PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Pae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belal Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Li's choice of entrance music: Fearless. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pae
vs
Li

185 cm
26
191 lbs
14 - 5 - 2

195 cm
30
188 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

GREEN!160

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 14 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Pae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Belal Li!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pae throws a leg kick which misses Li's front leg but catches the back leg as Li tries to avoid it.
We've been told by Pae's head coaches at Xtreme HGH Fight Club (best in Amsterdam) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Pae throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Li's head.

It looks like Belal Li has been cut.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pae. That's going to slow Li down.
Li avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pae wants to clinch.
Li takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Li clinches.
Pae managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Pae avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Pae.
Pae looking to stall.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pae managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li tries a knee to the head but Pae blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pae misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
Pae throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pae tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li prevents a body shot from Pae.
Pae goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pae wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pae creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pae misses with a body punch.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Pae.
Pae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pae has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pae tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Li blocks an uppercut.
Pae lands a left hand.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pae's face.
Li scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li avoiding damage as Pae throws knees to the body.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pae.
Pae tries to stall but Li uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pae tries to throw a body punch but Li avoids it by throwing Pae back against the cage.
Pae works on Li's body with a couple of short punches.
Pae managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Pae pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pae slowing the pace effectively.
Pae working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pae avoids it.
Pae misses with a knee to the head.
Pae tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pae tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pae tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Pae misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Pae.
Pae lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pae blocks it with crossed arms.
Pae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pae pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pae blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pae on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pae.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Pae working aggressively here.
Pae lands a body shot in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pae missing with knees to the body.
Pae on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pae lands with a light punch inside.
Pae working Li over with knees to the body.
Li looks winded!
Pae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pae scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pae lands a left hand that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pae avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Pae crunches a lovely knee into Li's ribcage.

Pae drops Li with a big knee straight up the middle! Li is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Li is rocked!
Pae scores with a leg kick.
Li is still on wobbly legs! Can Pae finish him?
A solid leg kick lands there for Pae.
Pae cracks Li with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Li falls to his knees and Pae doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Pae!
A very excited looking Joe Pae made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.