PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Imran Shaah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by dig it deeper just to throw it away. Chong Li is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shaah
vs
Li

177 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
179 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Imran Shaah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chong Li!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shaah shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Li tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shaah controlling from the top position.

Li throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Li is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shaah not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Li is looking for a triangle here but Shaah uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Shaah is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Li's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is looking to reverse the position.
The referee asks Shaah politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Shaah prefers to stall for the moment though.
Li is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Shaah is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Shaah lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaah takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Li taking shots to the head.
Shaah landing strikes from the mount.
Li is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shaah controlling from the full mount.
Li is looking to get to half guard.
Li is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaah lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Li hang on?
Li is trying desperately to improve position.
Shaah controlling from mount.
Li is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shaah controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li is looking to improve his position but Shaah isn't that keen on the idea.
Shaah controlling the position easily from mount.
Li is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shaah in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shaah lands a nice shot to the head.
Shaah looking to control and managing it successfully.
Li bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shaah swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shaah wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Shaah manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Li manages to get himself to full guard.

Li is looking for a triangle here but Shaah uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Li is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Imran Shaah 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.

Shaah shoots in but no luck this time.
Shaah tries to clinch there but Li circles away.
Shaah tries to close the distance and clinch but Li swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shaah fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shaah shoots for a double leg takedown but Li sprawls well. He's pushed Shaah's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Imran Shaah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaah shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Li pinned against the cage. Li gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shaah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Li swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shaah misses with a takedown attempt - Li sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Li fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaah closes the distance and clinches up with Li, looking for a takedown. Shaah pushes Li against the cage but Li circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Chong Li is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Li moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shaah dives in and grabs Li's left leg, looking for a takedown. Li pushes down on Shaah's head and hops out.
Li scores with a nice strike.
Shaah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Li swivels and escapes.
Shaah fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Li avoids it really well and circles away.
Shaah keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Shaah shoots and misses
and Li counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice combination there by Li.
Li scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaah fails with the takedown
and Li connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shaah takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Li throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Li scores with a nice head shot.
Li scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shaah with a lazy takedown attempt
and Li counters with a straight right hand.
Li misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Li comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shaah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Li throws a right hand that Shaah ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaah also avoids with ease.
Shaah with a lazy takedown attempt
and Li counters with a series of strikes. Shaah will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shaah wants to clinch but Li slips to the side
and Shaah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shaah fails with the takedown
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to de liver by Li. Beautiful body shot.
Shaah misses with a takedown attempt
and Li counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shaah is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Li.
Shaah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Li.
Shaah wants to clinch
and Li counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Li cracks Shaah with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Shaah closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Li manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Li looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shaah wants to lay and pray for a moment but Li keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Li looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Li is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Shaah pulls his head out easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li wants to get back to full guard.
Li wants to sweep but Shaah has passed to side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chong Li showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Shaah shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shaah is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Shaah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Li counters with a two punch combo.
Shaah misses with a takedown attempt
and Li counters with a series of strikes. Shaah will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shaah tries to clinch there but Li circles away.
Shaah looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Li rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaah is looking to clinch.
Shaah shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Li counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Imran Shaah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaah with a lazy takedown attempt
and Li counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Li moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Li throws a one two combo.
A left lands for Li.
Shaah doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Li scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Li decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Li is working for a submission of some sort.
Li is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Shaah!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Li jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Shaah manages to avoid the submission attempt.
You can see the frustration on Shaah's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Li goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Shaah rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Li's guard! Nice work there by Shaah!
Shaah working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Li working for submissions but it's allowed Shaah to get to half guard.
Shaah working Li over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaah not doing much here.

Li is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Shaah pulls his head out easily.

Li looking for a kimura from the bottom but Shaah passes into side control!
Shaah scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Li to see if he's OK.
Shaah controls the position.
Li is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Shaah looks up at the clock and then as Li takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shaah smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Li has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Shaah escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Shaah!
Li is looking for a sweep.
Shaah is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Li will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Li sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Li is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Shaah scores with a couple of nice shots.
Shaah slows the pace down in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chong Li comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Li 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chong Li!