PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and fedor lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). lee is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: East Coast West Coast Killaz. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gonzales
vs
lee

171 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enrique Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, fedor lee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gonzales scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
lee has hold of Gonzales's hands but Gonzales slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gonzales trying to pass the guard but lee defending well.
Gonzales prevents lee from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
lee is trying to stand up here but Gonzales is controlling him well.
Gonzales trying to control from half guard but lee is working away.
lee wants to get back to full guard.
Gonzales wants to pass to mount but lee is defending the position.
lee is trying to stand.
lee tries to roll over but Gonzales keeps him under control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzales fails with a takedown attempt.
lee takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gonzales drives through with a takedown into guard.
lee keeping moving, preventing Gonzales from controlling successfully.

lee escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gonzales gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
lee looks gassed!
Gonzales is in close to lee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gonzales wants to pass the guard but lee is keeping the position.

Gonzales is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gonzales pushes down on lee's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lee is trying to get back to full guard.
Gonzales slips a nice elbow through lee's hands, connecting with lee's forehead.

lee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gonzales passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for lee!
Gonzales punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gonzales working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gonzales lands with some vicious ground and pound - can lee hang on?
lee tries to buck Gonzales off but he can't manage it.
A nice elbow there by Gonzales.
lee working to try and regain half guard.
lee is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lee wants to get back to his feet.
lee is looking to improve his position but Gonzales isn't that keen on the idea.

Gonzales 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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
lee is bucking up trying to escape but Gonzales cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
lee wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lee working to try and regain half guard.
Gonzales postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. lee looks a forlorn figure.
lee is in a horrible position here. Gonzales smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales working for a guillotine from mount but lee is in no mood to give up.
lee regains half guard.
lee pushes Gonzales off looking to stand but Gonzales dives back in and keeps control.
lee is staying active underneath Gonzales, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
lee regains full guard. Nicely done.
lee wants to get back to his feet but Gonzales is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
lee has momentary wrist control but Gonzales slips an elbow through the middle.

lee is looking for a triangle but Gonzales pushes his legs off easily.
Gonzales is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gonzales wants to control from the top but lee keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Gonzales dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gonzales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but lee moves away.
A swing and a miss from Gonzales.
Gonzales bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of lee's head.
lee slips under a jab.
lee staying out of range there.
lee slips under a jab from Gonzales.
Gonzales looks for a takedown but lee sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzales throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
lee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gonzales's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

lee decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

lee is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

lee stands up and beckons Gonzales to join him on the feet.
Gonzales misses with a hook. lee ducked under it nicely.
Gonzales tries for a takedown but lee circles away easily

and lee counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by lee.
lee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gonzales is proving hard to escape from.

lee gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

lee looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gonzales slips nicely into half guard.
lee is trying to stand back up but Gonzales is controlling him

lee is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Gonzales pulls his head out easily.
Gonzales landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
lee works his way to full guard. Good work.

lee looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

lee is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

lee looking for a guillotine here but Gonzales defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales wants to stand but lee is controlling his posture from full guard.
lee is looking to stand up but Gonzales isn't so interested in that idea.
lee keeping moving, preventing Gonzales from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gonzales doesn't succeed with the takedown

and lee counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrique Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lee wants to pass the guard but Gonzales is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
lee won't allow Gonzales to sweep him here.

Gonzales is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gonzales keeping full guard, as lee tries to pass.
lee trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gonzales's guard.
Gonzales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gonzales has a closed guard, preventing lee from standing up.

lee thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gonzales trying to strike off his back.
Gonzales throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gonzales lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

fedor lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

lee moves away from the strike by Gonzales.
Enrique Gonzales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzales scores with a sloppy right hand. lee should have avoided that one.
lee staying out of range there.
Gonzales throws a hook but lee blocks it.
Gonzales takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gonzales misses with a straight right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donk. Gonzales catches lee right on the button with a cross.
Gonzales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzales fails with the takedown
and lee counters with a series of strikes. Gonzales will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and lee counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gonzales is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gonzales shoots and misses
and lee counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gonzales is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrique Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lee lands a head kick!
Gonzales lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gonzales throws a combination that misses
and lee counters with a three punch combo that has Gonzales backing up. Gonzales nods at lee to acknowledge the strikes.
Gonzales has his takedown stuffed

and lee counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
lee tries to stand but Gonzales is controlling from the bottom.
Gonzales is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gonzales has a closed guard, preventing lee from standing up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gonzales listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lee stuffs the takedown.
lee moves away from the strike by Gonzales.
lee staying out of range there.
Gonzales lands with a cross.
Gonzales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to de liver by Gonzales. Beautiful body shot.
A swing and a miss from Gonzales.
Gonzales shoots and misses

and lee counters with a single leg into guard. Gonzales didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

lee drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and lee jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gonzales tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gonzales might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Gonzales throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Gonzales pushes lee off and gets back to his feet.
Gonzales falls off balance throwing a combination

so lee counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
lee wants to get up but he can't break Gonzales's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzales manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gonzales dominating with strikes here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to fedor lee.
I think lee has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... fedor lee!