PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Galati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xiao Long Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galati's entrance music is Anarchy in the UK. A fine choice. Li is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dragon Punch!. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Xiao Long Li was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Galati
vs
Long Li

176 cm
26
150 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

172 cm
42
150 lbs
34 - 26 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pavel Galati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xiao Long Li!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li dodges the punch combination from Galati.
Galati doesn't manage to clinch there - Li circles away.
Li changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Galati tries to clinch but Li is having none of it.
Li throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Galati appears to be looking for a big counter.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Galati is just out of range.
Li feints and then cracks Galati's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Galati down.
Galati moves in looking to clinch but Li pushes him off.

Li scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Li is working Galati over with some ground and pound from side control.
Galati is trying to get back to half guard.
Galati is working to avoid the ground and pound but Li connects with a decent elbow.
Galati dodges the ground and pound from Li.
Galati wants to control but Li postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li wants to lay and pray for a moment but Galati keeps working.
Galati tries to buck Li off but Li is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Li trying to control the action but Galati is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Galati's face as Li controls the position.
Galati is looking to regain half guard here but Li keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Li wants to lay and pray for a moment but Galati keeps working.
Li staying calm.
Galati tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Li looking to control and managing it successfully.
Li putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li unloading with bombs!

It looks like Pavel Galati has been cut.
Li is landing with some decent strikes but Galati is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Li trying to control but Galati is having none of it.
Galati is wriggling around trying to escape.
Li can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Galati is looking to escape.
Galati in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Li cracks Galati with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Galati is rocked!
Li postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Galati looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Galati is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Li! That's really hurt Galati and he's turned his back - Li keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Li jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xiao Long Li!
An out of breath Xiao Long Li thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.