PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miqueal Dagnan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lee
vs
Dagnan

225 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miqueal Dagnan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dagnan has a takedown stuffed.
Lee misses with a head kick.

Dagnan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dagnan controls Lee momentarily but Lee frees himself.
Lee preventing the sweep.
Dagnan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dagnan trying to strike off his back.
Lee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lee working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dagnan's head.
Lee will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lee is fighting to break Dagnan's control of his arms but Dagnan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dagnan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dagnan on the ground.
Dagnan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dagnan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lee is working hard here to advance position.
Dagnan tries to control but Lee wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dagnan with a couple of short strikes.
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Dagnan's attempts to control the action.
Lee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dagnan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dagnan scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
Dagnan controlling from mount.
Dagnan scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dagnan landing strikes from the mount.
Dagnan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Lee that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dagnan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lee is looking to escape.
Dagnan cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dagnan unloads with some shots from mount but Lee bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miqueal Dagnan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee takes a swing at Dagnan's ribcage but misses.
Lee with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dagnan counters with an inside leg kick.
Lee misses with a takedown attempt

and Dagnan moves into the clinch.
Dagnan wants a takedown.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Lee tries for a takedown but Dagnan circles away easily
and Dagnan counters with a nice body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Dagnan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lee's guard now.
Dagnan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dagnan pushes down on Lee's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dagnan is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dagnan wants to control the pace but Lee is squirming around nicely.
Dagnan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dagnan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dagnan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dagnan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dagnan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dagnan swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miqueal Dagnan!