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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ritchie Li (ranked 2429 p4p, 4053 weight class) and Alphonso Biggio (ranked 261 p4p, 352 weight class). Li comes to the cage accompanied by Till the End. Biggio comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chill Day kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ritchie Li had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ritchie Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alphonso Biggio!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li avoids the head kick by Biggio.
Biggio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Biggio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Li moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Li clinches up with Biggio and pushes him back against the cage.
Biggio misses with the head strike.
Li blocks an uppercut.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Biggio looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Biggio blocks the elbow strike.
Biggio misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Li.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Biggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Li has Biggio pressed against the cage, preventing Biggio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li landing knees to the head.
Biggio looks winded!
Li crunches a lovely knee into Biggio's ribcage.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Knees to the body from Li.
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.
Li gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Biggio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Li crunches a lovely knee into Biggio's ribcage.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Biggio won't want to take too many of those.
Li gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li working Biggio over with knees to the body.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Biggio's face.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Biggio won't want to take too many of those.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li lands a knee to the head.
Li lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Biggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li crunches a lovely knee into Biggio's ribcage.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biggio working aggressively here.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Biggio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Li.
Li comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Li obliges.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Biggio misses with some punches.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Biggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li lands an elbow just above Biggio 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Knees to the body from Li.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Li obliges.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Li.
Biggio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li landing knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ritchie Li dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Li closes the distance and clinches.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Li working Biggio over with knees to the body.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Biggio throws a punch but it's blocked by Li.
Li working Biggio over with knees to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Biggio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Li landing knees to the body.
Li with a knee to the head.
Biggio is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
A head punch on the inside from Biggio fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Biggio can do to turn this around?
Li crunches a lovely knee into Biggio's ribcage.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li with a knee to the head.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Biggio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Biggio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Biggio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Li lands a nice elbow.
Li lands an elbow inside that Biggio shrugs off.
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 landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Li landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li lands an elbow just above Biggio 's eye.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Li obliges.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Li.
Li working Biggio over with knees to the body.
Li working Biggio over with knees to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Li.
Li comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Biggio misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Biggio misses with a punch on the inside.
Li blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Biggio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Biggio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Biggio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Biggio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li with a knee to the head.
Biggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ritchie Li has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Biggio's face.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li lands an elbow just above Biggio 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggio misses with a punch on the inside.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Biggio takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch on the inside from Biggio fails to land.
Li blocking some punches.
Li creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Biggio's defenses.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Biggio misses with the head strike.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li lands a damaging elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ritchie Li dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Biggio misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Biggio misses with the head strike.
Biggio misses with some punches.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Biggio.
Li blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Biggio breaks from the clinch.
Alphonso Biggio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Biggio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Li is looking to slow Biggio down with leg kicks.
Li moves in looking to clinch but Biggio pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
Biggio takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Biggio fails to land.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Biggio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Biggio won't want to take too many of those.
Li blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Biggio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Biggio's face.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li landing knees to the head.
Biggio stalling in the clinch but Li improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Biggio.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Li missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Biggio avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
Li landing knees to the head.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Biggio blocks it with crossed arms.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Biggio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Biggio avoids it.
Biggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Li working Biggio over with knees to the body.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Biggio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggio working aggressively here.
Biggio misses with a punch on the inside.
Biggio throws a head punch that misses.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biggio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Biggio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Biggio won't want to take too many of those.
Li lands a damaging elbow.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biggio is defending well for now.
Alphonso Biggio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Li.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Biggio managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Biggio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Biggio avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ritchie Li showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Li, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ritchie Li!
During a confident post fight interview, Ritchie Li thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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