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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Engine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belal Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Engine's entrance music is Crazy train. A fine choice. Li has chosen Fearless as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Belal Li is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 cm
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200 lbs
3 - 7 - 0 |
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195 cm
24
188 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Engine! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Belal Li! The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Li lands a head kick!
Li has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Engine is landing a low percentage of strikes. Li closes the distance and pushes Engine back into the cage. Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Engine won't want to take too many of those. Li prevents a body shot from Engine. Li keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Engine's efforts to push away. Engine is trying to pull guard but Li has him pressed against the cage. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Come on Li - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Engine avoids it. Engine wants to get back to striking at distance but Li won't allow it.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Engine won't want to take too many of those. Li unloads a knee to the mid-section. Engine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Engine is breathing heavily. Engine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Li scores a nice knee to the body.
Li effectively controlling the action here. Engine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round. Li stalls. Li working Engine over with knees to the body. Li connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Engine goes down! Li jumps into full mount looking to finish!
Engine is rocked!
It looks like Thomas Engine has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Li controlling from the full mount. Oh Engine is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
OK we're going to have a standup here. Belal Li hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Crunch! Li slams his shin into Engine's torso. Li lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Belal Li! During a confident post fight interview, Belal Li thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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