PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Li Xiaodong (ranked 472 p4p, 326 weight class) and Yasha Big Mouth (ranked 36 p4p, 22 weight class). Big Mouth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bigmouth Strikes Again kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Xiaodong
vs
Big Mouth

165 cm
32
143
27 - 12 - 0

169 cm
32
144
31 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

NARCOS

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Li Xiaodong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yasha Big Mouth!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Xiaodong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Big Mouth lands with a nice body kick.
Xiaodong is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Xiaodong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Big Mouths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Xiaodong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Big Mouth lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Xiaodong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Big Mouth lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A nice leg kick lands there from Big Mouth.
Xiaodong moves forwards but Big Mouth connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick from Xiaodong misses.
A big left from Xiaodong misses.
Big Mouth misses with a hook to the body
and Xiaodong counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Xiaodong avoids the body shot from Big Mouth.
Big Mouth throws an overhand right that lands on Xiaodong's shoulder, as Xiaodong tries to avoid the shot.
Big Mouth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Xiaodong sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Big Mouth connects with a nice looking jab.
Big Mouth misses with a left hand
and Xiaodong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Big Mouth jabs Xiaodong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Big Mouth misses with a looping right.
Big Mouth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Big Mouth takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Big Mouth misses.
Xiaodong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Xiaodong lands with a hook. Big Mouth tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Big Mouth is rocked!
Big Mouth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Big Mouth is still on wobbly legs! Can Xiaodong finish him?
Big Mouth lands a jab to the head.
Big Mouth seems to have recovered his senses.
Big Mouth tests Xiaodong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Xiaodong misses with a two punch combination.
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!
Xiaodong slips under a jab from Big Mouth.
It looked like Xiaodong wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A low kick from Big Mouth misses

and Xiaodong counters with a nice right hand that sends Big Mouth toppling to the canvas! Big Mouth scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Xiaodong finish him?!
Xiaodong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Big Mouth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Big Mouth.
Big Mouth just misses with a punch to the body.
Xiaodong sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Big Mouth scores with a nice head shot.
Nice body kick from Big Mouth.
Xiaodong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Xiaodong with a nice cross.
A punch lands to the side of Xiaodong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Xiaodong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Xiaodong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Big Mouth.
Big Mouth misses with a lunging right hand
and Xiaodong counters with a big right hand! Oh Big Mouth is in trouble here! Xiaodong follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Li Xiaodong!
During a confident post fight interview, Li Xiaodong thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.