PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bald Martin (ranked 1831 p4p, 1874 weight class) and Conor Lee (ranked 240 p4p, 245 weight class). Martin comes into the arena with I�m Bald And I Know It blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Martin
vs
Lee

182 cm
31
163
14 - 10 - 2

187 cm
27
165
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Bald Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Conor Lee!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lee duly obliges.
Lee swings away with a body shot that misses
and Martin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Lee pushes Martin up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Martin tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Lee tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee with a nice cross.
Lee avoids the body shot from Martin.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee throws a leg kick
and Lee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conor Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Martin's head.
Martin misses with a straight right.
Lee lands a head shot.
Martin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Martin saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
Martin misses with a straight left.
Martin works the jab nicely.
Lee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Martin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Is It Avatary Enough? in the buildup to the fight.
Lee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martin digs a good hook to Lee's body.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martin.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Lee takes one to the chin there.
Lee is looking to chop away at Martin's legs.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martin blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee is looking to clinch.

Lee instigates a clinch.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a right hand to the body.
Lee connects with a jab.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lee.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Martin works the jab nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Martin throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee with the counter takedown but Martin avoids it easily.
Martin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Martin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick
and Martin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin lands with a nice body punch.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It looked like Martin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martin.
Lee blocks a jab.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Lee throws a low kick but Martin avoids it.
Lee lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Martin slips under a jab from Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lee lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Martin misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Martin moves out of range of the strikes.
Martin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Martin.
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Lee motions for Martin to come forward. Lee throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice combination there by Lee.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee works Martin's body with a nice hook.
Lee misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Lee dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Martin blocks the body kick.
Martin throwing a counter right hand but Lee manages to avoid it.
Martin throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Martin scores with the left hand. Lee knows he should have avoided that one.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee staying out of range there.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Martin moved out of range.
Good leg kick by Lee.
Lee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
A nice side step and Lee releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lee throws a hook but Martin avoids it easily.
Martin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee wants to clinch up but Martin keeps it at a distance.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee avoids the body shot from Martin.
Lee feints and then cracks Martin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martin down.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Martin moved out of range.
Martin is looking to counter punch.
Lee is looking to score with low kicks.
Martin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lee avoids the body shot from Martin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lee in his tracks.
Martin avoids the body shot from Lee.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lee throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
Lee lands with a straight right. Martin didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Lee misses.
Martin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Martin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Martin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.
Martin throwing a counter right hand but Lee manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Martin off balance momentarily.
Lee takes one to the side of the head.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martin. That did some damage!
Martin moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Martin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martin jabs Lee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Martin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Lee drives through and clinches with Martin against the cage.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Martin misses with a hook
and Martin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lee lands with a shot to the body.
Martin scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
Martin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Conor Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Martin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
It looked like Martin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.
Lee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martin.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Lee throws a series of punches but Martin avoids them all with ease.
Lee lands a body shot.
Martin checks a leg kick nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Martin misses its target.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lee lands a nice hook to Martin's body. Martin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lee throws a right hand that misses
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Martin. That snapped Lee's head back.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee dips to his left and cracks Martin with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Martin ducks right into an uppercut from Lee.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Martin moves out of range easily.
Martin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Martin slips a straight right by Lee.
Martin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A swing and a miss from Martin.
Martin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lee.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Lee tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Martin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lee tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martin cracks Lee with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee tests Martin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
Lee wants to land a leg kick but Martin is out of range.
Martin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lee's hands.
Martin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lee thumps Martin with a low kick.
Lee scores with a nice right hand.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Martin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.
Lee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Martin's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Martin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.
Martin blocks a low kick nicely.
Martin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Lee moves into the clinch.
Martin misses with a punch to the body.
Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Martin walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lee throws a leg kick that is checked
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Martin scores with a four punch combination!
A nice combination there by Lee.
Lee tries to land a leg kick but Martin saw it coming and moves away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lee.
Martin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lee's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Martin misses with the head strike.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Lee fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bald Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Martin walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bald Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conor Lee.
Martin missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lee wants to slow Martin down by chopping away at his legs.
Conor Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Conor Lee.
Well Lee has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conor Lee!
Our winner, Conor Lee, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.