PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Severi Suhonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suhonen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lentävä Kalakukko. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lee's choice of entrance music: Wiley - Take That. On his way into the cage it seems that Severi Suhonen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Severi Suhonen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Suhonen
vs
Lee

185 cm
31
192 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

185 cm
36
195 lbs
24 - 26 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Solid chin

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Severi Suhonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Lee!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee misses with a hook
and Suhonen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Suhonen walks into a straight right hand from Lee.
Suhonen needs to keep his hands up - Lee had a free shot at his head there.
Suhonen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Suhonen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jason Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee throws a right hand that Suhonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Suhonen also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee throws a series of punches but Suhonen moves out of range.
Suhonen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Lee.
Nice cross by Suhonen.
Lee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Suhonen's hands.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Suhonen saw that one coming.
Suhonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook but Suhonen avoids it easily.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Suhonen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Suhonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suhonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Lee darts in and clinches Suhonen up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suhonen blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suhonen is defending well for now.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Suhonen controls his hands.
Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Suhonen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suhonen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee tries a body shot but Suhonen blocks it.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suhonen avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suhonen has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Lee holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lee working aggressively here.
Suhonen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Suhonen blocks with his arms.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
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 tries to work over Suhonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suhonen working hard to break the clinch.
Lee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Suhonen wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Lee taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Suhonen controlling the action here for a moment.
Suhonen managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Suhonen is trying to force a seperation but Lee has the dominant position.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Suhonen blocks it.
Lee leaning his opponent against the cage.
Suhonen blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suhonen dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee trying to stall but Suhonen improves his position.
Lee lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Suhonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suhonen letting Lee take a breather here.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Suhonen avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Lee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Suhonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Suhonen slips under a jab.
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suhonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Suhonen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Suhonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Suhonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee misses with a shot to the body
and Suhonen counters with a series of strikes. Lee will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lee misses with a right hand
and Suhonen counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suhonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Suhonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
A combination from Suhonen does no damage.
Suhonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Lee blocks a head kick by Suhonen.
Suhonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suhonen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Suhonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suhonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee misses with a hook.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Suhonen stalls.
Lee holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Suhonen controls the action.
Suhonen managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Suhonen stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suhonen has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Suhonen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Suhonen 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.
Suhonen is pushing Lee up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suhonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suhonen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Suhonen wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
A body shot lands from Lee.
Lee dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lee prevents Suhonen from breaking the clinch.
Suhonen avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Suhonen avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Suhonen avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Suhonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands with a right hand.
Lee throws a right hand that misses
letting Suhonen counter with a right hand.
Suhonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Suhonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A swing and a miss from Suhonen.
Suhonen misses with a body kick.
Suhonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Suhonen scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
Suhonen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Suhonen lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee lands a head shot.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Suhonen.
Suhonen walks into a left hand.
Suhonen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jason Lee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Suhonen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suhonen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lees jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lee throws a series of punches but Suhonen moves out of range.
Lee lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Suhonen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Suhonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee misses with a wild combination.
Jason Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Suhonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suhonen blocks a jab.
Suhonen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Suhonen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee misses with a hook. Suhonen ducked under it nicely.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suhonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Sloppy strikes from Suhonen. Those never looked like landing.
Lee lands with a hook. Suhonen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lee takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Suhonen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Suhonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suhonen throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Lee wants to clinch up but Suhonen keeps it at a distance.
Suhonen clobbers Lee with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee tries to bum rush Suhonen with a series of wild strikes but Suhonen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Suhonen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Suhonen throws a combination. Lee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lee lunges at Suhonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Suhonen's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jason Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Suhonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee misses the jab.
Lee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Suhonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suhonen scores with a head kick.
Suhonen takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Suhonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Suhonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Suhonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Lee misses the jab.
Some wild striking there from Suhonen.
Suhonen blocks a jab.
Suhonen lands a leg kick that knocks Lee off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a jab when Suhonen was well out of range.
Suhonen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Suhonen keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee misses with an uppercut
and Suhonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Suhonen counters with a left and a right that stings Lee.
Suhonen blocks a jab.
Lee throws a body punch but Suhonen moves out of range.
Suhonen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lee might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lee throws a series of punches but Suhonen moves out of range.
Lee tries to clinch but Suhonen moves away
and Suhonen counters with a good low kick that Lee was not able to check.
A head kick by Suhonen misses
and Lee makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Suhonen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Suhonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Suhonen cracks Lee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Suhonen manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Suhonen.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Suhonen scores with a jab to the body.
Suhonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Suhonen needs to keep his hands up - Lee had a free shot at his head there.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Suhonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Suhonen scores with a shot to the body.
Suhonen ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee throws a right hand that Suhonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Suhonen also avoids with ease.
Severi Suhonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suhonen misses with a wild combination.
Lee throws a right hand that Suhonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Suhonen also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Severi Suhonen.
I think Lee 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jason Lee!
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