PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tucker Lee (ranked 4399 p4p, 416 weight class) and Tyce Johnson (ranked 2212 p4p, 267 weight class). Lee comes to the ring accompanied by DMX - Party Up (Up In Here). This should be a great matchup!

Lee
vs
Johnson

183 cm
20
273 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

193 cm
22
265 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tucker Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyce Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Johnson avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee is trying to pull guard but Johnson turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Lee tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Johnson walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tucker Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Lee should have avoided that one.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Johnson pushes Lee up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Lee.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee fails to pull guard.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Lee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Johnson to keep the fight standing.
Johnson avoiding damage.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Lee tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Johnson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lee is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lee pulls guard effortlessly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
Lee has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lee is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
Lee slows the pace down in half guard.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Lee has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johnson kicks Lee off and gets back to his feet.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyce Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Lee is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lee is trying to pull guard but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson clinches.
Lee is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tucker Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Lee in a clinch.
Johnson is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the ropes.

Lee drags the fight down to the ground.
Johnson trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lee is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Johnson passes into half guard.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to control here.
Lee is trying to get back to full guard.
Lee works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johnson wants to stand but Lee is controlling his posture from full guard.

Lee has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Lee throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Lee seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Lee looking for a triangle here. Johnson is fighting it but it looks tight! Lee pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Johnson is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tucker Lee!
In his post fight interview, Tucker Lee started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.