PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jet Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jill Lauren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lauren is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crazy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Lauren

175 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

158 cm
24
130 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jet Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jill Lauren!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li misses with a series of wild punches.

Lauren gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Lauren blocks with his arms.
Li misses with a knee strike.
Lauren lands a knee to the body.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lauren has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li takes a knee to the side of the body.
Li is breathing heavily.
Lauren holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Lauren is blocking nicely.
Li letting Lauren take a breather here.
The crowd are getting on Lauren's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Li misses with a knee to the head.

Lauren breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lauren has managed to clinch.

Lauren jumps into guard, dragging Li to the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Lauren pushes Li off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lauren tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li wants to clinch up but Lauren keeps it at a distance.
Jill Lauren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lauren wants to clinch up but Li keeps it at a distance.
Li tries to clinch but Lauren is having none of it.

Lauren drives through and clinches with Li against the cage.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Lauren is blocking nicely.
Lauren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Lauren is blocking nicely.

Lauren breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lauren gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lauren is trying to break the clinch but Li has him pressed against the cage.
Li keeps control of Lauren as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lauren.
Lauren lands a good knee to the midsection. Li won't want to take too many of those.
Lauren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lauren pulls guard successfully.

Lauren working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Li doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Lauren is tightening it up a little... Li has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Li reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Li taps out! Nice BJJ there by Lauren!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jill Lauren!
Our winner, Jill Lauren, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.