PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oli Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belal Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li has chosen Fearless as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stone
vs
Li

188 cm
25
183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
24
188 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Oli Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Belal Li!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Stone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Li scores with a kick to the midsection.
Li lands a nice looking body kick.
Stone tries to clinch
and Li counters with a thumping low kick.
Li throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.
Crunch! Li slams his shin into Stone's torso.
Li throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Li lands a big head kick that sends Stone tumbling to the mat! Li takes a step backwards and waves Stone back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Stone is rocked!

It looks like Oli Stone has been cut.
Li throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li connects with a leg kick. Stone looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Stone has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li.

Stone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Li tries a head kick but it misses.
Li throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
Li throws a front kick that sends Stone stumbling back into the cage.
Li lands a jab to Stone's midsection.

Li lands a big head kick that sends Stone tumbling to the mat! Li takes a step backwards and waves Stone back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Stone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Belal Li!
Belal Li decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.