PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Lee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lee
vs
Snow

189 cm
21
201 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

177 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Merciless Gladiators

Ultra Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snow!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow dives in and grabs Lee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lee pushes down on Snow's head and hops out.
Lee takes a swing at Snow's ribcage but misses.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee leaves Snow with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lee throws a low kick, looking for Snow's leg but Snow calmly moves out of range.
Snow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Snow checks the leg kick nicely there.
Snow tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Snow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Snow checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Snow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow lands a slapping body shot.
Snow looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Lee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Snow finds it's way round the side to connect with Lee's head.
Lee throws the left hand but Snow avoids the punch easily.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee tries a low kick but Snow avoids it.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Snow stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like James Lee has been cut.
Snow scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lee in his tracks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Snow dives in and scores a takedown into Lee's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Snow landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Snow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Snow on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Snow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Snow working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Snow's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lee on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lee tries to get out of the position.
Snow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Snow throws a big right hand that misses.
Snow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lee has momentary wrist control but Snow slips an elbow through the middle.
Snow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Snow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lee works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Snow is pushing down on Lee's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lee is fighting to maintain full guard but Snow has managed to sneak the leg through.
Snow is looking to advance position but Lee won't allow it.
Snow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Snow is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Lee is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jon Snow!