PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vernon Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cook
vs
Lee

181 cm
18
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vernon Cook!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Lee!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Cook counter with a right hand.
Cook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cook lands with an overhand left.
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee avoids the body shot from Cook.
A jab from Cook does it's job there.
Cook tries to land a leg kick but Lee saw it coming and moves away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cook checks a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cook, as that shot connected.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Lee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cook checks it well.
Cook dips to his left and cracks Lee with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook scores with a nice strike.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cook lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cook checks a leg kick.
Vernon Cook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee shoots in and drives through. Cook sprawls well.
Cook is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cook scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cook lands a nice looking body shot.
Cook scores with a jab to the body.

Cook has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cook digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Lee fails to pull guard.
Cook lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lee has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee takes an elbow to the temple.

Lee is rocked!

It looks like Freddy Lee has been cut.
Cook unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Lee! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Cook is unloading with more strikes now! Lee drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vernon Cook!
Vernon Cook retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Vernon Cook thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.