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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jie Liu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jie Liu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano closes the distance and pushes Liu back into the cage.
Marciano trying to land knees to the body.
Marciano lands a right hand.
Liu tries a body shot but Marciano blocks it.
Marciano scores with a hook to the body.
Liu struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Liu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Liu working aggressively here.
Liu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Liu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano misses with a knee to the head.
Marciano misses with a punch on the inside.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Liu controls his hands.
Liu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marciano working aggressively here.
Marciano misses with some punches.
Liu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Liu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Liu.
Liu breaks from the clinch.
Marciano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Liu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Marciano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marciano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Liu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marciano's head.
Liu lands with a straight right. Marciano didn't see that one coming.
Jie Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liu throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Marciano.
Marciano throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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!
Marciano avoids the head kick by Liu.
Liu throws a shot from downtown. Marciano moves away and avoids it.
Marciano lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu misses with a low kick as Marciano jumps back.
Liu blocks a head kick by Marciano.
Marciano darts in trying to clinch
and Liu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Liu scoring well with a low kick there.
Donk. Liu catches Marciano right on the button with a cross.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liu throws a leg kick
and Marciano counters with a nice body shot.
Marciano swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Marciano.
Marciano tries to clinch but Liu moves out of range.
Marciano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Liu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marciano takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu lands a leg kick that knocks Marciano off balance momentarily.
Marciano's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Marciano duly obliges.
Marciano with a nice cross.
Marciano checks a low kick from Liu.
Liu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Liu lands a leg kick that knocks Marciano off balance momentarily.
Crunch! Liu slams his shin into Marciano's torso.
Marciano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Raphael Marciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marciano.
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Marciano.
Decent striking displayed by Liu there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liu. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Liu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liu scoring well with a low kick there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Liu!
Liu throws a head kick that Marciano semi-blocks.
Liu lands a body shot.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marciano.
Liu closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Marciano's guard.
Marciano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marciano wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marciano is keeping the position for now.
Marciano wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jie Liu dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Marciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
Marciano blocks a head kick by Liu.
Some wild striking there from Liu.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu blocks a low kick nicely.
Marciano lands a jab to Liu's midsection.
Liu defending well as Marciano loads up on a big left hand.
Marciano misses with a right hand
and Liu counters with a good, hard body kick but Marciano shrugs it off.
A head kick misses from Liu.
Marciano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Liu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marciano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liu scores with a jab to the head.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano tests Liu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Liu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Liu tries a low kick but Marciano avoids it.
A head kick by Liu misses
and Marciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marciano digs a good body shot into Liu's ribs.
Marciano connects with a body shot.
Marciano slips under a jab from Liu.
Marciano avoids the body shot from Liu.
Liu slips a jab from Marciano.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marciano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marciano throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Liu finds it's way round the side to connect with Marciano's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marciano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marciano has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Liu.
Liu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marciano scores with a jab.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
A shot to the liver by Liu. Beautiful body shot.
Liu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Liu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marciano misses with a body kick.
Marciano misses with a straight right.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
Liu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marciano. Marciano circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Marciano's corner calls for a 1-2. Marciano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a leg kick that misses.
Marciano throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Marciano misses with a straight left.
Marciano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liu.
Liu avoids a kick to the body.
Jab by Marciano.
Liu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liu throws a wild body kick that Marciano sees coming a mile off.
Marciano thows a body shot but no joy.
Marciano throws a series of punches but Liu avoids them all with ease.
Marciano misses with a few strikes there.
Liu connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Liu cracks a nice hook into Marciano's ribs.
Marciano throws a leg kick that is checked
and Liu counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marciano. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Liu misses the shot to the body.
Marciano scores with a body shot.
Liu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liu staying out of range there.
Marciano throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Liu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano wants to clinch up but Liu keeps it at a distance.
Marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
Marciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Marciano ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Marciano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Liu lands with a straight right. Marciano didn't see that one coming.
Marciano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Marciano's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Liu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marciano scrambles back to his feet.
Liu throws a head kick but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano is looking to score with low kicks.
Marciano moves away from the strike by Liu.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Liu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marciano moves into the clinch.
Liu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcianos head.
Liu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liu can't get the takedown.
Marciano digs a right hand into Liu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Liu's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Liu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marciano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liu is defending well for now.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano tries a knee to the head but Liu blocks it.
Marciano crunches a lovely knee into Liu's ribcage.
Marciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Liu swings wildly with an uppercut but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Liu.
Liu can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
A short uppercut from Marciano.
Liu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marciano scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Marciano to keep the fight standing.
