PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Sausagestrong (ranked 2358 p4p, 3751 weight class) and Xi Li (ranked 309 p4p, 464 weight class). Li has chosen HYFR by Drake featuring Lil Wayne as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sausagestrong
vs
Li

190 cm
21
215
5 - 1 - 0

197 cm
27
190
8 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Sausagestrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xi Li!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Li gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sausagestrong lands a shot to the body.
Li lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Sausagestrong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sausagestrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been hearing reports that Sausagestrong has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Li tries a body shot but Sausagestrong blocks it.
Sausagestrong pushes Li back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Li looks winded!
Li tries to work over Sausagestrong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sausagestrong tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Sausagestrong turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sausagestrong manages to end up in side control.
Li is looking for a sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sausagestrong lands some shots froms side control.
Sausagestrong landing a few strikes.
Sausagestrong cracks Li with a big right hand but Li just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sausagestrong cracks Li with a big elbow.
Sausagestrong is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sausagestrong connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Li some visible discomfort.

Li is rocked!
Sausagestrong lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Li! Sausagestrong senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Li out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tommy Sausagestrong!
A very excited looking Tommy Sausagestrong made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Xi Li spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm young , I'll be back. '.