PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nate Edwards (ranked 24369 p4p, 24810 weight class) and Jae Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Edwards might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Way Life Goes. Lee has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Edwards
vs
Lee

178 cm
23
140
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
135
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jae Lee!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee fails with the takedown.
Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Edwards shoots in and bounces Lee off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lee looks winded!
Edwards trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Edwards distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee trying to control the position.
Edwards is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edwards advances position into side control!

Edwards looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Edwards tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Edwards decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Edwards misses with a wild combination.
Lee throws a counter combo.
Edwards tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Edwards tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.

Lee takes the fight into the clinch.

Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Edwards fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Lee drives through and clinches with Edwards against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Edwards has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lee uses from the top position.
Lee prevents Edwards from getting back to his feet.
Edwards trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Edwards tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee postures up.
Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Edwards is keeping the position for now.
Edwards looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lee is one step ahead there.
Edwards is trying to control the position but Lee postures up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Edwards is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jae Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Edwards has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Edwards gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
Edwards is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Edwards pulls guard.
Edwards lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Edwards dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee avoids the head kick by Edwards.

Edwards shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Edwards was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Edwards is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lee has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Lee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee asks Edwards politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Edwards prefers to stall for the moment though.
Lee is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Lee!
Edwards fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lee trying desperately to get to his feet.
Edwards connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Edwards raining down hammerfists from mount.
Edwards landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Edwards. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Edwards sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lee wants to control but Edwards is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards wants to stand but Lee is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Lee is bucking up trying to escape but Edwards cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Edwards lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Edwards tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying desperately to improve position.
Edwards tries to control but Lee wriggling away.
Edwards looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Edwards is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Edwards takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Edwards landing shots from mount.
Edwards sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Edwards has taken his back.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

Edwards is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Lee won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Edwards off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nate Edwards!
Nate Edwards decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.