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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xiao Long Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li's entrance music is Dragon Punch!. A fine choice. Xiao Long Li could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jose Sanchez's chin.
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xiao Long Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez counters with an inside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Li scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Li at a distance.
Li tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Li throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Li throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a swing at Li's ribcage but misses.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Li moved out of range nicely.
Li cracks Sanchez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Li lands a high kick!
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
Li walks into a jab.
Li displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Li pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Li chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
A good leg kick by Li.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanchez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Li throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a one two combo.
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!
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Li takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Li moves away.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Li.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Li misses with a body kick.
Li throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez misses with a double jab
and Li counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Sanchez slams his shin into Li's torso.
Li jabs at Sanchez's body.
Li swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sanchez.
Li avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Sanchez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Li doesn't seem phased though.
An inside leg kick from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez tests Li's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Li works over Sanchez's head and body with a nice combination.
Li connects with a looping right hand.
Li lands with a shot to the body.
Li gets a double leg takedown into Sanchez's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Li wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Li missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez has control of Li's left arm, preventing Li from doing any damage.
Li has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Li trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Li prevents Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
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 Xiao Long Li will probably get the nod.
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.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Li with a series of wild strikes but Li uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Li at a distance.
Xiao Long Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Li.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Jose Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Li avoids a punch combination nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Li's sensitive parts.
Li thumps Sanchez with a low kick.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Li sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Li throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Li misses with a looping right.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Li 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Li lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez connects with a body shot that sends Li's belly button to the back.
Li comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanchez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Li throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Li has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Li and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Li counters with a leg kick.
Li checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanchez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Li moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jose Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Li throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.
Li is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Li tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Li.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Li scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Li. Li obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab from Li misses.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Li wants to clinch.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Li moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanchez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Li looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Li has taken the fight into the clinch.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanchez wants to break free but Li has control.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Li has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez works on Li's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Li has the dominant position.
Li misses with the head strike.
Li comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Li is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Li.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Li tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Xiao Long Li will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Li takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sanchez.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Li has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Li and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Li's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Li scrambles back to his feet.
Jose Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Li avoids a punch combination nicely.
Li throws a leg kick
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Li moves into range and connects with a jab.
Li is looking to slow Sanchez down with leg kicks.
Li throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li looks to throw a body kick
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Li throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
A left and a right from Sanchez both land. Nice combination.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li.
Li connects with an inside leg kick.
Li rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Li keeps him there for the moment.
Li keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Li tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Li back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sanchez - that landed with a thud.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Li has double underhooks.
Li takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li with a knee to the head.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Li has the dominant position.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Li won't allow it.
Li lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Li is controlling him.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Li has him pressed against the cage.
Li lands with a short shot to the head.
Li misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Li as Sanchez tries to tie him up.
Li works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short uppercut from Li.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Li is controlling the position.
Li scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Li walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sanchez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Li works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Li.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Li fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanchez slips a jab from Li.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Li misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Li shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Li showed some decent athleticism there.
Sanchez is controlling Li's trapped leg to prevent Li from advancing to side control.
Li looks to land a strike but Sanchez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sanchez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Li. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li passes easily into side control. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez dodges the ground and pound from Li.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Jose Sanchez just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sanchez misses the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Li.
Li checks the leg kick nicely there.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanchez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Li moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanchez to score with a decent uppercut.
Sanchez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Nice shot by Li.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li scores with a nice head shot.
Li doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez throws a body kick that misses.
Li lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanchez slips a jab from Li.
Sanchez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Li dips to his left and cracks Sanchez with an uppercut!
Li fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez.
Li will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sanchez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Li gets a clinch.
Li blocking some punches.
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Li is keeping busy.
Li misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Li closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Li checks a leg kick.
Li lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li scores with a jab to the jaw.
Li misses with a low kick.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Li counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sanchez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Li with a flurry of punches that miss.
Li lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Li is working Sanchez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Li throwing strikes from guard but Sanchez blocks nicely.
Li is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Li is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Li tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xiao Long Li had his way with Jose Sanchez in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sanchez wants to slow Li down by chopping away at his legs.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Li tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Li moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Li is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Li working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Li won't allow it.
Li is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanchez checks a low kick from Li.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Li misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Li saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Li counters with a low kick, right behind Sanchez 's knee.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Li swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Li moves away.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Li.
Li digs a good hook to Sanchez's body.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
A slow jab from Li misses its intended target.
Li slips under a jab.
Li throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Li moves into the clinch.
Li is trying to stall.
Li keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Li stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Li misses with a wild combination.
Li lands a right hook to the body.
Li lands with a nice body kick.
Sanchez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Li dives in and scores a takedown into Sanchez's guard.
Li trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Li forces his way into half guard.
Li not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sanchez trying to control but Li postures up.
Xiao Long Li overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Li throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Li thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Li is on him like a limpet, forcing Sanchez back against the cage.
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!
Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xiao Long Li showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Li 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Xiao Long Li!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Xiao Long Li!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Xiao Long Li!
Xiao Long Li wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Xiao Long Li thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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