PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Rabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Rabi

179 cm
21
157 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
161 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

HeavyWeight Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Rabi!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lee's waist but Lee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rabi off to one side.

Rabi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Rabi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Rabi stands up from half guard.
Rabi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lee swivels and escapes.
Rabi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Rabi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Rabi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rabi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rabi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Rabi's shoulder, as Rabi tries to avoid the shot.
Rabi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Decent striking displayed by Lee there.
Rabi walks into a left hand.
Rabi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lee defends it nicely.
Lee lunges at Rabi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rabi's hand.
Lee cracks Rabi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rabi ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee scores with a jab.
Rabi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lee catches Rabi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bruce Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Rabi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rabi.
Rabi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lee darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Lee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rabi to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee can't keep his opponent in guard - Rabi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rabi is trying to control. Lee wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rabi moves into full mount! Lee won't be happy about that!
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Rabi's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rabi.
Rabi looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee blocking the ground and pound.

Rabi is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lee has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lee!
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lee puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Rabi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rabi trying to get back to full guard but Lee takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Rabi dominated that 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.

Rabi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lee is fending him off so far but Rabi persists. Nope, Lee circles away and we're back to standing.
Rabi ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Rabi fails to land the takedown.
Rabi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Rabi.
Rabi shoots for a double leg takedown but Lee sprawls well. He's pushed Rabi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rabi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Rocky Rabi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee connects with a single shot there.

Rabi gets a double leg takedown into Lee's guard.
Rabi wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
Rabi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee wants to get back to his feet but Rabi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabi trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee keeping full guard, as Rabi tries to pass.
Rabi wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Rabi passes into half guard.
Rabi stalling away here and it's allowed Lee to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabi forces his way into half guard.
Lee is refusing to be controlled, as Rabi sits in half guard.

Rabi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lee is in trouble now - Rabi has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rabi goes for an armbar but Lee turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Lee.
Rabi looking to control.

Rabi looking for a triangle here. Lee is fighting it but it looks tight! Rabi pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Lee is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Rocky Rabi!