PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Slim Jimmy (ranked 5419 p4p, 5086 weight class) and Jun Fan Lee (ranked 446 p4p, 434 weight class). Jimmy comes to the cage accompanied by Home Depot. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jimmy
vs
Lee

172 cm
25
150
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
18
156
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Slim Jimmy!
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, Jun Fan Lee!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jimmy leaning against his opponent.
Jimmy being controlled against the cage.
Jimmy is looking to break free of the clinch but Lee has double underhooks.
Jimmy blocks an elbow strike.
Lee slowing the pace effectively.
Jimmy has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Jimmy has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Jimmy tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jimmy breaks from the clinch.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Jimmy tries to break free but Lee pushes him back against the cage.
Lee stalling in the clinch.
Jimmy working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimmy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lee blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimmy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Lee prevents Jimmy from breaking the clinch.
Lee letting Jimmy take a breather here.
Jimmy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee prevents Jimmy from breaking the clinch.
Lee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jimmy up against the cage.
Jimmy trying to stall but Lee improves his position.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Jimmy is blocking nicely.
Jimmy tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimmy letting Lee take a breather here.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jimmy.

Jimmy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've been told by Jimmy's head coaches at UnderGround Training Facility that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Jimmy.
A nice left hand lands by Jimmy.
Lee stalling against the cage.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Jimmy is blocking nicely.
Jimmy blocks an elbow strike from Lee.
Jimmy trying to land knees to the body.
Lee controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeps control of Jimmy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jimmy blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimmy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lee is trying to stall.
Jimmy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jimmy is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Jimmy fails to land.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jimmy avoids it.
Jimmy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lee throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four 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 just leaning against Jimmy, taking a breather.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jimmy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jimmy tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Jimmy can't break the clinch.
Lee effectively controlling the action here.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jimmy up against the cage.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Fan Lee dominated that round.
That's time! Jimmy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Jimmy.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jimmy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A low kick lands for Jimmy.
Jimmy throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee feints a counter leg kick.

Jimmy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lee slows down the pace here.
Lee has Jimmy pressed against the cage, preventing Jimmy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee stalling in the clinch but Jimmy improves position.
Jimmy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jimmy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Jimmy gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimmy throws an elbow that misses.
Jimmy blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jimmy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jimmy lands an elbow inside.
Jimmy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee trying to control the position but instead, Jimmy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lee into the cage.
Jimmy missing with knees to the body.
Jimmy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jimmy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jimmy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jimmy throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lee.
Lee is looking to slow Jimmy down with leg kicks.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jimmy circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lee.

Lee rushes Jimmy and presses him up against the cage.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jimmy avoids it.
Jimmy tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Lee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lee effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Lee's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jimmy's elbow.
Jimmy avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Lee has Jimmy pushed against the cage.
Jimmy has Lee pushed against the cage.
Jimmy has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Jimmy misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lee taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jun Fan Lee.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slim Jimmy is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Jimmy moves away from the strike by Lee.
Jimmy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lee lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jimmy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jimmy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lee is looking to clinch but Jimmy is avoiding it.
Lee slips a straight right by Jimmy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lee! But no joy.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jimmy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Jimmy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lee misses with an attempted mid kick.
A solid body kick from Lee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jimmy avoids the head kick by Lee.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jimmy circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jun Fan Lee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Lee throws a right and a left that Jimmy avoids nicely.

Jimmy closes the distance and pushes Lee back into the cage.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jimmy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jun Fan Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jimmy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Jimmy blocks it.
Jimmy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimmy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimmy avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jimmy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jimmy is trying to push Lee away but Lee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimmy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

Jimmy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jimmy fails to land with a series of punches.
Jimmy misses with a kick to the body
and Lee counters with an outside leg kick.
Lee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jimmy is out of range.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Jimmy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee takes a swing at Jimmy's ribcage but misses.
Jimmy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Lee lands a brutal head kick. Jimmy looks out on his feet and Lee throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jun Fan Lee!
Slim Jimmy was interviewed post fight and said 'Oh well, I'm still ready to scrap with anyone once I'm all healed up.'.