PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brazilian Army (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Li Chang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee Li Chang will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Army
vs
Li Chang

183 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
201 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brazilian Army!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Li Chang!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chang moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Army closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Chang quickly recovers to half guard.
Army works his way into full mount!
Army fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Army throwing strikes here but Chang is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Army working Chang over with strikes here.
Army pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Army scoring with strikes but Chang is staying in there.
Army has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chang's face.

Chang is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Army lands a big shot there that rocks Chang but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Chang is still in real trouble! Can Army finish him?
Chang looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Army lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Army dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Army.
Army lands a big elbow.
Army lands a big shot to the head and Chang winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brazilian Army!
Our winner, Brazilian Army, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.