PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jie Liu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amadeus Astra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astra is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Once in a Lifetime. Jie Liu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Amadeus Astra's chin.

Liu
vs
Astra

173 cm
23
162 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

175 cm
32
162 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jie Liu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amadeus Astra!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Liu misses with a leg kick.
Jie Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick there by Liu.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Astra!
Liu throws a low kick, looking for Astra's leg but Astra calmly moves out of range.
Liu tries to land a front kick but Astra steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Astra connects with a body shot that sends Liu's belly button to the back.
Liu lands a jab to the head.
Astra swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Liu clinches up against the cage.

Liu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Liu lands.
Astra throws a hook but Liu avoids it easily.
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!
Liu misses with a body shot.
Astra looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Astra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liu throws a low kick, looking for Astra's leg but Astra calmly moves out of range.
Liu connects with an inside leg kick.
Liu misses the shot to the body.
Astra blocks a head kick by Liu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liu.
The fight stays on the outside here - Astra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Astra throws a one two combo.
Astra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Astra is defended easily by Liu.
Liu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Astra rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Liu counters by moving into the clinch.
Astra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liu's defenses.
Astra misses with a punch on the inside.
Liu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Astra or not.
Liu swings wildly with an uppercut but Astra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Liu misses with some punches.
Astra blocks a body shot from Liu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Astra fails to land.
Liu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Astra.
A hook to the body from Astra.
Astra lands a right hand.
Liu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liu struggles to land a body shot inside as Astra controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astra.
Nice elbow from Astra.
Astra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Astra trying to stall but Liu improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Astra.
Liu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Astra tries to work over Liu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Liu avoids the elbow strike from Astra, against the cage.
Liu digs a right hand underneath Astra's ribcage. Astra let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra misses with a punch on the inside.
Liu is looking to break free of the clinch but Astra has double underhooks.
Astra struggles to land a body shot inside as Liu controls his hands.
Astra throws an elbow that misses.
Astra lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astra.
Liu pressing his opponent against the cage.
Liu stalling in the clinch but Astra improves position.
Liu seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Astra is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Astra.
Liu struggles to land a body shot inside as Astra controls his hands.
Liu lands a hook that snaps the head of Astra backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astra.
Astra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lius head.
Liu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Astra backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astra wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liu has him pressed against the cage.
Liu blocks an elbow strike from Astra.
Astra misses with an elbow over the top.
Astra working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astra lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Liu backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Liu fails to land.
Liu lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Astra throws an elbow but misses.
Astra prevents a body shot from Liu.
Astra tries a body shot but Liu blocks it.
A short right from Astra on the inside.
Liu misses with some punches.
Astra trying to stall but Liu improves his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Astra misses with the head strike.
Liu throws a punch but it's blocked by Astra.
Liu struggles to land a body shot inside as Astra controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astra.
Astra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jie Liu will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Astra.
Astra takes a kick to the side of the head.
Astra looks to land a combination but Liu avoids it well.
Astra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liu manages to avoid it.
Astra throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Amadeus Astra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Liu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Astra moves out of range as Liu strikes.
Astra looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Liu is fending him off so far but Astra persists. Nope, Liu circles away and we're back to standing.
Astra misses the shot to the body.

Astra is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Liu's half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Astra scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Liu tries to get to full guard but Astra has control of the leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Liu is looking to control Astra's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Liu avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Astra thows a huge punch but Liu dodges it nicely.
Astra wants to control but Liu is keeping him busy.
Liu tries to roll over but Astra keeps him under control.
Astra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Astra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Liu wants to improve his position but Astra is controlling well.
Liu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Astra.

Liu looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Astra landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Astra trying to control the action but Liu is working from the bottom.
Astra looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Liu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Liu moves into full guard.
Astra wants to pass the guard but Liu is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Astra throws a strike but Liu rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu is looking to stand up but Astra won't let him.
Liu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Astra is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Astra isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Liu stacks Astra on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Liu!
Astra seems a little lost for a moment, as Liu dominates the positioning.
Astra tries to improve position but can't.
Astra stops Liu from passing to mount.
Liu is trying to ground and pound but Astra uses the momentary lack of control by Liu to regain half guard.
Liu tries to pass the half guard into mount. Astra knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Astra is looking to control Liu's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Astra avoid being mounted?
Astra tries to get to full guard but Liu has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astra trying to control from the bottom.
Astra makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Astra.
Liu slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Astra struggling a bit here.
Astra prevents Liu from improving position.
Liu in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liu working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Amadeus Astra will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Astra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Liu.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Liu tries to land a front kick but Astra steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Astra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liu loads up on a big right hand but Astra slips the punch.
Astra throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Liu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Liu.
Astra lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Liu backs up against the cage.
Liu scoring well with a low kick there.
Astra misses with a double jab.
Astra takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Liu looks to land a left hand but Astra moved out of range nicely.
Astra tries to clinch up but Liu circles away and keeps his distance.
Astra shoots in for a double leg but Liu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Astra defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Astra checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Astra gets a double leg takedown into Liu's guard.
Astra scoring with punches to the head and body.
Liu trying to control the position.
Astra wants to control from the top but Liu keeps moving.

