PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yakob Mezerolovskionivch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mezerolovskionivch has chosen betcha can't do it like me as his entrance music. Yakob Mezerolovskionivch looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Liddel
vs
Mezerolovskionivch

185 cm
22
235 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

199 cm
21
258 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chuck Liddel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yakob Mezerolovskionivch!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liddel shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Liddel showed some decent athleticism there.
Liddel is nestled in close to Mezerolovskionivch, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Mezerolovskionivch looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Mezerolovskionivch has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Liddel escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Liddel!
Liddel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Liddel is trying to get an arm triangle but Mezerolovskionivch is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Liddel wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mezerolovskionivch, who protects the arm well.

Liddel stands up and beckons Mezerolovskionivch to his feet.

Liddel clinches with his opponent.
Mezerolovskionivch jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Liddel walks away with a smile on his face. Mezerolovskionivch gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Liddel misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddel digs a good body shot into Mezerolovskionivch's ribs.
Mezerolovskionivch looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mezerolovskionivch fails with the takedown

and Liddel counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Liddel decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Liddel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Yakob Mezerolovskionivch has been cut.

Liddel clinches with his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Liddel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liddel tries to stall but Mezerolovskionivch uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Liddel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Liddel gets a double leg takedown into Mezerolovskionivch's guard.
Liddel passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Liddel decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel throws a chopping leg kick but Mezerolovskionivch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Liddel drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Liddel is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Liddel trying to control the position from guard on top but Mezerolovskionivch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Liddel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mezerolovskionivch is keeping the position for now.
Liddel wants to control from the top but Mezerolovskionivch keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mezerolovskionivch looking for a guillotine here but Liddel defends easily.
Mezerolovskionivch has a closed guard, preventing Liddel from standing up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liddel trying to control the position from guard on top but Mezerolovskionivch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Liddel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yakob Mezerolovskionivch's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Liddel shoots for a double leg takedown but Mezerolovskionivch sprawls well. He's pushed Liddel's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Liddel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Liddel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Liddel with a couple of short strikes.
Liddel working Mezerolovskionivch over with strikes here.
Liddel looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liddel landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mezerolovskionivch is squirming around, avoiding Liddel's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Liddel.
Mezerolovskionivch is breathing heavily.

Liddel is working for a guillotine from mount but Mezerolovskionivch frees his head quite easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddel cracks Mezerolovskionivch with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Liddel landing punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddel lands a big elbow - Mezerolovskionivch is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Mezerolovskionivch is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chuck Liddel!
Chuck Liddel is the new heavyweight champion!