PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artem Korotkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes into the arena with Wiley - Take That blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Korotkov

185 cm
50
195 lbs
45 - 37 - 1

190 cm
40
200 lbs
12 - 25 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 45 - 37 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 25 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Korotkov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Korotkov darts in and clinches Lee up against the cage.
Korotkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Korotkov is trying to pull guard but Lee turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Lee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Korotkov's efforts to push away.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lee slowing the pace effectively.
Korotkov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lee just stands there and leans against the cage.
A knee to the head by Lee.

It looks like Artem Korotkov has been cut.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee misses with a knee to the head.
Lee landing knees to the body.
Lee lands an uppercut.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Korotkov looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Korotkov in his tracks for a moment.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Korotkov shrugs off.
Lee slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korotkov managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Korotkov can't break the clinch.
Korotkov managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Korotkov blocks with his arms.
Lee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Korotkov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Korotkov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jason Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Artem Korotkov.
Lee stalls.
Lee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Korotkovs head.
Lee slows down the pace here.
Lee controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Lee for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Korotkov blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Korotkov's elbow.

Korotkov jumps guard.
Lee stays in close to Korotkov's body and controls the position.

Korotkov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Korotkov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lee can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Korotkov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee wants to control from the top but Korotkov keeps moving.
Lee forces his way into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is thwarting Korotkov's attempts to control the position.
Lee sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lee tries to pass to full mount but Korotkov defends it.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Korotkov on the ground.

Korotkov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lee is pressing down on Korotkov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Korotkov is holding on for now.

Korotkov actively working from the bottom here.
Korotkov trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Korotkov is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Lee is tapping! Great win for Korotkov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Artem Korotkov!