PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Lii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lii comes to the cage accompanied by Legend of the Ocean . Matt Blood will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lii
vs
Blood

179 cm
31
168 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

202 cm
24
270 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Lii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Blood!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blood takes a swing at Lii's ribcage but misses.
Lii throws a head kick that misses
and Blood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lii thinking.
Nice takedown defense from Blood. No joy for Lii on that attempt.
Lii takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blood misses with a body shot.
Blood throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lii counters with a big head kick but Blood shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick from Lii lands but Blood takes it in his stride.
Lii pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Lii.
Blood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blood throws a poor cross that misses
and Lii counters with an inside leg kick.
Blood throws the left hand but Lii avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood looks to land a right hand but Lii moved out of range.
Lii avoids the head kick by Blood.
Blood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lii showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blood.
Lii lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lii tries a head kick but it misses.
Matt Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lii blocks a jab.

Lii moves into the clinch.

Lii pulls guard successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Lii had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Blood defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lii manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blood manages to get himself to full guard.
Lii might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lii throws a big elbow that misses.
Lii forces his way into half guard.

Lii is working for a submission of some sort.
Lii lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lii throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Lii is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Blood has managed to free his arm - good work.

Lii is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Blood has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lii wants to free his trapped foot but Blood is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood tries to roll over but Lii keeps him under control.
Lii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Lii is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Blood is just riding it out for now. Lii eventually gives up the hold.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lii tries to pass to full mount but Blood defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lii is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Blood is just riding it out for now. Lii eventually gives up the hold.
Lii not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lii trying to work for an americana but Blood has managed to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Lii dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lii shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lii showed some decent athleticism there.

Blood is defending against the submission attempts here by Lii.

Lii is trying to work for a kimura but Blood is defending well.
Blood really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lii. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Lii is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Lii is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blood sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lii is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blood sees it coming and defends easily.

Lii is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Blood has managed to free his arm - good work.

Lii seems to be working for a kimura but Blood defends the submission attempt.

Lii is looking for a kimura but Blood is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lii to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lii working the head and body with strikes.

Lii is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Lii is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Lii is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blood sees it coming and defends easily.
Blood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lii.
Lii wants to pass the guard but Blood is defending well.

Lii is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lii is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lii has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Lii is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Blood doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lii.

Lii seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Blood is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Luke Lii!
Post fight, an emotional Luke Lii said 'I think I found my weight class and I'm going to do well. I want to thank my Boy Dizzy for talking me into dropping down and seeing what happins. Jock "Honey" lets so what goes down in china town brother!'.