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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jun Li (ranked 2919 p4p, 2918 weight class) and Viggo Oglislav (ranked 346 p4p, 345 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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186 cm 25 205 5 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm 25 213 3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Counter fighter Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Decent boxing Determined |
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jun Li! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viggo Oglislav! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Li closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Li lands in his opponent's guard. Li loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Oglislav is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Li wants to pass the guard but Oglislav is keeping the position. Li scoring with some ground and pound. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Li landing some decent shots from guard. Oglislav utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Oglislav avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Li throws a big right hand that misses. Oglislav being controlled here, momentarily. Li connects with a couple of short punches. Li stands up over Oglislav, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Oglislav wants to sweep here but Li controlling him for the moment. Li stays in close to Oglislav's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Li with a nice head shot there. Oglislav is trying to control the position but Li postures up. Li postures up in Oglislav's guard and throws a big left but Oglislav blocks it. Li controls from within his opponent's guard. Li tries to free his leg and advance position but Oglislav is retaining full guard. Li is working Oglislav over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Li sitting in guard, not really doing much. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Li chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Li postures up.
Li working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Li chips away with some ground and pound. Li is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Li seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. Li has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Li is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Li passes easily into side control. Nice work. The referee asks Li politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Li prefers to stall for the moment though. Li's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Li in side control lands a decent elbow. Li controls the position. Li is working Oglislav over with some ground and pound from side control. Li controlling the position from side mount. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Li lands a decent elbow from side control. Oglislav taking a bit of punishment here - Li scoring with strikes. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Oglislav is looking to reverse the position. Li working the ground and pound. Li is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Oglislav will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jun Li dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Oglislav throws an off balance right hand
and Li counters with a takedown into side control. Oglislav is looking for a sweep. Li is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oglislav can do to turn this around? Oglislav is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Li is working Oglislav over with some ground and pound from side control. Li is looking to take a break and control but Oglislav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Oglislav taking a bit of punishment here - Li scoring with strikes. Li working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Oglislav is not content to let Li control the position. The referee asks Li politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Li prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's one minute gone in the round. Li lands a few punches from side control. Li lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Oglislav down.
Li taking a breather here. Li has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. Li in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Li lands an elbow. Oglislav is being controlled here. Li scoring with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Oglislav is looking to regain half guard here but Li keeps moving and retains side control. Li landing strikes. Li in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
It looks like Viggo Oglislav has been cut. Jun Li overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Oglislav takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Li scoring with punches and elbows. Li landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. 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! Oglislav trying to remain calm as Li controls from the top position. Li scores with punches from side control. Li content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. Li connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Oglislav some visible discomfort.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Oglislav takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Li is chipping away with strikes.
Li scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oglislav is rocked! Li working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Oglislav is still in real trouble! Can Li finish him?
That has opened up Viggo Oglislav's cut even more. Li cracks Oglislav with a big elbow. A big shot lands for Li! That's hurt Oglislav! Will he recover? Li fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jun Li!
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