PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barbados Slim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Lee
vs
Slim

190 cm
25
221 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
27
220 lbs
11 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barbados Slim!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee wants to clinch
and Slim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Slim circles away.
Lee tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Slim counters with a straight right hand.
Lee throws the kick towards the body but Slim avoids it.
Lee wants to clinch but Slim slips to the side
enabling Slim to counter with a crisp jab.
Slim getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slim misses the shot to the body.
Lee wants to clinch.
Lee closes the distance but Slim moves to the side

and Slim decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lee's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Slim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slim's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slim trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slim postures up.

Lee had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Slim defends it easily.
Lee lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Slim!
Lee landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lee looking to ground and pound but Slim is blocking nicely.
Slim keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Slim is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee with a couple of short strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lee controlling from the full mount.
Slim tries to hold on but Lee postures up.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Slim in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Slim is rocked!
Lee takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Slim is still in real trouble! Can Lee finish him?

Lee stands up from mount. Strange move.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Slim circles away.
Slim seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Lee scores with a kick to the body.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Slim.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Lee trying to control the position but instead, Slim has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lee into the cage.

Slim gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Slim looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lee is not content to let Slim control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to control but Slim is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lee manages to get to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lee manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Slim is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lee goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Slim is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Lee dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lee tries to clinch but Slim moves away
and Slim counters with a left to the body.

Lee darts in and clinches Slim up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Come on Lee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Slim wants a takedown.

Lee is fighting off a takedown attempt but Slim is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Lee to the mat. Lee regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lee has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Slim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Slim wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Michael Lee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slim trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Lee looks to clinch

and Slim counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lee's guard now.
Slim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee working a defensive guard here.

Lee has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Slim can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Slim accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee wants to stand and escape but Slim is having none of it.
Slim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Slim looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slim trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Barbados Slim has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lee misses with a hook. Slim ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slim uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Lee tries to clinch

and Slim counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lee won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee being controlled for a moment.
Slim misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Lee tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Slim wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Slim trying to control the position but Lee is working away.
Lee is trying to improve his position.
Lee wants to control but Slim postures up.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Slim working away.
Slim happy to just control the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lee tries to clinch but Slim moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee avoids the body shot from Slim.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.

Slim has Lee pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Slim pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Lee tumbling to the mat - Slim dives into Lee's guard.
Slim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee being controlled here, momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Slim is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barbados Slim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lee gets a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lee lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Barbados Slim has been cut.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Slim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Slim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Slim circles away.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee tries to clinch but Slim is having none of it.
Slim misses with a hook.
Lee tries to clinch but Slim moves out of range.

Lee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Slim to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Slim pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lee is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lee holds on and takes a little breather.
Slim seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Slim stopping the sweep attempt from Lee.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Slim from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slim swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Slim closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lee to the mat! Lee manages to get full guard.
Slim trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Slim postures up.
Slim trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lee throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Slim controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slim is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to control the position but Slim postures up.
Slim not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lee tries to clinch up but Slim circles away and keeps his distance.
Slim lands a lovely overhand right.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee is looking to clinch but Slim is avoiding it.
Lee tries to clinch but Slim is having none of it.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Slim's ribs.
Michael Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee looks to clinch
and Slim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Michael Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lee wants to clinch but Slim slips to the side

and Slim counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lee!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lee tries to hold on but Slim pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Slim's attempts to control the action.
Slim landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Slim tries to control but Lee wriggling away.
Slim looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lee tries to reverse the position but Slim maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee tries to hold on but Slim pushes him away.
Slim is landing with some decent strikes but Lee is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Barbados Slim.
I think Slim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Barbados Slim!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Barbados Slim!

Barbados Slim wins by majority decision!
Post fight, Barbados Slim stared into the camera and said 'get on your knees and suck it while i smoke this skunky bong mother FUCKERS!'.