PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steely Dan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell comes to the cage accompanied by The Game. This should be a great matchup!

Liddell
vs
Dan

185 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q
Rhino

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, 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 Tokyo, Steely Dan!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liddell darts in and clinches Dan up against the cage.
Dan being controlled against the cage.
Liddell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liddell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Liddell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Liddell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Liddell's efforts to push away.
Dan wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell lands a knee to the head.
Liddell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Liddell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Liddell clinches.
Liddell wants a takedown.
Dan is pressed up against the cage. Liddell has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dan down to the mat. Dan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Liddell moves into the clinch.
Dan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Liddell is pushing Dan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dan wants a takedown but no success here.
Chuck Liddell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steely Dan.
Liddell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Liddell pulls Dan into guard.

Dan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Dan drops back looking for a leg! Liddell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Liddell manages to kick Dan off! Dan jumps back into Liddell's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dan has gone for a leg lock! Liddell slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dan's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dan has his feet on Liddell's thighs here. He's pushed Liddell off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Liddell screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steely Dan!
A very excited looking Steely Dan rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.