Lyakhovich round by round thread

[White Shogun]

The Showtime telecast has started but there is one fight before the Lyakhovich fight.

The announcers in the pre-fight discussion said that Briggs has made several personal, verbal attacks against Lyakhovich in the weeks leading up the fight. The assessment is that Briggs is hoping to upset Lyakhovich enough to intice him to trade with Briggs in a brawl.

In a locker room interview with Briggs, he admitted that he was trying to bait Lyakhovich and get 'inside his head.' They showed a confrontation between the two men at the weigh in. Both seemed to be agitated, but at the end of the confrontation Briggs was yelling profanities as Lyakhovich walked away, yelling at Lyakhovich that he would 'knock his f***ing eyes out!'

They are describing Lyakhovich as the most technical and well-rounded of the current crop of heavyweight champions. (? Isn't Wlad still a champion?)

They're making their way to the ring now. Edited by: White Shogun

 

[Guest]

If anyone is interested, you can get a free live stream of the fight at mma-tv.org

 

[White Shogun]

Briggs comes out to the ring wearing sunglasses.

Lyakhovich looks relaxed,a little wide eyed. Its hard to interpret Lyakhovich's body language. Calm? Relaxed? Tight? He isn't bouncing around, or moving very much at all.

Briggs is bouncing, throwing punches in the air. Typical pre-fight behavior.

Lyakhovich looking a little more intense, workmanlike; perhaps even irritated.

Briggs a 268 lbs. He is wearing a T-shirt with his own name and face on it. 47-4-1, 41 KO's.

Lyakhovich looks pissed at the staredown. He has no problem with eye contact. Briggs seems almost a little too jovial or relaxed.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 1:

The size difference is apparent. Thirty seconds in, the crowd is booing already. Lyakhovich lands a couple of jabs, to the head and the body. The crowd is beginning to boo big time.

Briggs chased Lyakhovich to the ropes, throws a couple bombs, landing flush on the Wolf. He takes them well, works his way off the ropes back to the center of the ring.

Briggs is already breathing through his mouth. Lyakhovich landed a couple of body shots. Briggs is powerful but seriously lacking in skill or technique.

Score: 10-9 Briggs

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 2:

Briggs took almost 15 extra seconds getting his mouthpiece into his mouth at the bell. He was warned by the referree for the delay.

Lyakhovich lands a few beautiful jabs, Briggs misses with a haymaker. Nice body shot by Lyakhovich, right cross to the ribs.

More jabs by Sergei. Briggs sticks his left hand out like a big paw. Left hook by Sergei lands. Lyakhovich bouncing, active, jabbing fairly consistently.

Crowd booing at the bell.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 3:

Briggs came out swinging, missed and lost his balance. The two men square off in the center of the ring. Some feinting, the crowd begins to boo.

The announcers say that Sergei has slowed down ad is afraid to commit because Briggs rang his bell in the first round.

Lyakhovich is throwing some jabs and hooks that land. Briggs is shaking his head, as though annoyed. Briggs already appears to be running out of gas. Sergei lands another left hook, jabs.

More booing.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 4:

Lyakhovich stands American-style, left hand low. He throws a couple of jabs and a hook with the left that land. NICE RIGHT HOOK TO BRIGGS HEAD.

Briggs throws a few punches, but they're slapping, reaching shots. Sergei lands another stiff jab in response.

Briggs throwing some bombs, Sergie is on the ropes.

Lyakhovich is talking to Briggs while he is on the ropes. Sergei back to the center of the ring, lands three straight jabs, and a right.

Crowd continues to boo.

Announcers are complaining about the slow pace of the fight.

Nice combination by Sergei.

More booing.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich. Edited by: White Shogun

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 5:

Sergei starts the round with a few jabs.

Briggs lands a nice left hook, Sergei responds with the same.

Briggs throws a couple of lackluster jabs, Lyakhovich lands with a couple of nice left hooks.

Press row scoring has Briggs ahead 39-37 on two cards, 38-38 on another. LOL!! Unbelievable!

Sergei lands a couple more left hooks.

The crowd is booing hard now.

The two men bounce in the center of the ring, Briggs pawing at the air, Sergei hits with a nice left hook.

Boo! BOO! roars the crowd.

Simple unbelievable that press row has this fight scored for Briggs.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 6:

Briggs landed a hard left hook that hit Lyakhovich flush, but he appears completely unfazed.

Sergei throws a nice combination, a couple of jabs.

Briggs throws a combination. Lyakhovich lands the right hook to the body. Briggs tries to counter but he is too slow.

