PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Lee (ranked 18220 p4p, 19262 weight class) and Arnaldo Silva (ranked 653 p4p, 663 weight class). Lee comes to the ring accompanied by Kickstart My Heart. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Lee
vs
Silva

186 cm
34
185
31 - 12 - 2

186 cm
33
187
28 - 17 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tommy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Lee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lee jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Silva misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lee is out of range.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've been informed that Silva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Lee only half commits.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Lee blocks the leg kick.
Silva catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lee lands a jab to the head.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lee's head.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Lee darts in and clinches Silva up against the ropes.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Lee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Lee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva lands a right hand.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Lee blocks a body shot from Silva.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Arnaldo Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arnaldo Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lee punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A right-left combo lands from Lee.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tommy Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lee throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Lee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.
Lee lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Our sources have told us that Lee has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Lee lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.

That has opened up Arnaldo Silva's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lee lands a shot to the body.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee is working Silva over against the ropes.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Lee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Silva is rocked!

The cut above Arnaldo Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Silva prevents a body shot from Lee.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Lee finish him?
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee scores with a head kick.
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!
Donk. Lee catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lee.
Lee digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lee throws a shot to the body.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tommy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva is looking to chop away at Lee's legs.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Silva misses.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Lee.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnaldo Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva lands a head shot.
Arnaldo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lee lands with an overhand left.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee avoids the body shot from Silva.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee checks a leg kick nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva is looking to chop away at Lee's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lee connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Tommy Lee has been cut.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee with a hook.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Lee throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Lee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lee forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Lee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lee is controlling Silva's neck. Lee unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Silva goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Tommy Lee!
During a confident post fight interview, Tommy Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.