PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nedser Kiely (ranked 24244 p4p, 24450 weight class) and Bryce Lee (ranked 607 p4p, 594 weight class). Bryce Lee told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kiely
vs
Lee

190 cm
22
220
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
214
1 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

The Dirty Needle Project
Carnage Clothing

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nedser Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Lee!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiely with a hook.
Kiely moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kiely lands a jab.
Kiely connects with a body shot that sends Lee's belly button to the back.
Lee slips a jab and a cross from Kiely.
Kiely avoids the body shot from Lee.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
A big left from Lee misses.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kiely swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body punch from Kiely.
Kiely's corner calls for a 1-2. Kiely obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiely scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Kiely slips the punch.
Kiely moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Lee gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kiely looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kiely connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nedser Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee misses with an uppercut
and Kiely connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lee has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Kiely was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kiely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kiely clobbers Lee with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lee is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A shot to the liver by Kiely. Beautiful body shot.
Kiely lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Kiely's shoulder, as Kiely tries to avoid the shot.
Lee misses with a hook.
It looked like Kiely wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kiely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kiely is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A combination from Kiely does no damage.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiely listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kiely thuds his right hand into Lee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kiely thuds his right hand into Lee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kiely catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kiely scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Kiely lands a jab-cross combination.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Kiely throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice uppercut lands for Kiely. That snapped Lee's head back.
A jab from Kiely misses.
Lee is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kiely with a body shot.
Kiely scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to move into range but Kiely moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Kiely is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kiely cracks Lee with a good jab.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kiely lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kiely lands with a nice combination. Lee backs away looking to recover.
Kiely throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kiely throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
A shot to the liver by Kiely. Beautiful body shot.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kiely.
Lee moves out of range as Kiely strikes.
Kiely lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lee backs up against the cage.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a swing at Kiely's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kiely scores with a shot to the body.
Kiely tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lee let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Kiely moved out of range nicely.
Lee takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kiely fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kiely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
Lee now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kiely misses with a double jab.
Kiely swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kiely smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Kiely is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kiely connects with a jab.
Kiely slips under a jab from Lee.
Kiely defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nedser Kiely dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lee takes a swing at Kiely's ribcage but misses.
Kiely misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiely throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Kiely's head but Kiely sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kiely avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kiely scores with a nice right hand.
Kiely misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiely connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kiely lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
Kiely dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely misses with a double jab.
Lee tries to clinch up but Kiely circles away and keeps his distance.
Kiely misses with a straight left.
Kiely is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Kiely ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Kiely pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lee back to the cage. Kiely follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lee's head backwards.
Kiely misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kiely scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lee looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nedser Kiely is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiely misses with a looping left.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Kiely moved out of range.
Kiely throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kiely lands with a shot to the body.
Lee misses with a body shot
and Kiely counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kiely misses with a looping left.
Kiely lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kiely ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kiely throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kiely swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kiely swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kiely has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely misses with a wild combination.
Kiely moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Kiely tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kiely avoids the body shot from Lee.
Kiely is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Kiely bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lee's head backwards.
Kiely misses with a wild combination.
Kiely lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lee at a distance.
Lee misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to clinch there but Kiely circles away.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Kiely.
Kiely lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiely.
A big left from Kiely misses.
Kiely connects with a body shot.
Lee misses with a left hand
enabling Kiely to counter with a crisp jab.
Kiely smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kiely lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Kiely was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Kiely - just one landing.
Kiely defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee avoids the body shot from Kiely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kiely.
Kiely takes one to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kiely connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kiely tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee misses with a hook. Kiely ducked under it nicely.
Kiely sizes up Lee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kiely ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kiely shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lee eats them both and turns towards Kiely to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nedser Kiely dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kiely connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kiely.
Kiely scores with a jab.
Kiely moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely throws out a powerful jab.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely lands a head shot.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiely.
Kiely tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiely moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Lee swings for the body but Kiely moves out of range.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Kiely circles away.
Kiely ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Kiely scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sloppy strikes from Kiely. Those never looked like landing.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kiely moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
An attempted straight right counter from Kiely misses the target.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Kiely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Lee misses.
Kiely lands the left hand.
Kiely circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
It seemed like Lee was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lee misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Kiely on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kiely throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lee on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Kiely is just out of range.
Kiely misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
A little jabbing left from Lee on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kiely throws a series of punches but Lee moves out of range.
Nice shot by Kiely.
Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
Kiely scores with a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Kiely.
A jab from Kiely does it's job there.
Lee swings for the body but Kiely moves out of range.
Lee misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Lee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kiely manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kiely lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiely.
Kiely paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Kiely misses the target.
Donk. Kiely catches Lee right on the button with a cross.
Nedser Kiely is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiely fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Kiely ducks down to avoid it.
Kiely lands with a shot to the body.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kiely darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiely bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Kiely cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot lands for Kiely.
Kiely blocks a jab.
Kiely's corner calls for a 1-2. Kiely obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Kiely sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bryce Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lee swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kiely counters with a straight right hand.
Lee misses with a hook. Kiely ducked under it nicely.
Kiely lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kiely scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kiely swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee throws a body punch but Kiely moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nedser Kiely showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kiely has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nedser Kiely!