PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lil Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is My Life. Lemieux has chosen Sliwa as his entrance music. Ron Lemieux will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Wayne
vs
Lemieux

168 cm
29
142 lbs
33 - 1 - 0

179 cm
35
135 lbs
33 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
Pearson Specter Litt

Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lil Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron Lemieux!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemieux throws a leg kick which misses Wayne's front leg but catches the back leg as Wayne tries to avoid it.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
Lemieux works Wayne's body with a nice hook.
Lemieux fails with a takedown attempt.
Wayne throws a quick counter kick to the body but Lemieux avoids it.
Wayne has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lemieux closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wayne throws a shot to the body.
Wayne connects with an inside leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lemieux has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lemieux is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wayne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lemieux under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemieux keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wayne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lemieux fails to land the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Wayne misses the target.
Lil Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne is looking to score with low kicks.
Lemieux tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lemieux throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wayne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lemieux manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Wayne slips a straight right by Lemieux.
Wayne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lemieux.
Lemieux throws a head kick that half lands.
Wayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lemieux.
Wayne is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Wayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lemieux tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lemieux staying out of range there.
Lemieux is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wayne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lemieux's calf.
Wayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemieux manages to avoid it.
Lemieux tries to work over Wayne's front leg with a kick but Wayne checks it.
Wayne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wayne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wayne misses with a shot to the body

and Lemieux decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wayne's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Lemieux slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lemieux keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wayne's head.
Wayne trying to control the position.
Wayne might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lemieux being controlled here momentarily.
Lemieux is looking to work some ground and pound but Wayne has wrist control.
Lemieux working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lemieux passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lemieux is working away from the top position though.
Wayne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wayne is staying active underneath Lemieux, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lemieux not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lemieux missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wayne works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wayne keeping moving, preventing Lemieux from controlling successfully.
Wayne trying to control the position.
Lemieux trying to control but Wayne is working from the bottom.
Lemieux is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lemieux throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wayne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lemieux trying to control but Wayne is working from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lemieux with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wayne counters with an outside leg kick.
Lil Wayne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Lemieux.
Lemieux connects with a solid leg kick.
Wayne scores with a spinning back kick!
Lil Wayne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Wayne rushes Lemieux and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wayne is working Lemieux over against the cage.
Wayne effectively controlling the action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Wayne.
Wayne gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Come on Lemieux - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wayne is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lemieux is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wayne gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lil Wayne dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lemieux misses with a looping left.
Lemieux connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wayne takes a swing at Lemieux's ribcage but misses.
Lemieux checks a low kick from Wayne.
Lemieux cracks Wayne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wayne blocks a jab.
Lemieux throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wayne counters with a nice body shot.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lemieux moves away.
Lemieux tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wayne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Decent striking displayed by Lemieux there.
Lil Wayne is winning the standup battle so far.
Lemieux scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wayne takes a swing at Lemieux's ribcage but misses.
Wayne avoids the head kick by Lemieux.
Lemieux ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wayne is looking to wear down Lemieux with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Wayne darts in and clinches Lemieux up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wayne stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lemieux has Wayne pressed against the cage.
Wayne trying to stall but Lemieux improves his position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lemieux is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Lemieux working aggressively here.
Wayne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lemieux trying to control the position but instead, Wayne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lemieux into the cage.
Lemieux swings wildly with an uppercut but Wayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wayne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wayne throws a punch but it's blocked by Lemieux.
Wayne misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wayne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wayne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wayne blocking some punches.

Lemieux's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lemieux tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Lemieux.
Wayne tried to counter with a leg kick but Lemieux avoided it.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wayne.
Lemieux keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lemieux is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lemieux moves out of range as Wayne throws a body kick.
Lemieux scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wayne doesn't seem bothered though.
Lemieux scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wayne in his tracks.
Wayne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lemieux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wayne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lemieux misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lemieux throws a body punch but Wayne moves out of range.
Wayne throws a leg kick but Lemieux moved away.
Wayne thumps Lemieux with a low kick.
Wayne jabs Lemieux right on the nose. Lemieux blinks but takes it well.
Lemieux lands a glancing blow to the side of Wayne's head.
Lemieux avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wayne. Lemieux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lemieux misses the shot to the body.
Wayne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wayne will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Wayne looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wayne.
Lemieux throws a push kick but Wayne slaps the foot to one side.
Wayne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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!
Lemieux moves away from the strike by Wayne.
Wayne throws a leg kick but Lemieux moved away.
Lemieux lands a nice shot that snaps Wayne's head back.
Lemieux has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wayne.
Lemieux misses with a hook to the body
and Wayne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lemieux uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wayne.
Wayne throws a body shot but no joy.
Wayne takes a swing at Lemieux's ribcage but misses.
Lemieux is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lemieux is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wayne listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lemieux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lemieux.
Lemieux ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wayne moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lil Wayne will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lemieux looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wayne is fending him off so far but Lemieux persists. Nope, Wayne circles away and we're back to standing.
Lemieux buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wayne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lemieux.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lemieux was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Wayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lemieux.
Lemieux checks the leg kick.
Lemieux shoots in and drives through. Wayne sprawls well.
Lemieux misses with a looping left.
Wayne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wayne lands a jab to the nose.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Lemieux does it's job there.
Wayne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lemieux.

Lemieux shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wayne wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux wants to control from the top but Wayne keeps moving.
Wayne pulls Lemieux in to control the position.
Lemieux with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lemieux wants to control from the top but Wayne keeps moving.
Wayne lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Lemieux trying to control the position.

Wayne is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Lemieux has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Wayne is looking to defend but Lemieux has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Wayne! Lemieux pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Wayne taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ron Lemieux!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ron Lemieux made sure he mentioned VIRAL COMBAT, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Lil Wayne was interviewed post fight and said 'Shout out to Stu Pidasol, he'll be missed in this game.'.