PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Dardey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Monkeys of War. Dardey has chosen Amazing as his entrance music. Tiger Lee has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Lee
vs
Dardey

180 cm
19
164 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

155 cm
20
151 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Chainsaw Shack - buy or die

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tiger Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stan Dardey!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Lee feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Lee landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lee wants to control from the top but Dardey keeps moving.
Dardey is trying to keep Lee in close.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dardey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lee's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dardey is looking to stand up but Lee won't let him.
Dardey throws a big right hand that misses.
Dardey looking to pass the guard.
Dardey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dardey tries to free his leg and advance position but Lee is retaining full guard.
Lee bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dardey's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee looking to pass the guard.
Dardey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dardey wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.
Dardey will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lee working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dardey's head.
Lee lands a couple of digs.
Dardey wants to stand but Lee is controlling the position.
Lee preventing the sweep.
Lee tries to free his leg and advance position but Dardey is retaining full guard.
Dardey manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dardey thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dardey throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dardey avoids the attempt from Lee to control.
Dardey thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lee holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dardey tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dardey throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lee because Dardey loaded up on that one.
Dardey thowing shots but they're missing.

Dardey goes for an armbar but Lee turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is working Dardey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lee lands a couple of elbows.
Lee working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dardey's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee trying to control but Dardey is working from the bottom.
Lee landing with the ground and pound.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dardey on the ground.
Dardey 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.
Lee wants to control from the top but Dardey keeps moving.
Dardey wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lee landing with the ground and pound.
Lee is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lee with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lee wants to control from the top but Dardey keeps moving.
Dardey wants to stand and escape but Lee is having none of it.
Lee cracks Dardey with a solid left hand.
Lee lands a couple of elbows.
Dardey wants to sweep but no luck.
Lee wants to control from the top but Dardey keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Lee 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.

Dardey with a lazy takedown attempt

and Lee decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dardey's guard.
Dardey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dardey keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Lee distracts Dardey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lee cracks Dardey with a solid left hand.
Lee postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lee cracks Dardey with a solid left hand.
Dardey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lee is in close to Dardey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lee trying to control but Dardey is working from the bottom.
Dardey 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.
Dardey has momentary wrist control but Lee slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dardey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lee postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dardey 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.
Dardey is breathing heavily.
Dardey keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lee stands up over Dardey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dardey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lee is controlling him.
Lee is working Dardey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lee trying to control but Dardey is working from the bottom.
Dardey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dardey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lee manages to get himself to full guard.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Dardey from controlling successfully.
Lee keeping full guard, as Dardey tries to pass.
Lee is looking to stand up but Dardey isn't so interested in that idea.
Lee is pulling down on Dardey's head. It's preventing any offense from Dardey, at least for the moment.

Dardey stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dardey doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Lee counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lee will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dardey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lee lands a couple of elbows.
Lee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lee lands a couple of elbows.
Lee controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dardey 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dardey is keeping the position for now.
Dardey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lee is one step ahead there.
Lee lands a couple of digs.
Dardey wants to get back to his feet but Lee passes into half guard.
Lee prevents Dardey from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dardey taking some punishment here, with Lee in his half guard.
Lee working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Lee dominated that second round.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dardey was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Dardey throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Dardey shoots and misses

and Lee counters with a takedown into side control.
Dardey takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dardey is trying to improve his position.

Lee thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lee is looking to take a break and control but Dardey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dardey tries to improve position but can't.
Tiger Lee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lee is chipping away with strikes.
Lee tries to move into full mount but can't pass Dardey's legs.
Lee scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dardey to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dardey is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Dardey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dardey throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dardey trying to control but Lee postures up.
Dardey is looking to improve his position.
Lee looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dardey is not content to let Lee control the position.

Lee is looking for a kimura here.
Dardey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lee shoots in and bounces Dardey off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dardey tries to strike from the bottom.
Dardey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lee's guard.

Lee pushes Dardey off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Lee shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lee passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lee breaks from Dardey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lee has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dardey's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a big elbow.
Dardey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lee working the ground and pound effectively.
Lee prevents Dardey from getting the reversal.
Lee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lee dominating with strikes here.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee landing punches.
Dardey is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Lee lands a nice shot to the head.
Dardey tries to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Lee controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a nice shot to the head.
Lee landing strikes from the mount and Dardey is in trouble!
Lee in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lee is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dardey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lee looking to finish Dardey with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dardey!
Dardey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lee lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Stan Dardey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dardey?
Dardey regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dardey is looking to improve his position.
Lee is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

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