PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Phil Arcuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Arcuri
vs
Lee

176 cm
23
168 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

162 cm
34
162 lbs
21 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Max Octane Fight Wear

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Arcuri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lewis Lee!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee punishes Arcuri's body with a nice straight punch.
Lee scores with a head kick. Arcuri tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lee tries to bum rush Arcuri with a series of wild strikes but Arcuri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Arcuri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Arcuri fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arcuri lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Arcuri lands with a cross.
Arcuri misses with an uppercut
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the body from Arcuri misses
and Lee counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Arcuri has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
A big left from Lee misses.
Arcuri jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arcuri misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arcuri appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arcuri misses with a looping left.
A nice side step and Lee releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Arcuri misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee throws a body punch but Arcuri moves out of range.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arcuri moves away.
A big left from Arcuri misses.
Lee misses with a right hand

and Arcuri counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Arcuri is stalling in the full guard.
Arcuri throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Arcuri from controlling successfully.
Arcuri chips away with some ground and pound.
Arcuri works over Lee with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee wants to sweep here but Arcuri controlling him for the moment.
Arcuri will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lee has Arcuri pulled in close to control his posture.
Arcuri in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arcuri in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Arcuri sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lee's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking to improve his position.
Lee works his way to full guard. Good work.

Lee looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Arcuri passes into half guard.

Arcuri looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Lee is defending against the submission attempts here by Arcuri.
Arcuri thows a huge punch but Lee dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Arcuri with the ground and pound but Lee uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Arcuri scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Arcuri tries to free his leg and advance position but Lee is retaining full guard.
Lee bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Arcuri's guard.

Lee wants to stand but Arcuri is controlling his posture from full guard.
Arcuri looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lee wants to pass the guard but Arcuri is keeping the position.

Arcuri working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lewis Lee will probably get the nod.
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.

Arcuri throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lee.
Arcuri lands a right hook to the body.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee misses with a double jab
and Arcuri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arcuri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Arcuri half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lee misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Arcuri looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lewis Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arcuri checks a leg kick.
Arcuri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Arcuri drops his hands momentarily and Lee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Arcuri misses with a takedown
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arcuri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lewis Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arcuri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arcuri just misses with a punch to the body.
Arcuri feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lees jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Arcuri misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arcuri throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arcuri.
Arcuri throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arcuri takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arcuri sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Arcuri on the side of the head.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Arcuri moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee misses with a leg kick

and Arcuri counters with a takedown into side control.
Lee can't do much from the bottom here.
Lee holds on to Arcuri's head and controls the position momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to improve position but can't.
Lee gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Arcuri scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lee is trying to control but can't.
Lee wants to improve his position but Arcuri is controlling well.
Lee is refusing to be controlled, as Arcuri sits in half guard.
Arcuri slows the pace down in half guard.
Arcuri is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arcuri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to improve his position but Arcuri is controlling well.
Lee is controlling Arcuri's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Arcuri landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Arcuri lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Arcuri missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Arcuri is taking a breather. Lee says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lee is trying to get back to full guard.
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 Phil Arcuri will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lee lands a head shot.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arcuri throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee is looking to score with low kicks.
Lee stalks Arcuri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arcuri's face. Arcuri staggers backwards, shaken.
Arcuri throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arcuri throws a head kick that misses.
Lee lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arcuri attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That kick from Arcuri tenderised Lee's leg. Lee is trying to keep his angry face on.
Arcuri moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Arcuri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Arcuri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Arcuri throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Arcuri throws a wild body kick that Lee sees coming a mile off.
Arcuri lands with a hook. Lee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arcuri lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lee misses with a hook.
Lee takes a swing at Arcuri's ribcage but misses.
Lee misses with a combination

and Arcuri counters with a shoot takedown. Lee fights it but they end up in guard.
Arcuri is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee controls Arcuri momentarily but Arcuri frees himself.
Lee trying to control the position here.
Arcuri lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Arcuri missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Arcuri from controlling successfully.
Arcuri postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Arcuri from controlling successfully.
Arcuri scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee has momentary wrist control but Arcuri slips an elbow through the middle.
Arcuri stands up over Lee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Arcuri is working Lee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Arcuri trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Arcuri avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Arcuri trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee wants to sweep here but Arcuri controlling him for the moment.
Lee has his hands on Arcuri's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee working a defensive guard here.
Lee wants to sweep here but Arcuri controlling him for the moment.
Arcuri trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Arcuri's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Lewis Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arcuri throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arcuri takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Arcuri throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Phil Arcuri.
I think Arcuri has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Arcuri!
The defeated Lewis Lee had this to say: 'I'm not even sure what I was trying to do tonight! Nothing felt natural at all!'.