PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabby Obertan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabby Obertan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jacob Lee's chin.

Obertan
vs
Lee

188 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabby Obertan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Lee!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee lands with an overhand left.
Lee swinging wildly here.
A combination from Lee does no damage.
Obertan misses with a head kick.
Obertan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Obertan on the side of the head.
Lee misses with a combination

and Obertan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Obertan.
Obertan pushing down on Lee's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lee wants to improve his position but Obertan is controlling well.

Lee looking for submissions off his back.
Obertan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Obertan content just to control the position here.
Obertan cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obertan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee's face.
Lee is looking to improve his position but Obertan isn't that keen on the idea.
Lee is bucking up trying to escape but Obertan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lee is trying to escape the mount.
Lee is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lee looks gassed!
Obertan lands a big elbow.
Obertan controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Obertan.
Obertan with the ground and pound from mount.
Obertan controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee is in all sorts of trouble here.
Obertan lands a nice shot to the head.
Obertan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lee takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obertan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lee can't escape the position.
Lee taking shots to the head.
Obertan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Obertan 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.
Obertan controlling from mount.
Obertan dominating with strikes here.

Lee is rocked!
Obertan lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obertan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Obertan looking to finish Lee with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lee!
Obertan looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obertan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lee is still in real trouble! Can Obertan finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Obertan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lee seems to have recovered his senses.
Obertan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lee can't escape the position.
Obertan looking to control and managing it successfully.

Obertan looking for a guillotine from mount but Lee is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obertan controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lee tries to sprawl but Obertan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Lee tries to roll over but Obertan keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obertan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lee is looking for a sweep. Obertan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lee has hold of Obertan's hands but Obertan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Obertan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Obertan prevents Lee from standing back up.
Obertan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lee wants to improve his position but Obertan is controlling well.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Obertan sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obertan blocks the strikes from Lee.
Obertan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Obertan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.
Obertan slows the pace down in half guard.
Lee is in trouble now - Obertan has advanced to mount!
Obertan lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Obertan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Lee is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee is desperately trying to improve his position but Obertan has a good base and remains in mount.
Obertan content just to control the position here.
Obertan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Lee for as long as he can get away with.
A nice elbow there by Obertan.
Obertan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lee takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Obertan's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabby Obertan!