PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Temujin Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolfo Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vieira has chosen BJJ song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Vieira

186 cm
26
185 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

185 cm
26
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Temujin Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rodolfo Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vieira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee takes a swing at Vieira's ribcage but misses.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Vieira's head but Vieira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vieira drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lee defends it well.
Vieira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lee to score with a decent uppercut.
Lee tries to clinch but Vieira is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is looking to land body kicks.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee has been working on his boxing with his coaches at DJs Locker in the buildup to the fight.
Vieira checks the leg kick.
Vieira is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Vieira's head but Vieira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
Lee misses the jab.
Vieira with the counter takedown but Lee avoids it easily.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Vieira moves away and avoids it.
And Vieira tries to counter it with a takedown but Lee pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lee throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Vieira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.

Lee looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Vieira has picked Lee up and slammed him! Lee can't keep hold of the triangle and Vieira manages to pass to side control!
Lee is trying to control Vieira's posture but Vieira avoids it.
Lee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vieira working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.

Vieira decides to stand back up.
Lee stalks Vieira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vieira's face. Vieira staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Rodolfo Vieira has been cut.
Temujin Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Lee throws a combination that misses

and Vieira counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lee won't be happy with that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira tries to stand but Lee is controlling his head.

Vieira stands up.
Vieira is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Lee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vieira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Temujin Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodolfo Vieira's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Vieira swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Vieira tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Vieira takes one to the chin there.
A low kick from Lee is predictable there

and Vieira counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lee trying to get back to full guard but Vieira takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira wants to stand but Lee is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee working to try and regain half guard.
Lee is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vieira tries to get up but Lee was controlling his body and he's reversed into guard.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lee throws a big elbow that misses.
Vieira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lee throwing strikes but missing.
Lee looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Vieira is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lee is controlling him.
Lee working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee connects with a couple of short punches.
Lee trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.
Lee chips away with some ground and pound.
Lee stops Vieira from standing up.
Lee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Vieira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vieira.

Lee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vieira is staying active underneath Lee, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lee is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lee lands strikes from half guard.
Lee lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vieira is trying to stand back up but Lee is controlling him
Rodolfo Vieira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lee tries to pass to full mount but Vieira defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Temujin Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rodolfo Vieira's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lee throws a body punch but Vieira moves out of range.
Vieira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lee takes a swing at Vieira's ribcage but misses.
Lee is looking to chop away at Vieira's legs.
Vieira with the counter takedown but Lee avoids it easily.
Vieira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira avoids the body shot from Lee.
And Vieira tries to counter it with a takedown but Lee pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lee throws an off balance right hand

and Vieira counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lee has a hand on Vieira's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Vieira takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lee is looking to improve his position but Vieira isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two 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.
Vieira wants to stand but Lee is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Lee working to try and regain half guard.
Vieira wants to stand but Lee is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Lee wants to control but Vieira is having none of it.
Vieira wants to get back to his feet but Lee is holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to control Vieira's body but Vieira pushes him off. Lee squirms to his side and now Vieira has his back!
Lee rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Temujin Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Vieira tries to stand but can't do so whilst Lee controls his leg.
Lee is trying is best to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vieira is out of range and Lee settles back down.
Vieira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee lands with a right hand.
Rodolfo Vieira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vieira defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
And Vieira tries to counter it with a takedown but Lee pushes his down on his head and steps out.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rodolfo Vieira.
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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Temujin Lee!
The defeated Rodolfo Vieira had this to say: 'Damn, this loss stings, but then again, I might learn from it'.