PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenko Tiempo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Tiempo

200 cm
22
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenko Tiempo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tiempo is out of range and Li settles back down.
Li lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tiempo fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Li.
Li throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tiempo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tiempo wants it to stay on the feet.
Li shoots in but Tiempo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Li shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tiempo as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Li. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Li has taken the fight to the clinch.
Li is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Li has Tiempo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tiempo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Li is trying to break free.
Li trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiempo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Tiempo lands a shot to the body.
Li is breathing heavily.
Li takes a shot to the head.
Tiempo misses with the head strike.
Li jumps guard but Tiempo stands there with Li around his waist. Li gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Tiempo.
Tiempo is leaning against Li and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Li wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiempo has him pressed against the cage.
Tiempo lands with a short shot to the head.
Tiempo stalling against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Tiempo.
Tiempo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tiempo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tiempo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Tiempo pushes Li back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tiempo.
A nice left hand lands by Tiempo.

Li is rocked!
Tiempo lands a big right hand that drops Li! The killer instinct kicks in and Tiempo finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Tiempo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenko Tiempo!