PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slipo Sliper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li comes to the cage accompanied by The Mars Volta - . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Li
vs
Sliper

167 cm
31
119 lbs
15 - 15 - 1

178 cm
23
147 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent grappler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 15 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slipo Sliper!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sliper shoots in and drives through. Li sprawls well.
Sliper throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Li's waist but Li gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sliper off to one side.
Li lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sliper circles away quickly and effectively.
Sliper has a takedown stuffed.
Hong Li has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slipo Sliper.
Sliper walks into a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Li tries to clinch there but Sliper circles away.

Li closes the distance and clinches.

Li breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Li enables Sliper to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Li manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Li on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Li tries to get out of the position.
Li is controlling Sliper's posture.

Sliper drops back, looking for a kneebar! Li looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Li looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Li!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sliper is looking to regain half guard here but Li keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sliper felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sliper is trying to control Li's posture but Li avoids it.
Sliper is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Li's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sliper is trying to control but Li manages to pass to mount!
Sliper is trying desperately to improve position.
Sliper slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Li seems to be looking for submissions.
Li really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sliper controls his leg.
Sliper is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sliper slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sliper tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sliper is still trying to improve position.
Sliper controls Li momentarily but Li frees himself.

Sliper looking for subs off his back but Li has passed one foot through into half guard.
Li is thwarting Sliper's attempts to control the position.
Sliper might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Li haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Li is working for a kimura but Sliper is defending it quite comfortably.
Sliper trying to control here.

Sliper looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sliper manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slipo Sliper dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sliper fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sliper closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Li did well to prevent Sliper getting side control.
Sliper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Li keeps working.
Sliper throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sliper lands with a punch from half guard.

Sliper is looking for a kimura here.

Li is defending against the submission attempts here by Sliper.

Sliper is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is trying is best to control the position here.

Sliper is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Li is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Slipo Sliper!