PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tico Ponce De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeff Li is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ponce De Leon
vs
Li

172 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

171 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tico Ponce De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Li!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ponce De Leon digs a good body shot into Li's ribs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon avoids the body shot from Li.
Ponce De Leon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Li checks a leg kick.
Ponce De Leon misses with a body kick.
Li fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Li swinging wildly here.
Li throws a one two combo.
Li blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ponce De Leon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Ponce De Leon.
Li checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ponce De Leon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Li's coach down at Alpha Elite Private Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Li's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ponce De Leon misses with a left hand
and Li counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Tico Ponce De Leon has been cut.
Ponce De Leon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Li checks a low kick from Ponce De Leon.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ponce De Leon.
Li fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ponce De Leon manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Li will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ponce De Leon.
Li lands a jab to Ponce De Leon's midsection.
Ponce De Leon throws a sloppy head kick and Li moves out of range easily.
Li lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tico Ponce De Leon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li checks a low kick from Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ponce De Leon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Li checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Li misses the target.
Li scores with a nice right hand.
Ponce De Leon throws a lazy head kick
and Li counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick which misses Li's front leg but catches the back leg as Li tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Li has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ponce De Leon throws a lazy head kick
and Li makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ponce De Leon lands with an overhand left.
A big right from Ponce De Leon misses.
Ponce De Leon misses with a head kick.
Ponce De Leon takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ponce De Leon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Li waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jeff Li will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tico Ponce De Leon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ponce De Leon motions for Li to come forward. Ponce De Leon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ponce De Leon tries a low kick but Li avoids it.
Ponce De Leon throws a sloppy head kick and Li moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Li.
Ponce De Leon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ponce De Leon scores with a head kick. Li tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ponce De Leon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Ponce De Leon moves into the clinch.
Li is trying to push Ponce De Leon away but Ponce De Leon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Ponce De Leon has him pressed against the cage.
Li is trying to force a seperation but Ponce De Leon has the dominant position.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Li is trying to push Ponce De Leon away but Ponce De Leon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ponce De Leon has a couple of punches blocked by Li.
Ponce De Leon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ponce De Leon misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Ponce De Leon - that landed with a thud.
Ponce De Leon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li takes a knee to the side of the body.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ponce De Leon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ponce De Leon keeps control of Li as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponce De Leon lands a good knee to the midsection. Li won't want to take too many of those.
Li is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon misses with a knee to the head.
Ponce De Leon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Li's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon misses with a knee to the head.
Ponce De Leon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Ponce De Leon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ponce De Leon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Li wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Li displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ponce De Leon up against the cage.

Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Li takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Li shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ponce De Leon eats them both and turns towards Li to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ponce De Leon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a right hand that misses
and Ponce De Leon counters with a low kick, right behind Li 's knee.
Li avoids the head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Li just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the body from Li misses
enabling Ponce De Leon to counter with a crisp jab.
Li misses with a jab to the body
and Ponce De Leon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ponce De Leon lands a slapping body shot.

Ponce De Leon moves into the clinch.
Ponce De Leon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponce De Leon has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Li's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li tries to break the clinch but Ponce De Leon is controlling the position.
Li is looking to control Ponce De Leon's arms but Ponce De Leon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Li has his back to the cage.
Ponce De Leon misses with a knee strike.
Ponce De Leon tries to land a knee to the head but Li blocks with his arms.
Li takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ponce De Leon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ponce De Leon lands a shot to the body.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Ponce De Leon has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ponce De Leon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponce De Leon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Ponce De Leon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Li breaks the clinch.
Ponce De Leon misses with a head kick.
Ponce De Leon misses with a kick to the body
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tico Ponce De Leon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tico Ponce De Leon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Li displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ponce De Leon throws out the jab.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Li moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Li throws a shot to the body.
Ponce De Leon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Li connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ponce De Leon scrambles back to his feet.
Li avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Li on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ponce De Leon throws a nice head kick!
Li is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ponce De Leon rather than just go for the knockout.
Li lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Li.
Li checks a leg kick.
Ponce De Leon lands with a hook. Li tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Li blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon is looking to land body kicks.
Li blocks a head kick by Ponce De Leon.
Ponce De Leon throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ponce De Leon counters with a straight right hand.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Ponce De Leon is just out of range.
Li tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ponce De Leon throws a head kick that misses.
Ponce De Leon throws out a loose jab but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li misses the shot to the body.
Li swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ponce De Leon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Li.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponce De Leon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ponce De Leon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Li lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Li lands a nice shot to the body.
Li fails to land with a series of punches.
Li fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ponce De Leon manages to avoid it.
Li avoids a kick to the body.
Jeff Li is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Li misses with a right hand
and Ponce De Leon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Li's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with a two punch combination.
Ponce De Leon lands a nice looking body kick.
Ponce De Leon with a hook.
Ponce De Leon lands with a thumping leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Li 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ponce De Leon wants to clinch up but Li keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ponce De Leon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Li.
Ponce De Leon avoids the body shot from Li.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tico Ponce De Leon.
Well Ponce De Leon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tico Ponce De Leon!