PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistar Astyages (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Enter the Dragon. Alistar Astyages is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lee
vs
Astyages

171 cm
22
168 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

180 cm
20
165 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alistar Astyages!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astyages tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Astyages.
Astyages misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Lee is looking to slow Astyages down with leg kicks.
Astyages misses with a straight right.
Lee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Astyages moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lee slips a jab from Astyages.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good exchange - Astyages coming out on top.
Astyages looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Astyages throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lee scores with a push kick.
Astyages swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Astyages.
A head kick misses from Lee.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lee.
Astyages lands with a shot to the body.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Astyages looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Astyages misses with a looping right.
Astyages looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
Astyages misses the shot to the body.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lee throws a head kick but Astyages moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Astyages's calf.
No luck for Astyages with that takedown attempt.
Lee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Astyages throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Astyages shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lee defends it nicely.
Astyages throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Astyages moves out of range easily.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bruce Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lee has closed the distance and engaged Astyages in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Astyages's ribcage.
Astyages jumps guard but Lee stands there with Astyages around his waist. Astyages gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alistar Astyages.
Lee lands an elbow just above Astyages 's eye.

It looks like Alistar Astyages has been cut.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Lee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lee is pushing Astyages up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Astyages in his tracks for a moment.
Astyages on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astyages tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Astyages changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Astyages loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Astyages swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Astyages throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lee's waist but Lee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Astyages off to one side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lee.
Lee moves out of range as Astyages strikes.
Astyages misses the shot to the body.
Lee misses with a head kick.

Lee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistar Astyages's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lee tried to score with a low kick but Astyages checks it.
Astyages smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lee throws a body kick that misses.
Astyages scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Astyages connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lee's hands.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Astyages moves out of range easily.
Astyages checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee throws a body kick that misses.
Lee blocks a jab.
Astyages jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Astyages's sensitive parts.
Astyages swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astyages throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Astyages lands a body shot.
Astyages ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Astyages fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee defending well as Astyages loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Astyages does it's job there.
Astyages misses the jab.
Bruce Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Astyages.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lee throws a push kick but Astyages slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Astyages's calf.
Astyages ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Bruce Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Astyages just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Astyages paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee throws a push kick but Astyages slaps the foot to one side.
Astyages just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Astyages tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Astyages.
Astyages thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice takedown defense from Lee. No joy for Astyages on that attempt.
Lee is looking to clinch but Astyages is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Astyages avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Astyages steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lee. That one must have hurt.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Astyages scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Astyages loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee moves away from the strike by Astyages.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Astyages.
Lee tries to land a front kick but Astyages steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lee.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Astyages.
Lee pushes Astyages away with a front kick.
Astyages throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Astyages throws a big shot that misses.
Astyages misses with a wild body shot.
Astyages tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Astyages.
Lee feints and then cracks Astyages's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Astyages down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alistar Astyages's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Lee moves away from the strike by Astyages.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Astyages's front leg but catches the back leg as Astyages tries to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Astyages. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Astyages.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Astyages.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lee.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Astyages.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Astyages lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
Lee cracks the inside of Astyages's front leg.
Astyages takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Astyages.
Astyages circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lee.
Lee is looking to clinch but Astyages is avoiding it.
Astyages's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lee lands with a slapping head kick.

That has opened up Alistar Astyages's cut even more.
Lee tries to land a front kick but Astyages steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Lee instigates a clinch.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Astyages takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
A cross from Astyages lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeps Astyages at a distance using the push kick.
Astyages throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Astyages blocks a leg kick.
Astyages misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Lee lands a front kick.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Astyages.
Lee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Astyages misses with a hook.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Astyages takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astyages loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee throws a head kick that Astyages semi-blocks.
Lee cracks the inside of Astyages's front leg.
Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Astyages throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Astyages takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Astyages looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Astyages throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astyages throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee cracks the inside of Astyages's front leg.
Astyages stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Astyages swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.

Lee moves into the clinch successfully.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Astyages moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Astyages shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lee tries to clinch but Astyages is having none of it.
Alistar Astyages has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Astyages can do to turn this around?

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!