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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Mcdonald (ranked 25102 p4p, 4604 weight class) and Chengji Li (ranked 518 p4p, 475 weight class). Chengji Li has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Timothy Mcdonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chengji Li!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdonald scores with a takedown into Li's guard.
Li pulls Mcdonald in close to his closed guard and prevents Mcdonald from doing any damage or advancing position.
Li manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mcdonald manages to get himself to full guard.
Li content to stall in guard here.
Li stands up over Mcdonald, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li preventing the sweep.
Li lands a couple of elbows.
Li postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mcdonald wants to sweep but no luck.
Li scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Li distracts Mcdonald with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Li scoring with punches to the head and body.
Li is stalling in the full guard.
Li makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mcdonald might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Li controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mcdonald throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Li works over Mcdonald with some ground and pound from guard.
Mcdonald on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mcdonald tries to get out of the position.
Li sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li is working Mcdonald over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mcdonald is breathing heavily.
Li with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Li scoring with punches to the head and body.
Li controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Li landing with the ground and pound.
Li postures up and lands a big shot to Mcdonald's brow.
Li working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mcdonald's head.
Li cracks Mcdonald with a solid left hand.
Li cracks Mcdonald with a solid left hand.
Li postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Li has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Li sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Li advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Li slips a nice elbow through Mcdonald's hands, connecting with Mcdonald's forehead.
Li sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Li working Mcdonald over with strikes.
Still in half guard, Li seems content to control.
Li looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mcdonald with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Li is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight� I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza� Yum. Can't wait.
Li's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
More stalling from Li.
Li is nestled in close to Mcdonald, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Li scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Still in half guard, Li seems content to control.
Li lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chengji 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.
Li drives through and clinches with Mcdonald against the cage.
Li has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Li pulls guard.
Li is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Li lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mcdonald is trying to get back to full guard.
Li scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Li working the head and body with strikes.
Li working the head and body with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li lands with a punch from half guard.
Mcdonald has hold of Li's hands but Li slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Li there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mcdonald is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Li scores with a couple of nice shots.
Li keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li working over Mcdonald with some ground and pound. Mcdonald looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Li controlling the pace.
Mcdonald on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Li looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Li is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Mcdonald!
Li lands a big shot there that rocks Mcdonald but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Li with the ground and pound from mount.
Li landing strikes from the mount.
Li putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Li scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Li sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mcdonald taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Li with good strikes from the mount here!
Li breaks from Mcdonald's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Li looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Li cracks Mcdonald with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Li lands a big elbow.
Li controlling from mount.
Li lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mcdonald hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Chengji Li has got the better of the ground game so far.
Li with the ground and pound from mount.
Li working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Li connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Li raining down shots from the mount!
Li controlling the position easily from mount.
Li with the ground and pound from mount.
Li raining down hammerfists from mount.
Li scoring with strikes but Mcdonald is staying in there.
Mcdonald is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Mcdonald covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chengji Li!
An out of breath Chengji Li thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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