PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between pat lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martyn Paul Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). lee comes into the arena with pump it blaring out of the sound system. pat lee looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

lee
vs
Paul Casey

182 cm
19
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, pat lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Martyn Paul Casey!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Casey shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in lee's guard.
Casey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
lee is trying to keep Casey in close.
Casey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Casey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Casey throwing strikes from guard but lee blocks nicely.
Casey is in close to lee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Casey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Casey fails to land the takedown.
lee fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
lee is breathing heavily.

Casey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Casey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Casey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Casey drops an elbow to the side of lee's head.
Casey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Casey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Casey trying to mount his opponent but lee defends it.
Casey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Casey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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 trying to maintain the position but Casey is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Casey closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Casey landing strikes.
Casey lands a few punches from side control.
Casey cracks lee with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casey is putting a hurting on lee here, landing some big shots from side control.
lee is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Casey creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Casey looks up at the clock and then as lee takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Casey smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
lee takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Casey lands an elbow.
Casey working away.
lee is working to avoid the ground and pound but Casey connects with a decent elbow.
Casey cracks lee with a big elbow.
Casey working the ground and pound from side control.
Casey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear lee down.
lee is working to avoid the ground and pound but Casey connects with a decent elbow.
Casey landing a few strikes.
Casey connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused lee some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Casey is putting a hurting on lee here, landing some big shots from side control.
Casey is putting a hurting on lee here, landing some big shots from side control.
lee takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Casey connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused lee some visible discomfort.
Casey misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
lee on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Casey working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Casey creates some space and throws a big elbow, but lee sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
lee can't do much from the bottom here.
Casey working the ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Casey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Casey cracks lee with a big right hand but lee just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Casey lands a nice forearm strike.
Casey cracks lee with a big elbow.
Casey is chipping away with strikes.
lee defending against the ground and pound.
Casey scores with punches from side control.
lee is trying to control Casey's posture but Casey avoids it.
lee takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Casey seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Casey scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martyn Paul Casey 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.

Casey shoots and misses
and lee counters with a flying knee. Nice.

lee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Casey gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Casey manages to get to full guard.
lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Casey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Casey thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Casey trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Casey striking off his back, scoring a few points.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Casey will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Casey gets the takedown into side control.
Casey working the ground and pound from side control.
Casey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
lee is looking for a sweep.
lee on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
lee is trying to buck Casey off.
lee takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Casey is working lee over with some ground and pound from side control.
Casey scores with a couple of short elbows.
lee can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casey lands a few punches from side control.
lee taking punishment in the form of punches.
Casey lands a nice forearm strike.
Casey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
lee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Casey lands some shots froms side control.
lee is trying to control Casey's posture but Casey avoids it.
Casey is chipping away with strikes.
lee is trying to get back to half guard.
lee is working to avoid the ground and pound but Casey connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on lee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Casey working the ground and pound from side control.
lee is looking to regain half guard here but Casey keeps moving and retains side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Casey scores a takedown into full mount!
Casey lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Casey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
lee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Casey landing strikes from the mount.
lee is bucking up trying to escape but Casey cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Casey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lee tries to lock up and control but Casey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
lee is working to get back to half guard.
Casey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Casey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Casey with shots to the head and body - lee looks very uncomfortable down there.
lee is in a horrible position here. Casey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
lee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martyn Paul Casey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Casey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Casey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
lee has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Casey is working away from the top position though.
Casey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Casey landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
lee trying to control from the bottom.
Casey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. lee defending well though.
Casey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Casey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey misses with a head shot. lee uses the momentum to regain guard.
Casey lands a couple of elbows.
lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
lee controls Casey momentarily but Casey frees himself.
Casey landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Casey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Casey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Casey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Casey lands a couple of elbows.
Casey chips away with some ground and pound.
lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Casey is in close to lee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Casey lands a couple of elbows.
Caseyis looking to pass into half guard but lee pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now lee is in guard.
lee throwing strikes but missing.
Casey wants to sweep here but lee controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casey strikes from his own guard.
Casey tries to strike from the bottom.
Casey keeping moving, preventing lee from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Casey has his takedown stuffed
and lee counters with a series of strikes. Casey will be more careful next time no doubt.
A nice combination there by lee.
Casey misses with a takedown

and lee counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Casey throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Casey connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Casey flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
lee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Casey defending well though.
Casey throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Casey tries to get to full guard but lee has control of the leg.
lee passes to full mount!
Martyn Paul Casey has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casey avoids a series of strikes thrown by lee.
lee sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
lee fails to advance to Casey's back.
Casey is trying desperately to improve position.
Casey throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Casey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Casey throwing hammer fists to the chest of lee. What's that going to do exactly?

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 pat lee.
I think Casey 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martyn Paul Casey!