PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Grammur Natzee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ritchie Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natzee comes to the cage accompanied by Marillion - Garden Party. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Natzee
vs
Li

162 cm
22
149 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

185 cm
22
145 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grammur Natzee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ritchie Li!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natzee jabs Li to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Natzee misses with a hook
and Li counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Grammur Natzee has been cut.
Li throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li tries a head kick but it misses.
Natzee scores with a decent looking hook.
Li takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Natzee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Natzee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Natzee throws a series of punches but Li moves out of range.
Li is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Natzee throws a poor cross that misses
and Li counters with an inside leg kick.
Li uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Natzee.
Natzee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee misses the body punch

and Li counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Li tries a knee to the head but Natzee blocks it.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
Li crunches a lovely knee into Natzee's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Li.
Natzee is trying to force a seperation but Li has the dominant position.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Natzee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Natzee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Natzee avoids it.
Li looks gassed!
Li landing knees to the body.
Natzee working hard to break the clinch.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Natzee blocks with his arms.
Li with a knee to the head.

Natzee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Li closes the distance but Natzee moves to the side

and Natzee counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Natzee might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Natzee is looking to work some ground and pound but Li has wrist control.
Natzee cracks Li with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li controlling the position.
Natzee controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Natzee wants to control from the top but Li keeps moving.
Li 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.
Natzee sitting in guard here, content to control.
Li avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Grammur Natzee just wasn't active enough.
Sloppy strikes from Natzee. Those never looked like landing.
Natzee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Li counters with a big head kick but Natzee shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a head kick but Natzee moves out of range.
Natzee swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Li tries to clinch up.
Natzee blocks a head kick by Li.
Li slips under a jab from Natzee.

Natzee shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Li napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Natzee is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Li will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Li defending against the ground and pound.
Li wants to control but Natzee postures up.
Li is trying to improve his position.
Natzee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natzee throws an elbow but Li slips to the side and avoids it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Li can do anything to dispel that myth.
Li is trying to get back to half guard.
Natzee scores with punches from side control.
Li is looking to reverse the position.
Natzee tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Natzee in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Li is not content to let Natzee control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Natzee postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grammur Natzee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grammur Natzee's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Natzee jabs at Li's body.
Li uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Natzee.
Natzee swings for the body but Li moves out of range.

Natzee drops Li with a left right combo! Natzee follows him down to the ground into side control.

Li is rocked!
Natzee in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Li looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Natzee turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grammur Natzee!