PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Lee (ranked 4056 p4p, 4469 weight class) and Micahel Anderson (ranked 503 p4p, 548 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Lee
vs
Anderson

183 cm
18
205
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
201
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Micahel Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee shoots in and bounces Anderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lee lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee is fighting to break Anderson's control of his arms but Anderson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lee 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.
Lee landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Anderson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lee looking to pass the guard.
Lee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson has momentary wrist control but Lee slips an elbow through the middle.

Anderson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lee defends well.
Lee keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Anderson's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lee pushes down on Anderson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Anderson taking some punishment here, with Lee in his half guard.
Anderson tries to roll over but Lee keeps him under control.
Lee stalling.
Anderson taking some punishment here, with Lee in his half guard.

Anderson looking for submissions off his back.
Anderson has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

Anderson actively working from the bottom here.
Lee is nestled in close to Anderson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee slips a nice elbow through Anderson's hands, connecting with Anderson's forehead.
Lee is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Anderson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lee landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lee looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Anderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lee scoring with some ground and pound.
Lee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Lee content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lee works over Anderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Lee passes Anderson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Anderson is rocked!
Ground and pound from Lee.
Anderson is still in real trouble! Can Lee finish him?
Lee is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Anderson is hurt! He's hurt bad - Lee fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Anderson from any more punishment! Congratulations to Lee! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeff Lee!
In his post fight interview, Jeff Lee started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.