PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Munster Draon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tongtong Leem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Draon
vs
Leem

180 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

176 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Munster Draon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tongtong Leem!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leem moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Leem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice takedown defense from Leem. No joy for Draon on that attempt.
Draon takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jab by Leem.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leem. That's going to slow Draon down.
Leem misses with a wild body shot.
Leem lands a head kick. Draon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leem tries a head kick but it misses.
Leem fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Draon is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Leem.

Draon moves into the clinch.
Leem is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Draon goes for a takedown attempt but Leem pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Leem throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Draon gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Draon is trying to drag Leem to the mat but Leem just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Munster Draon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leem wants to break the clinch but can't.
Leem gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Draon.
Leem is trying to break free.

Draon has picked Leem up - he's going for a ride! Draon dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Leem tries to get to full guard but Draon has control of the leg.
Draon looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Draon working over Leem with some ground and pound. Leem looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Draon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Draon is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draon works his way into full mount!
Draon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Draon landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Leem that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Draon looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Draon is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Leem has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Leem tries to hold on but Draon pushes him away.
Draon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Draon looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Leem wants to control but Draon is having none of it.
Leem is squirming around, avoiding Draon's attempts to control the action.
BOOM! Draon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Leem is looking to get to half guard.
Draon landing strikes from the mount and Leem is in trouble!

Draon is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Leem is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Munster Draon!