PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Falcon Tumaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcon Tumaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lei
vs
Tumaa

204 cm
23
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
22
249 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Lei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Falcon Tumaa!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tumaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Tumaa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tumaa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lei.

It looks like Falcon Tumaa has been cut.
Lei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lei is looking to break free of the clinch but Tumaa has double underhooks.
Tumaa tries a knee to the head but Lei blocks it.
Tumaa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lei wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Lei fails to land.

Tumaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lei fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lei swats away the attempt to clinch by Tumaa.

Lei shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lei showed some decent athleticism there.
Lei looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tumaa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lei missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tumaa manages to get to full guard.
Lei is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei postures up in Tumaa's guard and throws a big left but Tumaa blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lei accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lei postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lei throws a big right hand that misses.
Lei is looking to work some ground and pound but Tumaa has wrist control.
Lei is in close to Tumaa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lei postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lei might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lei pushes down on Tumaa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tumaa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lei is working away from the top position though.

Tumaa looking for submissions off his back.
Tumaa looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lei prevents Tumaa from standing back up.
Lei working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lei lands with a punch from half guard.
Lei slips a nice elbow through Tumaa's hands, connecting with Tumaa's forehead.
Lei tries to pass to full mount but Tumaa defends it.
Lei looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lei wants to pass the guard but Tumaa is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tumaa taking some punishment here, with Lei in his half guard.
Lei lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lei working over Tumaa with some ground and pound. Tumaa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lei knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tumaa on the ground.
Tumaa taking some punishment here, with Lei in his half guard.
Lei is nestled in close to Tumaa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Lei there.
Tumaa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lei scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lei thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lei is nestled in close to Tumaa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lei landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lei looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tumaa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lei drops an elbow to the side of Tumaa's head.
Lei throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lei is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lei thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lei working Tumaa over with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lei thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Tumaa to regain full guard.

Tumaa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lei has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lei postures up and lands a big shot to Tumaa's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Lei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Falcon Tumaa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lei looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tumaa!
A nice elbow there by Lei.
Lei landing strikes from the mount.
Lei punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ken Lei overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tumaa is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Lei putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tumaa is in a horrible position here. Lei smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lei scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lei scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tumaa is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Lei landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tumaa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lei lands with some strikes.
Lei landing strikes from the mount and Tumaa is in trouble!
Lei lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lei landing strikes from the mount and Tumaa is in trouble!
Lei connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tumaa taking shots to the head.
Lei looking to finish Tumaa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tumaa!
Lei dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lei has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tumaa's face.
Tumaa regains half guard.
Lei not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lei working Tumaa over with strikes.
Lei trying to mount his opponent but Tumaa defends it.
Lei looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tumaa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lei connects with a nice short shot to Tumaa's temple.
Lei seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lei frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lei landing punches.
Lei is in the full mount, landing strikes.
You get the feeling that Tumaa really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Lei looking to finish Tumaa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tumaa!
Lei breaks from Tumaa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lei landing punches.
Tumaa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tumaa taking shots to the head.
Lei lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumaa is in a horrible position here. Lei smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lei unloading with bombs!
Lei breaks from Tumaa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lei is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tumaa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tumaa can't escape the position.
Tumaa is in a horrible position here. Lei smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Lei connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tumaa squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Lei lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Lei dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Falcon Tumaa's cut.
That's time! Lei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Lei missing with a left hand there. Tumaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Lei gets the takedown into side control.
Lei working the head with strikes.
Lei lands a nice forearm strike.
Tumaa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Lei tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tumaa struggling a bit here.
Lei working the ground and pound.
Tumaa is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lei is controlling him well.
Lei scoring with punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lei sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tumaa is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei working the head with strikes.
Lei in side control lands a decent elbow.
Tumaa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lei connects with a decent elbow.
Tumaa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Lei lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lei creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lei scoring with punches and elbows.
Tumaa taking a bit of punishment here - Lei scoring with strikes.
Tumaa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lei connects with a decent elbow.
Lei working the ground and pound from side control.
Lei lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lei scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lei has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Tumaa!
Lei lands a nice shot to the head.
Lei landing strikes from the mount and Tumaa is in trouble!
Lei lands a heavy elbow.
Lei lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lei scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lei landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lei lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tumaa is trying to escape the mount.
Tumaa tries to lock up and control but Lei gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lei working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tumaa is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Tumaa manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lei working the head and body with strikes.
Lei looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tumaa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lei lands strikes from half guard.
Lei scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumaa is looking to escape.
Lei looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tumaa is in trouble now - Lei has advanced to mount!
Tumaa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lei postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tumaa looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lei working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Lei.
Falcon Tumaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lei looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ken Lei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lei punishing his opponent with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Lei showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lei, 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

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