PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Temujin Lee (ranked 2703 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bung Popper (ranked 2273 p4p, 0 weight class). Temujin Lee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lee
vs
Popper

186 cm
38
185 lbs
22 - 9 - 1

173 cm
21
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Temujin Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bung Popper!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee clobbers Popper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Popper throws a poor cross that misses
and Lee counters with a three punch combo that has Popper backing up. Popper nods at Lee to acknowledge the strikes.
Popper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Popper flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
Lee paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Popper tries a low kick but Lee avoids it.
Popper works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lee, as that shot connected.
Lee cracks Popper with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Lee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Popper seems a little lost for a moment, as Lee dominates the positioning.
Lee throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lee fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lee misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Lee crashes against the mat.
Lee landing a few strikes.
Lee misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Popper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Popper is trying to get back to half guard.
Lee slows the pace down.
Lee advances to full mount.
Popper taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee with the ground and pound from mount.
Lee looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lee looking to finish with strikes here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Popper can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lee looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands with some strikes.
Lee will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lee takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
A big strike lands for Lee! That's really hurt Popper and he's turned his back - Lee keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Lee jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Temujin Lee!
A relieved looking Temujin Lee thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.