PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lukas Daiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Daiva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Rasmus - The Fight. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Daiva
vs
Lee

183 cm
23
189 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

187 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lukas Daiva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Lee!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee moves into the clinch successfully.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Daiva gets a clinch.
Daiva prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Lee wants to break free but Daiva has control.
Lee avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Daiva prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Daiva tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Daiva scores a nice knee to the body.
Lee avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Daiva looking to stall.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Daiva keeps him there for the moment.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Daiva is keeping busy.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Daiva has double underhooks.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lee's face.
Lee jumps guard but Daiva stands there with Lee around his waist. Lee gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Daiva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daiva blocking some punches.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Daiva has double underhooks.
Daiva crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Daiva blocks the elbow strike.
Daiva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daiva.
Daiva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee has Daiva pushed against the cage.
Lee can't break the clinch.

Daiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daiva wants to clinch
and Lee counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Daiva.
Lee looks gassed!
Daiva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lee counters with a left and a right that stings Daiva.
Daiva tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Daiva tries to land a front kick but Lee steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Daiva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lee tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stalling in the clinch from Lee.
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 pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Daiva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lukas Daiva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Lee.
Lee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lee tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Daiva.
Daiva tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee lands a body shot.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Daiva is controlling the position.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Daiva has him pressed against the cage.
Daiva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daiva scores with a knee to the head.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
Lee avoiding damage as Daiva throws knees to the body.
Daiva lands a body punch.
Lee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Daiva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lee fails to pull guard.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Daiva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lee has Daiva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Daiva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants a takedown but no success here.
Daiva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee is trying to break free.
Daiva lands with a light punch inside.
Lee wants to get back to striking at distance but Daiva won't allow it.
Lee fails to pull guard.
Lee jumps guard but Daiva stands there with Lee around his waist. Lee gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Daiva with a knee to the head.
Daiva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lee controlling the action here for a moment.
Daiva prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Daiva missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Daiva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Daiva wants to clinch.

Daiva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Daiva has him pressed against the cage.
Lee goes for a takedown attempt but Daiva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jab, jab by Daiva - just one landing.
Lee avoids the head kick by Daiva.
Lee throws a shot to the body.
Daiva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Daiva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lee fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lukas Daiva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Lee.

Daiva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiva content to control rather than advance.
Lee is trying to get back to full guard.
Lee trying to control from the bottom.
Lee controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Lee is pressing down on Daiva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lee is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Lee throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lee pulls Daiva in close to his closed guard and prevents Daiva from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiva stops Lee from standing up.
Lee throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Lee working for a triangle but Daiva defends it easily.
Daiva passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lee is looking to control Daiva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lee avoid being mounted?
Lee trying to get back to full guard but Daiva takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Daiva controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Daiva dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Daiva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daiva wants to clinch.
Daiva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lee is fending him off so far but Daiva persists. Nope, Lee circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daiva moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daiva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daiva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lee will feel that in the morning.
Lee looks to land a combination but Daiva avoids it well.
Lee throws a head kick that misses

and Daiva counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Daiva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Daiva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Daiva tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daiva.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Daiva keeps him there for the moment.
Daiva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lee's face.
Daiva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Lee tries to stall but Daiva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Daiva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee taking a breather.
Daiva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Daiva gets underhooks to prevent Lee's takedown attempt.
Lee tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daiva smiles and moves away.
Lukas Daiva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Lee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Daiva moved away.
Lee fails with the takedown.
Daiva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee throws a body punch but Daiva moves out of range.
Lukas Daiva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lee gets a takedown into half guard.
Lee keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Lee wants to work for an arm triangle but Daiva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Daiva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lee winds up and cracks Daiva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lee wants to free his trapped foot but Daiva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Daiva wants to control but Lee is keeping busy.
Daiva has hold of Lee's hands but Lee slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daiva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Lee drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Daiva manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Lee has Daiva in his guard.
Lee looking to control but Daiva passes into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lee tries to roll over but Daiva keeps him under control.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lukas Daiva.
Well Daiva 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lukas Daiva!