PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boo Lee (ranked 155 p4p, 18 weight class) and Tero Susi (ranked 129 p4p, 15 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Susi

185 cm
28
215 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boo Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Susi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee avoids the body shot from Susi.
Susi misses with a low kick.
Susi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Susi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Lee has Susi up against the cage in a clinch.
Susi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lee is defending well.
Susi blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee working aggressively here.
Susi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lee avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Susi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lee connects with a single shot there.
Susi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lee sizes up Susi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Susi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee swings widly with a right hand
and Susi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lee thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands with a good body shot.
Lee connects with a body shot.
Susi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Martial Arts Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Susi ducks down to avoid it.
Susi takes one to the chin there.
Susi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Susi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Susi avoids the body shot from Lee.
Susi throws a front kick aimed at Lee's knee but Lee avoids it well.
Susi throws a leg kick
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Susi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A head kick misses from Susi.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Susi's calf.
Susi throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee tried to counter with a leg kick but Susi avoided it.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Susi scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big right from Susi misses.
Jab from Lee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Susi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Susi counters with a body kick that stops Lee in his tracks momentarily.
Susi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Susi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Susi misses.
Nice shot lands for Susi.
Susi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Susi throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Susi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee blocks the body kick.
Susi takes one on the button.
Susi with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee scores with a nice body kick.
Susi misses with a low kick.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Susi throws out the jab.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Lee misses with a shot to the body
and Susi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Susi throws a right hand that misses
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Susi tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Susi misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Susi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Susi misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a nice uppercut.
Susi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lee swings for the body but Susi moves out of range.
A nice side step and Susi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Susi scores with a jab. Lee acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Susi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lee counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Susi throws a right hand that misses
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Susi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Susi blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Susi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Susi looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Susi connects with a right hand. Lee shakes it off.
Susi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lee checks it well.
Susi misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Susi swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Susi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Susi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee looks for the body kick but Susi saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tero Susi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A shot to the body from Susi misses
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Susi shrugs it off.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tero Susi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Susi misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee avoids the body shot from Susi.
Lee moves out of range as Susi strikes.
Susi misses the shot to the body.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Susi throws a body kick that misses.
Susi missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee blocks a jab.
Lee swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lee there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee slips a straight right by Susi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi is looking to clinch.
Susi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice jab there from Lee.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Susi.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Susi is just out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Susi is looking to chop away at Lee's legs.
Lee takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lee misses with a right hand
letting Susi counter with a right hand.
Lee checks a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Lee

so Susi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee is looking to stand up but Susi isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Susi from controlling successfully.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
Lee wants to stand but Susi is controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Susi connects with a couple of short punches.
Susi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Lee has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Susi off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Susi takes one to the chin there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lee checks a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Lee misses the target.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi misses with a left hand
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Susi.
Susi throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Susis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Susi avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Susi manages to avoid it.
Susi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee throws a lazy uppercut
and Susi counters with a nice uppercut.
Lee takes one to the side of the head.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Susi ducks down to avoid it.
Susi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Susi misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lee finds it's way through Susi's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee keeps Susi at a distance using the push kick.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Susi tries to score with a low kick but Lee moves his leg out of the way.
Lee throws a wild body kick that Susi sees coming a mile off.
A big left from Susi misses.
Lee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Susi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Susi throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Susi.
Susi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It looked like Lee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lee works Susi's body with a nice hook.
Susi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lee's hands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lee. That's going to slow Susi down.
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 Boo Lee will probably get the nod.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Susi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Susi misses with an uppercut
and Susi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Susi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Susi's head.
Lee misses with a right hand
and Susi counters with a stiff right hand.
Susi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee connects with the punch.
Lee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Susi's hands.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Susi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Susi flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Susi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Susi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Susi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lee throws a right hand that misses
and Susi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.
Susi misses the shot to the body.
Lee slips a jab from Susi.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Susi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lee moves out of range of the leg kick from Susi.
Susi misses with a looping right.
Lee checks a leg kick.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Susi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Susi.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Susi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Susi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Susi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Susi! But no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Susi throws a right hand that misses
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Susi moves away from the strike by Lee.
Susi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Susi can pounce on him.
Susi ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Susi throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Susi.
Susi lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Susi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lee's calf.
Lee cracks Susi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Susi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nice uppercut there from Susi.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Susi's ribs.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Susi.
Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Susi is just out of range.
Susi misses with a looping right.
Susi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Susi lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Susi.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Susi.
Susi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Susi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lee thuds a left hand into Susi's body.
Susi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Susi sizes up Lee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Susi misses with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Susi.
Lee with a hook.
Susi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Susi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donk. Susi catches Lee right on the button with a cross.
Susi throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Lee counter with a right hand.
Lee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Susi's sensitive parts.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A left lands for Susi.
Susi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lee.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tero Susi.
I think Susi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!