PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Owen Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mach Cheesmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lee
vs
Cheesmo

188 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
192 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Owen Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mach Cheesmo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cheesmo is out of range.
Lee looks to throw a body kick

and Cheesmo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cheesmo.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cheesmo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee wants to break free but Cheesmo has control.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheesmo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Owen Lee has been cut.
Come on Cheesmo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Cheesmo misses with a knee to the head.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cheesmo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheesmo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cheesmo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
Cheesmo tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheesmo taking a breather.
Cheesmo tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Lee leaning against his opponent.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Cheesmo keeps him there for the moment.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheesmo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A punch combination from Lee misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a lazy body kick
and Cheesmo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lee lands with a hook. Cheesmo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cheesmo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cheesmo scores with a push kick.
An inside leg kick from Cheesmo misses.
Lee misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cheesmo slips under a jab.
Cheesmo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donk. Cheesmo catches Lee right on the button with a cross.
Cheesmo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cheesmo throws a leg kick
and Lee counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheesmo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cheesmo looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Cheesmo wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.

Cheesmo closes the distance and clinches.
Cheesmo lands a good knee to the midsection. Lee won't want to take too many of those.
Cheesmo 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 working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lee throws an elbow but misses.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Cheesmo connects with an inside leg kick.
Cheesmo is looking to clinch.
Lee misses with a leg kick
and Cheesmo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lee is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cheesmo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cheesmo throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cheesmo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheesmo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lee's calf.
Cheesmo tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cheesmo.
Cheesmo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheesmo tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
A low kick from Cheesmo misses
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cheesmo scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cheesmo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheesmo throws a head kick that misses.
Cheesmo throws a leg kick but Lee checks it.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheesmo is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mach Cheesmo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Owen Lee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

That kick from Cheesmo tenderised Lee's leg. Lee is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lee misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cheesmo.

Cheesmo takes the fight into the clinch.
Lee letting Cheesmo take a breather here.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Cheesmo is controlling him.
Lee tries to circle away but Cheesmo has him pinned against the cage.
Lee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Cheesmo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Cheesmo has double underhooks.
Lee is looking to control Cheesmo's arms but Cheesmo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lee has his back to the cage.
Lee is trying to force a seperation but Cheesmo has the dominant position.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Cheesmo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is trying to stall.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cheesmo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cheesmo misses with a knee strike.
Cheesmo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cheesmo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cheesmo is trying to maintain a safe position but Lee gets an underhook and turns Cheesmo into the cage.
Cheesmo dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cheesmo with a knee to the head.
Cheesmo controlling the action here for a moment.
Lee is trying to force a seperation but Cheesmo has the dominant position.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cheesmo leaning against his opponent.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee is trying to push Cheesmo away but Cheesmo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cheesmo throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheesmo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheesmo.
A low kick from Cheesmo misses
and Lee counters with a head kick.
Cheesmo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cheesmo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cheesmo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cheesmo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cheesmo takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Cheesmo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cheesmo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cheesmo works Lee's body with a nice hook.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee with a hook.
Cheesmo misses with a wild body shot.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cheesmo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cheesmo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick by Lee misses
and Cheesmo counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cheesmo scoring well with a low kick there.
A shot to the liver by Cheesmo. Beautiful body shot.
Owen Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheesmo.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick
and Cheesmo counters with an outside leg kick.
Cheesmo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee misses with a hook
and Cheesmo counters with an outside leg kick.
Lee avoids the head kick by Cheesmo.
Cheesmo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheesmo scores with a kick to the body.
Lee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cheesmo counters with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cheesmo delivers a nice body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cheesmo scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mach Cheesmo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Owen Lee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A nice leg kick lands there from Cheesmo.
Cheesmo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cheesmo.
Mach Cheesmo seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Cheesmo clinches up against the cage.
Lee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cheesmo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cheesmo stalling in the clinch.
Cheesmo with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheesmo tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cheesmo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lee blocks a low kick nicely.
Cheesmo throws a low kick, looking for Lee's leg but Lee calmly moves out of range.
Cheesmo tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
A jab from Cheesmo does it's job there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cheesmo.
Lee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cheesmo throws a front kick aimed at Lee's knee but Lee avoids it well.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheesmo.
Lee misses with the body kick
and Cheesmo counters with an outside leg kick.
Mach Cheesmo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks to throw a body kick
and Cheesmo counters with a nice body shot.
Cheesmo catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cheesmo lands a head kick. Lee smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cheesmo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lee's calf.
Cheesmo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cheesmo cracks Lee with an open hand slap.
Mach Cheesmo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheesmo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cheesmo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Cheesmo darts in and clinches Lee up against the cage.
Lee is looking to control Cheesmo's arms but Cheesmo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lee has his back to the cage.
Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Cheesmo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheesmo slows down the pace here.
Cheesmo lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheesmo avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Cheesmo is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Cheesmo.

That's four 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 is trying to push Cheesmo away but Cheesmo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cheesmo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cheesmo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Cheesmo avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Owen Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Cheesmo keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mach Cheesmo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cheesmo 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mach Cheesmo!