PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Journalist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roses. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Journalist

190 cm
25
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, William Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, The Journalist!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Journalist slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Journalist comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Journalist clinches up with Lee and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lee.
Journalist can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Journalist.
Journalist lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Journalist avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Good body shot from Journalist.

Journalist breaks from the clinch.

Journalist rushes Lee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Journalist.

Journalist breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Journalist 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee misses with a wild combination.

Journalist closes the distance and clinches.
Journalist comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like William Lee has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Journalist lands with a short shot to the head.
Journalist softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Journalist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Journalist's elbow.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Journalist controls the action.
Journalist blocks an uppercut.
Journalist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Journalist throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Journalist scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Journalist.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Journalist.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Journalist.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Journalist.

Journalist breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Journalist struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Journalist lands a shot to the body.

Journalist breaks from the clinch.
Lee throws a hook but Journalist avoids it easily.
Journalist lands a nice looking body kick.
Journalist takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Journalist has closed the distance and engaged Lee in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Journalist.
Journalist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Journalist lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Journalist.
Journalist lands a right hand.
Journalist lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
A short right from Journalist.
A right hand to the body from Journalist.
A shot in the inside from Journalist.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Journalist's elbow.
Journalist lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Journalist controls the action.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
Journalist lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Journalist lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Journalist lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Journalist.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Journalist lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lee or not.
Journalist prevents a body shot from Lee.
Journalist pushes Lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee prevents a body shot from Journalist.
Journalist working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Journalist.
Journalist lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Journalist lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Journalist digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Journalist lands an elbow that stopped Lee in his tracks for a moment.
Journalist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Journalist cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
Lee working aggressively here.
Journalist blocks a body shot from Lee.
Journalist blocks a body shot from Lee.
Journalist throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee misses with a body punch.

Journalist breaks the clinch.
Journalist misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Journalist swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Lee counters with a crisp one two that drops Journalist! Lee thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Journalist to his feet! Journalist is in big trouble!
Lee steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Journalist is out on his feet! Lee sets himself and nearly takes Journalist's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). William Lee!
Our winner, William Lee, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated The Journalist had this to say: 'Ah dammit, I GOT A HEADACHE'.