PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Asa Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hardon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardon Lee will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rodriguez
vs
Lee

152 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
18
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Asa Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hardon Lee!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez stuffs the takedown.
Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rodriguez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Lee closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rodriguez's guard.
Lee controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Lee stands up from guard. Let's bang!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Lee has managed to clinch.
Rodriguez is trying to stall.
Rodriguez is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee decides to pull guard.
Lee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lee managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Rodriguez wants to stand and escape but instead Lee has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rodriguez is proving hard to escape from.
Rodriguez keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Lee is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lee is working Rodriguez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lee showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rodriguez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lee slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Rodriguez is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rodriguez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lee controls the pace.
Lee passes Rodriguez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lee is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rodriguez is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Lee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rodriguez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lee on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lee working Rodriguez over with strikes here.
Lee controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lee lands a couple of good shots and Rodriguez has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hardon Lee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lee shoots in but no luck this time.
Rodriguez attempts a counter takedown but Lee avoids it well and moves away.

Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rodriguez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lee stalling.
Rodriguez is trying to control but Lee passes into side control!
Rodriguez bucks up and tries to throw Lee off but instead Lee has got his back!
Hardon Lee has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lee working for the choke.
Lee has good solid back control here.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.

Lee working for a choke but Rodriguez is defending well.
Lee trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Rodriguez doesn't escape.
Rodriguez rolls, trying to escape but Lee keeps control of the position.
Lee keeps control of the position easily here as Rodriguez tries to buck him off.

That's two 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.
Rodriguez is trying to stand back up.
Rodriguez trying to control the hands but Lee breaks the grip.
Rodriguez is in bad spot here.

Lee is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rodriguez is defending well though. Lee let's go of the attempt for now.
Lee has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Rodriguez's body.
Lee avoiding Rodriguez 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Lee throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Lee controlling from the back.
Lee lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lee controlling well, preventing Rodriguez from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
Lee keeps control of the position easily here as Rodriguez tries to buck him off.

Rodriguez defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Rodriguez defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Lee's arms.

Lee looking for the choke from the back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee gets his hands free as Rodriguez looks to control.
Rodriguez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lee is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hardon Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Lee rushes Rodriguez and presses him up against the cage.
Lee prevents the takedown attempt.
Rodriguez wants to take the fight to the mat but Lee manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lee is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asa Rodriguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodriguez slaps away a takedown attempt from Lee, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Rodriguez moved out of range.
Rodriguez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Lee looking to score a takedown here. Rodriguez is defending well but Lee drives through and ends up in Rodriguez's guard.
Rodriguez is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Lee dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rodriguez is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee happy to just control the position for now.
Lee working away.

Lee stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rodriguez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rodriguez's waist but Rodriguez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lee off to one side.
Rodriguez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lee sprawls and moves away.

Lee drives through with a takedown into Rodriguez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Lee controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodriguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rodriguez wants to stand up but Lee is controlling him.
Rodriguez is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Lee dives into side control.

Lee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rodriguez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a little break here. Rodriguez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Lee has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Rodriguez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lee is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rodriguez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lee gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rodriguez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Lee pulls guard.

Lee is looking for a triangle but Rodriguez pushes his legs off easily.

Lee is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rodriguez is aware though and is defending well.
Rodriguez tries to stand but Lee is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rodriguez stopping the sweep attempt from Lee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hardon 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hardon Lee!