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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yonglong Li (ranked 772 p4p, 117 weight class) and James Darren (ranked 1163 p4p, 164 weight class). Darren has chosen Here's to the losers as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yonglong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Darren!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darren takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Li lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darren circles away quickly and effectively.
Li keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darren.
Darren scores with a spinning back kick!
Li misses the jab.
Li digs a good hook to Darren's body.
Darren has managed to clinch.
Li has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A right hook to the body lands for Darren.
Li digs a right hand underneath Darren's ribcage. Darren let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Darren lands an elbow that stopped Li in his tracks for a moment.
Darren lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Darren throws an elbow but misses.
Li dodges an elbow strike from Darren.
Darren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Darren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li tries a body shot but Darren blocks it.
Li keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Darren's efforts to push away.
A right hand to the body from Li.
Darren misses with a body punch.
Li lands a right hand.
Darren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li misses with a body punch.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darren backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Li takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Li manages to break the clinch.
Li on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li blocks the body kick.
Darren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Li.
Yonglong Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darren slips a jab from Li.
Darren scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Li ducks under a wild hook from Darren.
Li scores with a sloppy right hand. Darren should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Darren.
Darren looks to score with a jab to the body but Li is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Li.
Darren is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Li with a body shot.
Li swings widly with a right hand
and Darren counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li swings away with a body shot that misses
and Darren counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Darren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Li.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Li, right into the meat.
Darren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Li appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Li buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darren takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Li misses with a left hand
enabling Darren to counter with a crisp jab.
Darren lands with a nice body punch.
Li misses with a hook to the body
and Darren counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darren cracks Li with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Li is rocked!
Darren misses with a body shot
and Li counters with a good low kick that Darren was not able to check.
Oh Li is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darren dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Li. That did some damage!
Darren tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Li seems to have got his legs back now.
Li throws a right and a left that both miss.
Li throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Darren scores with a nice body kick.
Li misses with a wild combination.
Darren on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Darren 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.
Darren closes the distance and clinches.
Darren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch lands to the side of Darren 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Darren thows a leg kick but Li checks it
and Li counters with a one-two to the body.
Darren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Li.
Darren let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Li.
Li misses with a low kick.
Darren looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Li misses the body punch
and Darren counters with a good low kick that Li was not able to check.
Li tries to bum rush Darren with a series of wild strikes but Darren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Darren walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Li checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Darren takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Darren.
Li throws a lazy uppercut
and Darren counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Darren misses with a body shot.
Darren throws a poor cross that misses
and Li counters with a straight right hand.
Darren takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Darren tests Li's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darren displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Li throws out the jab.
Darren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Li takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Darren misses the jab.
Darren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darren avoids the head kick by Li.
Darren now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Darren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
Li swings widly with a right hand
and Darren counters with a nice low kick that buckles Li's knee momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Darren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li cracks Darren with a right hand to the side of the head.
Li misses with a straight right.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Darren is just out of range.
Darren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Li swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darren pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darren lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darren takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Li takes one on the button.
Li fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darren takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Darren lands with a nice body punch.
Yonglong Li is winning the standup battle so far.
Li will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body punch from Li.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Darren at a distance.
Darren uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Darren avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Darren has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li cracks Darren with a good jab.
Darren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Li wants to land a leg kick but Darren is out of range.
Darren doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Li looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Li's jab looks to have found its range, popping Darren under the eye.
Darren misses with a kick to the body.
Li feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Li throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darren counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Li scores with a head kick.
Li stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darren.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonglong Li dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Darren slips under a jab.
Darren throws a head kick but Li moves out of range.
Li is looking to chop away at Darren's legs.
It seemed like Darren was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Darren checks a low kick from Li.
Darren gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Li lands a body punch in the clinch.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Li misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darren misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Li.
Li lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darren.
Li tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Darren.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Li.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darren.
Li lands a body shot in the clinch.
Darren misses with a punch to the body.
Darren stalling.
Darren tries to throw a body punch but Li avoids it by throwing Darren back against the cage.
Darren takes a shot to the head.
Darren avoids a wild elbow strike from Li.
Darren comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Darren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Li misses with some punches.
Darren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Darren gets through Li's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darren scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Li.
Darren misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darren lands an elbow inside that Li shrugs off.
Li avoids a wild elbow strike from Darren.
Darren struggles to land a body shot inside as Li controls his hands.
Darren tries a body shot but Li blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Li's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darren misses with a body punch.
Li swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Li's brow.
Li swings wildly with an uppercut but Darren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darren misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Li throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
James Darren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Darren tries to throw a body punch but Li avoids it by throwing Darren back against the cage.
Li breaks from the clinch.
Darren tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darren. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Darren misses with a low kick.
Li throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darren swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Li takes a swing at Darren's ribcage but misses.
Darren keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Darren misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a looping overhand right but Darren ducks down to avoid it.
Li throws an off balance right hand
and Darren counters with a thumping low kick.
Darren tries to clinch but Li moves out of range.
Li jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Darren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Li manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Darren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Li misses with a body shot.
Darren doesn't manage to clinch there - Li circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Li.
Li connects with a good right hand that stumbles Darren. Darren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li throws a lazy uppercut
and Li takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Darren.
I think Darren has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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