PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerolamo Quaglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lee
vs
Quaglia

186 cm
22
216 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

191 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerolamo Quaglia!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quaglia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Quaglia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quaglia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Quaglia misses with the combination.
Quaglia should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Quaglia.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Quaglia.
Quaglia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quaglia tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Quaglia if he has to take too many more of those.
Quaglia looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lee works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Lee throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quaglia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lee pushes down on Quaglia's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Quaglia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lee. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Quaglia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Lee is looking for a kimura but Quaglia is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lee to get the leverage.
Lee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Lee is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee uses his free foot to push down on Quaglia's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Quaglia.
Quaglia throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lee. What's that going to do exactly?

Lee with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lee trying to control but Quaglia is having none of it.
Quaglia swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lee throwing strikes here but Quaglia is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Quaglia is trying desperately to improve position.
Lee thowing shots but they're missing.
Quaglia swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Quaglia throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lee. What's that going to do exactly?
Lee manages to capitalize on a mistake by Quaglia to take his back!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee keeps control of the position as Quaglia tries to break free.
Quaglia is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Lee is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Quaglia knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Quaglia for a finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Quaglia's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Quaglia breaks Lee's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Lee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Quaglia moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Quaglia throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Quaglia misses with a double jab.
Lee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Quaglia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Quaglia throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Quaglia both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Quaglia throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Quaglia fails to land with a series of punches.
Quaglia misses with a few strikes there.
Quaglia swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Quaglia misses with the combination.
Quaglia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Quaglia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quaglia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quaglia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quaglia misses with a few strikes there.
Quaglia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quaglia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quaglia tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that 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.

Lee forces Quaglia back against the cage and clinches.

Lee turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lee manages to end up in side control.
Lee takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Quaglia to pass into mount.

Lee working for a submission but Quaglia is keeping him at bay.
Quaglia is squirming around, avoiding Lee's attempts to control the action.
Quaglia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Quaglia is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quaglia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaglia is trying desperately to improve position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quaglia can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lee blocks Quaglia's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Quaglia can't escape the position.
Quaglia throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lee trying to control but Quaglia is having none of it.
Quaglia throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lee. What's that going to do exactly?
Lee throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quaglia swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lee prevents Quaglia from getting the reversal.
Quaglia tries to improve his position but instead Lee has taken his back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lee's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee is hanging on to Quaglia's back as he tries to escape.
Quaglia tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Lee looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Quaglia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quaglia throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.
Quaglia staying busy and making it hard for Lee to control.
Lee controlling well, preventing Quaglia from escaping the position.
Lee is landing with strikes from the back.
Lee struggling to keep hold of the position.
Lee throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Lee is hanging on to Quaglia's back as he tries to escape.
Lee struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quaglia tries to break free.

Lee has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Quaglia has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Lee keeps control of the position as Quaglia tries to break free.
Quaglia covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Quaglia has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Lee.
Quaglia tries to escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Quaglia can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Quaglia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Quaglia misses.
Some wild striking there from Quaglia.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Quaglia.

Quaglia is fighting off a takedown attempt but Lee is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Quaglia to the mat. Quaglia regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lee passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Quaglia wants to sweep but Lee has passed to side control!
Quaglia is not content to let Lee control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Quaglia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee trying to control but Quaglia is having none of it.
Lee is really struggling to control Quaglia but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Quaglia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Quaglia swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Quaglia throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Quaglia is desperately trying to improve his position but Lee has a good base and remains in mount.
Lee thowing shots but they're missing.
Quaglia wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lee.

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 seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Quaglia is holding on tight.

Lee looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Quaglia tries to reverse the position but Lee maintains control.
Quaglia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Quaglia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lee blocks Quaglia's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Quaglia throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Quaglia wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lee.
Quaglia tries to strike from the bottom but he's left himself exposed and Lee has taken his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with an elbow to the head.
Quaglia wants to escape the position.
Lee misses with a punch to the head.

Lee is persistently looking for the submission but Quaglia is defending it well.
Quaglia manages to reverse the position and now he's in Lee's guard. Nice work there by Quaglia.
Lee looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Quaglia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Quaglia goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quaglia lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Quaglia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quaglia looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.

Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lee goes for a takedown attempt but Quaglia pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bruce Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quaglia misses with a two punch combination.
Quaglia scores with a three punch combo!
Lee throws a shot to the body.
Quaglia throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quaglia throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Quaglia.
Quaglia misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!