PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Morrison Lee (ranked 384 p4p, 47 weight class) and Kick Boxer (ranked 610 p4p, 74 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by The Pretender. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lee
vs
Boxer

181 cm
34
158 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

180 cm
38
169 lbs
47 - 22 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morrison Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kick Boxer!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boxer is looking for the big counter here.
Boxer lands a lovely overhand right.
Boxer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Boxer.
Boxer throws a push kick but Lee slaps the foot to one side.
Lee blocks the body kick.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boxer.
Boxer loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee lands the left hand.
Boxer tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Boxer scores with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boxer misses with a two punch combination.
Boxer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boxers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer misses with a body kick.
Boxer stuns Lee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Boxer swinging wildly here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Boxer.
Boxer avoids the head kick by Lee.
Boxer jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Boxer scores with a nice head shot.
A jab lands there for Boxer.
Boxer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee throwing a counter right hand but Boxer manages to avoid it.
Kick Boxer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boxer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Boxer loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
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!
Lee works Boxer's body with a nice hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lee.

Boxer has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Boxer.
Boxer takes a shot to the head.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boxers head.
I was talking to Lee's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boxer scores with a hook to the body.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee throws a jab when Boxer was well out of range.
Boxer throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Lee slips under a jab from Boxer.
Boxer tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boxer misses with a lunging right hand
and Lee counters with a nice body shot.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Boxer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morrison Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boxer lands a head kick. Lee smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer throws a leg kick but Lee checks it.
Boxer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
Boxer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boxer lands with a good body shot.
Lee takes a swing at Boxer's ribcage but misses.
Boxer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boxer throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.

Boxer darts in and clinches Lee up against the cage.
Boxer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Boxer.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boxer avoiding damage.
Lee prevents a body shot from Boxer.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boxer's elbow.
Lee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee wants to take the fight to the mat but Boxer manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Boxer.
Lee pushes Boxer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lee blocking some punches.
Boxer pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Boxer scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Boxer avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.

Lee lands a takedown into guard.
Boxer wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Boxer 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.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Boxer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kick Boxer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boxer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Boxer.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lee throws a shot to the body.
Boxer avoids the head kick by Lee.

Boxer drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Boxer - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Boxer.
Lee pushes Boxer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boxer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Boxer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lee backwards.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Boxer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Boxer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lee throws a body punch but Boxer moves out of range.
Lee fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Boxer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boxer just misses with a punch to the body.
Boxer throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kick Boxer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boxer scoring well with a low kick there.
Boxer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Boxer throws out a powerful jab.
Boxer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lee.
Boxer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boxer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Boxer moved out of range nicely.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee avoids a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer moves away from the strike by Lee.
Boxer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boxer. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee scores with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Boxer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Boxer.
It looked like Lee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Boxer drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.
Lee blocking some punches.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boxer misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee stuns Boxer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boxer.
Jab from Lee.
Boxer slips under a jab from Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lee lands the left hand.

Boxer forces Lee back against the cage and clinches.
Boxer scores with a hook to the body.
Boxer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boxer lands an elbow that stopped Lee in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boxer.
Boxer lands with a short shot to the head.
Lee has Boxer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Boxer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Morrison Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boxer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
Boxer misses with some punches.
Lee digs a right hand into Boxer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boxer's gas tank.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Crunch! Lee slams his shin into Boxer's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boxer checks a low kick from Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Boxer throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Lee lands a nice looking kick to the body. Boxer takes a step back to recover.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boxer looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee thuds his right hand into Boxer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Boxer throws a low kick but Lee moves out of range easily.
Boxer scores with a head kick. Lee tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lee lands a lovely overhand right.
Lee tries to score a power double leg takedown but Boxer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lee somewhat.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Boxer moved out of range nicely.
Boxer goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boxer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kick Boxer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Boxer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boxer connects with a body shot.
Lee shoots in looking for a takedown but Boxer manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lee's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Boxer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee lunges at Boxer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Boxer's hand.
Boxer moves out of range as Lee throws a body kick.
Boxer with a jab.

Lee is rocked!
Boxer dips to his left and cracks Lee with an uppercut!
Oh Lee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boxer connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Boxer drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Boxer.
Boxer lands a body shot.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Boxer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boxer.
Kick Boxer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boxer throws a big uppercut that drops Lee! More strikes from Boxer and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lee lies dazed against the cage as Boxer celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kick Boxer!
Kick Boxer is the new lightweight champion!
Our winner, Kick Boxer, 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.