PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mo Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junji Yokota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Snoop Dogg - Who Am I. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lee
vs
Yokota

168 cm
25
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

TITAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mo 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, Junji Yokota!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yokota tries to clinch up.
Lee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yokota circles away quickly and effectively.
Lee has a takedown stuffed.
Yokota tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yokota keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee's corner calls for a 1-2. Lee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Yokota does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee swings for the body but Yokota moves out of range.
Lee throws a right and a left that Yokota avoids nicely.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Yokota seems unphased.
Mo Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yokota circles away quickly and effectively.
Lee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yokota is fending him off so far but Lee persists. Nope, Yokota circles away and we're back to standing.
Yokota tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee looks to land a combination but Yokota avoids it well.

Lee closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Yokota's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yokota works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yokota tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lee postures up in Yokota's guard and throws a big left but Yokota blocks it.
Yokota pulls Lee in close to his closed guard and prevents Lee from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lee postures up in Yokota's guard and throws a big left but Yokota blocks it.
Lee postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yokota utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Yokota.
Lee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokota utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yokota avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yokota working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lee.
Yokota keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lee throwing strikes but missing.
Lee tries to free his leg and advance position but Yokota is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lee passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lee throws an elbow but Yokota slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lee working the head and body with strikes.
Lee wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yokota keeps working.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ground and pound from Lee seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee trying to control the position but Yokota is working away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lee tries to score with some ground and pound. Yokota controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mo Lee dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yokota wants to clinch.

Lee clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yokota.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yokota misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yokota blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lee tries for a takedown but Yokota manages to get underhooks.
Yokota prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries to circle away but Yokota has him pinned against the cage.
Yokota misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Yokota.
Yokota lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yokota is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yokota has his back to the cage.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheers as Lee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yokota doesn't seem phased though.
Yokota avoids the body shot from Lee.
Yokota is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Lee is looking to wear down Yokota with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Yokota does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.

Yokota takes the fight into the clinch.
Yokota swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yokota leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lee has Yokota pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Yokota manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mo Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yokota's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee tries to work over Yokota's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yokota is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokota scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee is stalling here.
Yokota lands with a short shot to the head.
Yokota is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lee is keeping busy.
Lee just leaning against Yokota, taking a breather.
Yokota swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yokota blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yokota misses with a punch to the body.
Yokota fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Lee throws a body punch but Yokota moves out of range.
Yokota has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Yokota's head.
Lee shoots for a takedown but Yokota saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Yokota drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yokota lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Yokota misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yokota pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mo Lee will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Lee throws a body punch but Yokota moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Lee. Those never looked like landing.
Yokota is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yokota is looking to clinch but Lee is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lee counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Yokota fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yokota is looking to clinch.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Yokota is just out of range.
Lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yokota's waist but Yokota gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lee off to one side.
Yokota uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.

Yokota has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yokota.
A bit of stalling here from Lee.

Yokota breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yokota uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Yokota avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Yokota throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yokota blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yokota is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lee is keeping busy.
Yokota goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yokota blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokota looking to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lee avoiding damage.
A hook to the body from Lee.
Yokota is trying to stall.
Lee has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yokota avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Yokota fails to land.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Yokota's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yokota moves to clinch but Lee breaks away
and Lee counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to clinch.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Mo Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Junji Yokota is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yokota fails with an attempt to clinch.
Junji Yokota has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee connects with a jab.
Mo Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Yokota throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yokota takes a body punch but keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mo Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lee, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mo Lee!
Mo Lee thanked the fans post fight for their support.