PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Granville Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Lee has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Granville Salazar's chin.

Salazar
vs
Lee

194 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Granville Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Lee!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salazar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Salazar stuffs the takedown.
Salazar went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lee fails with the takedown.
Salazar is looking for a counter combo.

Salazar gets a clinch.
Lee is looking to take this one to the mat.
Granville Salazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Lee.

Salazar tightens his grip and picks Lee up, before dumping him to the ground. Lee manages to land in guard.
Salazar is working Lee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Salazar decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lee, up you get!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salazar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lee will feel that in the morning.
Nice takedown defense from Salazar. No joy for Lee on that attempt.
Salazar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Salazar as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee gets tackled into the cage by Salazar. Salazar maintains the clinch.

Salazar turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Salazar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lee tries to buck Salazar off but Salazar is having none of it.
Salazar in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lee tries to escape but Salazar is in control.

Salazar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lee has escaped the position, nice work there.
Salazar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee is trying to control Salazar's posture but Salazar avoids it.
Lee wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Salazar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salazar working the head and body with strikes.
Salazar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lee on the ground.
Lee is looking to regain half guard here but Salazar keeps moving and retains side control.
Lee looks winded!

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

Salazar thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Salazar wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lee, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Salazar swings around for an armbar but Lee sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Salazar's guard.
Salazar keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.

Salazar working for a triangle but Lee defends it easily.
Lee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Salazar is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to control from the top but Salazar keeps moving.
Salazar keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Salazar tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Lee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Salazar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Granville Salazar dominated that round.
That's time! Salazar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Salazar circles away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Salazar.
Salazar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Lee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Salazar wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lee, who protects the arm well.
Lee struggling a bit here.

Salazar is trying to get an arm triangle but Lee is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Salazar is trying to get an arm triangle but Lee is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Salazar has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Lee misses with a strike from the bottom.

Salazar is trying to get an arm triangle but Lee is defending well.

Salazar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Salazar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lee tries to improve position but can't.

Salazar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lee gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lee manages to get to full guard.
Salazar has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lee is proving hard to escape from.

Lee is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lee's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lee is looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Salazar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Salazar has Lee up against the cage in a clinch.

Salazar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salazar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee throws a combination that misses
and Salazar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Salazar drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.

Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salazar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Salazar circles away from the clinch attempt
and Salazar counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Salazar clinches.
Lee tries to pull guard but Salazar holds him up against the cage and eventually Lee drops back down to his feet.
Salazar can't break the clinch.
Lee jumps guard but Salazar turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Granville Salazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Lee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lee is looking to control Salazar's arms but Salazar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lee has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Granville Salazar dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lee takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.

Salazar moves into range and clinches up with Lee.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.
Lee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Salazar to keep the fight standing.
Lee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Salazar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lee goes for a takedown in the clinch but Salazar prevents it.
Granville Salazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee fails to pull guard.
Lee jumps guard but Salazar turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salazar has hold of one of Lee's legs. Lee is fighting the takedown attempt but Salazar gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Salazar stands up over Lee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Salazar stands up and waves to Lee to follow him.

Salazar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lee, pushing him back against the cage.
Lee prevents Salazar from breaking the clinch.
Lee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Salazar just stands there and leans against the cage.

Salazar breaks the clinch.
Lee on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lee walks forward, straight into a front kick from Salazar.
Salazar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Salazar turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Salazar manages to end up in side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Salazar goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Lee rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Salazar's guard! Nice work there by Lee!
Salazar looking for a sweep. Not yet Salazar, not yet.

Salazar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Salazar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salazar keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a decent strike to the side of the head.

Salazar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Salazar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lee throwing strikes from guard but Salazar blocks nicely.

Salazar is looking for a triangle but Lee pushes his legs off easily.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Salazar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lee looking to sit in guard and control but Salazar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Salazar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Salazar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Salazar cracks Lee with a solid left hand.
Lee wants to stand up but Salazar is controlling him.
Salazar postures up and lands a big shot to Lee's brow.

Lee working for a triangle but Salazar defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salazar scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Granville Salazar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Salazar 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Granville Salazar!