PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen Eminem - Cold Wind Blows as his entrance music. Chuck Lee looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Jacobs
vs
Lee

185 cm
29
205 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

185 cm
31
211 lbs
6 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Jacobs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Lee!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jacobs to the ground. Lee is now in Jacobs's guard.

Jacobs scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Jacobs fails with a takedown attempt.
Jacobs shoots and misses
and Lee counters with a three punch combo that has Jacobs backing up. Jacobs nods at Lee to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Jacobs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jacobs fails with a takedown attempt.
A head kick from Lee lands but Jacobs takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lee wants it to stay on the feet.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jacobs is breathing heavily.
Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Lee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lee showed some decent athleticism there.
Jacobs has hold of Lee's hands but Lee slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs moves into full guard.
Lee is working Jacobs over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jacobs is keeping the position for now.
Lee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lee trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jacobs's guard.

Jacobs pushes Lee off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jacobs shoots in looking for a takedown but Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jacobs's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jacobs closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.
Lee's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lee duly obliges.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs wants to take the fight to the mat but Lee manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Lee with a nice head shot there.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.
Lee lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jacobs throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Jacobs is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacobs thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Jacobs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jacobs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Jacobs looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lee accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lee throwing strikes from guard but Jacobs blocks nicely.
Lee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jacobs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jacobs sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
Lee really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jacobs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jacobs not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jacobs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jacobs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Jacobs is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lee sees it coming and defends easily.
Jacobs throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee is looking for a sweep. Jacobs is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jacobs.
Jacobs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jacobs.

Lee looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jacobs thows a huge punch but Lee dodges it nicely.
Jacobs throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacobs sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jacobs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jacobs lands strikes from half guard.
Lee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jacobs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chuck Lee will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Horrible takedown by Jacobs or perhaps it was just good defense by Lee which made him look bad.
Jacobs has his takedown stuffed
and Lee counters with a stiff right hand.

Jacobs shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Jacobs escapes and gets back to his feet.
Lee lands with a kick to the temple. Jacobs shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jacobs misses with a series of wild punches.
Jacobs fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lee avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Jacobs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobs takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs tries for a takedown but Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jacobs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jacobs doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lee counters with a left to the body.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Jacobs has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lee uses from the top position.
Jacobs trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lee working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jacobs's head.
Lee scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jacobs swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Jacobs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jacobs throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lee trying to control but Jacobs is working from the bottom.
Jacobs manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jacobs throws some wild stikes that Lee manages to avoid easily.
Jacobs lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs throws some wild stikes that Lee manages to avoid easily.
Lee working to try and regain half guard.
Jacobs throws some wild stikes that Lee manages to avoid easily.
Jacobs is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lee can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jacobs lands a big shot there that rocks Lee but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jacobs raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lee avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jacobs.
Jacobs scoring with strikes but Lee is staying in there.
Jacobs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jacobs is landing with some decent strikes but Lee is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jacobs breaks from Lee's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jacobs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jacobs with a couple of short strikes.
Jacobs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lee taking shots to the head.
Lee is bucking up trying to escape but Jacobs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lee wants to try and get back to his feet.
Lee can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jacobs controlling from the full mount.
Lee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Jacobs dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jacobs shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jacobs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jacobs shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lee cracks Jacobs with a good jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lee.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown but Lee shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Jacobs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee throws a head kick that Jacobs semi-blocks.

Lee clinches with his opponent.

Lee pulls guard.
Jacobs postures up and lands a big shot to Lee's brow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacobs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs won't allow Lee to get back to his feet.
Jacobs throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jacobs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jacobs is in close to Lee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jacobs stands up over Lee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jacobs postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jacobs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jacobs stands up over Lee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lee wants to stand up but Jacobs is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jacobs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jacobs distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jacobs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jacobs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jacobs lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jacobs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jacobs with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jacobs throws a big right hand that misses.
Jacobs keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lee is trying to keep Jacobs in close.
Jacobs throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
Jacobs throwing strikes but missing.
Jacobs working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs throwing strikes from guard but Lee blocks nicely.
Jacobs with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jacobs stops Lee from standing up.
Jacobs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jacobs wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Jacobs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacobs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jacobs scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lee wants to get back to his feet but Jacobs is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Jacobs showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jacobs 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Jacobs!