PBP Commentary

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

Lee
vs
Meat

186 cm
22
144 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

165 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chop Meat!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Meat trying to control but Lee postures up.
Lee is pressing down on Meat's thigh, looking to free his foot. Meat is holding on for now.
Meat taking some punishment here, with Lee in his half guard.
Lee is thwarting Meat's attempts to control the position.
Meat wants to improve his position but Lee is controlling well.
Lee is thwarting Meat's attempts to control the position.
Lee not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Meat.
John Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meat thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Lee closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Meat to the mat! Meat manages to get full guard.
Meat keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee is looking to work some ground and pound but Meat has wrist control.
Meat keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Lee is working hard here to advance position.
Lee slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Lee thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Meat's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lee scoring with punches from side control.
Lee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meat takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Meat takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Lee will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Meat gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Lee is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lee with shots to the head and body - Meat looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Meat hang on?
Meat is trying desperately to improve position.

Lee with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Meat keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Meat wants to hold on but Lee pushes him away.
Lee is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks Meat's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Lee in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meat reaches up to try and control the position but Lee seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Meat rolls and tries to escape and now Lee has his back!

Meat preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Lee.

Lee is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Meat has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Lee is punishing Meat with strikes - can he finish him?!
Lee avoiding Meat 's attempts to control his hands.

Lee is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Meat has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Lee has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Meat taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Lee doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Lee!