PBP Commentary

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

Roughcut
vs
Lee

190 cm
26
173 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronald Roughcut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cung Lee!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roughcut misses with a takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a leg kick.
Roughcut slips a jab from Lee.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roughcut gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roughcut shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Roughcut. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roughcut shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a nice body shot.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roughcut.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roughcut manages to avoid it.
Roughcut pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roughcut tries for a takedown but Lee circles away easily
and Lee counters with a leg kick.
Lee tests Roughcut's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Roughcut fails with the takedown
and Lee counters with a good low kick that Roughcut was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roughcut misses with a takedown
and Lee counters with an inside leg kick.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Roughcut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Roughcut does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roughcut takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roughcut fails with the takedown
and Lee counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Roughcut is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Roughcut has his takedown stuffed
and Lee counters with a nice leg kick.
Roughcut blocks a head kick by Lee.
Cung Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lee connects with a leg kick. Roughcut looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Lee dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee feints and then cracks Roughcut's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roughcut down.
Cung Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lee.
Roughcut shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lee misses with a double jab.
Roughcut tries for a takedown but Lee circles away easily
and Lee counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roughcut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roughcut gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Roughcut. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee throws a head kick that Roughcut semi-blocks.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Roughcut off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roughcut fails with the takedown
and Lee counters with a nice body shot.
Roughcut ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roughcut misses with a takedown
and Roughcut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roughcut with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a slapping leg kick.
Roughcut shoots and misses
and Lee counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roughcut thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee scores with a punch to the head.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roughcut doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lee counters with a low kick, right behind Roughcut 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee connects with an inside leg kick.
Roughcut doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lee counters with a right hand to the body.
Roughcut doesn't succeed with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Roughcut chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
Cung Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roughcut. That did some damage!
Roughcut 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.
Roughcut shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a low kick, right behind Roughcut 's knee.
Lee connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roughcut on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roughcut with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a good low kick that Roughcut was not able to check.
Roughcut is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lee lands with a good body shot.
Roughcut fails with the takedown
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Roughcut. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roughcut tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lee counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roughcut misses with a takedown
and Roughcut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roughcut shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Roughcut with a poor takedown
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roughcut doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lee counters with a head kick.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Roughcut's head but Roughcut sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
A big right from Lee misses.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Roughcut. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roughcut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cung Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lee 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cung Lee!