PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Milton Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolai Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley comes into the arena with Two Steps From Hell - Archangel blaring out of the sound system. Milton Bradley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bradley
vs
Li

169 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Milton Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolai Li!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Li moves into range and clinches up with Bradley.

Li breaks the clinch.
Li throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Li clinches with his opponent.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike from Li.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike from Li.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Bradley.
Come on Li - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike from Li.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
Bradley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradley misses with a knee to the head.
Li takes a knee to the side of the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bradley lands an elbow inside that Li shrugs off.

It looks like Nicolai Li has been cut.
Li takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bradley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Li.
Stalling in the clinch from Li.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Li breaks from the clinch.

Li closes the distance and clinches.
Li avoids the elbow strike from Bradley, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bradley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bradley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Li in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bradley lands a damaging elbow.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike from Li.
Li lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Li dodges an elbow strike from Bradley.
Li takes a knee to the side of the body.
Li looks winded!
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bradley obliges.
Bradley missing with knees to the body.
Bradley missing with knees to the body.
Li blocks the elbow strike.
Bradley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bradley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Bradley.
Bradley tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bradley lands a knee to the body.
Bradley tries to land a knee to the head but Li blocks with his arms.
Bradley avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.

Li's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bradley misses with a knee to the head.
Bradley pushes off an throws an elbow but Li leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bradley blocks an elbow strike from Li.
Bradley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Li blocks an elbow strike from Bradley.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Bradley.
Li looking to stall.
Bradley lands a nice knee to the body.
Bradley misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bradley.

That has opened up Nicolai Li's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Li takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bradley avoids a wild elbow strike from Li.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Li just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradley's brow.
Bradley tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Bradley takes an elbow to the temple.
Bradley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Bradley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradley missing with knees to the body.
Li misses with a punch to the body.
Bradley tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Bradley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Li makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bradley tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Bradley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Li in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bradley.
Bradley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lands an elbow that stopped Li in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Nicolai Li's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bradley lands a good knee to the midsection. Li won't want to take too many of those.
Li throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bradley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Li manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bradley tries to land a knee to the head but Li blocks with his arms.
Li lands a shoulder strike.
Li blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Li looking to stall.
Bradley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bradley pushes off an throws an elbow but Li leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milton Bradley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicolai Li's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Li closes the distance and clinches.
Bradley lands a nice elbow.
Bradley missing with knees to the body.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Bradley avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Bradley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bradley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Bradley trying to land knees to the body.
Bradley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bradley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bradley being controlled against the cage.
Bradley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Li lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Li lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Milton Bradley has been cut.
Bradley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
Bradley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li misses with an elbow strike.
Bradley lands an elbow inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Li.
Bradley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bradley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Milton Bradley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bradley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Li has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bradley trying to land knees to the body.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bradley trying to land knees to the body.
Bradley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Li working aggressively here.

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

Li clinches up with Bradley and pushes him back against the cage.
Li lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Li taking a breather.
Li blocks the elbow strike.
Li misses with an elbow strike.
Bradley scores with a knee to the head.

Nicolai Li's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Bradley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li lands an elbow just above Bradley 's eye.
Li avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradley.
Li takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nicolai Li's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Milton Bradley!
Milton Bradley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.