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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brack Li (ranked 4437 p4p, 4288 weight class) and Loquacious Smiff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brack Li has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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191 cm 24 155 1 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm 24 162 1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Decent elbows Good chin |
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Good takedowns Basic striking Experienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brack Li! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Loquacious Smiff! The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Smiff shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Li's guard. Smiff distracts Li with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Li avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Smiff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Li is keeping the position for now. Smiff is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Smiff trying to control but Li is working from the bottom. Li will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Li is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Li is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Smiff passes Li's left leg - he's now in half guard. Li trying to control here.
Li has his hands clasped together around Smiff's back. He's all about the action.
That's one minute gone in the round. Li has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. Smiff passes into side control, despite Li's attempt to control the position.
The referee asks Smiff politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Smiff prefers to stall for the moment though. Smiff working away. Li taking punishment in the form of punches.
Smiff tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Smiff trying to control the position but Li is working away. Smiff taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Li is looking for a sweep. Smiff tries for a kimura but Li is defending well. You can see the frustration on Li's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Li is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control. Li knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smiff on the ground. Smiff cracks Li with an elbow. That is naaassty. Li is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Li can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Smiff wants to lay and pray for a moment but Li keeps working. Smiff advances nicely into full mount. Smiff tries to control but Li wriggling away. Li is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Smiff landing strikes from the mount. Li controls the position. Li wants to control but Smiff is having none of it. Smiff is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Li has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Li looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight. Smiff tries to control but Li wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Smiff punching from mount but Li doing a good job of avoiding damage. Smiff throws some wild stikes that Li manages to avoid easily.
Smiff content just to control the position here. Li tries to hold on but Smiff postures up. Smiff unloading with bombs! Li tries to hold on but Smiff pushes him away. Smiff is working for a guillotine from mount but Li frees his head quite easily.
Smiff scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Li is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Smiff tries to push Li's head away but Li is holding on tight. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Loquacious Smiff 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 clinches. Li misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Li gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Li misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smiff blocks a body shot from Li. Smiff prevents a body shot from Li. Li really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Smiff is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Li to keep the fight standing. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Smiff prevents a body shot from Li. Li misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smiff takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Loquacious Smiff has been cut. Li doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Li lands a damaging elbow. Li can't find room to land a body shot as Smiff controls the action.
Smiff is working for takedown but Li is calmly controlling the position for now. Smiff blocks a body shot from Li. Li lands an elbow inside that Smiff shrugs off. Li lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Loquacious Smiff's cut even more. Smiff avoids a wild elbow strike from Li. Li doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smiff is looking to take this one to the mat. Brack Li has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Loquacious Smiff. Smiff blocks a body shot from Li. Smiff has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Smiff jumps into guard, dragging Li to the mat.
Li's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Li content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Smiff has locked up a guillotine! Smiff's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Li is holding on here and Smiff must be using up a lot of energy. Li has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Smiff gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Loquacious Smiff!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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