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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wu Li (ranked 4482 p4p, 5703 weight class) and Tataio Suega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wu Li has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wu Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tataio Suega!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Li crunches a lovely knee into Suega's ribcage.
Li lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Li.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Suega gets through Li's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Suega blocks with his arms.
Suega scores with a hook to the body.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Suega trying to stall but Li improves his position.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suega.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suega is looking to control Li's arms but Li gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suega has his back to the cage.
Suega just leaning against Li, taking a breather.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suega's face.
It looks like Tataio Suega has been cut.
Suega takes a knee to the side of the body.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Suega is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Suega fails to land.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Suega blocks with his arms.
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suega tries a body shot but Li blocks it.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Suega stalling against the cage.
Suega misses with a body punch.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Suega lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Li is breathing heavily.
Suega lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Suega is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Li is keeping busy.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suega blocks it with crossed arms.
Suega lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suega.
Suega lands a body punch in the clinch.
Suega lands an uppercut.
Suega looking to slow down the pace here.
Suega works on Li's body with a couple of short punches.
Li blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Suega.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Suega lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Suega.
Suega swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suega is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Suega is looking to control Li's arms but Li gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suega has his back to the cage.
Suega working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Li misses with a knee strike.
Suega throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Suega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Suega is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Suega - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tataio Suega.
Suega gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Suega lands with a right to the head.
Suega stalls.
Suega lands a right hand that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Suega - that landed with a thud.
Suega makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suega lands with a left to the head.
Suega lands a shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Li as Suega tries to tie him up.
Suega lands a body shot in the clinch.
Suega is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Suega lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Suega.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Li as Suega tries to tie him up.
Suega stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suega is looking to control Li's arms but Li gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suega has his back to the cage.
Suega scores with a shoulder strike.
Suega scores with a hook to the body.
Li prevents a body shot from Suega.
Suega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Li misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Suega.
Suega is trying to maintain a safe position but Li gets an underhook and turns Suega into the cage.
Suega is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've been informed that Suega has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Suega throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Suega tries to stall but Li uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Li letting Suega take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tataio Suega.
Li slips under a jab from Suega.
Suega moves into range and clinches up with Li.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tataio Suega dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tataio Suega's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Suega checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Li avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Suega tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Suega.
Suega avoids a kick to the body.
Li has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suega misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Suega tries to stall but Li uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suega blocks it with crossed arms.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suega has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suega working aggressively here.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Suega lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suega blocks it with crossed arms.
Suega misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Suega lands a body punch.
Li tries a knee to the head but Suega blocks it.
Suega taking a breather.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Suega presses Li against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Suega.
Tataio Suega seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Suega trying to control the position but instead, Li has worked for underhooks and has pushed Suega into the cage.
Li tries a knee to the head but Suega blocks it.
Suega tries to stall but Li uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Suega lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Suega lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Suega trying to control the position but instead, Li has worked for underhooks and has pushed Suega into the cage.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Suega is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Li is keeping busy.
Suega is looking to control Li's arms but Li gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suega has his back to the cage.
A right hand to the body from Suega.
Suega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Suega.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Suega scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Suega lands a nice uppercut.
Suega tries to work over Li's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Suega presses Li against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Suega scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suega lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li prevents a body shot from Suega.
Suega lands a hook that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Suega looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, Suega scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suega misses with a body punch.
Suega wants to stall.
Suega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Suega misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suega holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Suega slows down the pace here.
Suega continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A left hand lands to the body for Suega.
Suega is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Suega fails to land.
Suega works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Suega wants to stall.
Suega tries to stall but Li uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tataio Suega.
Li moves out of range as Suega strikes.
Li throws a leg kick but Suega sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Li uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Suega.
Suega lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Suega moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li prevents a body shot from Suega.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Suega blocks with his arms.
Suega avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Suega lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Suega is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Suega struggles to land a body shot inside as Li controls his hands.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suega avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Suega pushes Li back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suega avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Suega.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suega blocks it with crossed arms.
Suega taking a breather.
Suega presses Li against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tataio Suega showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tataio Suega's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Suega scores with a jab to the head.
Wu Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Suega wants to stall.
Suega lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees to the body from Li.
Li connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suega's face.
Suega is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Suega scores with a nice hook to the head.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suega avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li prevents a body shot from Suega.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee is keeping an eye on Suega - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Suega throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suega.
Suega lands with a light punch inside.
Suega lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Suega is trying to maintain a safe position but Li gets an underhook and turns Suega into the cage.
Suega has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Suega lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Suega digs a right hand into Li's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Li's gas tank.
Li's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Suega is looking to control Li's arms but Li gets an underhook and turns him. Now Suega has his back to the cage.
Suega lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Suega doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suega taking a breather.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suega has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suega softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Suega stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Suega scores with a nice hook to the head.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suega is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suega misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suega looking to slow down the pace here.
Suega is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Suega can't find room to land a body shot as Li controls the action.
Li tries a knee to the head but Suega blocks it.
Li tries a knee to the head but Suega blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Suega scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suega lands a hook that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Suega lands an uppercut.
Suega lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Li.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Suega.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suega blocks it with crossed arms.
Suega lands a nice uppercut.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Suega.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suega looking to slow down the pace here.
Li blocking some punches.
Suega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Suega looking to stall.
Suega lands with a light punch inside.
Suega blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suega makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suega managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Suega misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suega lands a shoulder strike.
Suega tries to stall but Li uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Suega managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Suega creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Suega is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Suega looking to slow down the pace here.
Suega is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tataio Suega.
Suega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tataio Suega is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Li staying out of range there.
Suega lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Li circles away quickly and effectively.
Suega looks to throw the jab but Li is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Suega checks a low kick from Li.
Li keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suega.
Suega avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wu Li has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suega keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tataio Suega comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Suega has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tataio Suega!
A less than humble Tataio Suega misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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