PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sang Seok (ranked 227 p4p, 30 weight class) and Raphaele Heisenberg (ranked 618 p4p, 70 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Heisenberg's choice of entrance music: For Heavy Metal we will die!. Lee Sang Seok had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sang Seok
vs
Heisenberg

176 cm
32
152 lbs
29 - 14 - 2

161 cm
33
148 lbs
19 - 5 - 2

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Conviction

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lee Sang Seok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphaele Heisenberg!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heisenberg takes a swing at Seok's ribcage but misses.
Seok half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Seok walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Heisenberg missing with a left hand there. Seok was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Seok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Seok throws a poor cross that misses
and Heisenberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Heisenberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heisenberg lands with a hook. Seok tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Heisenberg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Seok looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seok scores with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Seok.
Heisenberg fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Seok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seok misses with a few strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heisenberg throws a shot to the body.
Seok looks to land a right hand but Heisenberg moved out of range.
Heisenberg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seok.
A big right from Heisenberg misses.
Heisenberg lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg throws a body shot but no joy.
Seok attempts a counter takedown but Heisenberg avoids it well and moves away.
Seok walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Heisenberg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heisenberg connects with a crisp jab.
Heisenberg lands with a cross.
Heisenberg fails to land the takedown.
Heisenberg wants to land a leg kick but Seok is out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Seok.
Heisenberg digs a good body shot into Seok's ribs.

Seok closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Heisenberg did well to prevent Seok getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heisenberg is looking to improve his position.
Heisenberg is trying to control but can't.

Seok is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Heisenberg defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Seok cracks Heisenberg with a solid left hand.

Heisenberg is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seok is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Heisenberg looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Seok passes into half guard.
Still in half guard, Seok seems content to control.

Heisenberg is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Seok pulls his head out easily.
Seok lands with a punch from half guard.
Heisenberg is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Seok scores with a couple of nice shots.
Heisenberg tries to roll over but Seok keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seok is thwarting Heisenberg's attempts to control the position.
Heisenberg works his way to full guard. Good work.
Seok working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Heisenberg's head.
Our spies down at at Heavy Metal inform us that Heisenberg has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Seok's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Seok working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Heisenberg's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Seok tries to free his leg and advance position but Heisenberg is retaining full guard.
Seok controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Seok is fighting to break Heisenberg's control of his arms but Heisenberg is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Seok stands and throws Heisenberg's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Heisenberg is looking to regain half guard here but Seok keeps moving and retains side control.

Seok tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Seok has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Heisenberg is looking to regain half guard here but Seok keeps moving and retains side control.
Heisenberg manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Seok is trying to control. Heisenberg wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Heisenberg looking for submissions off his back.
Seok content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Raphaele Heisenberg will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Seok lands with a good body shot.
Seok throws a hook but Heisenberg blocks it.
Heisenberg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Seok tests Heisenberg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Raphaele Heisenberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seok lands a glancing blow to the side of Heisenberg's head.

Seok closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Seok lands strikes from half guard.
Heisenberg moves into full guard.
Seok will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Heisenberg had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Seok defends it easily.
Seok stopping the sweep attempt from Heisenberg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg looking to control.

Heisenberg is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seok is aware though and is defending well.

Heisenberg is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Seok defends well.
Seok has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Seok advances to half guard.
Heisenberg wants to improve his position but Seok is controlling well.
Heisenberg is not content to let Seok control the position.
Heisenberg wants to get back to full guard but Seok has mounted him!
Heisenberg tries to reverse the position but Seok maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Seok seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Heisenberg does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Heisenberg tries to get to full guard but Seok has control of the leg.
Seok content to control rather than advance.
Heisenberg is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Seok's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Seok's back!
Heisenberg throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Heisenberg is trying to stick to Seok's back but Seok is turning into Heisenberg. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Heisenberg's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Seok.
Seok trying to control the position from guard on top but Heisenberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Heisenberg looking for a guillotine here but Seok defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seok is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Heisenberg keeping moving, preventing Seok from controlling successfully.
Seok slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Seok is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Heisenberg knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Seok creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Heisenberg manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Seok takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heisenberg is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Seok's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Seok's back!
Seok rolls, trying to escape but Heisenberg keeps control of the position.
Heisenberg is landing with strikes. Seok can't take much more of this.
Heisenberg throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Seok is really stuck here.
Heisenberg punches Seok on the ear.

Heisenberg is looking for a rear naked choke here but Seok reverses the position brilliantly into Heisenberg's guard!
Seok pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Heisenberg is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Sang Seok dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Heisenberg connects with an inside leg kick.
Seok takes a swing at Heisenberg's ribcage but misses.
Seok lands a glancing blow to the side of Heisenberg's head.
Heisenberg scores with a jab. Seok acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Heisenberg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Heisenberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seok gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Heisenberg.

Heisenberg darts in and clinches Seok up against the cage.
Heisenberg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heisenberg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heisenberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heisenberg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seok.
Heisenberg misses with some punches.
Seok throws a punch but it's blocked by Heisenberg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seok lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seok stalling against the cage.
A short left from Heisenberg.
Seok struggles to land a body shot inside as Heisenberg controls his hands.
Heisenberg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Seok jumps guard and drags Heisenberg to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Heisenberg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Heisenberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Seok is retaining full guard.
Seok wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Heisenberg working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Seok's head.
Heisenberg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Heisenberg showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Seok looking for subs off his back but Heisenberg has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg moves into full mount! Seok won't be happy about that!
Seok bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Seok is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Heisenberg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heisenberg trying to keep a closed guard but Seok is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Seok being controlled here momentarily.
Seok chips away with some ground and pound.
Heisenberg keeping moving, preventing Seok from controlling successfully.
Seok preventing the sweep.
Seok wants to control from the top but Heisenberg keeps moving.

That's four 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.

Heisenberg throws his legs up looking for a submission but Seok uses it to pass to side control.
Seok tries to move to full mount but Heisenberg actually manages to regain half guard.
Seok is trying to control the action in half guard but Heisenberg is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Seok prevents Heisenberg from improving his position.
Heisenberg trying to control but Seok postures up.
Seok slips a nice elbow through Heisenberg's hands, connecting with Heisenberg's forehead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Heisenberg won't allow Seok to pass to mount.
Heisenberg blocking the ground and pound attempt from Seok.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Raphaele Heisenberg.
I think Heisenberg has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lee Sang Seok!
An out of breath Lee Sang Seok thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.