PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Mohammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brayden Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Mohammad
vs
Lee

181 cm
29
175 lbs
10 - 2 - 2

182 cm
31
179 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 10 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Mohammad Mohammad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brayden Lee!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Mohammad lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mohammad.

Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lee working aggressively here.
Lee looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Mohammad.
Mohammad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lee landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Mohammad blocks with his arms.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mohammad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mohammad blocks an elbow strike.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Mohammad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee lands with a light punch inside.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mohammad as Lee tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mohammad blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mohammad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mohammad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohammad is working Lee over against the cage.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mohammad blocks it with crossed arms.
Mohammad is working Lee over against the cage.
Lee stalling in the clinch.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mohammad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mohammad lands a body shot.
Mohammad takes an elbow to the temple.
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!
Mohammad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohammad lands an uppercut.
Mohammad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad blocks the elbow strike.
Mohammad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee has Mohammad pushed against the cage.
Mohammad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
Lee scores a nice knee to the body.
Mohammad scores with a shoulder strike.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mohammad as Lee tries to tie him up.
Lee seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Lee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Mohammad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mohammad lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mohammad counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mohammad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mohammad swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Mohammad connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Mohammad moved away.
Lee tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mohammad connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee tries to clinch
and Mohammad counters with a nice uppercut.
Mohammad works the jab nicely.
Lee wants to clinch up but Mohammad keeps it at a distance.
Mohammad misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mohammad moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lee misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mohammad counters with a nice uppercut.

Mohammad gets tackled into the cage by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
Mohammad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mohammad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee keeps control of Mohammad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee being controlled against the cage.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mohammad dodges an elbow strike from Lee.

Mohammad breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mohammad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mohammad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mohammad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Mohammad.
Mohammad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee wants to clinch up but Mohammad keeps it at a distance.
Lee misses with a hook. Mohammad ducked under it nicely.
Mohammad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee drops his hands momentarily and Mohammad takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Mohammad misses with a straight right.
Lee darts in trying to clinch
and Mohammad counters with a straight right hand.
Mohammad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee wants to clinch up but Mohammad keeps it at a distance.
Mohammad moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammad circles away.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Mohammad throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Mohammad takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohammad ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mohammad lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
Lee connects with a body shot.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Mohammad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mohammad.
Mohammad misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Lee tries to clinch but Mohammad is having none of it.
Mohammad cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad lands a nice looking body shot.
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 land with a swinging hook to the body but Mohammad was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Mohammad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lee counters with a nice body kick.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Mohammad pushes him off.
Mohammad catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammad circles away.
Mohammad tried to score with a low kick but Lee checks it.
Lee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mohammad.
Mohammad scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mohammad scores with a shot to the body.
Mohammad tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad throws a leg kick but Lee moved away.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohammad throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mohammad on the side of the head.
Mohammad lands a body shot.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Mohammad with a jab.
Mohammad swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Lee throws a front kick that sends Mohammad stumbling back into the cage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch there but Mohammad circles away.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mohammad moves away.
Mohammad lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mohammad throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Mohammad lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mohammad with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mohammad rather than just go for the knockout.
Mohammad throws out a powerful jab.
A big left from Mohammad misses.
Mohammad throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee wants to clinch up but Mohammad keeps it at a distance.
Mohammad with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad Mohammad dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Mohammad's shoulder, as Mohammad tries to avoid the shot.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Mohammad pushes him off.
Lee is looking to score with low kicks.
Jab from Mohammad.
Mohammad Mohammad is winning the standup battle so far.
Mohammad throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee tries to clinch but Mohammad moves away
letting Mohammad counter with a right hand.
Mohammad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Mohammad.
Mohammad's corner calls for a 1-2. Mohammad obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Lee connects with a looping right hand.
Lee tries to clinch but Mohammad is having none of it.
Lee tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mohammad counters with a left and a right that stings Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Mohammad.
Mohammad with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lee to score with a decent uppercut.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mohammad.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mohammad lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
Lee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mohammad misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Mohammad misses.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Mohammad moved out of range nicely.
Lee throws a low kick but Mohammad moves out of range easily.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mohammad.
Mohammad Mohammad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mohammad throws out the jab.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Mohammad moved out of range nicely.
Mohammad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice body punch from Lee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mohammad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mohammad lands with a nice body punch.
Good leg kick by Mohammad there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mohammad stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mohammad.
Mohammad lands a right hook to the body.
Mohammad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Mohammad uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lee has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mohammad takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mohammad connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lee's hands.
Mohammad throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mohammad counters with a stiff right hand.
Brayden Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mohammad ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Mohammad misses the target.
Lee moves away from the strike by Mohammad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mohammad connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.

Lee clinches with his opponent.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mohammad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mohammad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Mohammad displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Mohammad.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mohammad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mohammad.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Mohammad.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammad Mohammad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mohammad, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammad Mohammad!
Mohammad Mohammad decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.