PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kung Lee (ranked 6985 p4p, 5297 weight class) and Mario Battaglia (ranked 696 p4p, 585 weight class). Mario Battaglia has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kung Lee's chin.

Lee
vs
Battaglia

190 cm
23
170
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
170
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kung Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Battaglia!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battaglia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee tries to clinch up but Battaglia circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee misses with a hook.

Lee gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Lee has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Battaglia has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

Lee has picked Battaglia up - he's going for a ride! Lee dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee wants to pass to mount but Battaglia is defending the position.
Battaglia tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Lee has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lee controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Battaglia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lee prevents Battaglia from getting the reversal.
Battaglia tries to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Battaglia is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Battaglia wants to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Battaglia 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.
Battaglia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lee is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lee prevents Battaglia from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Battaglia takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Battaglia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Battaglia is trying desperately to improve position.
Battaglia bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Battaglia wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Battaglia might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Lee haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Lee wants to stand but Battaglia is controlling the position.
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 looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Battaglia from controlling successfully.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Battaglia trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Lee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Battaglia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Battaglia trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Lee wants to stand but Battaglia is controlling the position.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Battaglia from controlling successfully.

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.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Lee dives in for a single leg takedown but Battaglia sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Battaglia prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Lee definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Battaglia has clasped his hands together around Lee's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Lee is not content to let Battaglia control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kung 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 connects with a body shot.
Kung Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Battaglia scores with a takedown into Lee's guard.

Lee pushes Battaglia off and gets back to his feet.
Lee misses with a wild combination.

Battaglia drives through with a takedown into Lee's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battaglia content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battaglia trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Battaglia tries to free his leg and advance position but Lee is retaining full guard.
Lee working a defensive guard here.
Battaglia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Battaglia wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee keeping full guard, as Battaglia tries to pass.
Battaglia wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two 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.

Lee manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Battaglia on his heels. He'll look to pass Battaglia's guard now, I'm sure.
Battaglia keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Battaglia can do to turn this around?
Battaglia keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Battaglia can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lee won't allow Battaglia to sweep him here.
Lee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Battaglia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Battaglia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee postures up and lands a big shot to Battaglia's brow.
Battaglia is trying to hold Lee in close to prevent damage but Lee has managed to pass into half guard.
Battaglia has a hand on Lee's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Lee takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Battaglia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Battaglia keeps trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee controlling from mount.
Battaglia is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Lee manages to capitalize on a mistake by Battaglia to take his back!
Lee lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Lee is persistently looking for the submission but Battaglia is defending it well.
Battaglia tries to escape but Lee has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Lee dominated that second round.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Lee dives in and scores a takedown into Battaglia's guard.
Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Battaglia is keeping the position for now.
Lee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Battaglia looking for a sweep. Not yet Battaglia, not yet.
Lee tries to stand but Battaglia is controlling from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee won't allow Battaglia to sweep him here.
Battaglia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lee working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Battaglia's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee drops back looking for a leg! Battaglia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Battaglia manages to kick Lee off! Lee jumps back into Battaglia's guard.
Lee won't allow Battaglia to sweep him here.
Battaglia working a defensive guard but Lee manages to pass into side control anyway.
Battaglia tries to bench press Lee off him but Lee keeps the position.
Battaglia manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Battaglia sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lee trying to hold on to Battaglia's head to control him but Battaglia postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kung Lee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lee holds on and takes a little breather.
Battaglia wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Battaglia is looking to advance position but Lee has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Battaglia tries to improve his position but instead Lee has taken his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia is in bad spot here.
Lee tries to keep control of the position but Battaglia is staying busy.
Lee has Battaglia flattened out and is raining down punches.
Battaglia is in bad spot here.
Battaglia is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lee gets his hands free as Battaglia looks to control.
Battaglia is in bad spot here.
Battaglia is still trying to improve position.

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, Battaglia has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Battaglia trying to control the hands but Lee breaks the grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Battaglia is trying to roll into a better position but Lee has get a rear naked choke and Battaglia is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kung Lee!