PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cung Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Warrior's Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lee
vs
Evans

185 cm
27
219 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cung Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donald Evans!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Evans scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Lee misses with a body shot
and Lee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Evans drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lee pulls Evans in close to prevent any damage.
Lee controls Evans momentarily but Evans frees himself.

Evans thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Evans not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee pulls Evans in close to prevent any damage.
Evans passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Evans wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lee, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Evans is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
What's Lee going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.

Evans working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lee is trying to control Evans's posture but Evans avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Evans is trying to get an arm triangle but Lee is defending well.

Evans wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lee, who protects the arm well.

Evans tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Evans has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lee is looking for a sweep.

Evans goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Lee has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Evans but great work by Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Evans tries to buck Lee off but Lee is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans can't do much from the bottom here.
Lee tries to stand but Evans is controlling his head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee trying to control the action but Evans is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Evans dominated that round.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lee looks to land a left hand but Evans moved out of range nicely.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evans.
Lee wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee feints and then cracks Evans's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Evans down.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Evans as he connects with a hook.
Lee tries to move into range but Evans moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Evans off balance momentarily.
Evans throws a big shot that misses.

Evans tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.

Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Evans slips under a jab.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Evans shoots in for a takedown but Lee shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lee tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Evans.
Evans throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Evans shoots in looking for a takedown. Lee tries to sprawl out of it but Evans keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to slow Evans down by chopping away at his legs.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Evans.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. Evans takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cung Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evans avoids the body shot from Lee.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt.
Cung Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donald Evans.
Lee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans blocks a leg kick.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Lee misses with a leg kick

and Evans counters with a shoot takedown. Lee fights it but they end up in guard.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Lee is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.

Evans is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Lee is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Lee has escaped and now he's on top!

Evans wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Evans trying to control the position.

Evans has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lee can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Evans has control of Lee's left arm, preventing Lee from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Evans working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lee won't allow Evans to sweep him here.
Evans seems keen to control Lee's posture.
Lee slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Lee dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Evans.
Lee leaves Evans with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Evans takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee lands a front kick.
Evans cracks the inside of Lee's front leg.
Lee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Evans scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Evans goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Lee has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Evans but great work by Lee.
Evans holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Donald Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans tries to bench press Lee off him but Lee keeps the position.
Evans is being controlled here.
Lee wants to stand but Evans has his arm trapped.
A lull in the action here as Lee stalls from top position.
Evans tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee just content to control the position.
Evans is trying to improve his position.
Lee tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Evans tries to improve position but can't.
Evans felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Evans is looking to regain half guard here but Lee keeps moving and retains side control.
Lee happy to just control the position for now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lee wants to control but Evans is keeping him busy.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Evans.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Evans.
Evans wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Evans tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.
Evans wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.
Evans blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Evans breaks the clinch.
A big right from Evans misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evans.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Lee staying out of range there.
Evans missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cung Lee.
I think Lee 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cung Lee!
An out of breath Cung Lee thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
34%

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