PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terence Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Fitts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitts is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Alice In Chains - No Excuses. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lee
vs
Fitts

180 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
224 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terence Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Fitts!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitts misses with an uppercut
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fitts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fitts scores with a body shot.
Lee gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Fitts to counter with a crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fitts.
Fitts throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fitts thows a body shot but no joy.

Lee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lee wants to control but Fitts is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Lee seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Fitts is trying to get back to half guard.
Lee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fitts is trying to control Lee's posture but Lee avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloppy strikes there by Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitts defending against the ground and pound.
Lee misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Fitts tries to escape but Lee is in control.
Lee misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lee scoring with punches from side control.
Fitts is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Lee fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fitts is looking for a sweep.
Lee tries to move into full mount but can't pass Fitts's legs.
Fitts avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lee.
Fitts pushes Lee away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lee gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lee works to advance to full mount. Fitts defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fitts working to try and regain half guard.
Fitts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lee. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lee working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fitts is looking to escape.
Fitts keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lee lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fitts can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee with shots to the head and body - Fitts looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fitts is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lee scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fitts?

Fitts is rocked!
Lee breaks from Fitts's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fitts is still in real trouble! Can Lee finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Lee! Fitts is hurt baaadly! Lee is firing away with more strikes - Fitts is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terence Lee!