PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xiao Long Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Map Gostos A (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gostos A has chosen PRIDE FC opening theme music as his entrance music. Map Gostos A has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Long Li
vs
Gostos A

172 cm
28
150 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

176 cm
27
152 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xiao Long Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Map Gostos A!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li keeps the fight on the outside.

Li moves into the clinch.
Gostos A misses with a punch on the inside.
Li prevents a body shot from Gostos A.
Gostos A tries to break free but Li pushes him back against the cage.
Li lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gostos A is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Li.
Li is leaning against Gostos A and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Li stalls.

Li turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee asks Li politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Li prefers to stall for the moment though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gostos A wants to get back to his feet but Li drags him back down.
Li in side control lands a decent elbow.
Li taking a breather here.
Gostos A is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Li is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li taking a breather here.

Li tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Li has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gostos A is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Li has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Li controls the position.
Gostos A tries to improve position but can't.
Li content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gostos A tries to escape but Li is in control.
Li takes a little break here. Gostos A wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gostos A is pushing Li's head away, looking to escape. Li manages to hold on to the position though.
Li happy to just control the position for now.
Gostos A tries to escape but Li is in control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li cracks Gostos A with a big elbow.

Li working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gostos A wants to get back to his feet.
Gostos A looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Li wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gostos A, who protects the arm well.
Gostos A wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Li controls the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gostos A tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Li wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gostos A is pushing Li's head away, looking to escape. Li manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiao Long Li dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Li shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Li was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gostos A working to try and regain half guard.
Li raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Li cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Li controlling from the full mount.
Gostos A is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Gostos A tries to reverse the position but Li maintains control.
Gostos A is trying to stand.
Li controlling the position easily from mount.
Li scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gostos A?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li raining down shots from the mount!
Gostos A is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gostos A?
Gostos A really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Li dominating with strikes here.

Li is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gostos A has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Li controlling the pace for now.
Li fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Li cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Li is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Li landing strikes from the mount.

Gostos A is rocked!
Gostos A is trying to escape the mount.
Gostos A is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Li takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Xiao Long Li overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gostos A is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Gostos A is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Li locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Gostos A is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Xiao Long Li!
A relieved looking Xiao Long Li thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.