PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bartek Pietrzak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mo Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen Snoop Dogg - Who Am I as his entrance music. Mo Lee is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Pietrzak
vs
Lee

171 cm
22
144 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

168 cm
28
143 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

160!

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartek Pietrzak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mo Lee!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietrzak throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pietrzak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lee works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Pietrzak moved out of range nicely.
Pietrzak misses with a shot to the body
and Lee counters with a stiff right hand.
Pietrzak throws out a powerful jab.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Pietrzak will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A left lands for Pietrzak.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Pietrzak checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pietrzak with a nice cross.
Bartek Pietrzak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lee pushes Pietrzak up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pietrzak avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Pietrzak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pietrzak blocks an elbow strike.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Pietrzak avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Lee dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pietrzak lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pietrzak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Pietrzak stalls.
Pietrzak digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pietrzak looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pietrzak backwards.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pietrzak takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pietrzak.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Pietrzak avoids the damage to the body.
Pietrzak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pietrzak's brow.
Pietrzak tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pietrzak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pietrzak throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
Lee digs a right hand into Pietrzak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pietrzak's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pietrzak into the cage.

Pietrzak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pietrzak to score with a decent uppercut.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.

Pietrzak feints and as Lee raises his hands in defense, Pietrzak changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Pietrzak from controlling successfully.
Pietrzak looking to pass the guard.
Pietrzak trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lee wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pietrzak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pietrzak connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pietrzak rather than just go for the knockout.
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!
Pietrzak looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pietrzak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bartek Pietrzak will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pietrzak keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pietrzak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Pietrzak bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Pietrzak goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Lee rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Pietrzak's guard! Nice work there by Lee!
Lee being controlled here momentarily.
Pietrzak lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lee!
Pietrzak wants to control the pace but Lee is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrzak lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lee hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pietrzak goes for an armbar but Lee turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Lee.
Lee looking to sit in guard and control but Pietrzak gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pietrzak slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak tries to pass to full mount but Lee defends it.
Lee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pietrzak. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pietrzak works his way into full mount!
Lee tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak punishing his opponent with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lee can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Pietrzak's attempts to control the action.
Pietrzak misses with a head shot.
Lee is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lee is looking to escape.
Pietrzak punching from mount but Lee doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pietrzak with the ground and pound from mount.
Pietrzak looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pietrzak with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pietrzak can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lee is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bartek Pietrzak dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pietrzak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Pietrzak's head but Pietrzak sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee connects with a jab.
Pietrzak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Pietrzak ducks down to avoid it.
Pietrzak slips a jab from Lee.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pietrzak.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pietrzak thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lee there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Pietrzak's ribs.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
Lee throws a body kick that misses.
Pietrzak is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pietrzak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pietrzak moves away from the strike by Lee.
Pietrzak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pietrzak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee is looking to clinch but Pietrzak is avoiding it.
Lee drops his hands momentarily and Pietrzak takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lee tries to clinch up but Pietrzak circles away and keeps his distance.
Pietrzak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Lee blocks a low kick nicely.
Pietrzak cracks Lee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak tries for a takedown but Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mo Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pietrzak misses with the combination.
Pietrzak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pietrzak misses the shot to the body.
Lee lands with an overhand left.
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!
Pietrzak scores with a nice head shot.
Pietrzak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pietrzak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Pietrzak misses.
Lee walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak connects with the punch.
Bartek Pietrzak is winning the standup battle so far.
Pietrzak misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a left to the body.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pietrzak.
Pietrzak scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pietrzak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Pietrzak pushes him off.
Pietrzak fails to land with a series of punches.
Pietrzak displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Pietrzak.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
Lee moves forwards but Pietrzak connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pietrzak throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee throws a low kick but Pietrzak avoids it.
Lee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pietrzak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartek Pietrzak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Pietrzak does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Pietrzak misses its intended target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pietrzak.
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pietrzak bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee throws a body punch but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Pietrzak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Lee moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Mo Lee just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lee throws the left hand but Pietrzak avoids the punch easily.
Lee throws a body punch but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Pietrzak throws a chopping leg kick but Lee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lee scores with a jab. Pietrzak acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pietrzak throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lee takes a swing at Pietrzak's ribcage but misses.
Lee takes one to the side of the head.
Pietrzak misses with a right hand
and Lee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
Pietrzak prevents a body shot from Lee.
Pietrzak stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
Pietrzak lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrzak misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Pietrzak.
Pietrzak taking a breather.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pietrzak is struggling to control the position.
Pietrzak taking a breather.
Mo Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pietrzak fails to land.
Pietrzak avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Lee pushes Pietrzak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pietrzak blocks the elbow strike.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak takes a shot to the head.
Pietrzak tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands an uppercut.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Lee is working Pietrzak over against the cage.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pietrzak taking a breather.
Lee tries a body shot but Pietrzak blocks it.
Pietrzak has Lee pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lee manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pietrzak working aggressively here.
Pietrzak managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Pietrzak blocks a body shot from Lee.

Pietrzak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pietrzak cracks Lee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pietrzak tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lee thuds a left hand into Pietrzak's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee stuns Pietrzak with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pietrzak moves away.
Lee swings for the body but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Good shot there by Pietrzak.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pietrzak shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jab by Lee.
Lee slips a jab from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak misses with a low kick.
Pietrzak takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Pietrzak's head.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Pietrzak pushes him off.
Pietrzak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Pietrzak is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pietrzak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Lee instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pietrzak taking a breather.
Pietrzak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pietrzak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mo Lee dominated that fourth round.
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!

Pietrzak swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pietrzak throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pietrzak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pietrzak lands with a right hand.
Pietrzak throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Pietrzak.
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Pietrzak connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pietrzak moves away.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pietrzak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pietrzak keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pietrzak keeps the fight on the outside.
Pietrzak blocks a low kick nicely.
Pietrzak connects with a body shot.
Lee tries to clinch but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Pietrzak steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Pietrzak throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Pietrzak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Pietrzak misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Lee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Lee blocks a jab.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Pietrzak moved away.
Some wild striking there from Lee.
Lee throws out a leg kick but Pietrzak moves out of range and Lee only half commits.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pietrzak dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lee. That did some damage!
Pietrzak getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pietrzak wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pietrzak was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pietrzak throws out the jab.
Lee lands a head shot.

Lee moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pietrzak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pietrzak avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lee throws an elbow but misses.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Pietrzak has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Pietrzak fails to land.
Pietrzak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lee gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws an elbow but it misses.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pietrzak can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartek Pietrzak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Lee on the inside.
Pietrzak stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pietrzak's defenses.

Pietrzak breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pietrzak shoots in looking for a takedown but Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pietrzak's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Pietrzak trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pietrzak into the cage.
Pietrzak can't break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mo Lee.
I think Lee 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 49:48
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mo Lee!
Mo Lee is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mo Lee thanked Brute for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).