Round 1

Both men rushed to the center of the cage early, and it was Lee connecting first with a check left hook. Lee displayed some nice head movement early, evading some looping combinations from Markle. The two briefly clinch, before Markle landed a hard right hand on the break. After a flurry of punches from both men, they clinched again, and Lee landed some hard knees to the body before they quickly separated. Markle is seemingly at a strong power advantage early, as the shots being landed by him seem to be doing more damage than those being landed by Lee. Markle was able to push Lee against the fence, and after a few seconds of being controlled Lee was able to circle his way to the center of the cage. Back on the feet, Markle stalked Lee to the fence, changed levels, picked lee up, and slammed him to the mat. Lee was able to scramble up to his feet before the round ended, but not before eating some hard shots on the ground on behalf of Markle

Round 2

The pace of the fight stayed high to start the second round, and Markle connected on an early right hand. After a few exchanges where neither man did substantial damage, Markle again went to the clinch and landed a few hard knees against the cage before Lee framed his way out of the position. The action briefly paused after a Lee jab knocked out the mouthpiece of Markle, and opened up a cut on his right eye. Upon resuming the action, Markle landed a hard right hand, which inspired Markle to pull guard, and after a few seconds on the ground, Marke decided to let Lee back to his feet. Then, Lee shot in on a successful takedown, advanced position, and landed ground and pound until Markle eventually used the fence to work back up to his feet. Still in the clinch, Lee went to work on securing a second takedown but was unsuccessful and Markle was able to break the clinch in the final seconds of the round.

Round 3

The two touched gloves to start the third, and Markle immediately pushed the action, connecting on a hard left hand followed by a big overhand right. He followed it up with a big one, two that cracked Lee much to the appeal of the Jersey-heavy crowd, and poured blood out of the nose of Lee. He popped Lee with a hard jab to his bloody nose, and continued to push the pace on the feet and keep Lee on the defensive. With a minute left in the round, Lee shot in on a low single and worked his way into guard of Markle. Once the fight hit the ground, Markle immediately got in deep on a triangle attempt but was unable to finish it before the final bell wrang.

Result

The judges all scored this one in favor of Markle, and he’ll move to 1-0 on his career.

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