PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martyn Paul Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lee might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lee
vs
Paul Casey

180 cm
22
161 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steven Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Martyn Paul Casey!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.

Lee scores a takedown into full mount!
Casey is bucking up trying to escape but Lee cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Casey can't escape the position.
Casey throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Casey throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.
Lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Casey is looking to escape.
Lee cracks Casey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lee looking to control but Casey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Casey is trying desperately to improve position.

Lee looking to secure an arm triangle but Casey defends it well.
Casey throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Casey flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lee blocks Casey's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Casey flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Casey throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Casey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lee. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lee looking to control but Casey is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Casey throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lee controlling from the full mount.
Casey flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lee tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Casey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lee tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two 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 working the ground and pound effectively.
Casey can't escape the position.
Lee 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.
Casey throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lee. What's that going to do exactly?
Lee lands a big shot there that rocks Casey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lee landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lee scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Casey throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lee. What's that going to do exactly?
Lee landing shots from mount.
Lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Casey is looking to escape.
Lee is landing with some decent strikes but Casey is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Casey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Casey is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
Lee postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Casey looks a forlorn figure.
Casey is bucking up trying to escape but Lee cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lee looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lee controlling the pace for now.
Casey is trying to escape the mount.
Lee punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lee controlling from mount.
Lee lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casey is desperately trying to improve his position but Lee has a good base and remains in mount.
Lee landing strikes from the mount and Casey is in trouble!
Lee blocks Casey's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Casey can do anything to dispel that myth.
Casey is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
Casey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee trying to control but Casey is having none of it.
Lee working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lee with shots to the head and body - Casey looks very uncomfortable down there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Casey swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Casey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Casey swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Lee jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Casey manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Lee in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Casey is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Steven Lee!