PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Lee (ranked 1262 p4p, 2141 weight class) and Nedser Kiely (ranked 201 p4p, 329 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kiely's choice of entrance music: Hammer Smash Face. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Kiely

190 cm
22
215
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
30
220
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nedser Kiely!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee tries to clinch up.
Kiely slips a jab from Lee.
Kiely appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
It seemed like Kiely was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Kiely throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Lee misses with a hook.
Kiely let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Kiely counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee moves forwards but Kiely connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Lee misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kiely swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kiely uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Kiely with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Kiely slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kiely! But no joy.
We've been told by Lee's head coaches at The Jungle Room that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kiely avoids the body shot from Lee.
Kiely swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee scores with a one two! Kiely had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
Michael Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiely throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice defenses there by Kiely.
Lee misses with a wild combination.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Kiely counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kiely stuns Lee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lee wants to clinch up but Kiely keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Kiely.
Lee cracks Kiely with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee slips a straight right by Kiely.
Kiely uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lee has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiely counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Lee misses.
Kiely fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Kiely counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lee there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely misses with a looping right.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Kiely's head but Kiely sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lee throws a jab when Kiely was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Kiely on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kiely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiely circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kiely counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to bum rush Kiely with a series of wild strikes but Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kiely takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big right from Lee misses.
Kiely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiely throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Kiely moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee cracks Kiely with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Kiely uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
Lee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Kiely cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a series of punches but Kiely moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Kiely pushes him off.
Lee throws a right and a left that Kiely avoids nicely.
Kiely slips under a jab.
Kiely is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lee had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kiely misses with a double jab.
Kiely misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Kiely throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kiely takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kiely avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee moves out of range as Kiely strikes.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Lee cracks Kiely with an open hand slap.
Kiely ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Lee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Michael Lee will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Lee gets a clinch.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Kiely is trying to stall.
Kiely lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Kiely.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Kiely stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kiely tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Kiely.
Kiely has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lee seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kiely can turn it around.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiely controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Kiely.
Lee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kiely backwards.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Kiely controls the action.
Lee stalling against the cage.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Lee tries a body shot but Kiely blocks it.
Lee is pushing Kiely up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Kiely working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kiely stalling.
Michael Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiely blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kiely misses with some punches.
Lee is looking for a takedown.
Lee prevents a body shot from Kiely.
Kiely is struggling to control the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Lee.
Kiely is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kiely misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee misses with a body punch.
Kiely lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Kiely lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee working aggressively here.
Lee lands a left hand.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiely works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lee pushes Kiely back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lee effectively controlling the action here.
Kiely can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee pushes Kiely back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kiely is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kiely misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee controlling the action here for a moment.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Kiely misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kiely backwards.
Lee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiely throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee tries a body shot but Kiely blocks it.
Kiely's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiely tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kiely up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
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.

Kiely lands with a nice body punch.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiely counters with a right hand to the body.
Kiely is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nedser Kiely seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kiely on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kiely misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Lee was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kiely.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Kiely is just out of range.
Lee cracks Kiely with a good jab.
A jab from Lee finds it's way through Kiely's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely misses the shot to the body.
Kiely keeps the fight on the outside.
Kiely connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lee scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Kiely slips under a jab from Lee.
Good shot there by Kiely.
Kiely misses with a lunging right hand
and Lee counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A shot to the body from Kiely misses
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.
Lee lands with a cross.
Lee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kiely on the side of the head.

Kiely is rocked!
Kiely dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Kiely is out of range.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kiely sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kiely! But no joy.
A lazy left from Lee finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Kiely finds it's target.
Lee moves to clinch but Kiely breaks away
and Kiely counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kiely moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Lee misses.
Kiely lands a right hook to the body.
Lee scores with a hook.
Lee scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kiely is still on wobbly legs! Can Lee finish him?
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Kiely counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kiely seems to have recovered his senses.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Lee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kiely connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lee moves away from the strike by Kiely.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Kiely lands with a cross.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Kiely's head but Kiely sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kiely doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kiely keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Lee wants to clinch up but Kiely keeps it at a distance.
Lee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kiely goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kiely throws a big shot that misses.
Kiely throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiely.
Lee misses with a hook
and Kiely counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lee thinking.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiely manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiely counters with a straight right hand.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiely.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Kiely slips the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lee moves into the clinch.
Kiely's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lee lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lee - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Kiely just leaning against Lee, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Kiely wants to stall.
Lee prevents a body shot from Kiely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Michael Lee did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kiely moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good shot there by Lee.
Lee throws a lazy uppercut
letting Kiely counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Kiely connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and Kiely releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kiely cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.
Lee throws a body punch but Kiely moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Lee. Those never looked like landing.
Lee misses with a straight left.
Kiely showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Kiely slips a straight right by Lee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee digs a good body shot into Kiely's ribs.
Kiely swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Kiely dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kiely has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kiely takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lee tests Kiely's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lee misses with a hook
and Kiely counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lee thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiely is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lee with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiely. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kiely scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Kiely stalling against the cage.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kiely lands a nice shot to the body.
Kiely has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Kiely stalling in the clinch.
Kiely throws a head punch that misses.
Kiely blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kiely lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the cage.
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lee presses Kiely against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiely's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Kiely.
Kiely prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kiely just leaning against Lee, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kiely blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kiely is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Kiely struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Kiely letting Lee take a breather here.
Kiely blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiely struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Kiely throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Kiely on the inside.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kiely softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kiely misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Nedser Kiely will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lee lands with a straight right. Kiely didn't see that one coming.
Lee is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
Kiely takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee throws a jab when Kiely was well out of range.
Kiely looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
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.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiely.
Kiely throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kiely scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee's corner calls for a 1-2. Lee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kiely counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lee misses with a double jab
letting Kiely counter with a right hand.
Kiely works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kiely keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Kiely looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Kiely ducks down to avoid it.
Lee throws a combination that misses
and Kiely counters with a straight right hand.
Kiely misses with a wild combination.
A little feinted left hand from Lee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Kiely was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Kiely.
Nice uppercut lands for Lee. That snapped Kiely's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee swings widly with a right hand
and Kiely counters with a nice body shot.
Kiely tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiely throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kiely uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lee.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Lee misses with a hook
and Kiely counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee throws a series of punches but Kiely avoids them all with ease.
Kiely looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kiely.
Kiely throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kiely counters with a straight right hand.
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Lee takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Kiely moves away and avoids it.
Jab by Kiely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Kiely does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kiely swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kiely misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Kiely's shoulder, as Kiely tries to avoid the shot.
Kiely's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lee under the eye.
Kiely takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Kiely blocks a jab.
It seemed like Kiely was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Kiely's shoulder, as Kiely tries to avoid the shot.

Lee has managed to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kiely - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kiely misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiely scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Kiely blocking some punches.
Lee lands a left hand.
Kiely stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nedser Kiely has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kiely fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nedser Kiely.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 49:46
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 49:47
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 49:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Lee!
Michael Lee is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Michael Lee thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Nedser Kiely stepped up to the mic, saying 'I did not loose this fight, the ref was not watching what was happening.'.