PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Soto (ranked 1132 p4p, 1324 weight class) and Zombie Lee (ranked 66 p4p, 80 weight class). Soto comes to the cage accompanied by Parkway Drive - Wild Eyes. Rafael Soto is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Soto
vs
Lee

160 cm
28
138
9 - 1 - 0

165 cm
22
135
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Seventh Circle Clothing
SynCity Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Soto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zombie Lee!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soto tries to pull guard but Lee holds him up against the cage and eventually Soto drops back down to his feet.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Soto tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lee throws a hook but Soto avoids it easily.
Soto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Soto wants to clinch.
Lee misses with a hook. Soto ducked under it nicely.

Soto moves into range and clinches up with Lee.
Lee lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee lands with a short shot to the head.
Soto tries to pull guard but Lee won't allow it.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lee misses with some punches.
Lee has Soto pushed against the cage.
Soto jumps guard but Lee stands there with Soto around his waist. Soto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Soto. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto jumps guard but Lee stands there with Soto around his waist. Soto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soto backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.
Soto jumps guard but Lee stands there with Soto around his waist. Soto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Soto tries to pull guard but Lee holds him up against the cage and eventually Soto drops back down to his feet.
Soto is trying to pull guard but Lee turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Soto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Soto fails to pull guard.
Lee lands a left hand.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Soto backwards.
Lee gets through Soto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soto fails to pull guard.
Soto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Soto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lee walks away with a smile on his face. Soto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soto's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Soto scrambles back to his feet.
Lee connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Soto tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lee manages to circle out of the way.
Lee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Soto moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off.
Soto tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee throws out a counter right but Soto avoids it with no problem.
Soto ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Soto slips a straight right by Lee.
Soto is looking to counter the offense by Lee and move into the clinch.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Soto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Soto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Soto tries to clinch up
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lee scores with a jab. Soto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Soto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee lands with a straight right. Soto didn't see that one coming.
Soto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee connects with a looping right hand.
Soto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soto moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Nice shot lands for Lee.
Soto moves to clinch but Lee breaks away
and Lee counters with a straight right hand.
Soto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Soto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soto moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a nice shot that snaps Soto's head back.
Soto slips under a jab from Lee.
Lee cracks Soto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Soto tries to clinch up.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Soto's shoulder, as Soto tries to avoid the shot.
Soto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Lee there.
Soto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Lee.
Soto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soto moves to clinch but Lee breaks away
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zombie Lee dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lee darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Soto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Soto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Soto is rocked!
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Oh Soto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Soto slips a jab from Lee.
Soto seems to have got his legs back now.
Soto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Soto on the side of the head.

Lee drops Soto with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Soto looks back up at him and smiles so Lee waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Soto.
BOOM! Lee lands a beautiful left hook that drops Soto. Soto tries to recover but Lee is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Soto lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zombie Lee!
A less than humble Zombie Lee misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.