PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Lee has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lee
vs
Atkins

205 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

200 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Atkins!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Atkins looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Atkins circles away.
Atkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lee avoids it really well and circles away.
Lee tries to clinch but Atkins is having none of it.

Lee moves into the clinch successfully.
Atkins tries to break the clinch but Lee is controlling the position.
Lee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Atkins in his tracks for a moment.
Lee stalling against the cage.
Lee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Lee wants to get back to striking at distance but Atkins won't allow it.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Atkins is keeping busy.
Atkins prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling him.
Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Atkins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Atkins wants a takedown.
Lee lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Jake Atkins has been cut.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Atkins is blocking nicely.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Atkins shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lee is trying to force a seperation but Atkins has the dominant position.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Atkins letting Lee take a breather here.
Lee wants to break free but Atkins has control.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Atkins's defenses.
Lee wants to break free but Atkins has control.
Atkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Atkins's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Atkins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Lee tries to break free but Atkins pushes him back against the cage.
Lee tries to circle away but Atkins has him pinned against the cage.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atkins avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.

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.
Atkins prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Atkins's brow.
Lee throws an elbow that misses.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Atkins keeps him there for the moment.
Lee tries to circle away but Atkins has him pinned against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Atkins as Lee tries to tie him up.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atkins avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Atkins keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Atkins's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lee scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lee wants to clinch.

Lee gets a clinch.
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. Atkins won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Atkins is breathing heavily.
Lee is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Atkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Atkins is trying to break the clinch but Lee is controlling him.
Atkins has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Atkins has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Atkins keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee looking to stall.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Lee tries to circle away but Atkins has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lee lands an elbow just above Atkins 's eye.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Atkins keeps him there for the moment.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Atkins's defenses.
Atkins tries to break the clinch but Lee is controlling the position.
Lee taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Atkins has double underhooks.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Atkins has double underhooks.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Atkins shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Atkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Atkins walks into a stiff left hand from Lee.
A head kick from Lee lands but Atkins takes it in his stride.
Mike Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Lee finds it's target.
Lee closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lee looks to land a combination. Atkins sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A cross from Lee lands.
Atkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.

Lee lands a big head kick that sends Atkins tumbling to the mat! Lee takes a step backwards and waves Atkins back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Atkins is rocked!
Mike Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Atkins takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Lee cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mike Lee!