PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jae Hong Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen Gentleman as his entrance music. Eric Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brown
vs
Hong Lee

184 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

186 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 3 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Eric Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 2, fighting out of The Island, Jae Hong Lee!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Lee.
Brown fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brown walks into a stiff left hand from Lee.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown but Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brown's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee with a nice cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brown is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the ropes.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Lee is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Lee throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brown under the eye.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Brown throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brown looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Brown's head.

Lee moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lee.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lee pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Brown pulls guard successfully.
Lee is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lee must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brown is looking to sweep but instead, Lee has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throwing shots but Brown is blocking nicely.
Lee trying to control the action but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown is looking to improve his position.
Lee looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brown trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown gets back to full guard.
Lee postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jae Hong Lee dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brown misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown shoots in but no luck this time.
Brown slips a jab from Lee.
Lee stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lee wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lee.
Brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Eric Brown has been cut.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Jae Hong Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown fails to land the takedown.
Lee closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lee sprawls well. Lee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.

Lee instigates a clinch.
Brown has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lee avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown shoots for a double leg takedown but Lee sprawls well. He's pushed Brown's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lee misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lee gets a clinch.
Lee tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the ropes.

Lee drags the fight down to the ground.
Lee looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brown puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Brown is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lee is trying to escape back to his feet but Brown uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Brown happy to just control the position for now.

Brown thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown trying to control the action but Lee is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jae Hong Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Brown's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Lee scores with a hook.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Lee.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.

Brown has hold of one of Lee's legs. Lee is fighting the takedown attempt but Brown gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Lee controls Brown momentarily but Brown frees himself.
Lee wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Brown is now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Lee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Brown is looking to advance position but Lee won't allow it.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brown looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lee is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brown seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Lee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brown moves into full mount! Lee won't be happy about that!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Brown pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown tries to control but Lee wriggling away.
Lee working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Brown lands a big elbow.
Brown unloads with some shots from mount but Lee bucks and avoids them well.
Eric Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown 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 keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Brown scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lee?
Brown wants to control the pace but Lee is squirming around nicely.
Brown lands a couple of good shots and Lee has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee covering up well under a series of strikes from Brown.
Brown controlling well, preventing Lee from escaping the position.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Brown has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Lee! Can he survive? No! He's out! Brown gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eric Brown!
An out of breath Eric Brown thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.