PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chan Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Carlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by ヨシピィ・ダ・ガマ/&#. George Carlin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Lee
vs
Carlin

180 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chan Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Carlin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carlin blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.

Carlin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Carlin lands in his opponent's guard.
Carlin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lee wants to stand up but Carlin is controlling him.
Carlin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Carlin chips away with some ground and pound.
Lee wants to stand up but Carlin is controlling him.
Carlin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Carlin stops Lee from standing up.
Carlin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlin won't allow Lee to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carlin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carlin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lee will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Carlin prevents Lee from getting back to his feet.
Carlin is working Lee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carlin prevents Lee from getting back to his feet.
Carlin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Carlin won't allow Lee to get back to his feet.
Carlin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lee is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Carlin manages to pass to side control.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee is refusing to be controlled, as Carlin sits in half guard.
Carlin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carlin is trying to control. Lee wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Carlin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carlin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Carlin working Lee over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Lee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carlin lands a nice short elbow.
Carlin 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.
Lee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Carlin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carlin wants to take a breather but Lee is having none of it.
Lee works his way to full guard. Good work.
Carlin wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Carlin lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carlin is one step ahead there.
Carlin distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lee keeping full guard, as Carlin tries to pass.

Lee is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Carlin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lee did well to prevent Carlin getting side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carlin uses his free foot to push down on Lee's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Carlin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Carlin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chan Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carlin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carlin fails with the takedown.
Carlin shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chan Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Carlin.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lee catches Carlin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Carlin doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee connects with a body shot.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Lee! Carlin is out on his feet! Lee rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Carlin is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Carlin is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chan Lee!