PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Eyes of A Ranger". Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Lee
vs
Sakurai

181 cm
23
189 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

184 cm
22
188 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Sakurai!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sakurai circles away.
Lee fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Lee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lee showed some decent athleticism there.
Sakurai holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Lee prevents Sakurai from improving his position.
Lee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee seems to be looking for submissions.
Sakurai tries to roll over but Lee keeps him under control.
Lee tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sakurai knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sakurai has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lee is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sakurai throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakurai gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Lee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sakurai won't be happy with that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to stand but Sakurai has his arm trapped.
Lee blocks the strikes from Sakurai.
Sakurai is trying to control Lee's posture but Lee avoids it.
Sakurai is looking to regain half guard here but Lee keeps moving and retains side control.
Sakurai is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sakurai trying to control from the bottom.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sakurai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sakurai looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lee!
Lee taking shots to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lee is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Sakurai scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sakurai controlling his opponent.
Sakurai landing shots from mount.

Sakurai is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lee is surviving well by controlling Sakurai's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Lee wants to improve his position but Sakurai is controlling well.
Lee is trying to stand up here but Sakurai is controlling him well.

Lee is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Sakurai pulls his head out easily.
Lee scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sakurai manages to mount him!
Sakurai lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lee is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Sakurai has control of Lee's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lee regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lee wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lee is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lee is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sakurai blocks Lee's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sakurai content just to control the position here.
Sakurai prevents Lee from getting the reversal.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sakurai looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sakurai with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lee can't escape the position.
Sakurai connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Sakurai is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Lee can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lee is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Lee is desperately trying to improve his position but Sakurai has a good base and remains in mount.
Sakurai looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sakurai punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Sakurai trying to control but Lee is having none of it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai is landing with some decent strikes but Lee is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lee tries to reverse the position but Sakurai maintains control.
Lee is working hard here to advance position.
Lee takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Sakurai working for a submission but Lee is keeping him at bay.
Sakurai is landing with some decent strikes but Lee is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lee regains half guard.
Sakurai trying to control from half guard but Lee is working away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Lee kicks Sakurai off and gets back to his feet.
Sakurai lands with a right hand.
Sakurai throws a predictable looking body shot

and Lee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sakurai won't be happy with that.
Lee misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sakurai is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lee scoring with punches and elbows.
Sakurai regains half guard.
Lee wants to stand but Sakurai has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Sakurai looking for submissions off his back.
Sakurai is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Sakurai makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sakurai.
Sakurai is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sakurai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sakurai is controlling Lee's posture.
Sakurai tries to strike from the bottom.
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sakurai is controlling Lee's posture.
Sakurai controls Lee momentarily but Lee frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chuck Lee will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sakurai closes the distance looking to clinch

and Lee counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sakurai won't be happy with that.
Sakurai manages to get back to half guard.
Sakurai manages to get to full guard.
Sakurai lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lee!
Lee is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Sakurai.
Sakurai putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lee is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Sakurai is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lee has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sakurai with shots to the head and body - Lee looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lee really wants to buck Sakurai off and get back to his feet.
Sakurai cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lee regains half guard.
Lee is looking to get back to is feet but Sakurai passes into side control.
Lee is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Lee is looking for a sweep.

Lee explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakurai fails with the takedown.
Sakurai shoots and misses

and Lee counters with a single leg into guard. Sakurai didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Lee works over Sakurai with some ground and pound from guard.
Lee is pushing down on Sakurai's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sakurai is fighting to maintain full guard but Lee has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lee tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sakurai knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lee scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lee escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sakurai wants to clinch.

Lee fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sakurai sprawls well initially but Lee persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lee thows a huge punch but Sakurai dodges it nicely.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Lee trying to pass the guard but Sakurai defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lee stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Sakurai to get to his feet.

Sakurai shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sakurai showed some decent athleticism there.
Sakurai stalling.
Lee tries to get to full guard but Sakurai has control of the leg.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to kick Sakurai off but Sakurai keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sakurai prevents Lee from improving his position.
Lee gets back to full guard.
Sakurai is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sakurai won't allow Lee to get back to his feet.
Lee striking off his back but it's not causing Sakurai any problems.
Lee trying to strike off his back.
Sakurai stops Lee from standing up.
Sakurai trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sakurai manages to get himself to full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Sakurai.
Lee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sakurai is proving hard to escape from.

Sakurai is working an open guard so Lee takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sakurai misses with a combination

and Lee counters with a shoot takedown. Sakurai fights it but they end up in guard.
Lee lands a couple of digs.
Lee landing some decent shots from guard.
Lee cracks Sakurai with a solid left hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lee throwing strikes from guard but Sakurai blocks nicely.
Lee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sakurai is proving hard to escape from.

Lee stands up from Sakurai's guard - Lee perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lee shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sakurai counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai working Lee over with strikes.
Sakurai trying to control from half guard but Lee is working away.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Lee scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lee is working Sakurai over with some ground and pound from side control.
Lee lands a few punches from side control.
Sakurai is trying to control Lee's posture but Lee avoids it.
Lee scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Lee stands up and beckons Sakurai to his feet.
Lee fails with the takedown
and Sakurai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sakurai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lee backs up against the ropes.
Sakurai misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sakurai shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Chuck Lee!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Chuck Lee!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Chuck Lee!

Chuck Lee wins by unanimous decision!