PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erasmo Vale Queiroz (ranked 117 p4p, 228 weight class) and Julius Lew (ranked 12 p4p, 29 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Vale Queiroz
vs
Lew

190 cm
28
200
25 - 5 - 0

185 cm
34
185
25 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Conviction

NARCOS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Erasmo Vale Queiroz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Lew!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vale Queiroz lands a nice looking body kick.
Vale Queiroz is looking to clinch but Lew is avoiding it.
Vale Queiroz fakes the leg kick and cracks Lew in the body.
Vale Queiroz lands with an overhand left.
Lew moves out of range as Vale Queiroz strikes.
Lew 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.

It looks like Erasmo Vale Queiroz has been cut.
Vale Queiroz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vale Queiroz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vale Queiroz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lew's hands.
Vale Queiroz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vale Queiroz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Erasmo Vale Queiroz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vale Queiroz moves into range and clinches up with Lew.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vale Queiroz.
Lew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Vale Queiroz - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vale Queiroz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lew is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vale Queiroz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lew controls his hands.
Lew misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vale Queiroz lands a hook that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
Vale Queiroz working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale Queiroz can't find room to land a body shot as Lew controls the action.
Lew tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz digs a right hand underneath Lew's ribcage. Lew let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lew tries a knee to the head but Vale Queiroz blocks it.
Lew misses with a body punch.
Vale Queiroz lands with a right to the head.
Vale Queiroz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Vale Queiroz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lew looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vale Queiroz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vale Queiroz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vale Queiroz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz misses with a body punch.
A short left from Vale Queiroz.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vale Queiroz.
Lew tries to work over Vale Queiroz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vale Queiroz working aggressively here.
Vale Queiroz blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vale Queiroz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lew misses with a punch on the inside.
Vale Queiroz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
Lew has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vale Queiroz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lew can turn it around.
Lew working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale Queiroz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
Vale Queiroz misses with the head strike.
Vale Queiroz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lew controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vale Queiroz.
Lew lands an uppercut.
Lew misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vale Queiroz.
Lew tries a body shot but Vale Queiroz blocks it.
Vale Queiroz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vale Queiroz blocking some punches.
Vale Queiroz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lew misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vale Queiroz tries to work over Lew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vale Queiroz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vale Queiroz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lew scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vale Queiroz misses with a punch on the inside.
Lew lands an uppercut.
Lew misses with a knee strike.
Vale Queiroz misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vale Queiroz.
Lew goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vale Queiroz tries to throw a body punch but Lew avoids it by throwing Vale Queiroz back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lew pushes Vale Queiroz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Lew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vale Queiroz wants to clinch up but Lew keeps it at a distance.
Vale Queiroz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vale Queiroz misses with a kick to the body.
Lew feints a counter leg kick.
Lew lands a glancing blow to the side of Vale Queiroz's head.
Vale Queiroz throws a head kick that Lew semi-blocks.
Vale Queiroz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vale Queiroz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lew looks to throw the jab but Vale Queiroz is out of range.
Vale Queiroz throws a good cross that connects.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vale Queiroz.
A head kick misses from Vale Queiroz.
Lew on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lew doesn't manage to clinch there - Vale Queiroz circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lew checks a low kick from Vale Queiroz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vale Queiroz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vale Queiroz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lew misses with a head kick.
Vale Queiroz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lew doesn't manage to clinch there - Vale Queiroz circles away.
Vale Queiroz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vale Queiroz stuns Lew with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vale Queiroz.

Lew gets tackled into the cage by Vale Queiroz. Vale Queiroz maintains the clinch.
Vale Queiroz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vale Queiroz backwards.
Vale Queiroz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lew throws a punch but it's blocked by Vale Queiroz.
Vale Queiroz lands with a light punch inside.
Vale Queiroz gets through Lew's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vale Queiroz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Vale Queiroz - that landed with a thud.
Vale Queiroz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lew's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Erasmo Vale Queiroz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erasmo Vale Queiroz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vale Queiroz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lew scores with a hook to the body. Vale Queiroz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lew scores with a three punch combo!
Lew cracks Vale Queiroz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vale Queiroz misses with a low kick as Lew jumps back.
Lew looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lew dodges the punch combination from Vale Queiroz.
Lew scores with a jab. Vale Queiroz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Vale Queiroz is rocked!

Erasmo Vale Queiroz's cut is getting worse.
Vale Queiroz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lew counters with a huge left! Vale Queiroz is in big trouble! He's backing up but Lew isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Vale Queiroz from any more damage. A dominating finish by Lew!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Lew!
A very excited looking Julius Lew made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.