PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Aerts
vs
Li

192 cm
27
240 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

198 cm
24
264 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite 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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce Li!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aerts uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Li has time to react.

Li clinches up against the cage.
Aerts lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Bruce Li has been cut.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aerts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Li stalling against the cage.
Li scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Peter Aerts has been cut.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Li.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li is stalling here.
Li can't find room to land a body shot as Aerts controls the action.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
Li tries a knee to the head but Aerts blocks it.
Aerts misses with a body punch.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aerts is defending well for now.
Li gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Li - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short body shot lands from Aerts as the two fighters clinch.
Aerts misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aerts swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li keeps control of Aerts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aerts throws an elbow but it misses.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aerts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li stalling the fight.
Aerts throws a punch but it's blocked by Li.
Aerts scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Li manages to break the clinch.
Aerts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
Li moves out of range of the body kick.

Li clinches up with Aerts and pushes him back against the cage.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Aerts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li takes a shot to the head.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aerts tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aerts is trying to push Li away but Li has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aerts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aerts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Aerts won't want to take too many of those.
Aerts is breathing heavily.
Li landing knees to the head.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Aerts won't want to take too many of those.
Aerts takes a knee right on the jaw!

Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aerts throws a right hand that Li ducks under and follows up with a left that Li also avoids with ease.
Aerts has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li.
Li drops Aerts with a big left hand! Aerts is injured, injured bad! Li jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Li!
Bruce Li thanked the fans post fight for their support.