PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Sachz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dump Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sachz
vs
Liddel

195 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Sachz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dump Liddel!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sachz tries to clinch but Liddel is having none of it.
Liddel keeps the fight on the outside.
Sachz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Sachz clinches with his opponent.

Sachz breaks from the clinch.
Harry Sachz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liddel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sachz doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddel circles away.
Sachz tries to clinch there but Liddel circles away.

Liddel scores with a takedown into Sachz's guard.
Liddel controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Liddel has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sachz wants to get back to his feet but Liddel passes into half guard.
Liddel moves into full mount! Sachz won't be happy about that!
Liddel controlling his opponent.
Sachz is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Liddel controlling the position easily from mount.
Sachz tries to buck Liddel off but Liddel takes his back!
Liddel has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Sachz's body.
Sachz trying to control the hands but Liddel won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sachz is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Liddel controlling the position well here. Sachz rolled but Liddel kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Sachz can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sachz just trying to survive but Liddel is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Sachz is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Liddel.
Sachz looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Liddel controlling well, preventing Sachz from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Liddel controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dump Liddel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sachz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liddel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sachz tries to clinch up.
Liddel changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sachz tries to avoid it but Liddel manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sachz to the ground. Sachz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Liddel misses with a takedown attempt - Sachz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sachz moves in looking to clinch but Liddel pushes him off.
Sachz scores with a one two! Liddel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sachz wants to clinch.

Liddel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Liddel is breathing heavily.
Sachz pushes Liddel off looking to stand but Liddel dives back in and keeps control.
Liddel is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Liddel prevents Sachz from improving his position.
Sachz wants to get back to his feet.
Sachz is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sachz wants to get back to full guard.
Sachz wants to control but Liddel is keeping busy and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sachz tries to clinch there but Liddel circles away.
Sachz lands a head kick!

It looks like Dump Liddel has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sachz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sachz wants to clinch.
Sachz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liddel looks to land a combination but Sachz avoids it well.
Sachz is looking to clinch.
Liddel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sachz but Sachz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Harry Sachz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dump Liddel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Sachz.
Liddel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sachz is looking to clinch.
Sachz throws a head kick that misses.
Sachz tries to clinch up but Liddel circles away and keeps his distance.
Liddel throws a combination. Sachz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sachz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sachz tries to clinch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel keeps the fight on the outside.
Sachz looks to land a combination. Liddel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sachz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sachz tries to close the distance and clinch but Liddel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sachz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sachz tries to clinch up.
Sachz wants to clinch up but Liddel keeps it at a distance.

Liddel scores a takedown into full mount!
Sachz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Liddel tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sachz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dump Liddel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dump Liddel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sachz tries to clinch but Liddel is having none of it.
Sachz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Liddel staying out of range there.

Sachz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Liddel looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sachz trying to control the position here.
Liddel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sachz wants to stand and escape but Liddel is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sachz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Liddel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sachz wants to stand but Liddel is controlling the position.
Liddel postures up.
Liddel is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sachz wants to stand but Liddel is controlling the position.
Liddel trying to control but Sachz is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sachz working a defensive guard here.
Sachz looking for a sweep. Not yet Sachz, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sachz tries to clinch up.
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Sachz.
Sachz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sachz looks to land a right hand but Liddel moved out of range.
Harry Sachz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sachz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sachz doesn't manage to clinch there - Liddel circles away.

Sachz moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sachz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Sachz breaks the clinch.
Sachz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sachz swinging wilding here.
Sachz tries to clinch but Liddel is having none of it.
Sachz tries to clinch but Liddel moves out of range.
Liddel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sachz swivels and escapes.
Harry Sachz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liddel swats away the attempt to clinch by Sachz.
Liddel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Liddel scores with a takedown into Sachz's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Liddel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sachz is keeping the position for now.
Liddel sitting in guard, not really doing much.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dump Liddel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Liddel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dump Liddel!