PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brus Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Messi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Blue Bob - Go Get Some. Brus Li could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lionel Messi's chin.

Li
vs
Messi

165 cm
21
147 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

181 cm
21
146 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brus Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lionel Messi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messi throws a sloppy head kick and Li moves out of range easily.
Li throws a shot from downtown. Messi moves away and avoids it.
Li throws a hook to the side of Messi's head but Messi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Li is looking to clinch.
Li on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Messi. Messi obviously looking to wear him down.
Messi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li misses the jab.
Messi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Messi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Messi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Messi tries a head kick but it misses.
Li throws a jab but it's blocked by Messi.
Li lands with a right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Li is defended easily by Messi.
Li thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messi misses with the body kick

and Li counters by moving into the clinch.
Li utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Messi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Messi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Messi throws a sloppy head kick
and Li counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Li shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Messi sprawls well. Messi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Li gets slowly back to his feet.
Messi misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li throws a jab but it's blocked by Messi.
Li moves out of range of the body kick from Messi.
Li moves out of range as Messi throws a body kick.
Messi misses with a head kick.
Messi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Li throws a sloppy head kick and Messi moves out of range easily.
Messi tries to land a front kick but Li steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Messi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li blocks a head kick by Messi.
Messi throws a head kick that Li semi-blocks.

Li gets a clinch.
Messi is trying to break the clinch but Li is controlling him.
Messi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Messi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messi misses with the body kick
and Li counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Messi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Li can pounce on him.
Messi walks into a left hand.
Li looks to throw the jab but Messi is out of range.
Li fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Messi throws a sloppy head kick
and Li counters with a left to the body.
Messi looks gassed!
Messi takes one to the chin there.
Messi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Li closes the distance and clinches.

Li manages to break the clinch.
Messi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Messi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li moves out of range of the body kick.
Messi slips a straight right by Li.
A good leg kick by Messi.
Messi throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Li holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Li manages to break the clinch.
Messi misses with an attempted mid kick.

Li drives through and clinches with Messi against the cage.

Li's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body kick from Messi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Li takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Messi throws a head kick but Li moves out of range.
Messi throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brus Li dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Li closes the distance and clinches.
Li wants to break free but Messi has control.

Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Messi takes one to the side of the head.
Messi looks to land a body kick but Li moved away.
Li works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Li throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Messi connects with a leg kick. Li looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Li with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A combination from Li does no damage.
Messi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Li.
Lionel Messi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Li throws a right and a left that Messi avoids nicely.

Li clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A leg kick checked by Li.
Messi scores with a nice body kick.
Messi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li moves in looking to clinch but Messi pushes him off.

Li closes the distance and pushes Messi back into the cage.

Li breaks from the clinch.
Messi throws a head kick that misses
and Li cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Messi tries a head kick but it misses.
Messi slips a straight right by Li.
Brus Li is winning the standup battle so far.
Li misses with an attempted mid kick.
Li is looking to clinch but Messi is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Li lands a jab.
Messi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Messi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Messi momentarily.
Li lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Messi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messi throws a head kick that misses.
Messi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Li throws a body punch but Messi moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Messi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Li's head.
Messi is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Li.
Li tries to clinch up but Messi circles away and keeps his distance.
Messi tries to score with a low kick but Li moves his leg out of the way.
Li misses with a double jab.
Messi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Li moves out of range as Messi throws a body kick.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Messi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Li lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Li.
Messi throws a lazy head kick
enabling Li to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands with a shot to the body.
Li tries to clinch up.

Li darts in and clinches Messi up against the cage.

Li breaks from the clinch.
Messi moves out of range of the strikes.
Li scores with a hook.
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!
Messi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Messi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Li tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Messi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Li moves in looking to clinch but Messi pushes him off.

Li clinches with his opponent.
Messi avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brus Li dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Li lands a slapping body shot.
Messi is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Li!
Messi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Li.
Messi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Li tries to clinch up but Messi circles away and keeps his distance.
Messi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Li dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Messi. That did some damage!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Messi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Messi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch but Messi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Messi throws a sloppy head kick and Li moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Messi misses
and Li counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Messi thinking.
Messi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Messi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li throws the left hand but Messi avoids the punch easily.
Messi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Li. Li obviously looking to wear him down.
Li looks to land a body kick but Messi moved away.
Messi throws a sloppy head kick
and Li counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Li blocks a head kick by Messi.
Li scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li wants to clinch.
Messi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Messi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li scores with a nice head shot.
Messi misses with a body kick.
Li takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Messi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Messi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Messi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li with a hook.
Messi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Messi is rocked!
Messi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Messi is still on wobbly legs! Can Li finish him?
Messi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Li connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Li.
Li fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Li misses with a straight left.
Li misses the shot to the body.
Messi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice shot lands for Li.
Li throws a one two combo.
Li avoids the head kick by Messi.
Lionel Messi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Messi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Messi keeps the fight on the outside.

Li rushes Messi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Messi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Messi is trying to break the clinch but Li has him pressed against the cage.
Messi can't break the clinch.

Li breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Messi scores with a spinning back kick!
Messi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Li takes a step back to recover.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Messi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brus Li showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Li has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Brus Li!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Brus Li!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Brus Li!

Brus Li wins by unanimous decision!