PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lawrence Trainor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xiao Long Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trainor comes to the cage accompanied by The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Li comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dragon Punch! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Trainor
vs
Long Li

175 cm
26
135 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

172 cm
34
150 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lawrence Trainor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xiao Long Li!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trainor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Trainor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Li pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Li jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Li throws a leg kick but Trainor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Trainor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Li misses with a hook.
Li throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Li thows a body shot but no joy.
Li throws the kick towards the body but Trainor avoids it.
Trainor wants to clinch up but Li keeps it at a distance.
Li connects with a leg kick. Trainor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Li lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trainor at a distance.
A solid body kick from Trainor.
Li throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Trainor.
Li throws a leg kick
and Trainor counters with an inside leg kick.
Li throws a hook but Trainor avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Trainor blocks a jab.
Trainor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Li scoring well with a low kick there.
Trainor tries to clinch there but Li circles away.
Li bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Trainor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Li lands a jab to Trainor's midsection.
Trainor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Li swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Li looks to land a left hand but Trainor moved out of range nicely.
Trainor really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Li throws a leg kick but Trainor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Li misses with a straight left.
Li shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Li misses with a leg kick
and Trainor counters with a thumping low kick.
Trainor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Li sprawls well. Li wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Trainor gets slowly back to his feet.
Trainor slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trainor has Li up against the cage in a clinch.
Li misses with a body punch.
Trainor trying to land knees to the body.
Trainor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trainor tries to pull guard but Li forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trainor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Li.
Trainor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Li misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Trainor.
Trainor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trainor scores with a knee to the head.
Trainor utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li stalling.
Trainor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainor misses with a knee strike.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Li.
Li unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Trainor jumps guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Li tries to free his leg and advance position but Trainor is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Trainor trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lawrence Trainor.
Li throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Trainor connects with a high kick.
Trainor avoids the body shot from Li.
Trainor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Li manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Li avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trainor moves in looking to clinch but Li pushes him off.
Li throws an overhand right that lands on Trainor's shoulder, as Trainor tries to avoid the shot.
Trainor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Li is out of range.
Li checks a leg kick nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trainor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Li manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trainor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Li lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Trainor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiao Long Li 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.

Li throws a half hearted mid kick.
Li attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Li lands a nice looking body shot.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Li pivots, looking for a leg kick but Trainor is out of range and Li settles back down.
Li lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Li shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Trainor sprawls well. Trainor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Li gets slowly back to his feet.
Li throws the left hand but Trainor avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Li there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li connects with a solid leg kick.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Li wants to slow Trainor down by chopping away at his legs.
Trainor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Li.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor checks the leg kick nicely there.
Li lands a jab to the nose.
Trainor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Trainor slips under a jab.
Trainor tries to clinch but Li is having none of it.
Li does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Li throws an overhand right that lands on Trainor's shoulder, as Trainor tries to avoid the shot.

Trainor shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Trainor seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Trainor wants to stand but Li is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Li is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Trainor is aware though and is defending well.

Li throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trainor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Li tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Trainor controls from within his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trainor trying to control the position from guard on top but Li is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Lawrence Trainor just wasn't active enough.
Li throws a push kick but Trainor slaps the foot to one side.
Trainor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Li lands a jab.
Trainor wants to clinch up but Li keeps it at a distance.
Li fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trainor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trainor shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Li as he avoids it easily.
Li throws a shot to the body.
Trainor moves out of range of the body kick.
Li keeps the fight on the outside.
Trainor avoids the body shot from Li.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trainor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Li throws out the jab.
Trainor slips a jab from Li.
Li jabs Trainor to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Trainor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trainor is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Trainor moves out of range as Li strikes.
Li is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trainor.
Trainor tries to clinch up.
Trainor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Li paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trainor misses with a takedown attempt - Li sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lawrence Trainor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Trainor moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Trainor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li lands with a short shot to the head.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trainor is defending well for now.
Trainor misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xiao Long Li showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Li misses with a hook. Trainor ducked under it nicely.
Trainor shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Li as he avoids it easily.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trainor.
Trainor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trainor doesn't manage to clinch there - Li circles away.
Li changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Trainor misses with a body kick.
Li throws out a powerful jab.
Li throws a leg kick but Trainor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Li throws a head kick but Trainor moves out of range.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trainor.
Trainor tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.
Li ducks under a wild hook from Trainor.
Li lands a leg kick that knocks Trainor off balance momentarily.
Trainor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Li manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trainor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Li paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Li to score with a decent uppercut.
Li misses with a wild body shot.
Trainor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Li finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Li thows a body shot but no joy.
Trainor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Xiao Long Li seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trainor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Li dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donk. Li catches Trainor right on the button with a cross.
Trainor tries to clinch there but Li circles away.

Trainor moves into range and clinches up with Li.
Li tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trainor avoids it.
Trainor utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Trainor misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trainor with a knee to the head.
Li lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trainor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Li blocks it with crossed arms.
Trainor missing with knees to the body.
Trainor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trainor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Li tries a knee to the head but Trainor blocks it.
Trainor misses with a knee to the head.
Trainor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li pushes off an throws an elbow but Trainor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trainor missing with knees to the body.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but Li blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trainor missing with knees to the body.
Trainor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Li.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with an elbow strike.
Trainor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trainor tries to land knees in the clinch but Li avoids the damage to the body.
Li is looking to control Trainor's arms but Trainor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Li has his back to the cage.
Trainor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trainor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Li avoiding damage as Trainor throws knees to the body.
Trainor fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lawrence Trainor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Li lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Trainor blocks an uppercut.
Trainor is trying to pull guard but Li turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Li pressing his opponent against the cage.
Trainor missing with knees to the body.
Trainor misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li avoiding damage.
Li misses with a punch to the body.
Li prevents a takedown attempt there.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
Li avoiding damage as Trainor throws knees to the body.
Trainor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Trainor.
Li lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Li lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lawrence Trainor has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trainor lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Xiao Long Li.
I've got Li winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Xiao Long Li!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Xiao Long Li!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Xiao Long Li!

Xiao Long Li wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Xiao Long Li thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.