Another left hook to the head by Sergei. The crowd boos. Lyakhovich lands a stiff left jab that actually backs up Briggs.

The two exchange a few non-effective punches in the middle of the round. Briggs misses with a big haymaker, Lyakhovich lands a couple of jabs and a hook in return.

More booing.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 7:

The two exchange jabs, Lyakhovich lands a couple of hard rights.

Briggs reaching, pawing with his left hand. The crowd boos!

Press row has it 57-57 Briggs x 2, 58-56 Lyakhovich.

Sergei lands a couple of left hooks, a jab, a right hand, a left hook, a jab to the body..... Briggs is doing nothing. He finally threw a right straight that was reaching and pawing.

Briggs tries to sort of bounce-chase Lyakhovich down but he gives up after a few steps, without throwing a punch.

Sergei throws a nice combination, Briggs responds with a nice punch that backs up Sergei.

Briggs backs Sergei into the corner but nothing happens.

Bell rings, and in a truly Pavlovian response, the crowd boos.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 8:

They exchang hard jabs to open Round 8.

Sergei throwing more, landing a couple jabs and another right hook to the body.

The two stand in the center of the ring, feint a lot but don't throw.

Briggs finally throws a hook, hits Sergei but with no effect. He lands a couple of hard jabs that back up Lyakhovich.

Great exchange of combinations! Lyakhovich is hurt. The ref steps in to warn Briggs about hitting to the back of the head.

I score the round for Briggs, but the announcers score it for Lyakhovich. Go figure.

Score: 10-9 Briggs.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 9:

Technical difficulties:

Big exchange of punches to start the round. Briggs appears to have stunned Lyakhovich, but Sergei comes right back. He thuds a right hook to the body that makes Briggs drop his elbow. He doesn't want anymore of that.

The announcers state that Briggs is clearly ahead and winning the fight, but the press now has two cards for Lyakhovich and one draw.

More hard punches exchanged. After the intial flurry, it appears that Sergei may be getting the better of it.

Lyakhovich's corner is telling him to stop trying to knock out Briggs.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich, but it could go either way.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 10:

Sergei opens the round strong, lands a few jabs and a couple of hooks.

Briggs corner told him between rounds that he was behind, but the announcers disagree: "Who would have thought Briggs would have a chance to win on points?"

Another nice right hook to the body, followed by a right and left to the head by Lyakhovich! Nice combination! Three more straight shots, one to the body two to the head!

Briggs looks really gassed, throwing a few hard jabs.

Another nice body shot makes Briggs drop his elbow, he eats a left hook.

The crowd is still booing but not as much as earlier in the fight.

Score: 10-9 Lyakhovich

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 11:

Technical difficulties

The first minute and a half has Briggs landing some powerful, hard shots that rock Lyakhovich. But Sergei fights back and throws a few of his own.

Sergei has the bounce back in his feet. He seems to fight harder when he takes a few hard shots.

Briggs lands another haymaker, but Sergei fields it well.

Nice jabs by Briggs, snaps Lyakhovich's head back.

I don't know why the crowd is booing.

They will score this round:

10-9 Briggs.

 

[White Shogun]

ROUND 12:

Two minutes in they're both throwing bombs. Briggs seems to be getting the better of it. He is landing some flush, hard shots directly on Lyakhovich.

Sergei is down! Standing eight! Twenty-six seconds left!

It's over. Sergei takes a couple of shots and falls through the ropes to the scorers table. He wasn't punched through them... he just sort of sat down and crumpled to the table.

The ref stops the fight, Briggs by TKO.

 

[Guest]

Liakovich KOed in the 12th

 

[Triad]

Disaster!

 

[aussieaussie]

what the hell

 

[Poacher]

First of all; fine job on the PBP WS, well done.

Who were the announcers?

I was afraid the Wolf would try to trade with him at the end because it was close.

God we'll never hear the end of it.

 

[jcolec02]

rematch!!!

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Shoot!

Thanks for the coverage White Shogun!Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[Triad]

Official time, 2:59 of the 12th round.

 

[jcolec02]

I saw the fight as well shogun...liakovich was winning until the last round...shame it had to end that way but lets not get too discouraged...there was a 35 pound weight differnece...and sergei is definatly not our best fighter...It did make me very upset tho...

 

[jcolec02]

Wlad is fighting brock next week...that is BY FAR the more important fight...especially for us...

 

[Triad]

The announcers made mention of a rule where a fighter knocked out of the ring had 20 seconds to re-enter. Not here, the ref waved it off immediately. Showtime said gleefully, "America is back!"