PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Tucker

185 cm
20
187 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
192 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Orlando Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee lands with a hook. Tucker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Orlando Tucker has been cut.
Lee connects with the punch.

Tucker shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tucker showed some decent athleticism there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tucker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Tucker.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.
Lee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tucker's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tucker's back!
Lee misses with a punch to the head.
Tucker tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Lee avoids the attempt from Tucker to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tucker manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is looking to stall here but Tucker recovers full guard.
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tucker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tucker's head.
Lee won't allow Tucker to get back to his feet.
Lee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tucker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tucker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lee.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Tucker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lee wants to control from the top but Tucker keeps moving.
Tucker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lee sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tucker's guard.
Lee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lee prevents Tucker from standing back up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee wants to free his trapped foot but Tucker is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lee wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tucker keeps working.
Lee seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tucker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kevin Lee just wasn't active enough.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Tucker cracks Lee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
Lee avoids the head kick by Tucker.
Tucker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lee scores with a nice right hand.
Tucker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Tucker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Tucker has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Lee clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Tucker misses with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Lee working to try and regain half guard.
Lee is trying to stand.
Lee is looking to improve his position but Tucker isn't that keen on the idea.
Tucker dominating with strikes here.
Lee is looking to improve his position but Tucker isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tucker punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tucker landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Orlando Tucker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tucker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Tucker moves away and avoids it.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses
and Lee counters with a nice uppercut.
Lee lands with a cross.
Lee cracks the inside of Tucker's front leg.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tucker is defended easily by Lee.
Tucker looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tucker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lee.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tucker has time to react.
Tucker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tucker duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kevin Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tucker's head.
Lee works the jab nicely.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Tucker has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tucker there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lee scores with a jab. Tucker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
Lee feints a jab promting Tucker to slip. Lee then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tucker slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tuckers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tucker takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No joy there for Tucker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Tucker's shoulder, as Tucker tries to avoid the shot.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lee enables Tucker to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lee manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tucker throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.

Tucker has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Lee to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Tucker is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Lee pulls down on the head and he's put Tucker to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kevin Lee!
A very excited looking Kevin Lee made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.