PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Wannis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rock lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wannis
vs
lee

179 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raymond Wannis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, rock lee!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wannis is looking to clinch.
Wannis tries to clinch but lee moves out of range.
Raymond Wannis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wannis's waist but Wannis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing lee off to one side.
Wannis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wannis could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wannis tries to clinch up but lee circles away and keeps his distance.
lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
lee tries to clinch but Wannis moves out of range.
Wannis wants to clinch but lee slips to the side

and lee counters with a takedown into side control.
Wannis can't do much from the bottom here.
Wannis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Wannis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wannis is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because lee is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wannis is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Wannis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
lee has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wannis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Raymond Wannis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rock lee.
Wannis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from lee.
Wannis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wannis is pressed up against the cage. lee has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wannis down to the mat. Wannis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wannis closes the distance but lee moves to the side
and lee counters with a nice body shot.
Wannis wants to clinch.
Wannis tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and lee counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by lee.
Wannis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
lee has Wannis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wannis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
lee has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wannis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
lee looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wannis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Wannis.
Wannis digs a right hand into lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on lee's gas tank.
Wannis scores with a shot to the side of lee's head.
Wannis lands a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wannis.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wannis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wannis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wannis lands a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Wannis.
Wannis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wannis lands an uppercut.
Wannis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wannis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Wannis.
Wannis lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wannis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Wannis.
A short uppercut from Wannis.
lee takes an elbow to the temple.
Wannis lands a nice knee to the body.
lee tries to score a body lock takedown but Wannis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wannis digs a right hand underneath lee's ribcage. lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wannis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wannis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wannis lands a nice knee to the body.
Wannis scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wannis.
Wannis pushes lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wannis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of lees head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wannis.
Wannis crunches a lovely knee into lee's ribcage.
Wannis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of lee backwards.
Wannis works on lee's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Wannis.
Wannis lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wannis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wannis lands a right hand.
Wannis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right handed body shot lands from Wannis.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wannis.
lee takes an elbow to the temple.
Wannis digs a right hand into lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on lee's gas tank.
Wannis lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Wannis.
Wannis lands an elbow just above lee 's eye.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wannis.
Wannis landing knees to the body.
Wannis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wannis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wannis lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Wannis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Wannis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wannis clinches but lee breaks the clinch

and lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
lee is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wannis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Wannis.
Wannis lands an uppercut.
Wannis digs a right hand into lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on lee's gas tank.
Wannis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wannis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wannis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wannis lands an elbow that stopped lee in his tracks for a moment.
Wannis lands a left hand that snaps the head of lee backwards.
Wannis lands an elbow that stopped lee in his tracks for a moment.
Wannis scores with a hook to the body.
Wannis lands with a left to the head.
Wannis works on lee's body with a couple of short punches.
lee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wannis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
lee is breathing heavily.
Wannis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wannis.
Wannis lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannis lands an elbow just above lee 's eye.
Nice elbow from Wannis.
Wannis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wannis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wannis lands a knee to the body.
Wannis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of lees head.
Wannis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wannis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt lee or not.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Wannis.
Wannis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wannis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wannis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wannis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wannis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wannis lands an elbow just above lee 's eye.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wannis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wannis lands an elbow that stopped lee in his tracks for a moment.
Wannis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wannis scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wannis.
Wannis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt lee or not.
Wannis is leaning against lee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wannis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wannis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short left from Wannis.
Wannis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wannis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wannis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wannis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wannis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down lee.
Wannis crunches a lovely knee into lee's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wannis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of lees head.
Wannis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
lee goes for a takedown attempt but Wannis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Raymond Wannis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rock lee.
Wannis fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wannis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wannis has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Wannis tries to close the distance and clinch but lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wannis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wannis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wannis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wannis tries to clinch up.
Wannis tries to close the distance and clinch but lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wannis doesn't manage to clinch there - lee circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wannis doesn't manage to clinch there - lee circles away.
Wannis tries to clinch there but lee circles away.
Wannis wants to clinch up but lee keeps it at a distance.
Wannis tries to clinch up.

Wannis darts in and clinches lee up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wannis.
Wannis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wannis lands an elbow just above lee 's eye.
Raymond Wannis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wannis.
Wannis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wannis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through lee's defenses.
Wannis unloads a knee to the mid-section. lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wannis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
lee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wannis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wannis lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Wannis.
A right hand to the body from Wannis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Wannis dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wannis gets a clinch.
A hook to the body from Wannis.
lee goes for a takedown attempt but Wannis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wannis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wannis tries to close the distance and clinch up but lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wannis avoids the head kick by lee.

Wannis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
lee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wannis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wannis is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wannis wants to clinch up but lee keeps it at a distance.
lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wannis closes the distance but lee moves to the side

and lee counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Wannis!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wannis can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannis wants to hold on but lee pushes him away.
lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wannis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wannis sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wannis preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wannis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wannis is pulling down on lee's head to control his posture.
Wannis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wannis has lee pulled in close to control his posture.
lee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wannis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Wannis had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. lee is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Wannis Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take lee's back instead.
Wannis avoiding lee 's attempts to control his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannis controls the action.

Wannis is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but lee won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Wannis off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Raymond Wannis!