PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clifton Von Lee (ranked 998 p4p, 151 weight class) and Javier Esposito (ranked 1641 p4p, 221 weight class). Von Lee kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Day of Anger. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Von Lee
vs
Esposito

190 cm
29
219 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

186 cm
31
205 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
KAISER Nutrition - Q160

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Clifton Von Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Lee throws a good cross that connects.
Von Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Von Lee misses the target.
Von Lee with a hook.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Esposito - that will leave a mark!
Von Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Von Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Espositos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Von Lee thuds a left hand into Esposito's body.
Von Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Esposito cracks Von Lee with an open hand slap.
Some bone on bone action there as Von Lee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Esposito turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esposito buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Von Lee.
Esposito tries for a takedown but Von Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Esposito fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Von Lee is out of range.
Esposito with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clifton Von Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Lee misses with a body kick.
Esposito lands a nice hook to Von Lee's body. Von Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Esposito fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Von Lee.
Esposito checks the leg kick nicely there.
Esposito misses with a low kick.
Von Lee scores with a leg kick.
Von Lee thuds his right hand into Esposito's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Von Lee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Von Lee throws a chopping leg kick but Esposito manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Esposito checks a leg kick.
Esposito looks for the body kick but Von Lee saw that one coming.
A jab from Von Lee misses.
Esposito swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Von Lee was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Esposito checks the leg kick.
Esposito tries to score with a low kick but Von Lee moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Von Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Esposito throws a poor cross that misses
and Von Lee counters with a nice leg kick.
Esposito closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Lee scores with a hook to the body. Esposito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Von Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
Von Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Esposito.
Von Lee throws a low kick but Esposito moves out of range easily.
Von Lee motions for Esposito to come forward. Von Lee throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Esposito slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Esposito has a takedown stuffed.
Clifton Von Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Esposito.
Von Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Esposito at a distance.
Von Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Esposito lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws a leg kick but Von Lee checks it.
Esposito thows a leg kick but Von Lee checks it
and Von Lee counters with a nice uppercut.
Esposito misses with a body kick.
Von Lee throws a shot from downtown. Esposito moves away and avoids it.
Esposito ducks right into an uppercut from Von Lee.
Esposito tries to clinch there but Von Lee circles away.
Von Lee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Esposito misses with a body shot.
Esposito looks to score with a jab to the body but Von Lee is just out of range.
A shot to the body from Esposito misses
and Von Lee counters with a good low kick that Esposito was not able to check.
Esposito looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Von Lee is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The fighters circling - Esposito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Esposito on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Esposito tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Esposito shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Von Lee misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito misses with an uppercut.
Von Lee lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Lee throws out a leg kick but Esposito moves out of range and Von Lee only half commits.
Esposito lands a jab to Von Lee's midsection.
Von Lee scores with a hook to the body. Esposito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Esposito as he connects with a hook.
Von Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It looked like Von Lee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Esposito throws a body punch but Von Lee moves out of range.
Von Lee is looking to counter punch.
Von Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Esposito only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esposito. Von Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Lee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Von Lee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Von Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esposito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Von Lee.
Nice body kick from Von Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifton Von Lee dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Esposito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Von Lee takes a swing at Esposito's ribcage but misses.
Von Lee cracks Esposito with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Von Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Esposito throws a counter combo.
Von Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Lee.
Javier Esposito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esposito now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Esposito misses with a wild body shot.
Esposito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Lee cracks Esposito with a good jab.
Von Lee misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Esposito.
Esposito fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Von Lee on the side of the head.
Von Lee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Esposito looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Von Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Esposito.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito lands a leg kick that knocks Von Lee off balance momentarily.
Von Lee blocks a head kick by Esposito.
Esposito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Von Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Esposito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Esposito.
Esposito throws a shot from downtown. Von Lee moves away and avoids it.
As Esposito looks to move away, Von Lee throws a big counter combo but Esposito just gets out of the way.
Von Lee connects with a body shot.
Esposito tried to score with a low kick but Von Lee checks it.
Sloppy strikes from Esposito. Those never looked like landing.
Von Lee lands a nice shot that snaps Esposito's head back.
A nice leg kick lands there from Esposito.
Von Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Esposito misses with a hook
and Von Lee counters with a nice body kick.
Esposito lands a nice hook to Von Lee's body. Von Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esposito lands a nice leg kick that just misses Von Lee's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Lee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Von Lee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Lee jabs at Esposito's body.
Decent striking displayed by Von Lee there.
Esposito just misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito throws a leg kick
and Von Lee counters with a right hand to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Esposito might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Von Lee has got the better of the exchanges.
Esposito tries to land a leg kick but Von Lee saw it coming and moves away.
Esposito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Lee tries a low kick but Esposito avoids it.
Esposito works Von Lee's body with a nice hook.
Esposito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Lee getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Von Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Esposito throws a hook to the side of Von Lee's head but Von Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Von Lee.
Von Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Lee lands a jab.
Von Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Von Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Von Lee cracks Esposito with an open hand slap.
Esposito throws a hook but Von Lee avoids it easily.
Esposito throws a body punch but Von Lee moves out of range.

