PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomisan Tsuruta (ranked 920 p4p, 1276 weight class) and Boo Lee (ranked 122 p4p, 174 weight class). Lee is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mama Said Knock You Out. Boo Lee acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Tsuruta
vs
Lee

192 cm
29
209
15 - 8 - 1

185 cm
42
215
34 - 21 - 3

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Perkele!

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 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomisan Tsuruta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 21 - 3, fighting out of New York, Boo Lee!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've been hearing reports that Tsuruta has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Jab by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lee in his tracks.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Tsuruta's head but Tsuruta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tsuruta attempts a counter takedown but Lee avoids it well and moves away.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsuruta fails with a takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lee! But no joy.
Tsuruta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta throwing a counter right hand but Lee manages to avoid it.
Tsuruta avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lee. That's going to slow Tsuruta down.
Lee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Tsuruta moves out of range easily.
Tsuruta scores with a jab to the body.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tsuruta takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee with a jab.
Lee throws a hook but Tsuruta avoids it easily.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tsuruta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Tsuruta moved away.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Tsuruta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch there but Tsuruta circles away.
Tsuruta moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tsuruta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tsuruta changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tsuruta throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Lee lands a jab to Tsuruta's midsection.
Tsuruta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tsuruta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee tries a low kick but Tsuruta avoids it.
Tsuruta sizes up Lee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tsuruta has his takedown stuffed
and Lee counters with a right hand to the body.
Tsuruta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tsuruta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Tsuruta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lee punishes Tsuruta's body with a nice straight punch.
Tsuruta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tsuruta looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Tsuruta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Tsuruta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A quick step to the side and Tsuruta tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings for the body but Tsuruta moves out of range.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsuruta blocks a low kick nicely.
Tsuruta lands a body shot.
Boo Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tsuruta blocks a head kick by Lee.
Tsuruta appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsuruta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Tsuruta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Tsuruta is out of range.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Tsuruta tries to counter with a takedown but Lee is quick to defend against it.
A right-left combo lands from Lee.
Lee misses with a lunging right hand

and Tsuruta counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tsuruta is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tsuruta working the head and body with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boo Lee dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tsuruta misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.

Lee gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tsuruta to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Lee pushes Tsuruta off and scrambles back to his feet.
Boo Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A quick step to the side and Tsuruta tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsuruta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsuruta swings widly with a right hand
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Lee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee throws a shot to the body.
Tsuruta misses with a looping left.
Lee takes a swing at Tsuruta's ribcage but misses.

Lee instigates a clinch.
Tsuruta has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lee is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tsuruta breaks the clinch.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tsuruta.

Tsuruta manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Lee on his heels. He'll look to pass Lee's guard now, I'm sure.
Lee wants to stand but Tsuruta is controlling the position.
Tsuruta content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tsuruta postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lee is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tsuruta is controlling him.
Tsuruta keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lee's head.
Tsuruta postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lee is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tsuruta is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tsuruta distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tsuruta trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta chips away with some ground and pound.
Tsuruta is fighting to break Lee's control of his arms but Lee is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tsuruta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Tsuruta from controlling successfully.
Lee wants to stand but Tsuruta is controlling the position.
Tsuruta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tsuruta cracks Lee with a solid left hand.
Lee trying to control the position.
Lee is looking to stand up but Tsuruta isn't so interested in that idea.
Tsuruta trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tsuruta distracts Lee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tsuruta lands a couple of elbows.
Lee can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tsuruta controls the pace.
Tsuruta working some strikes from top position.
Lee manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tsuruta manages to get himself to full guard.

Lee postures up.
Lee won't allow Tsuruta to sweep him here.
Tsuruta is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Lee decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tsuruta, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee thuds his right hand into Tsuruta's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tsuruta moves out of range of the strikes.
Tsuruta is looking to counter punch.
Tsuruta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Tsuruta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tsuruta moves out of range as Lee strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tsuruta is defended easily by Lee.
Lee is looking for the big counter here.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Tsuruta takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsuruta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lee is fending him off so far but Tsuruta persists. Nope, Lee circles away and we're back to standing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Boo Lee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Lee misses with an uppercut.
Tsuruta is looking to wear down Lee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsuruta counters with a stiff right hand.
Lee looks for the body kick but Tsuruta saw that one coming.
Tsuruta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee connects with a crisp jab.
Tsuruta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Tsuruta moved out of range.
Lee tries to land a front kick but Tsuruta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick misses from Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta moves out of range of the body kick from Lee.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsuruta throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
enabling Tsuruta to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tsuruta feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Lee has his feet on Tsuruta's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lee cracks Tsuruta with a right hand to the side of the head.

Lee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tsuruta breaks the clinch.
Tsuruta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta blocks a jab.
Tsuruta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.
Tsuruta throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Lee throws out a counter right but Tsuruta avoids it with no problem.
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Tsuruta counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee moves away from the strike by Tsuruta.
Lee ducks right into an uppercut from Tsuruta.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Tsuruta was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lee.

Tsuruta shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tsuruta showed some decent athleticism there.
Lee wants to control but Tsuruta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lee is trying to stand.

Lee has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Tsuruta is on him like a limpet, forcing Lee back against the cage.
Tsuruta is trying to force a seperation but Lee has the dominant position.
Tsuruta prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee lands with a short shot to the head.

Tsuruta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tomomisan Tsuruta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee tries to clinch but Tsuruta is having none of it.
Tsuruta half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lee moves to clinch but Tsuruta breaks away
and Tsuruta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tsuruta.
Lee throws a hook but Tsuruta blocks it.
Tsuruta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tsuruta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tsuruta moves out of range of the strikes.

Tsuruta decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Lee is trying to stand up here but Tsuruta is controlling him well.

Lee has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Tsuruta is on him like a limpet, forcing Lee back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsuruta can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Tsuruta misses with a punch on the inside.
Tsuruta tries to circle away but Lee has him pinned against the cage.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta pushes Lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee gets through Tsuruta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tsuruta pushes Lee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tsuruta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tsuruta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tsuruta struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.

Tsuruta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Tsuruta is out of range.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
Lee throws a front kick that sends Tsuruta stumbling back into the cage.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tsuruta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsuruta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tsuruta moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boo Lee is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lee lands a right hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boo Lee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lee winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boo Lee!
Boo Lee decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.