PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Genral Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Garciea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Garciea

187 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

176 cm
27
163 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Genral Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose Garciea!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garciea blocks a low kick nicely.
Lee stuffs the takedown attempt from Garciea. Garciea gets slowly back to his feet.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garciea was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Garciea displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garciea has a takedown stuffed.
Garciea dives in and grabs Lee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lee pushes down on Garciea's head and hops out.
Genral Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Garciea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries to land a leg kick but Garciea saw it coming and moves away.
Garciea shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a low kick, right behind Garciea 's knee.
Lee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garciea checks it well.
Garciea shoots in for a takedown but Lee shows good takedown defense.
Garciea checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee motions for Garciea to come forward. Lee throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garciea shoots and misses
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garciea fails with the takedown
and Lee counters with an inside leg kick.
Lee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lee throws a low kick but Garciea avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Lee blocks the low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Garciea is defended easily by Lee.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garciea.
Garciea misses with a takedown
and Lee counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garciea shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a thumping low kick.
Lee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garciea.
Lee throws a leg kick but Garciea checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Garciea checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genral Lee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good work by Garciea as he checks the leg kick.
Garciea has his takedown stuffed
and Lee counters with a right hand to the body.
Garciea fails to land the takedown.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Garciea's knee but Garciea avoids it well.
Lee throws a leg kick but Garciea sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garciea with a poor takedown
and Lee counters with a slapping leg kick.
Genral Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Garciea.
Lee checks a leg kick nicely.
Garciea misses with a takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garciea at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garciea.
Garciea checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garciea avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garciea with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a one-two to the body.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Garciea's knee but Garciea avoids it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garciea.
Lee is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lee wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A leg kick checked by Garciea.

Lee gets caught napping as Garciea dives in and scores a takedown. Lee manages to retain guard.
Garciea postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garciea's guard.
Lee keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garciea's head.
Garciea looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Garciea escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lee gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Garciea is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garciea can't keep his opponent in guard - Lee advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lee winds up and cracks Garciea with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garciea is looking to improve his position.
Lee working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lee lands strikes from half guard.
Lee looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Garciea with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garciea is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lee scores with a couple of nice shots.

Garciea actively working from the bottom here.
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 is nestled in close to Garciea, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Garciea with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Garciea looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genral Lee dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

Lee tries to land a leg kick but Garciea saw it coming and moves away.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garciea manages to avoid it.
Garciea shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lee is looking to wear down Garciea with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garciea gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lee counters with an inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Garciea blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garciea.
Genral Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Garciea.
Garciea misses with a takedown
and Lee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garciea misses with a takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Garciea takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garciea shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lee counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garciea has his takedown stuffed
and Lee counters with a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Garciea blocks the leg kick.
Garciea shoots and misses
and Lee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garciea's knee momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Garciea.
Garciea checks a low kick from Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garciea with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee throws a leg kick but Garciea sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
Good work by Garciea as he checks the leg kick.
Lee throws a chopping leg kick but Garciea manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice sprawl there from Lee as Garciea shoots in.
Lee throws out a leg kick but Garciea moves out of range and Lee only half commits.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Jose Garciea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Genral Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garciea blocks a leg kick.
Lee does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Genral Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Genral Lee!