PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artem Muhomorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen I Am Perfection by Cage 9 as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Muhomorov
vs
Lee

200 cm
24
250 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
255 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

♠ Red Madness Clothing ♠

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Muhomorov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricky Lee!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lee misses with a hook
enabling Muhomorov to counter with a crisp jab.

Muhomorov clinches.
Muhomorov lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Muhomorov has Lee up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Muhomorov fails to land.
Lee is trying to force a seperation but Muhomorov has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Muhomorov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muhomorov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Muhomorov counters with a left and a right that hurts Lee! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Muhomorov jumps into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muhomorov controlling from mount.
Muhomorov forces the positional change into back control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Lee breaks Muhomorov's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lee throws a strike but Muhomorov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muhomorov wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Muhomorov trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Lee manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee is looking to work some ground and pound but Muhomorov has wrist control.
Lee throwing strikes but missing.
Lee throws a strike but Muhomorov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Muhomorov pushes down on Lee's leg and manages to get into half guard.

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.
Muhomorov tries to stand and escape but Lee is controlling the position.

Muhomorov decides to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artem Muhomorov dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Muhomorov moves to clinch but Lee breaks away

and Lee counters with a crisp one two that drops Muhomorov! Lee thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Muhomorov to his feet! Muhomorov is in big trouble!
Artem Muhomorov is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch lands to the side of Lee 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Muhomorov finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Lee's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Muhomorov falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Lee!