PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Conrad (ranked 8616 p4p, 0 weight class) and Su Li (ranked 5768 p4p, 0 weight class). Su Li will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Conrad
vs
Li

165 cm
21
214 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

198 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frankie Conrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Su Li!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Li gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Li has clasped his hands together around Conrad's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Conrad manages to get back to half guard.
Li tries to pass the half guard into mount. Conrad knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Conrad is positioning himself well to prevent Li advancing to mount.
Conrad regains full guard. Nicely done.
Li preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Conrad has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Li is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Li manages to pull guard.
Conrad with a nice head shot there.

Conrad decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Li, up you get!

Li throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Conrad was covering up waiting for the punch and Li finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Conrad manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Conrad gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Li to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Conrad kicks Li off and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Li gets a clinch.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Li gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Conrad manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Conrad shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Conrad showed some decent athleticism there.
Conrad is nestled in close to Li, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Conrad is controlling the pace.
Conrad winds up and cracks Li with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Conrad is working for a submission of some sort.
Conrad looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Li with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Conrad is nestled in close to Li, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Conrad looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Li with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Conrad connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Conrad scores with a couple of nice shots.
Li has hold of Conrad's hands but Conrad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Conrad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Li looks winded!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Conrad connects with a nice short shot to Li's temple.
Conrad drops an elbow to the side of Li's head.
Conrad drops an elbow to the side of Li's head.
Conrad slips a nice elbow through Li's hands, connecting with Li's forehead.
Conrad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Li is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Conrad scores with a couple of nice shots.

Li is rocked!
Li really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Conrad. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conrad not doing much here.
Conrad lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Li! More strikes land and this one is all over! Conrad jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frankie Conrad!