PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jet Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrone Spong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Spong
vs
Li

172 cm
24
160 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Spong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jet Li!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li throws a series of strikes that have Spong backpedaling.
The fighters circle momentarily. Li darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Li connects with a right hand. Spong shakes it off.
Li is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Li connects with the punch.
Spong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Li has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Spong is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li connects with a right hand. Spong shakes it off.
Li lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Spong is rocked!
Spong is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Li.
Oh Spong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Li lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Spong head around and knocks him out cold! Li hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jet Li!
Tyrone Spong spoke after the fight, saying 'man i shoulda waited til my flu was gone ...'.