PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zou Li (ranked 8721 p4p, 136 weight class) and Check Conga (ranked 25128 p4p, 149 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Conga

183 cm
19
252 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

193 cm
19
233 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zou Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Check Conga!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conga misses with a body shot.
Conga throws a body punch but Li moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Conga.

Li gets tackled into the cage by Conga. Conga maintains the clinch.
Li lands a right hand that snaps the head of Conga backwards.

It looks like Check Conga has been cut.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Conga uses good head movement to avoid it.

Li breaks from the clinch.
Li takes a swing at Conga's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Li misses.
Conga swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Li is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conga.
Conga misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conga throws out the jab.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conga was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Conga misses with a looping right.
Jab by Li.
Conga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Li with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A clash of legs there as Li blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conga throws a low kick but Li moves out of range easily.
Li keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conga slips under a jab from Li.
Li scores with a nice head shot.
Conga is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Conga looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Conga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
Conga avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conga throws a solid leg kick but Li takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Conga.
Zou Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conga throws a low kick but Li moves out of range easily.
Li lands a nice hook to Conga's body. Conga takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Li lands with a good body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Conga, right into the meat.
Conga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Conga closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
I was talking to Li's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Li.
Conga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Li lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Conga backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conga tries to throw a body punch but Li avoids it by throwing Conga back against the cage.
Li lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Conga.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conga.
Nice body punch from Li.
Conga looks winded!
Li scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conga.
Li lands a shot to the body.
Li misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conga blocking some punches.
Conga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Li cracks Conga with a nice body shot.
Li working aggressively here.
Li misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conga has a couple of punches blocked by Li.
Li has a couple of punches blocked by Conga.
Li lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Li working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a body punch.
Li cracks Conga with a nice body shot.
Li swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conga throws a head punch that misses.
Conga working aggressively here.
Conga tries to throw a body punch but Li avoids it by throwing Conga back against the cage.
Conga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Li throws out a loose jab but Conga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li lands with a nice body punch.
Li throws a leg kick
and Conga counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Li cracks Conga with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Li lands a jab to Conga's midsection.
Conga is looking to clinch.
Li connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Conga is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with a body shot.
Conga feints a counter leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Li.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li swats away the attempt to clinch by Conga.
Li punishes Conga's body with a nice straight punch.
Li throws a low kick but Conga avoids it.
Li uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Conga slips under a jab from Li.
Conga moves out of range of the strikes.
Conga listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Li swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Conga throws a series of strikes that have Li backpedaling.
Li avoids the body shot from Conga.
Li throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conga wants to counter with a clinch but Li pushes him away.
Conga slips under a jab from Li.
Li cracks Conga with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Conga stuns Li with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Conga fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Li has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice defenses there by Conga.
Conga will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conga was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Li is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conga.
Conga thinks about the counter body kick.
Conga is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Li rather than just go for the knockout.
Li misses the shot to the body.
Conga connects with an inside leg kick.
Conga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Li gets tackled into the cage by Conga. Conga maintains the clinch.
Conga misses with a body punch.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Conga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conga misses with a body punch.
Li has a couple of punches blocked by Conga.
Li blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Li misses with some punches.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conga lands an uppercut.
Conga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Li misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li tries to throw a body punch but Conga avoids it by throwing Li back against the cage.
Conga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Li lands with a light punch inside.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Li lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Conga scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Li's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conga.
Li lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Conga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.

Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Li's jab looks to have found its range, popping Conga under the eye.
Li is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Conga tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice jab there from Li.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conga was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Li throws a jab but it's blocked by Conga.
Conga gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Conga throws a head kick but Li moves out of range.
It looked like Li wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Conga throws a body shot but no joy.
Conga drops his hands momentarily and Li takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Conga takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Li thows a left - swing and a miss!

Conga pushes Li up against the cage in a clinch.

Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Conga clinches with his opponent.
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!
A short body shot lands from Conga as the two fighters clinch.
Li misses with some punches.
Li misses with the head strike.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Conga prevents Li from breaking the clinch.
Li misses with a punch on the inside.
Conga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conga misses with a body punch.
Conga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Conga - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Li misses with the head strike.
Li lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Li working aggressively here.
Li lands with a light punch inside.
Li throws a head punch that misses.
Li lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conga backwards.
Li throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Congas head.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Conga.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Li tries a body shot but Conga blocks it.
Li lands with a right to the head.

