PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Li
vs
Bear

196 cm
25
283 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

199 cm
23
255 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Bear!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Li looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bear!
Li looking to ground and pound but Bear is blocking nicely.
Bear is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bear is in a horrible position here. Li smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bear keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Li connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Bear that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bear tries to reverse the position but Li maintains control.
Li scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bear?
Li avoids the attempt from Bear to control.
Li lands a nice shot to the head.
Li lands a heavy elbow.
Li prevents Bear from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li unloading with bombs!
Li has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bear's face.
Li tries to control but Bear wriggling away.
Li postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bear bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Li and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Li!