PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Starr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicholas Lee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Starr
vs
Lee

178 cm
26
168 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
167 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reggie Starr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicholas Lee!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Starr closes the distance and clinches.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Starr.
Lee throws an elbow but it misses.
Starr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee lands an elbow just above Starr 's eye.
Good body shot from Lee.
Starr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Starr swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee tries to stall but Starr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Starr throws an elbow that misses.
Starr trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Starr into the cage.
Lee trying to control the position but instead, Starr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lee into the cage.
Starr drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Starr tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Starr looking for a takedown.
Starr avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Lee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lee is trying to stall.
Lee dodges an elbow strike from Starr.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Starr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starr's brow.
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee looking to stall.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Starr being controlled against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lee.
Starr goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lee prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reggie Starr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee is trying to stall.
Lee dodges an elbow strike from Starr.
Starr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Starr misses with a knee to the head.
Starr is breathing heavily.
Starr drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starr's defenses.
Lee lands an elbow just above Starr 's eye.
Lee blocks the elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Lee.
Lee avoiding damage as Starr throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.
Lee lands with a left to the head.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starr blocks the elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Starr as Lee tries to tie him up.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Starr blocks the elbow strike.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Starr tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Starr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lee blocks it with crossed arms.
Starr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Starr blocks an elbow strike from Lee.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lee looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starr throws an elbow but misses.
Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Starr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Starr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Starr avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lee avoids the elbow strike from Starr, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starr's defenses.
Starr avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Starr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Starr gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.
Starr with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Starr in his tracks for a moment.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Lee.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee stalling in the clinch but Starr improves position.
Lee landing knees to the head.
Starr looking for a takedown.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Starr lands with a short shot to the head.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starr's defenses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lee avoiding damage as Starr throws knees to the body.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Starr backwards.
Starr goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lee prevents it.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Starr jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lee walks away with a smile on his face. Starr gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Starr is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Starr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.

Starr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Starr tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lee taking a breather.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Starr pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lee trying to stall but Starr improves his position.
Lee is pressed up against the cage. Starr has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lee down to the mat. Lee avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Starr tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Starr circles away from the clinch attempt

so Starr counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas 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.

Lee tries to clinch up

and Starr holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lee prevents the takedown attempt.
Starr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Starr throws an elbow but it misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Starr wants to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Starr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Starr backwards.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Starr has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lee avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Starr takes an elbow to the temple.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lee as Starr tries to tie him up.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Starr gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Starr shrugs off.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Starr avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Starr tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Nice elbow from Lee.
Starr trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Starr into the cage.
Starr can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Starr shrugs off.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
Starr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Starr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Starr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee lands an elbow just above Starr 's eye.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lee blocks an elbow strike.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Starr throws an elbow but misses.
Lee lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Starr.
Starr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee gets underhooks to prevent Starr's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reggie Starr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
Starr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Starr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Starr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Starr's ribcage.
Starr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lee is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Starr shrugs off.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Starr.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Starr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee trying to control the position but instead, Starr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lee into the cage.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Starr looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Starr blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Starr.
Starr dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Starr looking to throw knees to the head but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lee dodges an elbow strike from Starr.
Starr misses with a knee to the head.
Lee wants to stall.
Starr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee lands an elbow just above Starr 's eye.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Starr turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Starr tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Starr has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lee is trying to control Starr's posture but Starr avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starr takes a little break here. Lee wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Starr is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lee has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Starr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Reggie Starr will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lee scores with a crisp jab that stopped Starr in his tracks.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lee misses with a wild combination.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Starr.
Starr tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Starr tries to clinch up.
Starr dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lee wants to clinch

and Starr moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice elbow from Lee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Starr.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Starr tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.
Starr is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lee gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lee looking to stall.
Starr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Starr takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Starr jumps guard and drags Lee to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Starr is looking for a triangle but Lee pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Starr is looking for a triangle but Lee pushes his legs off easily.
Lee is looking to stand up but Starr won't let him.

Starr is looking for a triangle but Lee pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee wants to get up but he can't break Starr's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Starr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Starr looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Starr has his foot on Lee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lee works his way back into a safe position though.

Starr working for submissions but it's allowed Lee to get to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lee tries to stand but can't do so whilst Starr controls his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starr moves into full guard.
Lee tries to stand but Starr is controlling from the bottom.
Lee must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Starr pushes a forearm under Lee's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Lee is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Reggie Starr!