PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Daez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lee
vs
Daez

195 cm
20
254 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobby 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, Rick Daez!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daez darts in and clinches Lee up against the cage.
Daez scores a nice knee to the body.
Lee cracks Daez with a nice body shot.

Lee wants the takedown. Daez is fighting it off but Lee persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Daez's guard against the cage.
Lee throwing strikes but missing.
Lee prevents Daez from getting back to his feet.
Daez looking for a sweep. Not yet Daez, not yet.
Daez tries to strike from the bottom.
Daez working a defensive guard here.
Daez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lee's guard.
Lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lee is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Daez is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Daez from controlling successfully.
Lee on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lee tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Daez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Daez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lee trying to strike off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Daez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lee.
Daez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daez tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.

Lee clinches up with Daez and pushes him back against the cage.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Lee scores a takedown into full mount!
Daez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lee is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daez preventing the sweep.
Daez postures up in Lee's guard and throws a big left but Lee blocks it.
Daez passes into half guard.
Daez working the head and body with strikes.
Lee is refusing to be controlled, as Daez sits in half guard.
Daez prevents Lee from improving his position.
Lee misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Daez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lee is controlling Daez's trapped leg to prevent Daez from advancing to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is staying active underneath Daez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Lee shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daez as he jumps to the side.
Daez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Daez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Lee looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Daez doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Daez trying to control the position.
Daez wants to sweep but no luck.
Daez pulls Lee in close to prevent any damage.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Daez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daez wants to get back to his feet but Lee is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Daez is on top in guard.
Daez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Lee has his feet on Daez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Daez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Daez has eaten all the pies!
Lee fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daez misses with a two punch combination.
Daez misses with a series of wild punches.
Daez stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Lee dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lee dodges the punch combination from Daez.

Lee rushes Daez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Daez trying to stall but Lee improves his position.
Daez tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee looking for a takedown.
Daez wants to break free but Lee has control.
Daez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Lee pulls guard.
Daez preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Daez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Daez pushes down on Lee's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lee is looking to improve his position.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Daez 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.
Daez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Daez on the ground.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Daez.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee tries to get to full guard but Daez has control of the leg.
Lee is not content to let Daez control the position.

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

Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Daez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lee is one step ahead there.

Daez wriggles free and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Daez is not content to let Lee control the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lee here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Daez sneaks back into half guard.
Daez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lee preventing the sweep.

Daez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lee can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lee preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lee postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Daez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lee controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Daez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Daez seems keen to control Lee's posture.
Lee trying to control but Daez is working from the bottom.

Lee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Daez looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lee manages to get himself to full guard.
Daez wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Daez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Daez works over Lee with some ground and pound from guard.
Daez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Daez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lee, up you get!
No joy there for Daez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Daez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daez scores with a push kick.
A jab from Daez does it's job there.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daez moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.

Lee rushes Daez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Daez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Lee scores with a takedown into Daez's guard.
Lee content to stall in guard here.
Daez keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.

Daez working for a triangle but Lee defends it easily.
Lee wants to stand but Daez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Daez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bobby Lee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Daez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Daez avoids the attempt from Lee to control.
Daez trying to control but Lee is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Daez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Daez prevents Lee from getting the reversal.
Lee is in a horrible position here. Daez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Daez unloading with bombs!
Daez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Daez wants to control the pace but Lee is squirming around nicely.
Lee wants to control but Daez is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Daez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Daez working the ground and pound effectively.
Daez trying to control but Lee is having none of it.
Lee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Daez wants to control the pace but Lee is squirming around nicely.
Daez landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Daez's attempts to control the action.
Daez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lee?
Lee is trying to escape the mount.
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Daez's attempts to control the action.
Lee tries to lock up and control but Daez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Daez is landing with some decent strikes but Lee is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Daez lands a big elbow.
Daez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lee?
Daez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lee is working to get back to half guard.
Daez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lee?

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Daez working for a guillotine from mount but Lee is in no mood to give up.
Lee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Lee that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daez lands a big elbow.
Daez scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.

Lee is rocked!
Lee tries to hold on but Daez postures up.
Daez dominating with strikes here.
Lee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Daez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lee is trying desperately to improve position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Daez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Daez 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Daez!