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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xi Li (ranked 2842 p4p, 3502 weight class) and Ragnar Ragnarsson (ranked 357 p4p, 0 weight class). Li's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, HYFR by Drake featuring Lil Wayne. Xi Li has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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20 - 11 - 0 |
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18 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xi Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ragnar Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ragnarsson.
Li staying out of range there.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch but Ragnarsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Li closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ragnarsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Li tries to clinch there but Ragnarsson circles away.
Ragnarsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ragnarsson. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ragnarsson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ragnarsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Xi Li has been cut.
Li goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li tries to clinch but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Li tries to clinch but Ragnarsson is having none of it.
Ragnarsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Li.
Li wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Li blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Li misses.
Li defending well as Ragnarsson loads up on a big left hand.
Li wants to clinch.
Li is looking to clinch but Ragnarsson is avoiding it.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
Li darts in trying to clinch
and Ragnarsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands a big right hand that sends Li crashing to the mat! Ragnarsson stays standing though and waves Li back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li throws a head kick but Ragnarsson moves out of range.
Li looks to clinch
and Ragnarsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Li is rocked!
Li throws a right hand that Ragnarsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Ragnarsson also avoids with ease.
Ragnarsson throws out a counter right but Li avoids it with no problem.
Li misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Xi Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ragnarsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Li slips a straight right by Ragnarsson.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ragnarsson moves away.
A little jabbing left from Ragnarsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ragnarsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Li.
Li wants to clinch but Ragnarsson slips to the side
and Ragnarsson scores with a counter punch that sends Li to the canvas! Ragnarsson smells blood - he's punishing Li with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Li has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ragnar Ragnarsson!
Xi Li spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm young , I'll be back. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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