PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edan De Farias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edan De Farias has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

De Farias
vs
Lee

188 cm
22
218 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edan De Farias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshall Lee!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Farias blocks the body kick.
De Farias takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice takedown defense from Lee. No joy for De Farias on that attempt.
Lee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Farias looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Farias ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
De Farias takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lee has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as De Farias is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lee avoids the head kick by De Farias.
De Farias doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

De Farias gets caught flat footed, as Lee shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lee pushes down on De Farias's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee wants to take a breather but De Farias is having none of it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Lee seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Farias is looking to control Lee's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Farias avoid being mounted?
De Farias manages to get to full guard.
De Farias wants to stand and escape but Lee is having none of it.
Lee postures up.
Lee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Farias thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lee sitting in guard, not really doing much.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lee forces his way into half guard.
De Farias regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Farias controls Lee momentarily but Lee frees himself.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lee controls from within his opponent's guard.

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.
De Farias checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marshall Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee misses with a body shot

and De Farias counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

De Farias works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Lee wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and De Farias is now in half guard.
De Farias wants to stand but Lee has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

De Farias stands up from half guard.
De Farias defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws the left hand but De Farias avoids the punch easily.

De Farias looking to score a takedown here. Lee is defending well but De Farias drives through and ends up in Lee's guard.
Lee looking to control.

Lee throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! De Farias escapes and throws Lee's legs to the side, diving into side control!
De Farias tries to stand but Lee is controlling his head.
Lee tries to improve position but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Farias throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marshall Lee will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee misses with a left hand
and De Farias counters with a body kick that stops Lee in his tracks momentarily.
De Farias on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Farias will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

De Farias decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lee trying to hold on to De Farias's head to control him but De Farias postures up.
De Farias thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
De Farias wants to stand up but Lee is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
De Farias tries to pass to full mount but Lee defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee wants to control but De Farias is keeping busy.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
De Farias looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lee falls off balance throwing a combination

and De Farias counters by clinching up.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. De Farias gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. De Farias gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
De Farias is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lee pulls him back up using the underhooks.

De Farias gets control of Lee's arms and successfully pulls guard. De Farias will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
De Farias trying to control the position.
Lee looking to pass the guard.
De Farias is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lee is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Farias looking for a sweep. Not yet De Farias, not yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lee throwing strikes from guard but De Farias blocks nicely.
De Farias wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lee misses with a body shot.
De Farias shoots in looking for a takedown but Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing De Farias's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edan De Farias. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee is trying hard to land a takedown here. De Farias sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

De Farias drives through with a takedown into guard.

Lee has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. De Farias doesn't defend quickly enough and Lee has managed to lock this one up! Can De Farias escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Lee on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marshall Lee!