PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaromir Marek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Marek 's choice of entrance music: Riot by Three Days Grace. 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
Marek

199 cm
20
183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
176 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tommy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaromir Marek !
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marek misses with a straight left.
Marek scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.

Lee clinches up with Marek and pushes him back against the cage.
Marek wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Lee lands an uppercut.

It looks like Jaromir Marek has been cut.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Marek wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
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.
A left hand lands to the body for Lee.
Marek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marek lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stalling in the clinch from Lee.
Marek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marek wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.
Marek lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marek gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lee has Marek pressed against the cage, preventing Marek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lee pushes Marek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee digs a right hand into Marek 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marek 's gas tank.
Marek has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marek .
Marek throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Marek is trying to break the clinch but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Lee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lee lands with a right to the head.
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marek pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marek throws out the jab.
Marek throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Lee blocks a jab.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Marek misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Marek misses the target.
Marek misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee lands a nice hook to Marek 's body. Marek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marek looks gassed!
Lee lands with a kick to the temple. Marek shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Marek .
Lee leaning against his opponent.
Marek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marek is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lee pushes Marek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee presses Marek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marek .

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jaromir Marek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lee digs a good body shot into Marek 's ribs.
Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marek .

Lee has managed to clinch.
Marek misses with a punch to the body.
Lee gets through Marek 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marek tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Lee.
Marek is trying to break the clinch but Lee is controlling him.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marek backwards.
Lee just leaning against Marek , taking a breather.
Marek scores with a shoulder strike.
Lee has Marek pressed against the cage, preventing Marek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marek wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Lee prevents Marek from breaking the clinch.
Marek scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marek 's efforts to push away.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Marek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Marek avoids the head kick by Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee moves out of range as Marek strikes.
A cross from Marek lands.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marek misses the jab.
Marek throws a big shot that misses.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Marek .
Marek misses with a wild combination.
Marek throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marek throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Lee throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That has opened up Jaromir Marek 's cut even more.
A punch combination from Marek misses.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee stuns Marek with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big left from Marek misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Lee. That snapped Marek 's head back.
Marek misses the jab.
Lee moves out of range as Marek strikes.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marek looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Tommy Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Lee moves into the clinch.
Lee stalling.
Marek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marek tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Marek back against the cage.
Marek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marek is looking to break free of the clinch but Lee has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marek is looking to break free of the clinch but Lee has double underhooks.
Lee prevents Marek from breaking the clinch.
Marek tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.
Marek working hard to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaromir Marek 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Lee slips under a jab from Marek .
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Marek changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lee tries to avoid it but Marek manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lee to the ground. Lee escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Marek .

Lee clinches up with Marek and pushes him back against the cage.
Marek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marek takes a shot to the head.
Marek wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lee works on Marek 's body with a couple of short punches.
Lee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marek or not.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marek backwards.
Marek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hook to the body lands for Marek .
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee stalls.
Marek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A hook to the body from Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands an uppercut.
Marek is trying to force a seperation but Lee has the dominant position.
Lee has Marek pressed against the cage, preventing Marek from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lee digs a right hand underneath Marek 's ribcage. Marek let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lee lands a nice shot to the body.
Lee prevents Marek from breaking the clinch.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marek backwards.
A short body shot lands from Lee as the two fighters clinch.
Marek is trying to force a seperation but Lee has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tommy Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marek moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tommy Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marek takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Marek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Marek working hard to break the clinch.
Lee lands an uppercut.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Marek backwards.
Marek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lee pushes Marek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lee.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marek .
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Marek lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Marek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marek misses with a wild combination.
Marek throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
A big left from Marek misses.
Marek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marek 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.
Marek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab lands there for Marek .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Marek fails to land the takedown.
A telegraphed right hand from Marek misses the target.
Lee goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek .
A head kick misses from Lee.
Marek misses with a combination
and Lee counters with a head kick. That will keep Marek thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marek .
Marek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marek misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Marek misses the target.
Lee throws a body punch but Marek moves out of range.
Marek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lee counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lee lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lee scores with a shoulder strike.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marek can't break the clinch.
Marek wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Lee prevents Marek from breaking the clinch.
Marek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marek throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee is looking to wear down Marek with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marek .
Marek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marek throws a big shot that misses.
Marek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marek darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick misses from Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaromir Marek 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Marek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marek throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Marek misses with a few strikes there.
Marek misses with a looping left.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tommy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lee.
Lee lands with a kick to the temple. Marek shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Marek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marek misses with an uppercut.
Marek misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marek misses with a straight right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
Marek throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Marek .

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee moves into the clinch successfully.
Marek wants to break free but Lee has control.
Lee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marek or not.
Lee blocks a body shot from Marek .
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marek has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Marek misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Lee.
Marek takes a shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right hook to the body lands for Lee.
Lee digs a right hand underneath Marek 's ribcage. Marek let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marek can't break the clinch.
Marek wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee is working Marek over against the cage.
Marek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Marek 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marek can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee stalls.
Marek tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Lee displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marek throws a combination that misses
and Lee counters with a left and a right that stings Marek .
Marek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marek swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Marek , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lee paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
Marek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Marek scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee looks to land a combination. Marek sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee slips a straight right by Marek .
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marek shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Marek misses with a straight right.
A head kick from Lee lands but Marek takes it in his stride.
Marek scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee blocks a jab.
Marek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marek throws a big shot that misses.
Marek throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lee blocks a jab.
Marek misses with a looping right.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four 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 defending well as Marek loads up on a big left hand.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marek .
Lee connects with a high kick.
Marek dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Marek lands a jab-cross combination.
Marek is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jaromir Marek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lee counters with a leg kick.
Lee scores with a kick to the body.
Lee is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Marek .
Marek throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Marek shrugs it off.
Marek throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

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