PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between JJ King (ranked 4186 p4p, 24772 weight class) and Jae Lee (ranked 252 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Lee

165 cm
18
130
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
135
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, JJ King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jae Lee!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries for a takedown but King sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lee shoots and misses

and King counters with a takedown into side control.
King throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lee takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
King working the head with strikes.

King is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
King lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lee down.
Check out the look on King's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

King thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
King lands some shots froms side control.
King cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lee some visible discomfort.
Lee can't do much from the bottom here.
King cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lee is trying to improve his position.
Lee manages to work his way to half guard, despite King's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from King.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.

King is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
King lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King prevents Lee from improving his position.
King is nestled in close to Lee, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but King scores with a couple of nice shots.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
King lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
King slips a nice elbow through Lee's hands, connecting with Lee's forehead.

Lee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
King 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 looks winded!
Lee is trying to stand up here but King is controlling him well.

King is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is nestled in close to Lee, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

King is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lee doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time King.
King lands with a punch from half guard.
King scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
King landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

King seems to be working for a kimura but Lee defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from King there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. King lands a nice short elbow.
Lee wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
Lee is still trying to improve position.
King throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
King winds up and cracks Lee with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

King is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lee doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time King.
King is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lee!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

JJ King dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

King blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like King was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee tries to clinch up.
King changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
King defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lee.
King feinted with a counter takedown.
Lee fails to land the takedown.
King changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lee.
JJ King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jae Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.
Lee is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and King counters with a shoot takedown. Lee fights it but they end up in guard.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
King is working Lee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
King works over Lee with some ground and pound from guard.
King working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
King keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lee's head.
King might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lee has momentary wrist control but King slips an elbow through the middle.
King landing with the ground and pound.
King makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Lee is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lee is still in real trouble! Can King finish him?
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
JJ King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King stands up over Lee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
King scoring with punches to the head and body.
King passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lee takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?

King tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
King working the head and body with strikes.
King in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

King wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lee, who protects the arm well.
Lee seems to have recovered his senses.
King working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Lee is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Lee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
King lands a nice forearm strike.
King working away.
Lee on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
King working the ground and pound.
King lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lee down.

King tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
King works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee struggling a bit here.
King scores with a couple of short elbows.
King cracks Lee with a big right hand but Lee just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
King lands a few punches from side control.
King is putting a hurting on Lee here, landing some big shots from side control.
King working the ground and pound.
King working the body and head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
King lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lee down.
King scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

JJ King dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lee tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but King defends well and Lee ends up having to push King into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
King wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and King counters with a takedown into side control.

King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
King working the head and body with strikes.
King scores with punches from side control.

King thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee is working to avoid the ground and pound but King connects with a decent elbow.
Lee is working to avoid the ground and pound but King connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King cracks Lee with a big elbow.

King thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lee is trying to control King's posture but King avoids it.
Lee takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
King cracks Lee with a big right hand but Lee just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lee tries to improve position but can't.
King working the ground and pound from side control.
King scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lee to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
King lands a few punches from side control.
Lee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
King in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

King is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lee has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lee is looking to regain half guard here but King keeps moving and retains side control.

King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

King thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
King throws an elbow but Lee slips to the side and avoids it well.
King throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Lee is looking for a sweep.
King cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
King working away.

King is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lee has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King scoring with punches from side control.
Lee is looking for a sweep.
King working away.

King is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lee wants to control but King postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
JJ King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JJ King!