Liu is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Astra preventing the sweep.
Liu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Astra not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Liu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Astra is one step ahead there.
Amadeus Astra has got the better of the ground game so far.

Liu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Astra defends it easily.
Liu working a defensive guard here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu keeping moving, preventing Astra from controlling successfully.
Liu 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu is working hard here to advance position.
Liu will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Astra working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Liu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Astra's guard.
Liu trying to control but Astra is working from the bottom.

Astra escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Liu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Liu stopping the sweep attempt from Astra.
Astra looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu throwing strikes from guard but Astra blocks nicely.
Astra controls Liu momentarily but Liu frees himself.
Liu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Astra manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Liu is wriggling around trying to escape.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Jie Liu did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Liu lands a front kick.
Astra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Astra checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Liu lands a leg kick that knocks Astra off balance momentarily.
Astra listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Astra shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Astra showed some decent athleticism there.
Astra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Astra is nestled in close to Liu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Liu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Astra connects with a nice short shot to Liu's temple.
Liu is looking for a sweep. Astra is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Astra not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu wants to improve his position but Astra is controlling well.
Ground and pound from Astra.
Nice strikes from Astra there.
Astra scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Liu tries to roll over but Astra keeps him under control.
Astra trying to control from half guard but Liu is working away.
Liu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Astra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra working Liu over with strikes.
Liu is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Astra's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Astra's back!
Liu doesn't have the hooks in and Astra manages to turn into his guard.
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!
Astra wants to control from the top but Liu keeps moving.
Astra pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liu is keeping the position for now.
Astra stopping the sweep attempt from Liu.
Liu is trying to control the position but Astra postures up.
Liu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Astra controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Astra wants to control from the top but Liu keeps moving.
Liu trying to control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Liu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Astra fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Liu throws a body punch but Astra moves out of range.
Astra fails with a takedown attempt.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu lands with a nice body kick.
Liu throws a right and a left that Astra avoids nicely.
Astra looks to score with a jab to the body but Liu is just out of range.
Liu throws a chopping leg kick but Astra manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Horrible takedown by Astra or perhaps it was just good defense by Liu which made him look bad.
Jie Liu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amadeus Astra.
Liu walks into a straight right hand from Astra.

Liu closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Liu is thwarting Astra's attempts to control the position.
Astra is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Liu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Astra slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amadeus Astra dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Liu tries to work over Astra's front leg with a kick but Astra checks it.
Astra takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Liu clinches up with Astra and pushes him back against the cage.
Astra digs a right hand underneath Liu's ribcage. Liu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Liu looking to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Liu.
Astra's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Astra misses with a punch to the body.
Liu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liu throws a punch but it's blocked by Astra.
Astra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Astra manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Astra is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Liu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Liu trying to control but Astra is working from the bottom.
Liu preventing the sweep.
Liu landing with the ground and pound.
Liu passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Astra being controlled for a moment.
Liu is putting a hurting on Astra here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra struggling a bit here.
Astra manages to work his way to half guard, despite Liu's best efforts.
Astra manages to get to full guard.
Astra avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Astra keeping moving, preventing Liu from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liu tries to free his leg and advance position but Astra is retaining full guard.
Liu lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Liu manages to get himself to full guard.
Astra tries to free his leg and advance position but Liu is retaining full guard.
Liu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Astra makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Astra postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Astra accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Liu working for a triangle but Astra defends it easily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Astra lands a couple of elbows.
Astra trying to control the position from guard on top but Liu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astra pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liu is keeping the position for now.

Liu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Astra looking to sit in guard and control but Liu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Astra keeping moving, preventing Liu from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liu advances position into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liu wants to control but Astra is keeping him busy.
Liu misses with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jie Liu.
I think Liu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 48:47
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jie Liu!
Jie Liu retains his lightweight title!