PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Layzie Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Layzie Bone is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lee
vs
Bone

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Layzie Bone!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee darts in looking for a takedown but Bone gets double underhooks and turns Lee into the cage.

Bone lands a takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bone is stalling in the full guard.
Bone cracks Lee with a solid left hand.
Bone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bone keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bone on the ground.
Bone's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bone postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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 is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bone is aware though and is defending well.
Bone is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bone sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Layzie Bone has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Bone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bone drops an elbow to the side of Lee's head.
Bone moves into full mount! Lee won't be happy about that!
A nice elbow there by Bone.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bone unloading with bombs!
Lee is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Lee that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lee is working to get back to half guard.
Bone controlling the position easily from mount.
Bone working Lee over with strikes here.
The referee warns Lee that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bone controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Bone might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Bone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lee hang on?
Bone controlling from mount.
BOOM! Bone connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bone with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bone controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Bone has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Bone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lee can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bone working the ground and pound effectively.
Bone lands a big shot there that rocks Lee but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bone looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bone scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Layzie Bone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lee napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lee is letting Bone control him for a moment.
Bone lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lee down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bone lands a few punches from side control.
Bone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lee to see if he's OK.
Bone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lee to see if he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee is being controlled here.
Bone cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bone looks up at the clock and then as Lee takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Layzie Bone has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee asks Bone politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bone prefers to stall for the moment though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bone cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Check out the look on Bone's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee taking a bit of punishment here - Bone scoring with strikes.
Bone scoring with punches and elbows.

Lee is rocked!
Bone cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Oh Lee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bone cracks Lee with a big elbow.
Bone has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bone working the ground and pound.
Bone working the ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bone cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bone lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bone staying calm.
Bone working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone scoring with punches from side control.
Lee seems to have got his legs back now.
Bone lands some shots froms side control.
Bone scoring with punches and elbows.
Bone works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bone taking a breather here.
Lee takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bone controlling from side mount.
Bone passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Lee!
Bone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bone controlling from mount.
Bone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
Bone breaks from Lee's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bone punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bone controlling the pace for now.
Bone landing punches.

It looks like Bruce Lee has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bone postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Lee bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bone and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Layzie Bone!
Bruce Lee was interviewed post fight and said 'confucius say , man who go to sleep with problem on mind, wake up with solution in hand.'.