PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yonglong Li (ranked 2706 p4p, 321 weight class) and Maxwell House (ranked 3079 p4p, 351 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Li
vs
House

183 cm
36
176 lbs
23 - 13 - 2

178 cm
32
180 lbs
23 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Yonglong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxwell House!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House misses with a body shot.
House throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but House moves away.
Li dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Li blocks the body kick.
Li throws a counter high kick but House was just alert enough to avoid it.
Li just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Li throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Li throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A clash of legs there as Li blocks the low kick.
Li swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Maxwell House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House slips under a jab from Li.
House is trying to counter with his kicks.
Li slips a jab from House.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Li. That did some damage!
House takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Li misses.
Li lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Li pulls out of a head kick attempt.
House keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Li.
It seemed like House was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Li misses.
Crunch! House slams his shin into Li's torso.
House misses with a head kick.
Li has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
House misses with a kick to the body
and Li counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a jab.
Li missing with a left hand there. House was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Li uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from House.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by House as he checks the leg kick.
House fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Li fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Li throws a head kick that misses.
House throws a jab when Li was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. House darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
House throws a leg kick that is checked
and Li counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li moves out of range of the body kick.
House throws a poor cross that misses
letting Li counter with a right hand.
House takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from House.
Li misses with an uppercut. House saw that one coming.
It seemed like House was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Li shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
House misses with the combination.
Li lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House throws a half hearted mid kick.
Li does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A swing and a miss from House.
House uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
House throws an off balance right hand
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
House tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from House.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li tries a head kick but it misses.
House lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Li takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Li scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yonglong Li dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

House throws a leg kick which misses Li's front leg but catches the back leg as Li tries to avoid it.
Li lands a nice looking body shot.
House chopping away at his opponent's legs.
House misses with a low kick.
House lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Li does it's job there.
Li lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but House might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Li has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Li is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Li doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
House scores with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House throws a leg kick
and Li counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
House throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Li stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
House throws a jab when Li was well out of range.
Li swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
House misses with a body shot.
Li swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and House counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Yonglong Li has been cut.
House ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Li cracks a nice hook into House's ribs.
Li slips under a jab.
Li throws an uppercut from half a mile away. House sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from House misses
and Li counters with a lovely straight right hand!
House throws the kick towards the body but Li avoids it.
Li looks to throw the jab but House is out of range.
House swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
House throws a jab when Li was well out of range.
It looked like Li wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by House.
House tries a quick counter leg kick but Li is wise to it.
House swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Good shot there by Li.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Li misses.
House with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Li throws a jab when House was well out of range.
House defending well as Li loads up on a big left hand.
House connects with a high kick.
Li connects with a leg kick. House looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Li takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Li closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A head kick by Li misses
letting House counter with a right hand.

Li is rocked!
Li misses with an uppercut
and House counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Li thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li throws an overhand right that lands on House's shoulder, as House tries to avoid the shot.
House replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Li blocks it well.
House misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
House misses with a hook.
House looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by House.
Oh Li is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
House throws the left hand but Li avoids the punch easily.
Li seems to have got his legs back now.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from House.
Li takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxwell House showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yonglong Li's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

The fighters circling - Li throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Li wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Li works House's body with a nice hook.
Li scores with a body shot.
Li lands a nice leg kick that just misses House's sensitive parts.
House misses with the body kick
and Li connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
House keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
House misses with a low kick as Li jumps back.
Li misses with a lunging right hand
and House counters with a two punch combo.
House slips under a jab from Li.
House appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House lands a jab to the head.
Li lands with a good body shot.
House chopping away at his opponent's legs.
House swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
House pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
House chopping away at his opponent's legs.
House with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
House throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A lazy body kick from House
and Li counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by House.
House is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Li with a body shot.
House's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Li connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! House scrambles back to his feet.
Yonglong Li is winning the standup battle so far.
House misses with a left hand
and House takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

House is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
House is still on wobbly legs! Can Li finish him?
House takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Li avoids the head kick by House.
House seems to have recovered his senses.
House throws a hook but Li blocks it.
Li was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
House throws a body kick that misses
and Li counters with a big right hand! Oh House is in trouble here! Li follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yonglong Li!
Yonglong Li decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.