PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Droppa Cleveland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lee
vs
Cleveland

198 cm
20
290 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

199 cm
28
300 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Droppa Cleveland!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee has managed to clinch.

Cleveland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lee clinches up with Cleveland and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cleveland.
Lee lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Lee stalling against the cage.

Cleveland pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lee clinches up with Cleveland and pushes him back against the cage.
Cleveland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Cleveland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Cleveland.
Lee could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Cleveland breaks from the clinch.
Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cleveland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Thor Lee has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Lee moves into the clinch.

Cleveland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleveland connects with a single shot there.
Lee fails with the takedown.
Cleveland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Cleveland.
Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cleveland rattles Lee with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Lee tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Cleveland dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Lee stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Droppa Cleveland!