PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jet Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nem Sis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li comes to the cage accompanied by Tourniquet by Evanescence. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sis's choice of entrance music: Tsunami. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Sis

167 cm
32
175 lbs
35 - 20 - 0

178 cm
29
180 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jet Li!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nem Sis!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Li closes the distance and clinches.
Li softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Li tries to work over Sis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sis misses with a body punch.
Li leaning against his opponent.
Li working aggressively here.
Li is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sis tries to break the clinch but Li is controlling the position.
Sis tries a body shot but Li blocks it.
Li misses with some punches.
Li misses with a punch to the body.
Li tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sis's elbow.
Li is trying to maintain a safe position but Sis gets an underhook and turns Li into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sis tries a body shot but Li blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sis swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Li up against the cage.
Li softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Li gets underhooks to prevent Sis's takedown attempt.
Sis swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li being controlled against the cage.
Sis can't find room to land a body shot as Li controls the action.
Li takes a shot to the head.
Sis prevents a body shot from Li.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Li is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li working aggressively here.
Li throws a head punch that misses.
Li swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Li lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Li controlling the action here for a moment.
Sis is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Sis swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sis misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sis is keeping busy.
Li working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sis fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Sis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Li lands with a light punch inside.
Li lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sis throws a head punch that misses.
Sis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sis blocks an uppercut.
Sis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sis lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Li lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sis.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Sis.

Sis breaks the clinch.
Sis jabs Li right on the nose. Li blinks but takes it well.

Li sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Sis to the ground! Li dives into full mount looking to finish!

Sis is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Li has control of Sis's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sis regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sis is still in real trouble! Can Li finish him?
Li avoids the attempt from Sis to control.
Li wants to control the pace but Sis is squirming around nicely.
Sis seems to have recovered his senses.
Sis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jet Li dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Li throws a head kick but Sis moves out of range.
Li is looking to slow Sis down with leg kicks.
Sis moves out of range as Li strikes.
Sis with the counter takedown but Li avoids it easily.
Sis throws a leg kick but Li moved away.
Li is looking to counter punch.
Sis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Li connects with a looping right hand.
Sis throws a push kick but Li slaps the foot to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sis misses with a body kick.
Li will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Li lands with a straight right. Sis didn't see that one coming.

Sis closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li misses with a punch on the inside.
Sis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Li is keeping busy.
Sis can't find room to land a body shot as Li controls the action.
Li goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Li misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sis.
Sis misses with a punch on the inside.
Li is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sis can do to turn this around?
Sis can't get the takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Sis tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Li looking to slow down the pace here.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Sis.
Sis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sis misses with some punches.
Li scores with a nice hook to the head.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sis takes a shot to the head.
Sis blocks an uppercut.
Li lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Li.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Sis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sis lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sis.
Li lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Li doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sis throws a head punch that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Li can't find room to land a body shot as Sis controls the action.
Sis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Li misses with a punch on the inside.
Sis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sis is trying to stall.
Jet Li has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Li blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sis lands a shot to the body.
Sis lands with a short shot to the head.
Li blocking some punches.
Li lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Sis has Li pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Sis pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Li tumbling to the mat - Sis dives into Li's guard.

Li working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sis has passed into half guard!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li tries to get to full guard but Sis has control of the leg.
Sis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Li is trying to get back to full guard.
Sis content to control rather than advance.
Sis drops an elbow to the side of Li's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jet Li will probably get the nod.
That's time! Li's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A clash of legs there as Li blocks the low kick.
Li was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sis misses with a body punch
and Li counters with a head kick. That will keep Sis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A punch lands to the side of Sis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Li connects with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sis.
Sis misses with a hook.
Sis throws a sloppy head kick
and Li counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Li swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Sis.
Li rushes Sis with punches - Sis moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Sis goes down! Li follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jet Li!
Jet Li retains his welterweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jet Li waved his t-shirt featuring CBK Fury Nutrition Inc.'s logo in front of the cameras.