PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Assante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes into the arena with Tourniquet blaring out of the sound system. Assante comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lose Yourself kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lee
vs
Assante

190 cm
29
202 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

185 cm
30
203 lbs
27 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Brute
5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Salvatore Assante!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assante misses with a looping left.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Assante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee with a hook.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick from Assante lands but Lee takes it in his stride.

Assante clinches.
Assante swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lee lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lee throwing shots but Assante is blocking nicely.
Lee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lee throwing shots but Assante is blocking nicely.
Assante trying to hold on to Lee's head to control him but Lee postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lee seems to be looking for submissions.

Lee is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee passes to full mount!
Assante is trying to stand up.
Lee scoring with strikes but Assante is staying in there.
Lee punching from mount but Assante doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lee has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Lee jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Assante is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Assante and Lee has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lee goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Assante rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lee's guard! Nice work there by Assante!
Lee wants to sweep here but Assante controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Assante is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assante controls from within his opponent's guard.
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 is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Assante is aware though and is defending well.

Lee looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Assante wants to get up but he can't break Lee's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Assante content to stall in guard here.

Lee is looking for a triangle but Assante pushes his legs off easily.
Lee lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Assante!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lee thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Lee jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Assante is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Assante and Lee has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Assante is rocked!
Lee landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Assante is still in real trouble! Can Lee finish him?
Lee cracks Assante with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Lee immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Assante is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Lee!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Lee!
Bruce Lee really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.