PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zhang Li (ranked 4232 p4p, 4023 weight class) and Lane Prilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Li
vs
Prilla

191 cm
18
199
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
216
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 Las Vegas, Zhang Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lane Prilla!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Prilla instigates a clinch.
Prilla misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prilla looking to slow down the pace here.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prilla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Prilla is trying to force a seperation but Li has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Prilla drops down looking for an ankle pick but Li pulls his leg out and moves away.

Li closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Li landing knees to the head.
Li lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Lane Prilla has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Prilla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Li landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Prilla looks winded!
A knee to the head by Li.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prilla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li landing knees to the body.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li working Prilla over with knees to the body.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Li.
Li lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Li putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prilla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Prilla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Li crunches a lovely knee into Prilla's ribcage.
Li lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li working Prilla over with knees to the body.
Li lands a knee to the head.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li crunches a lovely knee into Prilla's ribcage.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Li lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Prilla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Prilla is trying to push Li away but Li has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Li trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Prilla won't want to take too many of those.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Li lands a nice knee to the body.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Li lands a knee to the head.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Prilla is blocking nicely.
Li gets underhooks to prevent Prilla's takedown attempt.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Prilla is blocking nicely.
Prilla is trying to push Li away but Li has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Prilla jumps guard but Li stands there with Prilla around his waist. Prilla gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Zhang Li has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lane Prilla.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Prilla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li connects with a knee to the head.
Prilla fails to pull guard.
Prilla jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Li walks away with a smile on his face. Prilla gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Li drives through and clinches with Prilla against the cage.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Prilla blocks it with crossed arms.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prilla is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Li pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Li with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Prilla stalling in the clinch but Li improves position.
Prilla tries to score a body lock takedown but Li shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Li dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lane Prilla's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Li darts in and clinches Prilla up against the cage.
Li missing with knees to the body.
Prilla is trying to break the clinch but Li is controlling him.
Prilla avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
Li throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Prilla blocks it with crossed arms.
Li connects with a knee to the head.
Li tries a knee to the head but Prilla blocks it.
Prilla fails to pull guard.
Prilla tries to break free but Li pushes him back against the cage.
Prilla avoiding damage as Li throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li jerks Prilla's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Prilla drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Li goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Li because Prilla was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Zhang Li!
Zhang Li spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.