PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beck Lee (ranked 4484 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Greenwood (ranked 2055 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Michael Greenwood was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Lee
vs
Greenwood

180 cm
28
154 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

175 cm
27
156 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Beck Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Greenwood!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greenwood thumps Lee with a low kick.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Greenwood.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Greenwood throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Greenwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lee throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Greenwood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Greenwood scores with a head kick. Lee tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Greenwood tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Greenwood throws a lazy head kick
and Lee counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Greenwood tried to score with a low kick but Lee checks it.
Lee looks for the body kick but Greenwood saw that one coming.
Lee stalks Greenwood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Greenwood's face. Greenwood staggers backwards, shaken.

Lee has Greenwood up against the cage in a clinch.
Greenwood managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greenwood throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.

Lee rushes Greenwood and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Greenwood stops a takedown attempt from Lee.
Greenwood is trying to break the clinch but Lee is controlling him.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greenwood cracks Lee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee connects with a crisp jab.
Lee tries to clinch up but Greenwood circles away and keeps his distance.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Greenwood.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee tries to clinch up but Greenwood circles away and keeps his distance.
Greenwood throws a combination that misses
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Greenwood is rocked!

Lee instigates a clinch.
Greenwood is still on wobbly legs! Can Lee finish him?
Lee keeps control of Greenwood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Greenwood seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheers as Greenwood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
Some wild striking there from Greenwood.

Lee forces Greenwood back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lee manages to break the clinch.
Greenwood is looking to land body kicks.
An attempted straight right counter from Lee misses the target.
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Greenwood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee rushes Greenwood and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Greenwood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Greenwood is trying to break the clinch but Lee is controlling him.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee lands a nice hook to Greenwood's body. Greenwood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Greenwood looks winded!

Lee gets a clinch.
Lee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Greenwood's efforts to push away.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Lee throws a shot to the body.

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

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee is looking to wear down Greenwood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick by Greenwood misses
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee is looking to land body kicks.

Lee has taken the fight to the clinch.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee connects with a body shot that sends Greenwood's belly button to the back.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Greenwood's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee has taken the fight to the clinch.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greenwood swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Greenwood throws an off balance right hand
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Lee clinches up with Greenwood and pushes him back against the cage.

Lee breaks from the clinch.

Lee pushes Greenwood up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lee can't break the clinch.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Greenwood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Greenwood looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Greenwood is trying to push Lee away but Lee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greenwood throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lee counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greenwood misses with a head kick.
Michael Greenwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lee clinches up with Greenwood and pushes him back against the cage.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Greenwood throws a head kick that misses.
Lee rushes Greenwood with punches - Greenwood moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Greenwood goes down! Lee follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Beck Lee!