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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Denari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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185 cm
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195 lbs
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205 cm
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195 lbs
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Poweful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Lee! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Denari! The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Denari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Denari moves out of range of the strikes. Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Denari doesn't seem bothered though. Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Lee wants to lay and pray for a moment but Denari keeps working. Lee is really struggling to control Denari but he's trying to hold on to the position. Lee moves nicely into side control. You can see the frustration on Denari's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lee tries to move to mount but Denari blocks the move with his legs. Lee is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Denari knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Lee tries to advance to mount but can't. You can see the frustration on Denari's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Lee tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Lee tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lee has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Lee tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Denari tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Denari is not content to let Lee control the position. Lee is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lee is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Lee thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Lee trying to control the position but Denari is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Lee is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Denari has escaped the position, nice work there. Lee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Denari is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Denari is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Denari gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Lee trying to control but Denari is having none of it. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Lee goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Denari is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason 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.
Denari takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Denari keeps the fight on the outside. Lee misses with a hook. Pablo Denari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Lee throws a combination. Denari tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Denari staying out of range there. Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Denari keeps the fight on the outside. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Denari. Denari slips a straight right by Lee. Lee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Lee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round. Denari is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Lee has hold of Denari's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Denari tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Lee cranks the arm and Denari screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Denari, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jason Lee!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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