PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Roxas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roxas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Remember The Name - Fort Minor. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Roxas

185 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

170 cm
20
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Christopher Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Roxas!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee dips to his left and cracks Roxas with an uppercut!
Lee throws a leg kick but Roxas moved away.
Roxas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roxas. That did some damage!
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roxas.
Lee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Roxas tries to counter by closing the distance.
Roxas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Roxas.
Roxas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.

Roxas throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lee was covering up waiting for the punch and Roxas finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lee is trying to control the position but Roxas postures up.
Roxas trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roxas throws a strike but Lee rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Roxas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee is looking to stand up but Roxas won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee trying to control but Roxas is working from the bottom.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lee is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Roxas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roxas is keeping the position for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Roxas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Roxas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee thuds a left hand into Roxas's body.
Roxas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roxas checks a leg kick.
Roxas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roxas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christopher Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lee connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Roxas's head.
Lee swings for the body but Roxas moves out of range.
Lee throws a solid leg kick but Roxas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lee.
And Roxas tries to counter it with a takedown but Lee pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Roxas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lee throws a leg kick but Roxas moved away.
Lee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roxas throws a right hand that misses
and Lee makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Roxas misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roxas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Roxas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roxas throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee lands a head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Roxas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roxas looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roxas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christopher Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Roxas changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Roxas in the domination position with Lee hanging on.
Lee is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Roxas working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Lee dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lee wants to land a leg kick but Roxas is out of range.
Roxas feints the counter takedown.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Roxas now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lee avoids the body shot from Roxas.
Roxas misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Lee misses its target.
Lee tries to clinch but Roxas is having none of it.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roxas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roxas darts in trying to clinch
and Lee counters with a right hand to the body.
Roxas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Roxas digs a good body shot into Lee's ribs.
Roxas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lee rather than just go for the knockout.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Roxas closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee avoiding damage.
Roxas tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Roxas trying to land knees to the body.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roxas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roxas defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Roxas tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Lee moves into the clinch.
Roxas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Roxas.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Roxas.
Roxas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roxas misses with an elbow over the top.
Roxas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roxas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roxas backwards.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roxas trying to land knees to the body.
Lee misses with some punches.
Roxas tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee working aggressively here.
Lee is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roxas tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee avoiding damage as Roxas throws knees to the body.
Roxas lands a nice uppercut.
Roxas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roxas prevents a body shot from Lee.
Roxas misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roxas backwards.
Lee works on Roxas's body with a couple of short punches.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roxas can do to turn this around?
Roxas tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Roxas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee trying to control the position but instead, Roxas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lee into the cage.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Roxas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roxas misses with some punches.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roxas trying to land knees to the body.
Lee blocks a body shot from Roxas.
Roxas throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roxas misses with some punches.
Roxas misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Lee.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Roxas avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roxas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good body shot from Lee.
Lee gets through Roxas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lee blocks an elbow strike.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Roxas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee misses with some punches.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Roxas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Christopher Lee will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lee.
Roxas swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee scores with a sloppy right hand. Roxas should have avoided that one.

Roxas is rocked!
Roxas switches off momentarily and Lee cracks him with a monster right hand! Roxas topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Lee dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Lee!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Christopher Lee!
Christopher Lee decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.