PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ken Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Muricio Silva enters the cage!

Lee
vs
Silva

185 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Muricio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee gets a clinch.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lee smiles and moves away.

Lee gets a clinch.
Lee misses with a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Lee gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Lee scores a nice knee to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Ken Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muricio Silva.
Silva looks gassed!
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Muricio Silva has been cut.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Lee pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lee is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lee closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Lee misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to pull guard but Lee holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lee walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Ken Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lee pinned against the cage. Lee gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lee wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Lee is looking to clinch.
Lee tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Lee misses with a knee to the head.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Lee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Muricio Silva'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.

Lee drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ken Lee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
Lee scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee landing knees to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lee landing knees to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lee.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Lee won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Lee is working Silva over against the cage.
Lee lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to pull guard but Lee holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Ken Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muricio Silva.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Lee is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Silva jumps into guard, dragging Lee to the mat.
Lee lands a couple of elbows.
Lee tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.

Silva is working an open guard so Lee takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lee is not content to let Silva control the position.

Lee makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Lee has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a knee strike.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee with a knee to the head.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to pull guard but Lee won't allow it.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Muricio Silva'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. This is the final round!

Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.
Lee tries to clinch up.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Lee lands a knee to the body.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Lee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee missing with knees to the body.

Silva successfully pulls guard.
Silva controls Lee momentarily but Lee frees himself.
Lee sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Lee is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lee sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lee has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Lee sprawls well.
Ken Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muricio Silva.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva looks for a takedown but Lee sprawls well.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Ken Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Lee.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.

Lee gets a clinch.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Lee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Lee landing knees to the head.
Lee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Muricio Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ken Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Lee!