Li breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Conga pushes Li up against the cage in a clinch.
Conga throws a head punch that misses.
Conga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conga misses with a short punch on the inside.

Li breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Conga fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Conga misses with a two punch combination.
Li swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Good work by Conga as he checks the leg kick.
Conga walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Li misses with a body shot.
Li tries to clinch but Conga is having none of it.
Li takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Zou Li's cut is getting worse.
Conga connects with a body shot that sends Li's belly button to the back.
Conga shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zou Li dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

An inside leg kick from Conga misses.
Conga moves out of range of the strikes.
Li tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A low kick from Li misses
and Conga counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Conga throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Conga throws a front kick aimed at Li's knee but Li avoids it well.
Li blocks a leg kick.
Li is looking to chop away at Conga's legs.
Li moves out of range as Conga throws a body kick.
Conga tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.
Li lands an overhand right.
A jab from Li misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Li throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Li misses the jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Conga scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Conga is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conga tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Li paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Li throws a lazy right hand but Conga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conga tries to move into range but Li moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Li scores with a jab to the head.
Li looks to throw the jab but Conga is out of range.
Good work by Li as he checks the leg kick.
Conga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Li is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Conga can do to turn this around?
Conga scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Conga swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Li is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Conga misses with a hook.
Zou Li is winning the standup battle so far.
Li missing with a left hand there. Conga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Li waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conga.

Li gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Conga blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Li's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Conga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Li throws a jab when Conga was well out of range.
Conga connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conga manages to avoid it.
Conga attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Li listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Conga will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Li connects with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Conga, right into the meat.
Conga checks a low kick from Li.
A leg kick checked by Conga.
Conga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Li avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An inside leg kick from Conga misses.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conga moves away.
Li rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Conga moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Conga lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Li has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Li and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Li misses with a leg kick.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conga.
Conga misses with a low kick.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Li lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Li finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Li throws a chopping leg kick but Conga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conga.
Conga throws a half hearted mid kick.
Conga misses with a wild combination.
Li throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conga checks a leg kick.

Conga has Li up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Li fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a hook that snaps the head of Conga backwards.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Conga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Li goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Li doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zou Li has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Conga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Li fails to land.
Conga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Conga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Li misses with the head strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Conga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Conga tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Li blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Conga fails to land.
A short right from Conga.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conga.
Li blocks an uppercut.
Conga throws a punch but it's blocked by Li.
Li lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Conga backwards.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Li.
Li lands a hook that snaps the head of Conga backwards.
Li blocks a body shot from Conga.
Li can't find room to land a body shot as Conga controls the action.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conga blocking some punches.
Li digs a right hand underneath Conga's ribcage. Conga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Conga blocking some punches.
Conga misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conga misses with a body punch.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Conga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conga misses with the head strike.
Conga tries a body shot but Li blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Li swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Conga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li misses with some punches.
Conga blocks an uppercut.
Li lands an uppercut.
Li misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conga working aggressively here.
Conga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conga working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Li fails to land.
Li struggles to land a body shot inside as Conga controls his hands.
Conga working aggressively here.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Conga.
Li scores with a shoulder strike.
Conga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Conga.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Conga misses with a body punch.
Conga tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conga misses with a punch to the body.
Li misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Li - that landed with a thud.
Li scores with a shoulder strike.
Check Conga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right from Li.
Li tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conga's elbow.
Li misses with some punches.
Li has a couple of punches blocked by Conga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li working aggressively here.
Li makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Li scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Li.
Li scores with a shoulder strike.

Conga is rocked!
Conga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conga is still on wobbly legs! Can Li finish him?
A short right from Li on the inside.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Li.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Conga.
Conga struggles to land a body shot inside as Li controls his hands.
Conga misses with the head strike.
Li lands with a short shot to the head.
Li lands a nice uppercut.
Conga misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Conga fails to land.
Li tries a body shot but Conga blocks it.
Conga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conga tries to throw a body punch but Li avoids it by throwing Conga back against the cage.
Conga throws a head punch that misses.
Li tries to throw a body punch but Conga avoids it by throwing Li back against the cage.
Conga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Conga.

Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Conga throws a series of punches but Li moves out of range.
Li checks the leg kick nicely there.
Conga seems to have recovered his senses.
Li throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zou Li showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Li has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Zou Li!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Zou Li!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Zou Li!

Zou Li wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath and clearly excited Zou Li thanked Sportivité for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).