PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges Meese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li comes to the cage accompanied by Tai Chi master. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Meese

173 cm
26
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
160 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danny Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Georges Meese!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meese digs a good hook to Li's body.
Li throws an overhand right that lands on Meese's shoulder, as Meese tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Meese was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meese has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Li is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Meese lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Li circles away quickly and effectively.
Li showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meese.
Li has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Li walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Georges Meese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meese swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Meese swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Li makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Meese cracks Li with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meese swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Meese drops his hands momentarily and Li takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meese was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
No joy there for Meese, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Meese changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Li lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meese throws a lazy uppercut
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meese scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meese throws a shot from downtown. Li moves away and avoids it.
Meese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Li.
Li throws a shot from downtown. Meese moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Meese.

It looks like Danny Li has been cut.
Meese cracks Li with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Li lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Li looks to land a right hand but Meese moved out of range.
Meese has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Meese misses the jab.
Li is looking to counter punch.
A jab lands there for Meese.
Meese misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Meese misses.
Meese misses with a left hand
letting Li counter with a right hand.
Li ducks under a wild hook from Meese.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li moves away from the strike by Meese.
Li takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Meese throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Li counters with a straight right hand.
Meese lands with an uppercut that bounces Li off the cage and back into range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meese paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Meese swinging wildly here.
Meese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Li stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meese.
Meese throws an off balance right hand
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meese is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
Meese lands with a right hand.
Li defending well as Meese loads up on a big left hand.
Meese misses with a double jab
and Li counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Meese moves out of range of the strikes.
Meese looks to land a right hand but Li moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Meese. Those never looked like landing.
Meese looks to land a left hand but Li moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li staying out of range there.
Meese throws a hook but Li blocks it.
It looked like Li was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Meese.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Meese!
Li lands with a shot to the body.
A combination from Meese does no damage.
Li swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Li walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meese comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Li moves away from the strike by Meese.
Sloppy strikes from Meese. Those never looked like landing.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meese misses with a lunging right hand
and Li counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Li - just one landing.
Li doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Li throws a hook to the side of Meese's head but Meese sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Li lands with a hook. Meese tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Meese moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meese displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Li throws out the jab.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Meese.
Li is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Meese catches Li with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good standup being displayed there by Meese as he connects with a hook.
Meese looks to land a left hand but Li moved out of range nicely.
Meese keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Li.
Meese just misses with a punch to the body.
Li scores with a sloppy right hand. Meese should have avoided that one.
Li is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Meese scores with a body shot.
Meese lands the left hand.
Meese misses with a body punch
and Meese takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meese misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donk. Li catches Meese right on the button with a cross.
Meese misses the body punch
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meese throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georges Meese dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Li's cut.
That's time! Li's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Li connects with the punch.
Li throws a hook but Meese blocks it.
Li slips a jab from Meese.
Li is looking to counter punch.
Meese looks to score with a jab to the body but Li is just out of range.
Li was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Meese throws a predictable looking body shot
and Li counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Li throws a good cross that connects.

Meese is rocked!
Meese rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Li scores with a counter punch that sends Meese to the canvas! Li smells blood - he's punishing Meese with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Meese has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Li!
Danny Li was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.