PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jai Setright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jet Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Setright's entrance music is The Dagger. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Li's choice of entrance music: Tourniquet by Evanescence. Jet Li has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jai Setright's chin.

Setright
vs
Li

176 cm
26
185 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

167 cm
29
175 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jai Setright!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jet Li!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Setright shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Li eats them both and turns towards Setright to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Li jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Setright throws a lazy head kick

and Li counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Li.
Li stalling the fight.
Li blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Li tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Setright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li tries to throw a body punch but Setright avoids it by throwing Li back against the cage.
Li working aggressively here.
Li misses with a hook from the clinch.
Setright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Setright up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Li fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Setright crunches a lovely knee into Li's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Setright.
Li misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Li.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li misses with a short punch on the inside.
Setright lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Setright lands a nice knee to the body.
Setright lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Setright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good body shot from Setright.
Setright utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li lands an uppercut.
Li can't find room to land a body shot as Setright controls the action.
Setright works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Setright misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Li.
Li managing to block the knees to the body from Setright.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Setright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Li misses with a body punch.
Setright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Li misses with a hook to the ribs.
Setright is working Li over against the cage.
Setright tries to land a knee to the head but Li blocks with his arms.
Li misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Setright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Li misses with the head strike.
Setright is stalling here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Li.
Li prevents Setright from breaking the clinch.
Setright is trying to break free.
Li has Setright pressed against the cage, preventing Setright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Setright.
Setright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Li blocking some punches.

Setright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Setright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Setright on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Setright throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Li missing with a left hand there. Setright was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Setright thinks about countering with a head kick.
Li dips to his left and cracks Setright with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Setright tries to clinch but Li moves out of range.
Li jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Setright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Li lands a leg kick that knocks Setright off balance momentarily.
Li scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Setright cracks Li with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Setright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Li can pounce on him.
Setright connects with the punch.
Setright blocks a head kick by Li.
Jet Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Setright tests Li's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li blocks the body kick.
Li throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Li thows a left - swing and a miss!
Setright throws a nice inside leg kick.
Li displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Setright throws out the jab.
Li tries to land a front kick but Setright steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Li throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Setright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Setright connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
Setright gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Li thows a leg kick but Setright checks it
and Setright counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Li moves into the clinch.
Li blocks an uppercut.
Setright blocks an uppercut.
Setright landing knees to the body.
Setright tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Li avoids it.
Setright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Setright blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Setright.

It looks like Jet Li has been cut.
Li has Setright pushed against the cage.
Setright lands a body shot.
Li looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Setright creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jai Setright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jet Li's cut.
That's time! Setright's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Setright looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Li has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Setright.
Li tries to clinch but Setright is having none of it.
Setright looks to throw the jab but Li is out of range.
Li moves out of range as Setright strikes.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Setright moves away.
A jab from Li misses.
Setright fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Li throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Setright takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Li throws an overhand right that lands on Setright's shoulder, as Setright tries to avoid the shot.
It looks like Setright has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Setright scores with a sloppy right hand. Li should have avoided that one.
Setright misses with a few strikes there.
Setright moves out of range as Li throws a body kick.
Li with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Setright pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Setright throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Li throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jai Setright is winning the standup battle so far.

Setright drops Li with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Li looks back up at him and smiles so Setright waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Li is rocked!
Setright misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Li is still on wobbly legs! Can Setright finish him?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Setright, right into the meat.
Setright is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Li can do to turn this around?
Li getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Setright scores with a hook to the body. Li takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Li throws a big shot that misses.
Li seems to have recovered his senses.
Li fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Setright looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Setright pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Setright drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Setright's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Setright duly obliges.
Setright lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Li has managed to clinch.
Setright working hard to break the clinch.
Setright takes a shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Setright utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Li is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Setright backwards.
Jai Setright has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Li fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li working aggressively here.
Setright lands a good knee to the midsection. Li won't want to take too many of those.
Setright softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Setright is pushing Li up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Setright putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Li in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Setright with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Setright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Setright - that landed with a thud.
Setright lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Setright looking to throw knees to the head but Li is blocking nicely.

Setright breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li wants to clinch.
A combination from Li does no damage.
Setright appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Li is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Li wants to slow Setright down by chopping away at his legs.
Li throws a good cross that connects.
Li swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Li tries to clinch up
and Setright counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Li.
Li misses with a hook. Setright ducked under it nicely.
Li throws out a loose jab but Setright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Setright throwing a counter right hand but Li manages to avoid it.
Setright lands a jab to the nose.
Li is looking to clinch but Setright is avoiding it.
Setright is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Setright swats away the attempt to clinch by Li.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Setright thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Li if he has to take too many more of those.
A looping hook to the body misses from Setright. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Setright to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Setright misses with an uppercut.
Setright explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Li misses with a straight left.
Setright went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Setright dips to his left and cracks Li with an uppercut!
The fighters circling - Li throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Setright swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Setright looks to land a right hand but Li moved out of range.
Setright takes a swing at Li's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Setright gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jai Setright!
Jai Setright retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Jai Setright made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.