PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Li Kong Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and St Petersburg Strangler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kong Ho
vs
Petersburg Strangler

162 cm
26
149 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

174 cm
25
147 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Li Kong Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, St Petersburg Strangler!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Strangler.
Strangler attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ho tried to counter with a leg kick but Strangler avoided it.
Strangler takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Ho misses.
Strangler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strangler tries to counter with a clinch but Ho shakes him off and moves away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ho.
Ho with the ground and pound but Strangler regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Strangler wants to improve his position but Ho is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho working over Strangler with some ground and pound. Strangler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ho working over Strangler with some ground and pound. Strangler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Strangler is defending against the submission attempts here by Ho.
Ho lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Strangler defending well though.
Strangler avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ho.
Ho thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ho working the head and body with strikes.
Ho sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Strangler defending well though.

Strangler actively working from the bottom here.
Ho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Strangler's head.
Strangler trying to control from the bottom.
Ho working over Strangler with some ground and pound. Strangler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho is thwarting Strangler's attempts to control the position.
Strangler wants to get back to full guard but Ho has mounted him!
Ho landing shots from mount.
Ho avoids the attempt from Strangler to control.
Ho landing punches.

Strangler is rocked!
Strangler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ho lands a big elbow - Strangler is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Strangler is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Li Kong Ho!
Li Kong Ho decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.