PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nakula Sadewa (ranked 1244 p4p, 3525 weight class) and Shi Woo Lee (ranked 181 p4p, 402 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sadewa
vs
Lee

170 cm
22
157
6 - 5 - 0

165 cm
28
156
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nakula Sadewa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shi Woo Lee!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Lee as he connects with a hook.
Lee's coach down at Ludus Magnus was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lee's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sadewa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sadewa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Sadewa.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Sadewa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Sadewa thuds his right hand into Lee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sadewa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sadewa looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Sadewa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Sadewa looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Sadewa throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sadewa lands a nice shot to the body.
Nakula Sadewa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sadewa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee throws a hook to the side of Sadewa's head but Sadewa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sadewa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sadewa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee wants to counter with a clinch but Sadewa pushes him away.
Sadewa avoids the body shot from Lee.
Nice cross by Lee.

It looks like Nakula Sadewa has been cut.
Sadewa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadewa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sadewa throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Sadewa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sadewa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sadewa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sadewa.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.
Sadewa cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.
Sadewa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sadewa thuds a left hand into Lee's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Lee misses.
Lee misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sadewa. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sadewa.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Sadewa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands with a good body shot.
Lee jabs at Sadewa's body.
The crowd cheers as Lee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sadewa doesn't seem phased though.
Lee lands with an uppercut that bounces Sadewa off the cage and back into range.
Sadewa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Lee misses with a shot to the body
and Sadewa counters with a nice body shot.
Lee thuds his right hand into Sadewa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sadewa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sadewa.
Sadewa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sadewa.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sadewa manages to avoid it.
Sadewa looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Sadewa moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sadewa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Sadewa misses.
Sadewa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sadewa scores with a shot to the body.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Sadewa throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sadewa moves out of range of the strikes.
Sadewa throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sadewa just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sadewa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sadewa.
Lee wants to counter the offense by Sadewa and move into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sadewa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sadewa misses with a straight right.
Sadewa is looking to wear down Lee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sadewa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee misses with a hook. Sadewa ducked under it nicely.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sadewa counters with a stiff right hand.
Sadewa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lee misses the body punch
and Sadewa counters with a series of strikes. Lee will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lee misses with a double jab
and Sadewa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sadewa misses with a wild combination.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nakula Sadewa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nakula Sadewa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sadewa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lee's head backwards.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sadewa scores with a hook to the body. Lee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sadewa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sadewa looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Sadewa moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Sadewa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.
Sadewa lands a jab to the head.
Lee throws a jab when Sadewa was well out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sadewa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sadewa misses with the combination.
Lee wants to counter with a clinch but Sadewa pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Sadewa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sadewa swinging wildly here.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Sadewa misses.
Sadewa misses with a wild body shot.
Sadewa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee thuds a left hand into Sadewa's body.
Lee connects with the punch.
Lee lands a nice hook to Sadewa's body. Sadewa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sadewa scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sadewa moves away.
Sadewa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee takes a swing at Sadewa's ribcage but misses.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee defending well as Sadewa loads up on a big left hand.
Lee lunges at Sadewa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sadewa's hand.
Sadewa lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sadewa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Sadewa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sadewa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee cracks Sadewa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sadewa.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Sadewa moved out of range.
Sadewa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sadewa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Sadewa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Sadewa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a body punch but Sadewa moves out of range.
Sadewa takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Sadewa moves away and avoids it.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sadewa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sadewa scores with a nice right hand.
Sadewa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sadewa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nakula Sadewa is winning the standup battle so far.
Sadewa staying out of range there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sadewa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sadewa.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Sadewa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sadewa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sadewa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Sadewa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadewa connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sadewa connects with the punch.
Sadewa lunges at Lee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lee's hand.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sadewa.
Sadewa lands with a shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sadewa, as that shot connected.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee slips under a jab.
Sadewa connects with a crisp jab.

Lee is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Lee.
A left lands for Sadewa.
Lee is still on wobbly legs! Can Sadewa finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sadewa with a nice cross.
Sadewa looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Sadewa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sadewa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nakula Sadewa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nakula Sadewa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Sadewa misses.
Lee seems to have recovered his senses.
Sadewa looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
A jab from Sadewa misses.
Sadewa lands a lovely overhand right.
Sadewa ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sadewa.
Lee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sadewa finds it's way round the side to connect with Lee's head.
Sadewa misses with a straight right.
Sadewa just misses with a punch to the body.
Sadewa moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Nakula Sadewa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadewa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee takes one to the chin there.
Sadewa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sadewa misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lee throws a body punch but Sadewa moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Sadewa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sadewa connects with a body shot.
Sadewa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Decent striking displayed by Sadewa there.
Sadewa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sadewa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sadewa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sadewa misses with a body shot.
Sadewa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee needs to keep his hands up - Sadewa had a free shot at his head there.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Sadewa slips the punch.
Shi Woo Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sadewa.
Sadewa lands with a shot to the body.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sadewa takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Sadewa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Good shot there by Sadewa.
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sadewa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A shot to the body from Lee misses
and Sadewa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lee thinking.
Sadewa missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sadewa misses with a wild combination.
Sadewa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Sadewa.
Lee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sadewa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lee lands a slapping body shot.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Sadewa counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Sadewa.
Lee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sadewa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nakula Sadewa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sadewa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lee's hands.
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sadewa doesn't seem bothered though.
Sadewa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Sadewa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sadewa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Sadewa is just out of range.
Lee misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Sadewa.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee walks into a straight right hand from Sadewa.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Sadewa misses.
Sadewa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sadewa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Donk. Sadewa catches Lee right on the button with a cross.
Sadewa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sadewa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
Lee wants to counter the offense by Sadewa and move into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sadewa swinging wildly here.
Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nakula Sadewa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sadewa 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nakula Sadewa!
Nakula Sadewa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.