PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tay Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Li might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to dig it deeper just to throw it away. The crowd seem to be enjoying Smith's choice of entrance music: Let It Rock. Tay Smith struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Smith

187 cm
25
174 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

179 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tay Smith!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith throws a series of punches but Li moves out of range.
Smith throws a right hand that Li ducks under and follows up with a left that Li also avoids with ease.
Li shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Li shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Li will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chong Li. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Li fails with the takedown.
Li shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li closes the distance and clinches up with Smith, looking for a takedown. Li pushes Smith against the cage but Smith circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Li shoots in.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Smith coming out on top.
Li shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
Li shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Li shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Li darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li passes to full mount!
Smith is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Li. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Smith looks gassed!

Li looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Li is working for a guillotine from mount but Smith frees his head quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith tries to buck Li off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Li looking to secure an arm triangle but Smith defends it well.
Smith trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Li is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Smith has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Li is working for a guillotine from mount but Smith frees his head quite easily.

Li is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Smith has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Li with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Li working for a guillotine from mount but Smith is in no mood to give up.

Li looking to secure an arm triangle but Smith defends it well.
Li won't let Smith get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Li is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Smith has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Li is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Smith is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chong Li!