PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Molson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Molson
vs
Lee

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Molson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Lee!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Molson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Molson wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.

Lee pulls Molson into guard.
Lee should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lee working a defensive guard here.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Molson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lee is adopting a defensive guard.
Molson postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lee throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lee is trying to keep Molson in close.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lee misses with a head shot.
Molson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lee on the ground.
Molson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lee.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lee avoids the attempt from Molson to control.
Lee prevents Molson from getting the reversal.
Lee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molson is squirming around, avoiding Lee's attempts to control the action.
Lee throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Molson because Lee loaded up on that one.
Molson wants to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Lee takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Molson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Molson is working to get back to half guard.
Lee looking to ground and pound but Molson is blocking nicely.
Lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Molson is looking to escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Molson is trying desperately to improve position.
Lee won't let Molson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Lee prevents Molson from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Lee working for a guillotine from mount but Molson is in no mood to give up.
Lee prevents Molson from getting the reversal.
Molson is working hard here to advance position.

Lee stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Lee looks gassed!
Molson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Molson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Molson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Steven Lee will probably get the nod.
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.

Molson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee fails with a takedown attempt.
Molson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Molson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
No joy there for Molson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Molson lands a big uppercut and Lee crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Lee looks OK. Molson waves Lee back to his feet!

Lee is rocked!
Molson throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Lee colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Molson as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Lee is left battered and dazed whilst Molson and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad Molson!