PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Song Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuriel Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lee
vs
Leonard

169 cm
29
146 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

168 cm
27
147 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

- Elite Fighter© + Laundry

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 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Song Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nuriel Leonard!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonard wants to clinch.

Leonard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Leonard gets to mount! Lee was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Lee is working to get back to half guard.
Leonard punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee wants to control but Leonard is having none of it.
Leonard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonard raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leonard is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Leonard cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lee wants to control but Leonard is having none of it.
Lee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Leonard looking to finish Lee with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lee!
Leonard avoids the attempt from Lee to control.
Leonard lands a nice shot to the head.
Lee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Leonard cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Lee is rocked!
Lee is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Leonard controlling the pace for now.
Leonard raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Lee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leonard with the ground and pound from mount.
Lee seems to have got his legs back now.
Leonard landing strikes from the mount and Lee is in trouble!
Leonard prevents Lee from getting the reversal.
Leonard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lee looks a forlorn figure.
Lee working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lee hang on?
Leonard lands a big shot there that rocks Lee but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lee is desperately trying to improve his position but Leonard has a good base and remains in mount.
Leonard landing shots from mount.
Leonard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lee's face.
Lee tries to hold on but Leonard postures up.
Lee sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Lee is in trouble now - Leonard has advanced to mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee is in all sorts of trouble here.
Leonard scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee is in a horrible position here. Leonard smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard controlling from mount.
Leonard lands a big elbow - Lee is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Lee is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nuriel Leonard!
A very excited looking Nuriel Leonard made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.