PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Sun God Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sun God Ra
vs
Lee

189 cm
27
222 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

189 cm
29
205 lbs
11 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

The Adrenaline Matrix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Sun God Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rock Lee!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee jumps guard but Ra stands there with Lee around his waist. Lee gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ra pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ra lands a damaging elbow.
Ra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ra is looking to control Lee's arms but Lee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ra has his back to the cage.
Lee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like The Sun God Ra has been cut.
A knee to the head by Lee.
Lee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ra tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ra.
Lee tries for a takedown but Ra manages to get underhooks.
Ra displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
Ra tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lee looking to stall.
Ra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Rock Lee has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee blocks an elbow strike from Ra.
Ra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee lands a knee to the head.
Ra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ra pulls his leg out and moves away.
The Sun God Ra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Lee.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Lee has Ra pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Lee pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ra tumbling to the mat - Lee dives into Ra's guard.
Ra keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee prevents Ra from getting back to his feet.
Ra trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ra holds on and takes a little breather.
Lee trying to control but Ra is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ra is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ra misses with a wild body shot.
Lee throws a head kick that Ra semi-blocks.
Lee shoots and misses
and Ra counters with a straight right hand.
Lee fails with the takedown
and Ra counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Ra lands with a good body shot.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee swings for the body but Ra moves out of range.
Lee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ra defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lee.
Lee finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee misses with a kick to the body
and Ra connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Lee shoots in looking for a takedown but Ra manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lee's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lee tries to clinch up but Ra circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Lee has closed the distance and engaged Ra in a clinch.
Ra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lee is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Sun God Ra dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ra misses with a few strikes there.
Ra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ra connects with a single shot there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ra, as that shot connected.
Lee tries for a takedown but Ra circles away easily
and Ra connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Ra rushes Lee and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Ra.
Ra is pushing Lee up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ra misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ra lands a nice knee to the body.
The Sun God Ra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ra.

Lee pulls guard effortlessly.
Lee is breathing heavily.
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 keeping moving, preventing Ra from controlling successfully.
Ra has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra is looking to work some ground and pound but Lee has wrist control.
Lee is trying to keep Ra in close.
Ra working some strikes from top position.
Ra trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ra is working Lee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ra cracks Lee with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ra throws a big right hand that misses.
Ra wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Ra stays in close to Lee's body and controls the position.
Ra trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lee or perhaps it was just good defense by Ra, which made it look bad.
Lee with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ra counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Sun God Ra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Lee.

Ra moves into the clinch.
Ra misses with an elbow over the top.
Ra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Ra is controlling him.
Ra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice left hand lands by Ra.
Ra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Knees to the body from Ra.
Lee has Ra pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ra manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Lee is rocked!
Ra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lee is still on wobbly legs! Can Ra finish him?
Ra landing knees to the body.
Lee seems to have recovered his senses.
Ra lands an elbow just above Lee 's eye.
Ra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ra gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ra lands an elbow inside that Lee shrugs off.
Ra lands a knee to the body.
Ra will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lee up against the cage.
Lee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ra stalling against the cage.
Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ra walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lee throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ra counters with a stiff right hand.
Lee throws a right hand that Ra ducks under and follows up with a left that Ra also avoids with ease.
Ra shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lee eats them both and turns towards Ra to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lee shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ra pinned against the cage. Ra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ra walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Lee drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Ra swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Lee's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Sun God Ra!