PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Summer Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Samuel Washington could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chong Li's chin.

Washington
vs
Li

183 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Washington !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chong Li!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington misses with a looping left.
Washington tries to clinch there but Li circles away.
Li uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington .
Washington bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Li's head backwards.
Washington doesn't manage to clinch there - Li circles away.
Washington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Washington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
A leg kick checked by Washington .

Li shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Li was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Li trying to control but Washington is having none of it.
Washington tries to hold on but Li postures up.
Washington flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington is wriggling around trying to escape.
Li blocks Washington 's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Li working for a guillotine from mount but Washington is in no mood to give up.
Li blocks Washington 's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington wants to hold on but Li pushes him away.
Washington is in all sorts of trouble here.
Washington has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Li jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Washington manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Li fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Washington .
Li fails to land the takedown.
Samuel Washington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two 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.
Washington misses with a wild body shot.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Washington .
Washington throws a right and a left that Li avoids nicely.
Li dips to his left and cracks Washington with an uppercut!
Li keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Washington missing with a left hand there. Li was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Li slips a straight right by Washington .
Li throws a head kick that misses.
Li moves out of range as Washington strikes.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Washington misses with a hook.
Washington looks to land a right hand but Li moved out of range.
Li falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Washington counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Washington moves in looking to clinch but Li pushes him off.
Li throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Washington on the side of the head.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Washington lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Washington thows a body shot but no joy.
Washington wants to clinch.
Li is looking to chop away at Washington 's legs.
Li fails with the takedown.
Li looks gassed!
Li staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington wants to clinch up but Li keeps it at a distance.
Washington throws a hook but Li avoids it easily.
Washington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Li slips under a jab.
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Li takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Washington scores with a nice right hand.
Li avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Washington wants to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Washington .
Washington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Washington waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Li.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Washington dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Washington misses with the combination.
Li takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Washington connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Li shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Washington flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Washington tries to hold on but Li postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Li is breathing heavily.
Washington is trying to escape the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Li there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Washington tries to hold on but Li pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li looking to control but Washington is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Washington wants to control but Li is having none of it.
Washington gets back to half guard.
Li is stalling here. Washington is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Li seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Washington has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Li on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Washington wants to control but Li is keeping him busy.
Li is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Li really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Washington . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Washington lands an elbow.

Washington working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Washington trying to control the action but Li is working from the bottom.
Washington throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Washington has an Americana. Li didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Washington is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Washington hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Samuel Washington !