As Couture landed a
right cross to Liddell's head, the crowd came alive when
"The Iceman" landed two hard lefts to his opponent. It was
then that Randy Couture, seizing the moment, slammed
Liddell to the mat much to the enjoyment of the sold out
Mandalay Bay Event Center. But, in typical Chuck Liddell
fashion, he rose to his feet right away and pressed
Couture to the fence. Blood poured from the left eye of
"The Natural" as the round ended apparently from a punch
earlier in the round. As round two began, the two men
initiated
their mutual display of respect once again. Randy Couture,
still stalking to get to the champion, chanced a lunging
left hook that Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell countered
perfectly blasting his opponent with a devastating left
hook. Couture dropped to the floor immediately and Liddell
pounced to finish the job with hard pounding punches at
1:28 of the second round. With this victory, "The Iceman"
Chuck Liddell defends his title successfully for the
second time.
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Match-By-Match Results: |
-Keith Jardine def. Mike Whitehead via Unanimous
Decision.
-Jeff Monson def. Branden Lee Hinkle via Submission
(arm choke) in Round 1.
-Paul Buentello def. Gilbert Aldana via TKO (strikes)
in Round 2.
-Alessio Sakara def. Elvis Sinosic via Unanimous
Decision.
-Joe Riggs def. Nick Diaz via Unanimous Decision.
-Renato "Babalu" Sobral def. Mike Van Arsdale via
Submission (rear naked choke) in Round 1.
-Marcio "Pe De Pano" Cruz def. Frank Mir via TKO
(strikes) in Round 1.
-Brandon Vera def. Justin Eilers via KO (high kick) in
Round 1.
-Chuck Liddell def. Randy Couture via KO (punches) in
Round 2.
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