PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Wong Li (ranked 3244 p4p, 2459 weight class) and Mordecai Sackett (ranked 366 p4p, 297 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Li
vs
Sackett

171 cm
23
145
11 - 6 - 0

178 cm
43
155
48 - 24 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordecai Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li checks the leg kick.
Sackett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Li's head backwards.

Sackett gets tackled into the ropes by Li. Li maintains the clinch.
Li is trying to break free.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Li blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett scores with a shoulder strike.
Sackett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li wants to get back to striking at distance but Sackett won't allow it.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sackett looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Li blocks a body shot from Sackett.

Li breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch but Sackett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sackett appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sackett scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sackett moves into the clinch.
Li has had enough of the clinch but Sackett keeps him there for the moment.
Li has had enough of the clinch but Sackett keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Sackett.
Sackett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Li's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sackett prevents Li from breaking the clinch.

Li pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
Sackett circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been told by Li's head coaches at MONEY TEAM!!! that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Li closes the distance and pushes Sackett back into the ropes.
Li blocks an uppercut.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sackett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Li's efforts to push away.

Li manages to break the clinch.
Li slips a jab and a cross from Sackett.
Donk. Sackett catches Li right on the button with a cross.
Li tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sackett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
Li tries to clinch but Sackett moves out of range.
Li looks to clinch
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Li forces Sackett back against the ropes and clinches.

Li's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sackett. That's going to slow Li down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li tries to clinch there but Sackett circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Li looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Li is looking to clinch but Sackett is avoiding it.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Li tries to clinch up.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sackett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sackett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Li shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice uppercut there from Sackett.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Li wants to clinch up but Sackett keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Li does a little dance to reset his feet.
Li tries to clinch up but Sackett circles away and keeps his distance.
A little jabbing left from Sackett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sackett lands a really nice looking cross but Li seems unphased.
Li tries to clinch up
and Li takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li is looking to clinch.
Jab by Sackett.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mordecai Sackett dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sackett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sackett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sackett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sackett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sackett scores with a nice right hand.
Li tries to clinch up but Sackett circles away and keeps his distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sackett.
Sackett scores with a jab to the head.

Li is rocked!
Li walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mordecai Sackett!
Mordecai Sackett bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.