PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Withers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevee Cee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Withers comes to the cage accompanied by Snap your fingers snap your neck. Cee has chosen RENEGADE MASTER as his entrance music. Luke Withers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Withers
vs
Cee

184 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

178 cm
22
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Withers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stevee Cee!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cee avoids the head kick by Withers.
A chopping leg kick lands by Withers.
Withers slips a jab and a cross from Cee.
Withers throws a head kick that half lands.
Cee throws a head kick but Withers moves out of range.
Cee misses with the combination.
Cee tries a head kick but it misses.
Cee throws a series of punches but Withers avoids them all with ease.

Withers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cee sprawls well initially but Withers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Withers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Withers prevents Cee from improving his position.
Withers wants to pass to mount but Cee is defending the position.
Cee is trying is best to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cee is looking to improve his position.

Withers is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cee controlling the position well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cee manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Withers postures up.
Cee pulls Withers in to control the position.
Cee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Withers.

That's two 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.
Withers is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Withers landing some decent shots from guard.
Withers throwing strikes but missing.
Withers controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cee is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cee trying to keep a closed guard but Withers is proving a slippery customer.
Cee looking to control but Withers passes into half guard.
Withers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cee preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Withers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cee defending well though.
Withers thows a huge punch but Cee dodges it nicely.
Cee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Withers's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Withers's back!

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.
Cee struggling to land strikes to the head as Withers covers up.

Withers is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Withers preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Cee.
Withers turns into Cee and is now in his guard.

Cee throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Withers looking to sit in guard and control but Cee gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Withers dominated that round.
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.

Withers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cee scores with a leg kick.
Cee lands a jab to Withers's midsection.
Withers fails with the takedown.
Cee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good work by Cee as he checks the leg kick.
Cee throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Withers.
Cee dips to his left and cracks Withers with an uppercut!
Cee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cee throws a sloppy head kick
and Withers counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cee digs a good hook to Withers's body.
Stevee Cee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cee checks the leg kick.
Cee checks a leg kick.
Withers tries to work over Cee's front leg with a kick but Cee checks it.
Cee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Luke Withers has been cut.
Stevee Cee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Withers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cee avoids the head kick by Withers.
Cee checks a leg kick.
Withers slips a jab and a cross from Cee.
Cee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Withers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cee moves out of range of the body kick from Withers.
Cee moves out of range of the strikes.
Withers tries to work over Cee's front leg with a kick but Cee checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Withers's head.

Withers changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cee manages to work his way to half guard, despite Withers's best efforts.
Cee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Withers's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Withers's back!
Cee missing with strikes.
Withers is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Withers can't escape the position.
Withers trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Cee missing with strikes.
Withers prevents Cee from getting a body triangle.
Cee really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Withers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Withers is trapped and Cee is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Cee lands strikes to the head.
Withers staying busy and making it hard for Cee to control.
Cee is landing with strikes from the back.
Withers is keeping busy.
Cee throwing sloppy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cee throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Withers wants to escape the position.
Cee missing with strikes from the back.
Withers tries to escape the position.
Cee struggling to land strikes to the head as Withers covers up.
Withers looking very determined here, making life difficult for Cee.
Cee is trying to control but Withers is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Cee sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Withers is desperately trying to improve his position but Cee has a good base and remains in mount.
Cee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevee Cee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Luke Withers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Withers plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Withers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cee throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cee throws a sloppy head kick and Withers moves out of range easily.

Withers moves into the clinch.
Cee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cee lands a left hand.
Withers tries to land a knee to the head but Cee blocks with his arms.

Cee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cee throws a series of punches but Withers avoids them all with ease.
Withers throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cee throws out a loose jab but Withers uses good head movement to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Withers feints and then cracks Cee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cee down.
Withers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cee. Withers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stevee Cee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Withers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cee swinging wildly here.
Withers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cee finds it's way round the side to connect with Withers's head.
Cee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cee lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Withers backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cee thuds his right hand into Withers's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Withers takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cee throws a right and a left that Withers avoids nicely.
Cee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cee thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Withers.
Withers looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Withers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Withers showed some decent athleticism there.
Cee regains full guard. Nicely done.
Withers stopping the sweep attempt from Cee.
Cee has his hands on Withers's head, controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cee working a defensive guard here.

Cee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Withers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Withers stands and throws Cee's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cee manages to work his way to half guard, despite Withers's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Withers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Withers is thwarting Cee's attempts to control the position.
Withers is trying to control the action in half guard but Cee is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Withers is thwarting Cee's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cee manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stevee Cee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cee 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevee Cee!