PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lee might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mouth For War. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lee
vs
Young

166 cm
20
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

5th Round
5th Round

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Young!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young lands with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Lee's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lee tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Eli Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young misses with a straight right.
Young takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A cross from Young lands.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Lee works Young's body with a nice hook.
Young has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Young there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young with a hook.
Lee gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Young avoids the body shot from Lee.
Young 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands with a nice body kick.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young misses with a hook.
Lee throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
The crowd cheers as Young lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
Lee scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lee throws out a powerful jab.
Lee lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young scores with a body shot.
Young connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young misses with a hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lee.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eli Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lee will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Young's calf.
Lee slips under a jab.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Young slips under a jab from Lee.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Young lands a jab to the head.
Good shot there by Young.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Young.
Young misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Young is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lee had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Lee throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheers as Young lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Lee cracks Young with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab by Young.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Lee is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Young missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Young.
Young misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Young misses the jab.

Lee closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Young did well to prevent Lee getting side control.
Young is looking to escape.
Lee is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lee prevents Young from improving his position.
Young is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee is looking to take a break and control but Young is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Lee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee fails with the takedown.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young misses with a looping left.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Lee slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Young lands a nice shot that snaps Lee's head back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lee fails with the takedown.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Lee defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Young misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young scores with a decent looking hook.
Young lunges at Lee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lee's hand.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young slips under a jab.

That's two 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.
Young lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee has Young pressed against the cage, preventing Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lee looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Young is pressed up against the cage. Lee has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young down to the mat. Young avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lee wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young misses with a straight right.
Young misses with a body shot.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young lands a jab to the nose.
A big right from Lee misses.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Young scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.
Young works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Lee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young scores with a three punch combo!
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Young.

Lee drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Young gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lee.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Young.
Lee works on Young's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Young works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lee staying out of range there.
Young throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Nice jab there from Lee.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Young connects with a right hand. Lee shakes it off.
Lee slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Lee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Young is out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Young. That snapped Lee's head back.
Young looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Young scores with a hook.
Lee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Young slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Young looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Young looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Lee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lee there as he acknowledges the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee moves away from the strike by Young.
Young takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Lee's corner calls for a 1-2. Lee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Young throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Young lands with a hook. Lee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Lee off the cage and back into rage.
Good standup being displayed there by Lee as he connects with a hook.
Young scores with a hook.
Lee blocks a jab.
Young lands with a straight right. Lee didn't see that one coming.
Young misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Young bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lee's head.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young moves out of range of the body kick.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Lee throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young misses the jab.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Young gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A jab from Young misses.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Some wild striking there from Young.
A head kick misses from Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Young managing to control the position.
Lee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.
Lee trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young is trying to keep Lee in close.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Young can do anything to dispel that myth.
Young wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lee gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee blocks a jab.
Brandon Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Young misses with a straight left.
Young looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Young looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.

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 Brandon Lee.
Well Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Lee!