PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Draught Papillia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papillia comes to the cage accompanied by I dont know what those two ladies were singing about that day. Lee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Papillia
vs
Lee

178 cm
29
166 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

199 cm
33
169 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Draught Papillia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dave Lee!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papillia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lee.
A telegraphed right hand from Papillia misses the target.
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Papillia's knee but Papillia avoids it well.
Papillia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Papillia scores with a hook to the body. Lee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Papillia misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Papillia cracks Lee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papillia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Papillia throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A shot to the body from Papillia misses

and Lee counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lee is controlling the pace.
Papillia is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lee content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papillia trying to control but Lee postures up.

Lee seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Lee seems content to control.
Papillia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Papillia is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papillia is trying to stand back up but Lee is controlling him

Lee maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Papillia could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Lee has cracked it and Papillia is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Lee!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dave Lee!
After the fight, Dave Lee was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.