PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Li will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Karlsson
vs
Li

197 cm
25
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

210 cm
26
265 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rolf Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Li!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson throws a looping overhand right but Li ducks down to avoid it.
Karlsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Li is just out of range.
Karlsson needs to keep his hands up - Li had a free shot at his head there.
Karlsson misses with the combination.
Li has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Karlsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Li closes the distance and clinches.
Karlsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Karlsson looking to stall.
Karlsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li tries a knee to the head but Karlsson blocks it.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karlsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Karlsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karlsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Karlsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Karlsson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knees to the body from Li.
Karlsson throws a head punch that misses.
Karlsson takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rolf Karlsson has been cut.
Karlsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Li taking a breather.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Karlsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Li landing knees to the head.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.
Li misses with a knee strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Karlsson managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Karlsson lands with a short shot to the head.
Karlsson throws a head punch that misses.
Karlsson lands with a right to the head.
Karlsson managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Karlsson avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Karlsson avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li is stalling here.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karlsson.
A short right from Karlsson.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Li stalling the fight.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Karlsson blocks with his arms.
Karlsson just leaning against Li, taking a breather.

Karlsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Li throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karlsson misses with a straight right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Karlsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Li doesn't seem bothered though.
Li tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Karlsson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Karlsson misses the shot to the body.
Karlsson circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Karlsson to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with a head kick.
Li blocks the body kick.
Karlsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li is looking to chop away at Karlsson's legs.
Karlsson scores with a sloppy right hand. Li should have avoided that one.
Karlsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Li takes a swing at Karlsson's ribcage but misses.
Karlsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Li. That did some damage!
Karlsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Karlsson throws a jab when Li was well out of range.
Li throws a jab but it's blocked by Karlsson.
That kick from Karlsson tenderised Li's leg. Li is trying to keep his angry face on.
Karlsson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Karlsson throws an overhand right that lands on Li's shoulder, as Li tries to avoid the shot.
Li tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karlsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Karlsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab lands there for Karlsson.
Karlsson missing with a left hand there. Li was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Li lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Li takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Karlsson misses with a looping right.
Karlsson avoids the head kick by Li.
Karlsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Li throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Karlsson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Li lands a leg kick that knocks Karlsson off balance momentarily.
Karlsson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Li scores with a shot to the body.
Li tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Li.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rolf Karlsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rolf Karlsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Li throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karlsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Li.
Li wants to land a leg kick but Karlsson is out of range.
Li feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karlsson's calf.
Li misses with a head kick.
Li misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Li checks a leg kick.
Li is looking to slow Karlsson down with leg kicks.
Li buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Li throws a head kick but Karlsson moves out of range.
Li goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Karlsson jabs Li right on the nose. Li blinks but takes it well.
Karlsson throws a hook but Li blocks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karlsson throws a hook to the side of Li's head but Li sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Li keeps Karlsson at a distance using the push kick.

Li lands a big head kick that sends Karlsson tumbling to the mat! Li takes a step backwards and waves Karlsson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Li misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li tries to clinch up but Karlsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Li connects with a solid leg kick.
Karlsson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick from Li.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Li throws a half hearted mid kick.
Li steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karlsson.
Li lands a head kick. Karlsson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Li clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson working hard to break the clinch.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karlsson blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Karlsson.
Karlsson managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Karlsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karlsson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Karlsson avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Karlsson misses with some punches.
Karlsson lands with a right to the head.
Karlsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Karlsson blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karlsson.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Karlsson won't want to take too many of those.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a knee to the head.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karlsson avoids it.
Li is trying to stall.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karlsson lands with a right to the head.
Li will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Karlsson up against the cage.
Karlsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
David Li seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karlsson avoids it.
Karlsson lands with a light punch inside.
Li throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karlsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karlsson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Karlsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karlsson working aggressively here.
Karlsson lands a right hand.
Karlsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karlsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Li tries a knee to the head but Karlsson blocks it.
Karlsson pushes Li back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Karlsson - that landed with a thud.
Karlsson digs a right hand underneath Li's ribcage. Li let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Karlsson manages to break the clinch.
Karlsson lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson lands a head shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Karlsson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Li throws a head kick but Karlsson moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Karlsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Li showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rolf Karlsson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Karlsson jabs Li to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Karlsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
Karlsson cracks a nice hook into Li's ribs.
Li looks for the body kick but Karlsson saw that one coming.
Li misses with a body kick.
Karlsson lands a nice hook to Li's body. Li takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Li lands a front kick.
Karlsson with a hook.
Karlsson scores with a nice right hand.
Karlsson misses with an uppercut. Li saw that one coming.
Karlsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Li.
Karlsson checks a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karlsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Li, right into the meat.
David Li seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li throws a head kick but Karlsson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A telegraphed right hand from Karlsson misses the target.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karlsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karlsson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with a body shot.
Li goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Li tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Li connects with a solid leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Li - that will leave a mark!
Li scores with a leg kick.
Li misses with an attempted mid kick.
Karlsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karlsson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karlsson fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li blocks a jab.
Karlsson avoids a kick to the body.
Li looks to land a body kick but Karlsson moved away.
Karlsson throws a body shot but no joy.
Li throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Li pushes Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
A short uppercut from Karlsson.
Karlsson working aggressively here.
Karlsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karlsson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Karlsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karlsson.
Karlsson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Karlsson is blocking nicely.
Karlsson throws a head punch that misses.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson misses with a body punch.
Karlsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Karlsson.
Li scores with a knee to the head.
Karlsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Li stalling the fight.
Li is trying to maintain a safe position but Karlsson gets an underhook and turns Li into the cage.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Karlsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karlsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Li tries a head kick but it misses.
Li plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Li lands a head kick!
Karlsson lands a leg kick that knocks Li off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Karlsson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Li doesn't seem phased though.
A head kick misses from Li.
Li wants to clinch.
Karlsson scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson misses with a straight right.
Karlsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rolf Karlsson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Karlsson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for David Li!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for David Li!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for David Li!

David Li wins by unanimous decision!
David Li bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.