PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell has chosen It's Dark and Hell Is Hot as his entrance music. Liddell has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Chuck Liddell is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Roman
vs
Liddell

180 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
42
207 lbs
26 - 37 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

HERITAGE Threads

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rocco Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roman moves into the clinch.
Roman lands with a left to the head.
Liddell looks winded!
Roman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Liddell prevents Roman from breaking the clinch.
Roman swings wildly with an uppercut but Liddell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roman stalling.
Roman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roman lands with a left to the head.
Roman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Roman scores with a shoulder strike.

Liddell is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roman.
Liddell is still on wobbly legs! Can Roman finish him?
Roman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Liddell seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roman.
Roman tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roman lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Liddell to his knees! Roman keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocco Roman!
A very excited looking Rocco Roman 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.