PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Lee (ranked 24017 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moist Towellete (ranked 4179 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Stephan Lee has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lee
vs
Towellete

220 cm
26
194 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephan Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Moist Towellete!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Towellete is looking to clinch but Lee is avoiding it.

Towellete shoots in and gets a takedown into Lee's guard.
Towellete trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Towellete on the ground.
Lee wants to sweep here but Towellete controlling him for the moment.
Lee is pulling down on Towellete's head. It's preventing any offense from Towellete, at least for the moment.
Towellete trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is pulling down on Towellete's head. It's preventing any offense from Towellete, at least for the moment.
Towellete trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Towellete shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Towellete throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to roll over but Towellete keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Towellete thows a huge punch but Lee dodges it nicely.
Lee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Towellete's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Towellete's back!
Lee not allowing Towellete to control his hands.

Lee is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Towellete is defending well though. Lee let's go of the attempt for now.

Lee has his opponent's back but Towellete is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towellete misses with a wild body shot.
Lee feinted with a counter takedown.

Towellete bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lee pushes Towellete away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Towellete gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Towellete wants to stand but Lee is controlling his arm.
Towellete fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lee managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Towellete.
Towellete wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Towellete working the ground and pound but Lee is defending the strikes.
Lee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Towellete tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Towellete has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee struggling a bit here.
Towellete tries to stand but Lee is controlling his head.
Lee trying his best to control but Towellete has mounted him.
Towellete trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moist Towellete dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee looking to score a takedown here. Towellete is defending well but Lee drives through and ends up in Towellete's guard.
Towellete looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lee puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Towellete is looking to improve his position.
Moist Towellete has got the better of the ground game so far.

Lee is trying to work for a kimura but Towellete is defending well.

Lee is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Towellete wants to improve his position but Lee is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Towellete makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Towellete.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Moist Towellete!