PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Pentti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jun Xian Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen Axe Puzzles - Lord Quas as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pentti
vs
Xian Lee

184 cm
29
197 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

181 cm
26
198 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Elite Canadian Threads

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arvo Pentti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jun Xian Lee!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pentti punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
Pentti throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Pentti checks a low kick from Lee.
Pentti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A low kick from Lee misses
and Pentti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lee thinking.
Pentti digs a good hook to Lee's body.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Pentti.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Pentti.
Come on Lee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pentti stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
Lee working aggressively here.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee tries to work over Pentti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pentti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pentti tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Pentti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pentti trying to stall but Lee improves his position.
Pentti blocks a body shot from Lee.
Pentti misses with a body punch.

Pentti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pentti throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pentti.
A head kick misses from Pentti.
Lee moves out of range as Pentti strikes.
Pentti fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee tries to score with a low kick but Pentti moves his leg out of the way.
Pentti scores with a nice strike.
Lee misses with a hook.
Pentti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Lee rushes Pentti and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Pentti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pentti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Pentti.
Pentti throws a chopping leg kick but Lee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pentti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee misses with a hook
and Pentti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pentti throws a wild body kick that Lee sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pentti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee misses with a wild combination.
Pentti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pentti moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Pentti thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lee if he has to take too many more of those.
A combination from Pentti does no damage.
Lee tries to clinch but Pentti is having none of it.
Jab from Lee.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Pentti is just out of range.
Lee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pentti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pentti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee misses with a hook. Pentti ducked under it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pentti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pentti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lee, pushing him back against the cage.
Pentti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Pentti.
Lee misses with some punches.
Lee working aggressively here.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pentti lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pentti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pentti controlling the action here for a moment.
Pentti misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvo Pentti 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.

Lee tries to move into range but Pentti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Lee is rocked!
Pentti lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Lee out cold! Lee is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Arvo Pentti!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Arvo Pentti waved his t-shirt featuring Elite Canadian Threads's logo in front of the cameras.