Esposito moves into range and clinches up with Von Lee.
Von Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Von Lee effectively controlling the action here.
Von Lee prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Esposito tries for a takedown but Von Lee manages to get underhooks.
Von Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Esposito can do to turn this around?
Von Lee blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Esposito.
Esposito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Esposito misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito is working Von Lee over against the cage.

Von Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Von Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Esposito.
Esposito swings widly with a right hand
and Von Lee counters with a nice uppercut.
Esposito misses the shot to the body.
Esposito misses with a double jab.
Von Lee was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Esposito lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clifton Von Lee dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Von Lee connects with a body shot that sends Esposito's belly button to the back.
Von Lee checks a low kick from Esposito.
Esposito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Von Lee throws a body punch but Esposito moves out of range.
Von Lee is looking to wear down Esposito with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Von Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Von Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Von Lee.
Von Lee displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Von Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Esposito slips a jab from Von Lee.
Esposito tries a quick counter leg kick but Von Lee is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Lee looks to land a right hand but Esposito moved out of range.
Esposito throws a low kick but Von Lee avoids it.
Esposito looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Esposito on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Esposito throws an overhand right that lands on Von Lee's shoulder, as Von Lee tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Esposito.
Von Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Esposito.
Von Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Von Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Von Lee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Esposito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Von Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Esposito's head.
Esposito walks into a jab.
Esposito wants to clinch up but Von Lee keeps it at a distance.
Esposito shoots in looking for a takedown but Von Lee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Esposito's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A good leg kick by Esposito.
A swing and a miss from Von Lee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Lee. Esposito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Lee looks for the body kick but Esposito saw that one coming.
Esposito throws a head kick that misses.
Javier Esposito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Esposito throws a leg kick
and Von Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Lee scores with a head kick. Esposito tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Esposito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Von Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Esposito.
Von Lee paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Esposito looks to land a left hand but Von Lee moved out of range nicely.
Nice shot lands for Von Lee.
Von Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Esposito fails to land with a series of punches.
Esposito throws an overhand right that lands on Von Lee's shoulder, as Von Lee tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Lee scores with a nice strike.
Clifton Von Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Von Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Lee.
Esposito throws a low kick, looking for Von Lee's leg but Von Lee calmly moves out of range.
Von Lee misses with a low kick as Esposito jumps back.
Esposito with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Esposito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Von Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Esposito tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Von Lee swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Von Lee swings for the body but Esposito moves out of range.
Esposito feints a counter leg kick.
Von Lee blocks a low kick nicely.
A shot to the liver by Von Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Von Lee scores with the left hand. Esposito knows he should have avoided that one.
Esposito throws a predictable looking body shot
and Von Lee makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Esposito swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Von Lee misses the target.
Von Lee digs a good hook to Esposito's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esposito shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Von Lee as he jumps to the side.
Von Lee throws a quick counter head kick but Esposito was just out of range.
Esposito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Esposito takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Esposito has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Von Lee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Von Lee. Those never looked like landing.
A jab lands there for Von Lee.
Esposito misses with a body kick.
Esposito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Lee.
That kick from Von Lee tenderised Esposito's leg. Esposito is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheers as Esposito lands an impressive looking overhand right. Von Lee doesn't seem phased though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clifton Von Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Von Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clifton Von Lee!
During a confident post fight interview, Clifton Von Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.