PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sang Seok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sni Probong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Probong has chosen Bodhi Mandala as his entrance music. Sni Probong told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sang Seok
vs
Probong

176 cm
24
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

177 cm
26
167 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
Urban Fighter

Voodoo Nutrition
MayheM sportswear

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lee Sang Seok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sni Probong!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seok scores with a nice strike.
Seok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Probong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seok misses with a straight right.
Probong looks to score with a jab to the body but Seok is just out of range.
Probong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seok has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Seok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Probong.
Probong takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Seok gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Seok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Probong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Probong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Seok blocks a body shot from Probong.
Seok will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Probong up against the cage.
Probong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Seok is trying to pull guard but Probong turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Probong misses with a punch on the inside.
Seok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seok softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Seok lands a hook to the side of the head.
Probong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Seok.
Seok tries to work over Probong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Seok jumps into guard, dragging Probong to the mat.

Seok is looking for a triangle but Probong pushes his legs off easily.

Probong avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Probong wants to control from the top but Seok keeps moving.
Probong stopping the sweep attempt from Seok.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seok is trying to keep Probong in close.
Probong is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Seok thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seok escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Probong gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Seok looking for a guillotine here but Probong defends easily.
Probong trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Probong stays in close to Seok's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nice jab there from Seok.
Probong slips under a jab from Seok.
Probong is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Seok staying out of range there.
Probong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Seok looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Probong feints and then cracks Seok's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Seok down.
Probong comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Probong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seok was well out of range. Poor timing from Probong.
Seok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Probong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seok ducks under a wild hook from Probong.
Seok scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Probong doesn't seem bothered though.
Seok scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Probong doesn't seem bothered though.
Sni Probong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Probong misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Sang Seok dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Probong on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Seok keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Seok gets a clinch.
Probong misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Probong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Probong scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Seok.
Seok will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Probong up against the cage.

Probong breaks the clinch.
Probong misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seok shoots and misses
and Probong counters with a stiff right hand.
Seok takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Seok drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
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!
Seok throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Seok misses.
Probong looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Seok throws a hook but Probong avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Probong's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Probong ducks under a wild hook from Seok.
Seok lands a jab.
Seok throws the left hand but Probong avoids the punch easily.
Seok walks into a left hand.
Seok misses with a straight right.
Seok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Probong.
A lazy left from Seok finds it's target.
A left lands for Seok.
Seok missing with a left hand there. Probong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee Sang Seok is winning the standup battle so far.
Probong swings for the body but Seok moves out of range.
Probong throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seok tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Probong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seok shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Probong as he jumps to the side.
Probong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheers as Probong lands an impressive looking overhand right. Seok doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seok tries to close the distance and clinch but Probong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Probong let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Probong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Probong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seok ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Seok has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Seok there as he acknowledges the shot.
Probong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Seok counters with a shoot takedown. Probong fights it but they end up in guard.
Probong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seok throwing strikes but missing.
Seok works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Seok is thwarting Probong's attempts to control the position.
Seok trying to control from half guard but Probong is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Seok seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Seok seems to be looking for submissions.
Seok throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Seok seems to be looking for submissions.
Seok keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Probong trying to hold on to Seok's head to control him but Seok postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lee Sang Seok will probably get the nod.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Probong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Probong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seok's calf.
Probong moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Probong circles away from the clinch attempt
and Probong counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Seok shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Probong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Seok is looking to work some ground and pound but Probong has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Probong keeping moving, preventing Seok from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Probong managing to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Sni Probong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Seok throws a body shot but no joy.
Seok scores with a crisp jab that stopped Probong in his tracks.
Seok throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Seok lands with a nice body punch.
Seok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Probong moves away.
Seok throws a hook but Probong avoids it easily.
Probong looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Seok gets a clinch.

Probong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seok looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Probong is fending him off so far but Seok persists. Nope, Probong circles away and we're back to standing.
Seok throws a big shot that misses.
Seok is looking to clinch but Probong is avoiding it.
Seok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Probong manages to avoid it.
Seok moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Probong throws an overhand right that lands on Seok's shoulder, as Seok tries to avoid the shot.
Seok tries to counter with a takedown but Probong is quick to defend against it.
Seok closes the distance and clinches up with Probong, looking for a takedown. Seok pushes Probong against the cage but Probong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Seok shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Probong counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Sang Seok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Probong throws a leg kick which misses Seok's front leg but catches the back leg as Seok tries to avoid it.
Probong misses with a hook.
Probong works Seok's body with a nice hook.
Seok is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seok misses the body punch
and Seok takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Probong throws a low kick but Seok avoids it.
Lee Sang Seok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Probong stuffs the takedown attempt from Seok. Seok gets slowly back to his feet.
Probong throws out a counter right but Seok avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seok tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Probong was well out of range. Poor timing from Seok.
Probong looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Seok is defended easily by Probong.
Seok looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No luck for Seok with that takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Probong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee Sang Seok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Seok takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sni Probong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Seok has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lee Sang Seok!
A very excited looking Lee Sang Seok 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.