PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gene Sarazen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarazen comes to the cage accompanied by Montana of 300 - Chiraq (remix). Lee has chosen Rancid - Dead Bodies as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Liam Lee was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sarazen
vs
Lee

180 cm
34
169 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

175 cm
28
185 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

KAISER
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gene Sarazen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Lee!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee lands with a slapping head kick.
A low kick from Lee misses
and Sarazen counters with a left to the body.
Sarazen moves out of range as Lee strikes.

Sarazen gets a takedown into half guard.
Sarazen is thwarting Lee's attempts to control the position.

Lee is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sarazen pulls his head out easily.
Sarazen is just content to waste time from the top position. Lee takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sarazen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sarazen trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sarazen lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee working for a triangle but Sarazen defends it easily.
Sarazen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Lee looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sarazen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lee trying to keep a closed guard but Sarazen is proving a slippery customer.
Sarazen lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sarazen throwing strikes but missing.
Lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lee wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sarazen wants to get back to full guard.

Lee is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sarazen doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lee.
Sarazen keeping control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen is looking for a sweep. Lee is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lee controlling the pace.
Lee looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sarazen is looking to improve his position.
Lee is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lee seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lee is looking to take a break and control but Sarazen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sarazen is looking to improve his position.
Lee keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sarazen wants to improve his position but Lee is controlling well.
Sarazen is controlling Lee's position as best he can from this difficult position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Sarazen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sarazen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sarazen shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Sarazen moved out of range nicely.
Sarazen blocks a head kick by Lee.
Sarazen tried to counter with a leg kick but Lee avoided it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Lee dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sarazen throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sarazen.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sarazen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab lands there for Sarazen.
Lee scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sarazen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lee blocks a leg kick.
Sarazen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lee takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lee throws the left hand but Sarazen avoids the punch easily.
Sarazen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Sarazen tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sarazen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee with a knee to the head.
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 tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sarazen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Sarazen blocks an elbow strike.
Sarazen tries for a takedown but Lee manages to get underhooks.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sarazen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Gene Sarazen has been cut.
Sarazen blocks the elbow strike.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Sarazen.
A short right from Sarazen.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee blocks a body shot from Sarazen.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Sarazen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sarazen is trying to drag Lee to the mat but Lee just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Sarazen backwards.
Sarazen tries to score a body lock takedown but Lee shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gene Sarazen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sarazen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sarazen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Sarazen avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Sarazen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sarazen.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Sarazen backwards.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sarazen wants to take the fight to the mat but Lee manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Lee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lee blocking some punches.
Sarazen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sarazen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Liam Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sarazen.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sarazen's brow.
A short left from Lee.
Sarazen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sarazen tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Lee prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sarazen lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee blocks a body shot from Sarazen.
Lee landing knees to the head.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sarazen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sarazen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sarazen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Sarazen's ribcage.
Sarazen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sarazen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Sarazen as the two fighters clinch.
Lee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Sarazen lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gene Sarazen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Sarazen. That's going to slow Lee down.
Lee swinging wildly here.
As Lee looks to move away, Sarazen throws a big counter combo but Lee just gets out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Sarazen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sarazen, right into the meat.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Sarazen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee leaves Sarazen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lee tests Sarazen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A punch lands to the side of Sarazen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lee clinches with his opponent.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Sarazen is blocking nicely.
Lee gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sarazen.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sarazen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sarazen blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Nice elbow from Lee.
Sarazen blocks an uppercut.
Sarazen misses with a body punch.
Sarazen has Lee pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lee manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gene Sarazen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee lands a nice elbow.
Sarazen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee is pressed up against the cage. Sarazen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lee down to the mat. Lee avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.
Sarazen checks the leg kick.

Lee fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sarazen, pushing him back against the cage.
Sarazen misses with a body punch.
Sarazen blocks the elbow strike.
Lee lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sarazen.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sarazen backwards.
Sarazen takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Sarazen is blocking nicely.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sarazen managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sarazen blocks the elbow strike.
Sarazen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sarazen.
Sarazen looking for a takedown.
Sarazen blocks an elbow strike.
Lee misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lee blocking some punches.
Liam Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Sarazen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sarazen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sarazen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lee gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sarazen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Sarazen.
Lee working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Sarazen fails to land.
Sarazen working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarazen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sarazen can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Sarazen throws a head punch that misses.
Lee lands a body shot.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sarazen avoids it.
Sarazen struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Sarazen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sarazen working aggressively here.
Sarazen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lee is defending well.
Gene Sarazen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sarazen tries to score a body lock takedown but Lee shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lee has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Lee!
During a confident post fight interview, Liam Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.