PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shang Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shang Li is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Honda
vs
Li

193 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shang Li!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Li swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Honda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Li manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Honda swings away with a body shot that misses
and Li counters with a two punch combo.

Honda instigates a clinch.
Honda pushes Li back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Honda keeps control of Li as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Li working hard to break the clinch.
Li tries to circle away but Honda has him pinned against the cage.
Li's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Honda could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Honda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Li or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
Li is trying to break free.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Honda presses Li against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is trying to push Honda away but Honda has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Honda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Honda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Honda.
Li is looking to break free of the clinch but Honda has double underhooks.
Li misses with a hook to the ribs.
Honda scores with a shoulder strike.
Honda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Honda lands a body punch.
Honda has Li pressed against the cage.
Li working aggressively here.
The referee calls for Honda to work.
Honda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Honda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Li.
Li looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honda gets through Li's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honda is trying to break the clinch but Li is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with some punches.
Honda lands a body shot.
Honda has Li pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Honda for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Honda works on Li's body with a couple of short punches.

Honda manages to break the clinch.
Honda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Li manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Honda just misses with a punch to the body.
Li throws a leg kick that misses.

Honda takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Honda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Li tries to break the clinch but Honda is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Honda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Li takes a shot to the head.
Honda lands an uppercut.
Li working hard to break the clinch.
Li misses with some punches.
Li wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Honda has him pressed against the cage.
Honda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Honda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Honda lands a body punch.
Honda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Li or not.
Honda lands a left hand that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Honda scores with a shot to the side of Li's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honda avoiding damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Honda.
A short right from Honda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda works on Li's body with a couple of short punches.
Honda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Honda.
A body shot lands from Honda.
Honda is leaning against Li and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Li letting Honda take a breather here.
Honda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Li throws a punch but it's blocked by Honda.
Honda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Honda lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Honda.
The referee calls for Honda to work.
Honda is looking to break free of the clinch but Li has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Honda gets through Li's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Li is rocked!
Honda creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Li's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Li drops to his knees and Honda pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Honda!