PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jenji Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ueda's choice of entrance music: Requiem for a Dream. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Li
vs
Ueda

170 cm
22
163 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

172 cm
30
161 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jenji Ueda!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li misses with a double jab.
Li attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Li misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda moves in looking to clinch but Li pushes him off.
Li throws a nice looking combination but Ueda bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Li fails with a takedown attempt.
Li misses with the combination.

Ueda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ueda showed some decent athleticism there.
Ueda wants to pass the guard but Li is defending well.
Li wants to get back to full guard.
Ueda wants to control but Li is keeping him busy.
Ueda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda is keen to just control but Li is a slippery customer.
Li wants to control but Ueda is keeping busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Li manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ueda trying to control but Li is working from the bottom.
Ueda stands and throws Li's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Ueda stands up and beckons Li to his feet.
Li pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ueda back to the ropes. Li follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Li throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li stuffs the takedown.
Ueda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Li tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ueda connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Li throws a nice looking combination but Ueda bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Li looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chong Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li throws a combination that misses
and Ueda counters with a nice body kick.

Ueda shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ueda controlling from the top position.
Ueda stopping the sweep attempt from Li.
Li lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ueda!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda wants to control but Li is having none of it.
Ueda is squirming around, avoiding Li's attempts to control the action.
Li wants to control the action but instead Ueda gets a body lock and reverses into Li's guard! Nice work!
Ueda stopping the sweep attempt from Li.
Ueda wanted to stand there but Li had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Li is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Li is really struggling to control Ueda but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Chong Li just wasn't active enough.
Ueda uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Li throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ueda on the side of the head.
Ueda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Li.
Ueda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Li misses with a two punch combination.
Li swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
Ueda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ueda there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jenji Ueda will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A big left from Li misses.
Li misses with a head kick.
Ueda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Li shoots in for a takedown but Ueda shows good takedown defense.
Li misses with a head kick.
Ueda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Li throws a nice looking combination but Ueda bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Li throws a right hand that Ueda ducks under and follows up with a left that Ueda also avoids with ease.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Li paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Li. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Li.

Ueda moves into the clinch successfully.
Ueda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Li's defenses.
Ueda scores a nice knee to the body.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ueda scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ueda lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ueda scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda jerks Li's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Li drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Ueda goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Ueda because Li was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jenji Ueda!