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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urano Liberte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liberte has chosen Bad To The Bone as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class MT
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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
4 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Pick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Urano Liberte!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liberte avoids the body shot from Pick.
Liberte steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pick.
Pick drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Steve Pick has been cut.
Liberte with a jab.
Pick drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Liberte.
Pick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liberte.
A leg kick checked by Pick.
Liberte throws a series of punches but Pick avoids them all with ease.
Liberte closes the distance and clinches.
Pick stalling against the cage.
Liberte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pick is defending well for now.
Liberte creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pick's defenses.
Liberte slows down the pace here.
Our sources have told us that Pick has been working on his elbows in the gym.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Liberte continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Liberte, against the cage.
Liberte looking to slow down the pace here.
Liberte is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liberte just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pick's brow.
Liberte misses with a body punch.
Pick blocks an elbow strike.
Pick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liberte thumps Pick with a low kick.
Pick lands an overhand right.
Liberte slips a jab and a cross from Pick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick misses with a body shot.
Liberte misses with a low kick.
Liberte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pick throws a hook to the side of Liberte's head but Liberte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liberte tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pick takes a swing at Liberte's ribcage but misses.
Liberte looks to clinch
and Pick counters with a nice low kick that buckles Liberte's knee momentarily.
Good work by Pick as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Liberte connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pick avoids the head kick by Liberte.
Pick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pick smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A solid body kick from Liberte.
Liberte throws a hook but Pick avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Liberte blocks the leg kick.
Urano Liberte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liberte looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Liberte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liberte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Liberte avoids the body shot from Pick.
Pick on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pick scores with a leg kick.
Liberte wants to clinch.
Liberte jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Steve Pick's cut is getting worse.
Liberte misses with a few strikes there.
Pick swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pick throws a low kick but Liberte avoids it.
Pick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liberte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liberte looks to throw the jab but Pick is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liberte misses with a low kick.
Pick throws a good cross that connects.
Liberte looks to throw a body kick
and Liberte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liberte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liberte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pick throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pick connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liberte. Pick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liberte has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pick.
Liberte throws a leg kick
letting Pick counter with a right hand.
Liberte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Pick.
Pick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liberte.
An inside leg kick from Liberte misses.
Liberte misses with a head kick.
Liberte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pick has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urano Liberte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Pick's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Liberte wants to clinch
and Liberte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Urano Liberte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Liberte tries to clinch there but Pick circles away.
Pick moves out of range of the body kick from Liberte.
Liberte fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pick checks it well.
Pick misses with a looping right.
Pick looks to land a combination but Liberte avoids it well.
Urano Liberte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liberte wants to clinch.
Pick looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Liberte misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liberte misses with a body shot.
Pick throws a hook but Liberte blocks it.
Liberte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liberte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pick can pounce on him.
Liberte tries to clinch up.
Pick misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liberte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Liberte feints a counter leg kick.
Liberte takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick from Pick lands but Liberte takes it in his stride.
Liberte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pick's sensitive parts.
Liberte fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pick looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Liberte throws a sloppy head kick and Pick moves out of range easily.
Liberte does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A telegraphed right hand from Pick misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Pick.
Liberte tries to close the distance and clinch but Pick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liberte moves into range and clinches up with Pick.
Liberte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice elbow from Liberte.
Liberte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pick lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liberte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Liberte.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liberte just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pick's brow.
Pick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Liberte.
Pick pushes Liberte back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liberte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pick blocks it with crossed arms.
Pick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pick makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Liberte pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Liberte misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liberte tries a body shot but Pick blocks it.
Liberte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Liberte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liberte has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Liberte throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Liberte.
Liberte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Urano Liberte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Liberte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Steve Pick's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pick dodges an elbow strike from Liberte.
Liberte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liberte lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liberte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pick blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liberte.
Liberte missing with knees to the body.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Liberte.
Pick prevents a body shot from Liberte.
Liberte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Liberte lands a nice elbow.
Jeez, Steve Pick's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Liberte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Liberte controlling the action here for a moment.
Liberte trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liberte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pick is keeping busy.
Liberte tries to land knees in the clinch but Pick avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urano Liberte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steve Pick's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Liberte throws a lazy right hand but Pick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liberte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Liberte misses.
Liberte lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pick is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pick moves out of range of the body kick from Liberte.
Pick lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Liberte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pick misses the shot to the body.
Pick checks a leg kick.
And Pick counters with a quick kick to the body but Liberte blocks it.
Liberte misses with a head kick.
Pick appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pick connects with a jab.
Liberte throws a front kick aimed at Pick's knee but Pick avoids it well.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pick thumps Liberte with a low kick.
A big left from Liberte misses.
Pick throwing a counter right hand but Liberte manages to avoid it.
Liberte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liberte lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pick takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liberte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liberte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pick.
Pick lands a jab to the head.
Pick on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A combination from Liberte does no damage.
Liberte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pick throws a big counter combination but Liberte scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pick connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pick catches Liberte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pick scores with a punch to the head.
Liberte lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Liberte tries a head kick but it misses.
Liberte throws a low kick but Pick moves out of range easily.
Liberte explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pick jabs at Liberte's body.
Liberte throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Pick to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liberte.
Pick was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
An inside leg kick lands from Liberte.
Pick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Liberte misses with a leg kick.
Liberte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Liberte misses with a head kick.
Pick blocks a head kick by Liberte.
Liberte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Liberte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pick throws a body shot but no joy.
Pick is looking to land body kicks.
Liberte misses with a leg kick
and Pick counters with a nice uppercut.
Pick throws a big shot that misses.
Liberte tries to land a leg kick but Pick saw it coming and moves away.
Pick misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick throws out a powerful jab.
Liberte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pick. That did some damage!
Liberte swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A left lands for Pick.
Liberte misses with a head kick.
Good shot there by Liberte.
Pick feints and then cracks Liberte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liberte down.
Liberte throws a low kick but Pick moves out of range easily.
Liberte moves in looking to clinch but Pick pushes him off.
Liberte moves into the clinch.
Liberte gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pick managing to block the knees to the body from Liberte.
Liberte misses with an elbow strike.
Pick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liberte misses with an elbow strike.
Pick is leaning against Liberte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Urano Liberte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Liberte misses with an elbow strike.
Liberte stalling against the cage.
Liberte landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Liberte avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Steve Pick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liberte misses with an elbow over the top.
Pick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Liberte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pick's elbow.
Liberte throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Steve Pick.
I think Liberte has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Urano Liberte!
During a confident post fight interview, Urano Liberte thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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