PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cairo Silva (ranked 708 p4p, 97 weight class) and Boo Lee (ranked 270 p4p, 38 weight class). Lee has chosen Mama Said Knock You Out as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Lee

194 cm
29
218 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

185 cm
35
215 lbs
27 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Conviction

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cairo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Boo Lee!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva blocks a head kick by Lee.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Basement in the buildup to the fight.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Silva moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLee.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lee.
Silva moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silva with a body shot.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva is looking to counter with head kicks.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Lee avoids the head kick by Silva.
Lee throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the body punch
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Lee's front leg but catches the back leg as Lee tries to avoid it.
Lee throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Lee walks into a jab.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Lee defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Lee tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Lee cracks Silva with a good jab.
Lee throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva half committed to a counter leg kick.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
Silva throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
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!
Silva cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Lee throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Lee misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee works Silva's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lee slips a straight right by Silva.
Lee lands the left hand.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Lee bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Lee backs away looking to recover.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Lee was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Lee lands a high kick!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Silva has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lee lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Lee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.

Silva is rocked!
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right handed body shot lands from Lee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee lands a body punch.
Lee pushes Silva against the cage. Lee is working some dirty boxing. Lee pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lee moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boo Lee!
An out of breath Boo Lee thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.