Marciano misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liu looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jie Liu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano lands a good knee to the midsection. Liu won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marciano lands a knee to the body.
Marciano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marciano looking to slow down the pace here.
Marciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liu.
Marciano is leaning against Liu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marciano works on Liu's body with a couple of short punches.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Marciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marciano tries a body shot but Liu blocks it.
Marciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marciano lands a left hand.
Liu misses with a punch on the inside.
Liu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu has a couple of punches blocked by Marciano.
Liu is looking to take this one to the mat.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Liu misses with a punch to the body.
Liu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liu misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Liu fails to land.
Liu tries to stall but Marciano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marciano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Liu managing to block the knees to the body from Marciano.
Liu can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano lands a knee to the head.
Marciano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Liu is trying to maintain a safe position but Marciano gets an underhook and turns Liu into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu swings wildly with an uppercut but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu misses with some punches.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Liu looking to stall.
A short right from Marciano on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liu working aggressively here.
Liu throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
Marciano gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Liu.
Liu blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Liu misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Marciano really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Marciano is looking to clinch but Liu is avoiding it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Liu, right into the meat.
Liu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Liu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick by Liu misses
and Marciano counters with a low kick, right behind Liu 's knee.
Marciano checks a leg kick.
Marciano takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Marciano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marciano misses with a kick to the body
and Liu counters with a slapping leg kick.
Liu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Liu.
A telegraphed right hand from Liu misses the target.
Liu swats away the attempt to clinch by Marciano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu looks to land a right hand but Marciano moved out of range.
Liu throws a looping overhand right but Marciano ducks down to avoid it.
Marciano bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Marciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Marciano there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marciano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano tries a head kick but it misses.
Marciano has taken the fight to the clinch.
Liu looking to stall.
Marciano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Liu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Liu tries to break the clinch but Marciano is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano lands with a light punch inside.
Liu managing to block the knees to the body from Marciano.
Liu lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
A short left from Liu.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marciano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marciano prevents the takedown attempt.
Liu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liu has Marciano pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Marciano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
Marciano lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Liu.
Liu can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jie Liu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marciano gets underhooks to prevent Liu's takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
A right handed body shot lands from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Liu's head.
Marciano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marciano lands a right hand.
Marciano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liu blocks it with crossed arms.
Marciano digs a right hand underneath Liu's ribcage. Liu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Liu's head.
Marciano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liu's face.
Liu throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Marciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marciano lands a knee to the head.
Liu is rocked!
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Liu controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Marciano - that landed with a thud.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marciano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marciano lands a knee to the body.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Liu backwards.
Oh Liu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marciano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Marciano.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano lands a nice knee to the body.
Marciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liu avoids it.
Marciano misses with a knee strike.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Marciano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Marciano dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Liu.
Liu lands a body shot.
Liu seems to have got his legs back now.
Marciano misses with a head kick.
Marciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liu misses with an uppercut.
Liu misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Marciano.
Marciano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Marciano punishes Liu's body with a nice straight punch.
Marciano looks to land a body kick but Liu moved away.
Liu blocks a jab.
Liu avoids the body shot from Marciano.
Liu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marciano.
Liu tries to land a body kick
and Marciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marciano's calf.
Marciano is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Marciano swings for the body but Liu moves out of range.
Marciano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Marciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Liu lands a leg kick that knocks Marciano off balance momentarily.
Liu misses with a low kick.
Liu shoots in but Marciano avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Liu lands a nice looking body kick.
Marciano throws a good cross that connects.
Nice body punch from Liu.
Marciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Liu's head.
Jie Liu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A punch lands to the side of Liu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marciano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Marciano throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marciano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marciano lands a body punch in the clinch.
Liu scores with a shot to the side of Marciano's head.
A short uppercut from Marciano.
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Liu's head.
Raphael Marciano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Liu has a couple of punches blocked by Marciano.
Marciano landing knees to the body.
Marciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Liu lands an uppercut.
Marciano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liu's face.
Marciano prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Liu.
Liu blocking some punches.
Marciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Come on Marciano - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Liu struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Liu working aggressively here.
Marciano can't find room to land a body shot as Liu controls the action.
A short right from Marciano on the inside.
Liu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marciano's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liu misses with a punch on the inside.
Liu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marciano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Liu prevents a body shot from Marciano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano drops Liu with a big knee straight up the middle! Liu is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Liu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Liu misses with a straight right.
Marciano drops Liu with a straight right hand, right on the button! Marciano follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Marciano!
Raphael Marciano is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Raphael Marciano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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