PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Bratcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chong Li has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bratcher
vs
Li

192 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

180 cm
25
295 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Bratcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chong Li!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li is looking to clinch.

Li clinches with his opponent.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Li has eaten all the pies!
Li displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bratcher up against the cage.
Li tries to circle away but Bratcher has him pinned against the cage.
Li tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bratcher's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bratcher landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Li.
Bratcher throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bratcher managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Bratcher landing knees to the head.

It looks like Chong Li has been cut.
Bratcher landing knees to the body.
Bratcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bratcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
Bratcher unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bratcher trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bratcher misses with a knee strike.
Bratcher trying to land knees to the body.
Li misses with the head strike.
Bratcher scores with a knee to the head.
Bratcher trying to control the position but instead, Li has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bratcher into the cage.
Bratcher tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Li just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bratcher trying to land knees to the body.
Bratcher lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Li misses with a body punch.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bratcher throws an elbow that misses.
Bratcher putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Li in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bratcher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
Bratcher tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Li misses with an elbow strike.

Bratcher manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a right hand that Bratcher ducks under and follows up with a left that Bratcher also avoids with ease.
Bratcher is looking to slow Li down with leg kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bratcher, right into the meat.
Bratcher with a hook.
Bratcher throws a leg kick which misses Li's front leg but catches the back leg as Li tries to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Bratcher finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bratcher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Bratcher.
Bratcher throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Li.
Bratcher dances in with a quick combination. Li is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Bratcher snaps Li's head back. Li stumbles backwards against the cage. Bratcher steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Li's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Li just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Damian Bratcher!
During a confident post fight interview, Damian Bratcher thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.