PBP Commentary

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

Lee
vs
Todd

192 cm
27
192 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

190 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asher Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Todd!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Todd connects with an inside leg kick.
Todd throws a low kick, looking for Lee's leg but Lee calmly moves out of range.
Todd throws a leg kick which misses Lee's front leg but catches the back leg as Lee tries to avoid it.
Todd slips a straight right by Lee.
Todd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lee misses with a hook.
Todd misses with a lunging right hand
letting Lee counter with a right hand.

It looks like Marco Todd has been cut.
Lee checks a leg kick.
Todd tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Nice jab there from Todd.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Todd throws a quick inside leg kick.
Todd throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Todd's head.
Todd displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Todd attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An inside leg kick lands from Todd.
Todd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Todd.
Todd throws a leg kick but Lee checks it.
Todd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Todd connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Todd. Todd obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Todd. Todd obviously looking to wear him down.
Lee checks a leg kick.
Lee misses with a double jab
and Todd counters with a good low kick that Lee was not able to check.
Todd fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lee takes one to the chin there.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Todd feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lee's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Todd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Todd lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Todd throws a series of strikes that have Lee backpedaling.
Lee takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Todd thuds his shin into the meat of Lee's side.
Marco Todd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Todd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Todd goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Todd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Todd.
Todd is looking to score with low kicks.
Lee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Todd lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lee has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lee and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Todd can pounce on him.
Lee walks into a straight right hand from Todd.
Todd jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Todd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Todd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Todd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Todd lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Todd.
Todd staying out of range there.
That kick from Todd tenderised Lee's leg. Lee is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Todd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Todd's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Todd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Todd misses the shot to the body.
Todd tried to score with a low kick but Lee checks it.
Todd lands with a hook. Lee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Todd swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Todd throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Lee avoids the head kick by Todd.
Lee checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Todd slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Todd.
Nice uppercut there from Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee blocks a leg kick.
Todd tries to land a leg kick but Lee saw it coming and moves away.
Todd throws out a leg kick but Lee moves out of range and Todd only half commits.
Todd takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Todd.
Marco Todd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Todd.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Todd.
Todd tried to score with a low kick but Lee checks it.
Todd misses with a low kick.
Lee checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Todd pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lee is out of range and Todd settles back down.
Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Todd misses with a low kick.
Todd attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lee is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Todd tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marco Todd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Todd throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Todd motions for Lee to come forward. Todd throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lee throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Todd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Todd slips under a jab from Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.
An inside leg kick lands from Todd.
Todd throws a quick inside leg kick.
Todd connects with a leg kick. Lee looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Todd scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Todd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Todd tries to score with a low kick but Lee moves his leg out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee dips to his left and cracks Todd with an uppercut!
Todd lands a head kick. Lee smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Todd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Todd scores with a nice strike.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Todd misses with a straight right.
Todd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee misses with a right hand
and Todd counters with an inside leg kick.
Lee misses with a double jab
and Todd counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lee's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Todd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Todd's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Todd dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lee. That did some damage!
Todd has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Todd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Todd misses the jab.
Lee throws a right hand that Todd ducks under and follows up with a left that Todd also avoids with ease.
Todd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Todd throws out a leg kick but Lee moves out of range and Todd only half commits.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lee might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Todd feints and then cracks Lee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lee down.
Todd tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lee is able to avoid easily.
Todd misses the shot to the body.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd misses with an uppercut
and Lee counters with a left to the body.
Todd throws a leg kick which misses Lee's front leg but catches the back leg as Lee tries to avoid it.
Lee checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Todd throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Todd throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Todd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Todd throws a poor cross that misses
and Lee makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Todd missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Todd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Todd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lee throws a left and a right that both miss
and Todd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Todd is looking to slow Lee down with leg kicks.
Todd throws a half hearted mid kick.
Todd is looking to score with low kicks.
Todd misses with a low kick.
Lee checks a low kick from Todd.
Todd throws an off balance right hand
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Todd throws a nice inside leg kick.
Todd throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Marco Todd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd throws a head kick that Lee semi-blocks.
Todd swinging wildly here.
Lee misses with a hook
and Todd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Todd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Todd is looking to chop away at Lee's legs.
Todd throws a low kick, looking for Lee's leg but Lee calmly moves out of range.
Todd throws a poor cross that misses
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Todd scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lee cracks Todd with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee checks a low kick from Todd.
Todd throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Asher Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Todd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Todd goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lee misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Todd, right into the meat.
Todd misses with a right hand
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Todd connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Todd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Todd has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Todd!