PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Lee has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Reggie Smalls's chin.

Smalls
vs
Lee

170 cm
21
162 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

170 cm
26
166 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reggie Smalls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smalls throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Bruce Lee has been cut.
Smalls throws a good cross that connects.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smalls manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smalls throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
Smalls avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smalls tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smalls fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lee throws a sloppy body shot
and Smalls counters with a three punch combo that has Lee backing up. Lee nods at Smalls to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smalls stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smalls wants it to stay on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Smalls.
Smalls throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smalls fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smalls as he avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Lee tries to clinch up but Smalls circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smalls as he avoids it easily.
Reggie Smalls has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Lee.
Lee looks gassed!
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Smalls leaves Lee with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reggie Smalls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smalls throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smalls.
Smalls throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smalls throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Smalls displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lee.
Smalls throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Smalls slaps away a takedown attempt from Lee, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls scores with the left hand. Lee knows he should have avoided that one.
Lee blocks a leg kick.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smalls tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Smalls.
Smalls scores with a shot to the body.
Smalls connects with a body shot that sends Lee's belly button to the back.
Smalls lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A shot to the liver by Smalls. Beautiful body shot.
Smalls misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smalls's waist but Smalls gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lee off to one side.
Smalls misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalls looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Lee is trying desperately to land a takedown but Smalls is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Lee.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee scores with a body shot.
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smalls.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Smalls scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Smalls looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Smalls digs a good hook to Lee's body.
Nice straight punches there by Smalls. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smalls.
Lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smalls's waist but Smalls gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lee off to one side.
Smalls throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch but Smalls moves out of range.
Lee throws a series of punches but Smalls avoids them all with ease.
Lee fails with the takedown
and Smalls counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smalls misses with a double jab.
Smalls lands a body shot.
Lee shoots in but no luck this time.
Smalls scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smalls manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smalls misses with a wild combination.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Smalls dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lee is defended easily by Smalls.
Smalls misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reggie Smalls is winning the standup battle so far.
Smalls misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smalls changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smalls lands a jab.
Smalls shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lee eats them both and turns towards Smalls to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lee might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Smalls has got the better of the exchanges.
Lee shoots in but Smalls avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reggie Smalls has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Lee.
Smalls moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lee is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Smalls circles away.
Lee closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smalls circles away.
Smalls lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Reggie Smalls is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smalls tries a head kick but it misses.
Smalls misses with a low kick.
Lee wants to clinch up but Smalls keeps it at a distance.
Smalls is looking to wear down Lee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee misses the jab.
Smalls with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Smalls fails to land with a series of punches.
Smalls looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Smalls fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bruce Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Smalls, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smalls connects with a body shot that sends Lee's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smalls!
Lee misses with a left hand
and Smalls counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smalls swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Smalls's head.
Smalls throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smalls.
Smalls stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.
Smalls throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smalls throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Lee looking to score a takedown here. Smalls is defending well but Lee drives through and ends up in Smalls's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smalls pulls Lee in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smalls pushes Lee off and gets back to his feet.
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smalls.
Smalls pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smalls connects with a single shot there.
Sloppy strikes from Lee. Those never looked like landing.
Smalls scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.
Smalls throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Smalls misses with a leg kick.
Smalls looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smalls misses with the combination.

Lee has Smalls up against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lee manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Smalls dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Smalls avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smalls misses with a wild body shot.
Smalls lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smalls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lee gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Smalls counters with a leg kick.
Smalls misses with a wild combination.
Smalls misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee throws a right hand that Smalls ducks under and follows up with a left that Smalls also avoids with ease.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smalls.
Smalls scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smalls ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee throws a series of punches but Smalls avoids them all with ease.
Smalls fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lee checks it well.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smalls tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Smalls scores with a nice right hand.
Lee throws a series of strikes that have Smalls backpedaling.
Some wild striking there from Lee.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smalls thuds a left hand into Lee's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Smalls does no damage.
Lee closes the distance looking to clinch
and Smalls counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smalls was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Good exchange - Smalls coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Smalls scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Smalls misses.
Smalls throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smalls misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Smalls lands a nice shot to the body.
Lee fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smalls feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lee's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalls lands a jab to Lee's midsection.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smalls throws a chopping leg kick but Lee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Smalls makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lee tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smalls swivels and escapes.
Reggie Smalls has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Lee.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Smalls throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Lee shoots in looking for a takedown. Smalls tries to sprawl out of it but Lee keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smalls manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smalls sizes up Lee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smalls is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Smalls thuds a left hand into Lee's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smalls throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smalls jabs Lee right on the nose. Lee blinks but takes it well.
Smalls throws the kick towards the body but Lee avoids it.
Smalls swinging wildly here.
Smalls misses with a body shot.
Smalls slips a jab from Lee.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but Smalls shows good takedown defense.
Smalls throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smalls misses with the combination.
Smalls defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reggie Smalls showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smalls, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reggie Smalls!
During a confident post fight interview, Reggie Smalls thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.