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tuomela throws a lazy uppercut
and Liddel counters with a low kick, right behind Tuomela 's knee.
Liddel misses the jab.
Tuomela just misses with a punch to the body.
Tuomela throws a lazy body kick
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
Liddel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tuomela counters with a straight right hand.
Tuomela thows a body shot but no joy.
Tuomela swings away with a body shot that misses
and Liddel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Liddel misses with a hook. Tuomela ducked under it nicely.
Liddel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddel.
Tuomela throws a leg kick that misses.
Liddel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tuomela throws out the jab.
Tuomela throws a lazy body kick
and Liddel counters with an outside leg kick.
Liddel cracks Tuomela with an open hand slap.
Tuomela moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Liddel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tuomela connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tuomela swings away with a body shot that misses
and Liddel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liddel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tuomela connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Liddel scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tuomela throws a head kick that misses
and Liddel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tuomela throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Liddel to counter with a crisp jab.
Tuomela throws an off balance right hand
and Liddel counters with a leg kick.
Liddel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tuomela counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Good exchange - Liddel coming out on top.
Tuomela slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tuomela bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liddel's head.
Liddel connects with a single shot there.
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 Tota Liddel will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Liddel moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Liddel misses.
Tuomela misses with a hook to the body
and Liddel counters with a body kick that stops Tuomela in his tracks momentarily.
Liddel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Liddel misses its intended target.
Liddel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tuomela.
Liddel swings widly with a right hand
and Tuomela counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy left from Tuomela finds it's target.
Liddel throws a leg kick but Tuomela sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Liddel misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuomela rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Liddel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Liddel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Liddel misses with a right hand
and Tuomela counters with a left to the body.
Liddel throws a poor cross that misses
letting Tuomela counter with a right hand.
Liddel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Liddel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tuomela - the referee stops the clock and Liddel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tuomela. Liddel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Raimo Tuomela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tuomela ducks under a wild hook from Liddel.
Tuomela swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Liddel counters with a nice body shot.
Tuomela stuns Liddel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Liddel.
Tuomela fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liddel manages to avoid it.
Tuomela throws a leg kick
and Liddel counters with a stiff right hand.
Tuomela lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuomela swings away with a body shot that misses
and Liddel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tuomela throws an off balance right hand
and Liddel counters with a good low kick that Tuomela was not able to check.
Tuomela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tuomela keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Liddel.
Tuomela swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel misses with a hook to the body
and Tuomela counters with a right hand to the body.
Tuomela misses the shot to the body.
Liddel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tuomela throws an off balance right hand
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
Tuomela avoids the body shot from Liddel.
Tuomela throws a predictable looking body shot
and Liddel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tuomela has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tuomela swings away with a body shot that misses
and Liddel counters with a right hand to the body.
Tuomela throws a leg kick that is checked
and Liddel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liddel throws a leg kick
and Tuomela counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel avoids the body shot from Tuomela.
Liddel throws a hook to the side of Tuomela's head but Tuomela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tuomela is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Liddel rather than just go for the knockout.
Both fighters circling a little - Liddel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Liddel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A lazy body kick from Tuomela
and Liddel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tuomela throws a poor cross that misses
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tuomela throws a jab when Liddel was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Raimo Tuomela will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Tuomela uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Liddel has time to react.
Liddel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tuomela's head.
A low kick from Tuomela misses
and Liddel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Liddel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Liddel misses with a hook. Tuomela ducked under it nicely.
A low kick from Tuomela misses
and Liddel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tuomela's knee momentarily.
Liddel lands with an overhand left.
Tuomela misses with a shot to the body
and Liddel finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nice shot by Tuomela.
Tuomela misses the body punch
and Liddel counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuomela looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Liddel misses with a straight right.
Tuomela misses the body punch
and Liddel counters with a solid body kick.
Liddel missing with a left hand there. Tuomela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liddel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tuomela throws a body kick the misses
and Liddel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Liddel thumps Tuomela with a low kick.
Liddel throws a lazy uppercut
and Tuomela connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Liddel misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela throws a head kick but Liddel moves out of range.
Tuomela throws a lazy uppercut
and Liddel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tuomela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tuomela throws a sloppy body shot
and Liddel counters with a leg kick.
Tuomela misses with a left hand
and Liddel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tuomela throws an off balance right hand
and Liddel makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tuomela really felt that one!
Liddel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tuomela throws a lazy uppercut
and Liddel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela misses with a body shot
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
Tuomela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Liddel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tuomela.
Tuomela gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Liddel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tuomela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tuomela connects with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liddel.
Liddel misses with a lunging right hand
and Tuomela counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel throws a poor cross that misses
and Tuomela counters with a nice body shot.
Liddel is looking to score with low kicks.
Tuomela turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tuomela throws a body punch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel thuds a left hand into Tuomela's body.
Liddel connects with the punch.
Liddel misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tuomela misses with a jab to the body
and Liddel counters with a straight right hand.
Tuomela jabbing away but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tota Liddel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Liddel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tota Liddel!