PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marius Budawalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Budawalski comes to the cage accompanied by Terminator Theme. lee has chosen Bruce Lee: Game of the Dragon (Mortal Kombat) as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Budawalski
vs
lee

186 cm
23
206 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marius Budawalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce lee!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budawalski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Bruce lee has been cut.
Budawalski lands an overhand right.
lee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Budawalski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

lee drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Budawalski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as lee controls the pace.

Budawalski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
lee tries to free his leg and advance position but Budawalski is retaining full guard.
lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Budawalski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
lee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Budawalski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Budawalski keeping moving, preventing lee from controlling successfully.

Budawalski looking for a guillotine here but lee defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
lee wants to control from the top but Budawalski keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

lee drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and lee jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Budawalski throws out a loose jab but lee uses good head movement to avoid it.

lee closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - lee lands in his opponent's guard.

Budawalski working for a triangle but lee defends it easily.

Budawalski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. lee gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Budawalski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Budawalski is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lee wants to control from the top but Budawalski keeps moving.
lee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Budawalski keeping full guard, as lee tries to pass.

Budawalski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. lee gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
lee scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
lee is looking to work some ground and pound but Budawalski has wrist control.
Budawalski looking to control.
Budawalski can't keep his opponent in guard - lee advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

lee is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lee wants to take a breather but Budawalski is having none of it.
Budawalski wants to get back to full guard but lee has mounted him!
Budawalski tries to lock up and control but lee gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Budawalski is trying to stand.
lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Budawalski is looking to escape.

lee working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Budawalski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Budawalski is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Budawalski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Budawalski is working hard here to advance position.

lee is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Budawalski has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

lee looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
lee looks gassed!
lee tries to control but Budawalski wriggling away.
lee prevents Budawalski from getting the reversal.
lee pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce lee will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce lee's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Budawalski.

lee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. lee showed some decent athleticism there.
lee passes into side control, despite Budawalski's attempt to control the position.
lee is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Budawalski's shoulder. That is not cool.

lee thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Budawalski is looking for a sweep.
lee in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Budawalski is looking to regain half guard here but lee keeps moving and retains side control.
Budawalski manages to work his way to half guard, despite lee's best efforts.
lee is trying to control the action in half guard but Budawalski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Budawalski is trying to maintain the position but lee is very close to passing his half guard.
lee lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from lee there.

Budawalski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
lee frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
lee controlling his opponent.

lee is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Budawalski is surviving well by controlling lee's body position as best he can.
lee is breathing heavily.
lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Budawalski is looking to escape.

lee looking to secure an arm triangle but Budawalski defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

lee swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruce lee!