PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qing Nan Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastien Legard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Prong - Whose Fist Is This Anyway?. Legard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crank That (Travis Barker Remix). 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.

Nan Lee
vs
Legard

201 cm
20
281 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Qing Nan Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sebastien Legard!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Legard ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Legard misses.
Lee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Legard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legard shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Lee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lee scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Sebastien Legard has been cut.
Lee lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee stuffs the takedown.
Lee throws a combination that misses

and Legard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Legard looks gassed!
Lee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee keeping full guard, as Legard tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee controlling the position.
Legard wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Legard trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Legard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Legard throwing strikes but missing.
Legard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two 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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Legard's ribs.
Legard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legard.
Legard slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lee cracks Legard on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Legard falls backwards against the cage. Lee follows up with more strikes that drop Legard to his knees. Lee keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Legard! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Qing Nan Lee!
Qing Nan Lee retains his heavyweight title!