PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sing Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Li Kao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ali comes to the cage accompanied by One More Time. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ali
vs
Kao

225 cm
31
160 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

175 cm
25
164 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30
Revolution Fatigues

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sing Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Li Kao!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali connects with a right hand. Kao shakes it off.
Ali lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kao circles away quickly and effectively.
Ali wants to clinch
and Kao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kao throws a shot to the body.
Kao throws a nice looking combination but Ali bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kao throws a hook but Ali blocks it.
Ali throws a right and a left that Kao avoids nicely.
Ali throws a right and a left that both miss.
A swing and a miss from Ali.
Kao stalks Ali and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ali's face. Ali staggers backwards, shaken.
A left and a right from Ali both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali wants to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ali.
Ali scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kao throws a hook to the side of Ali's head but Ali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ali moves out of range of the body kick.
Kao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Ali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kao manages to avoid it.
Kao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ali misses with a looping right.
Kao misses with an uppercut. Ali saw that one coming.
Ali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.

Ali clinches.
Ali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kao trying to control the position but instead, Ali has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kao into the cage.
Ali really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ali makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kao misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali scores with a hook to the body.
Ali tries a body shot but Kao blocks it.
Ali lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Kao.
Kao lands a hook that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Kao is trying to push Ali away but Ali has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kao lands a shot to the body.
Kao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ali misses with a body punch.
Kao misses with a body punch.
Ali lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Kao fails to land.
Ali lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kao tries to throw a body punch but Ali avoids it by throwing Kao back against the cage.
Ali blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ali throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kaos head.
Kao is looking to break free of the clinch but Ali has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ali.
Ali prevents a body shot from Kao.
Kao prevents a body shot from Ali.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kao.
Ali lands a left hand.
Ali lands with a right to the head.
Kao misses with some punches.
Ali struggles to land a body shot inside as Kao controls his hands.

Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ali manages to avoid it.
Ali tries to bum rush Kao with a series of wild strikes but Kao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kao throws a series of strikes that have Ali backpedaling.
Ali lands a right hook to the body.
Ali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kao misses the jab.
Ali throws a nice looking combination but Kao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ali walks into a jab.
Kao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
The fighters circling - Ali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali moves away from the strike by Kao.
Ali misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali tests Kao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ali blocks a head kick by Kao.
Kao misses with an uppercut.
Kao throws a lazy right hand but Ali sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Kao misses the target.
Kao is looking to land body kicks.
Kao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kao walks into a stiff left hand from Ali.
Ali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kao.
Kao throws a poor cross that misses
letting Ali counter with a right hand.
Ali misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sing Ali dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kao looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kao moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ali looks to land a combination. Kao sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ali throws a jab when Kao was well out of range.
Kao throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
Ali connects with a single shot there.
Sing Ali is winning the standup battle so far.
Kao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ali throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kao on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Kao is rocked!
Ali drops Kao with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Kao! Ali dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sing Ali!
Sing Ali managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30, into his post fight interview.