PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Lee's entrance music is Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roses. A fine choice. Robert Lee comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Paradise City by Guns N' Roses kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! William Lee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lee
vs
Lee

190 cm
25
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Lee!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William Lee pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Robert Lee back to the cage. William Lee follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
William Lee gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Robert Lee counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
William Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
William Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Robert Lee on the ground.
Robert Lee slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
William Lee gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
William Lee blocking the ground and pound.
Robert Lee controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William Lee holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Robert Lee tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
William Lee really wants to buck Robert Lee off and get back to his feet.
Robert Lee controlling from the full mount.
William Lee suckers Robert Lee into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! William Lee is now in Robert Lee's guard!
Robert Lee has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Robert Lee keeping moving, preventing William Lee from controlling successfully.
Robert Lee pulls William Lee in close to prevent any damage.
Robert Lee keeping moving, preventing William Lee from controlling successfully.
William Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Robert Lee is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robert Lee showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Robert Lee slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from William Lee.
Robert Lee performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
It looks like Robert Lee 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.
Robert Lee is thwarting William Lee's attempts to control the position.
William Lee is looking to get back to full guard here but Robert Lee has managed to pass to side control instead.
William Lee is being controlled here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Robert Lee working away.
Robert Lee in side control, just content to control the action for now.
William Lee struggling a bit here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Lee dominated that round.
That's time! William Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Robert Lee slips a jab and a cross from William Lee.
Robert Lee shapes to counter with a head kick.
William Lee misses with a double jab

and Robert Lee counters with a single leg into guard. William Lee didn't expect that.
William Lee can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Robert Lee controls the pace.
William Lee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Robert Lee is one step ahead there.
Robert Lee has got the better of the ground game so far.
William Lee is trying to control the position but Robert Lee postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robert Lee working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of William Lee's head.
William Lee working a defensive guard but Robert Lee passes into half guard.
Robert Lee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Robert Lee not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
William Lee is trying to maintain the position but Robert Lee is very close to passing his half guard.
Robert Lee thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed William Lee's head.
Robert Lee controlling the action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Robert Lee seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Robert Lee slows the pace down in half guard.
William Lee pushes Robert Lee off looking to stand but Robert Lee dives back in and keeps control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robert Lee takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robert Lee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Robert Lee misses with a head kick.
William Lee lands with a right hand.
William Lee swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Robert Lee counters with a nice double leg into side control. William Lee won't be happy with that.
William Lee is looking to get back to his feet here but Robert Lee is keeping cool and he's managed to take William Lee's back.

Robert Lee is cranking William Lee's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for William Lee! He's tightened the choke and William Lee is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Robert Lee!
Robert Lee seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
William Lee spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back stronger than ever.'.