PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Song Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Quaid's choice of entrance music: Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Douglas Quaid enters the cage!

Lee
vs
Quaid

169 cm
26
146 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

170 cm
25
153 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Song Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Douglas Quaid!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lee shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Quaid defends it nicely.
Lee throws a low kick but Quaid moves out of range easily.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Quaid moved out of range.
Lee is looking to score with low kicks.
Quaid fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quaid throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.

Quaid closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quaid trying to control the action but Lee is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quaid looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Quaid tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Lee is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Lee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Quaid wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Lee tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee parries the strikes from Quaid easily there. Quaid is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lee to escape.
Lee takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Quaid wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Quaid is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Lee is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Lee tries to get to full guard but Quaid has control of the leg.
Quaid working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Lee actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lee.

Lee escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Quaid gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Quaid from controlling successfully.
Quaid preventing the sweep.
Quaid passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Quaid lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Quaid in side control, throwing shots but Lee defends.
Lee struggling a bit here.
Quaid with the ground and pound but Lee regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to maintain the position but Quaid is very close to passing his half guard.
Quaid is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Lee looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Quaid is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quaid lands with a punch from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Well, if Quaid is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lee manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Douglas Quaid will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Quaid checks a low kick from Lee.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quaid moves away.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee throws a head kick but Quaid moves out of range.
Lee thows a body kick. Quaid tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Quaid misses with a double jab.
Quaid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Quaid tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quaid moves out of range of the body kick.
Quaid tries for a takedown but Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lee tries to clinch
and Quaid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quaid. That did some damage!
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Lee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Quaid or perhaps it was just good defense by Lee which made him look bad.
Lee blocks a jab.
Quaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee throws a leg kick but Quaid checks it.
Lee scores with a head kick. Quaid tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee tries to work over Quaid's front leg with a kick but Quaid checks it.
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Song Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee throws a lazy head kick
and Quaid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quaid checks a leg kick.
Quaid checks a leg kick.
Lee lands a nice looking body kick.
Quaid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quaid blocks a leg kick.
Lee is trying hard to land a takedown here. Quaid sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaid keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Quaid but Quaid pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Quaid throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lee misses with a body kick.
Quaid bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lee's head.
Quaid lands a two punch combo.
Quaid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee motions for Quaid to come forward. Lee throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Quaid stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Song Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quaid defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Quaid fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lee needs to keep his hands up - Quaid had a free shot at his head there.
Quaid blocks a head kick by Lee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Quaid avoids the head kick by Lee.
Lee leaves Quaid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Song Lee dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Lee ducks under a wild hook from Quaid.
Quaid misses with a takedown attempt - Lee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lee throws a head kick but Quaid moves out of range.
Quaid checks a low kick from Lee.
Quaid shoots in for a takedown but Lee shows good takedown defense.
Quaid shoots in and drives through. Lee sprawls well.
Song Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Douglas Quaid.
Lee tries to land a leg kick but Quaid saw it coming and moves away.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quaid checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quaid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lee defending well as Quaid loads up on a big left hand.
Lee throws a head kick but Quaid moves out of range.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Quaid is just out of range.
Quaid tries for a takedown but Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Quaid keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Quaid just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee throws a hook but Quaid avoids it easily.
Lee looks for the body kick but Quaid saw that one coming.
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 Quaid has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quaid and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaid checks the leg kick.
Lee drops his hands momentarily and Quaid takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Quaid circles away from the clinch attempt.
Quaid circles away from the clinch attempt

and Quaid counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lee!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quaid landing shots from mount.

Quaid looking to secure an arm triangle but Lee defends it well.
Quaid is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lee regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Quaid is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lee has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lee wants to improve his position but Quaid is controlling well.
Lee manages to get to full guard.

Lee is looking for a triangle here but Quaid uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lee is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Quaid off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee controlling well, preventing Quaid from escaping the position.

Quaid is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Quaid tries to escape but Lee has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Lee doesn't have the hooks in and Quaid manages to turn into his guard.
Quaid working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Quaid works over Lee with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quaid wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.

Lee throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Douglas Quaid.
I think Quaid has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!