PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lance Legstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Legstrong
vs
Lewis

188 cm
31
196 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

192 cm
34
196 lbs
19 - 18 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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KAISER

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 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Lance Legstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Hugo Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lewis replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Legstrong blocks it well.
Legstrong looks to land a right hand but Lewis moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Lewis.
Legstrong tries to clinch but Lewis is having none of it.
Lewis was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lance Legstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Legstrong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Legstrong misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with a straight right hand.
Lewis moves away from the strike by Legstrong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Legstrong moves out of range easily.
Legstrong misses with a straight right.
Lewis steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Lewis throws a head kick that Legstrong semi-blocks.
We've been hearing reports that Legstrong has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lewis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Legstrong.
Legstrong backing away here, and Lewis unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Legstrong, as that shot connected.
Legstrong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lewis momentarily.
Legstrong fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lewis's coach down at The Cave Fighting Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lewis's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lewis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Legstrong backing away here, and Lewis unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Legstrong misses the jab.
Legstrong misses with a takedown
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lewis stuffs the takedown.
Lewis throws a fast counter high kick but Legstrong manages to duck under it in time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Legstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Legstrong shoots in and gets a takedown into Lewis's guard.
Lewis wants to stand up but Legstrong is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis can't keep his opponent in guard - Legstrong advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Legstrong trying to control from half guard but Lewis is working away.
Lewis is trying to stand.
Legstrong is keen to just control but Lewis is a slippery customer.

Legstrong is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legstrong stops Lewis from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is staying active underneath Legstrong, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lewis is looking to get back to is feet but Legstrong passes into side control.
Legstrong is looking to take a break and control but Lewis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Legstrong wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lewis, who protects the arm well.
Lewis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Legstrong misses with a straight right.
Lewis counters with a body kick.
Legstrong lands with an uppercut that bounces Lewis off the cage and back into range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lewis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Legstrong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Legstrong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice sprawl there from Lewis as Legstrong shoots in.
Lewis flicks out a counter leg kick but Legstrong steps away.
Lewis ducks right into an uppercut from Legstrong.
Legstrong connects with a single shot there.
Legstrong wants to clinch up but Lewis keeps it at a distance.
Legstrong sets himself, and Lewis steps forward looking for the clinch! Legstrong avoids it this time.
Legstrong throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Legstrong dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Legstrong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Legstrong - just one landing.
Lewis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lewis moves out of range of the strikes.
Lewis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Legstrong misses with a takedown attempt
and Lewis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lewis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Legstrong misses the target.

Legstrong moves into range and clinches up with Lewis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis lands with a short shot to the head.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Legstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis has had enough of the clinch but Legstrong keeps him there for the moment.
Legstrong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Lewis.
Legstrong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?
Lewis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Legstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legstrong.
Legstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Legstrong misses with some punches.
Lewis misses with the head strike.
Lewis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Legstrong.
Legstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Legstrong.
Legstrong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Legstrong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Legstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legstrong avoids a wild elbow strike from Lewis.
Lewis blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Legstrong fails to land.
Legstrong has a couple of punches blocked by Lewis.
Legstrong misses with some punches.
Legstrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Legstrong working aggressively here.
Lewis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Legstrong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Legstrong.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Legstrong is trying to pull guard but Lewis turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Legstrong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Legstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legstrong lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong working aggressively here.
Lewis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legstrong's face.
Legstrong blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lewis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lewis.
Lewis connects with a knee to the head.
Legstrong lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lewis.
Lance Legstrong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lewis trying to land knees to the body.

Lewis breaks from the clinch.
Legstrong throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lewis wants it to stay on the feet.
Lewis flicks out a counter leg kick but Legstrong steps away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Legstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lewis gets tackled into the cage by Legstrong. Legstrong maintains the clinch.
Lewis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legstrong's face.
Legstrong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legstrong misses with the head strike.
Lewis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legstrong avoids it.
Lewis misses with some punches.
Lewis swings wildly with an uppercut but Legstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lewis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legstrong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Legstrong managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Legstrong backwards.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Legstrong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Legstrong throws a head punch that misses.
Lewis misses with a knee to the head.
Legstrong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Legstrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Lewis.
Legstrong avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hugo Lewis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Legstrong shoots for a takedown but Lewis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Legstrong lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Legstrong misses.
Lewis raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Legstrong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Legstrong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lewis.
Lewis throws out a counter right but Legstrong avoids it with no problem.
Legstrong shoots in but no luck this time.
Lewis throws a fast counter high kick but Legstrong manages to duck under it in time.
Nice shot by Legstrong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legstrong swings widly with a right hand
and Lewis counters with an inside leg kick.
Legstrong with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lewis counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Legstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legstrong has a takedown stuffed.
Lewis appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Lewis there.
Nice sprawl there from Lewis as Legstrong shoots in.
Legstrong misses with an uppercut. Lewis saw that one coming.
Lewis shapes to counter with a head kick.
Legstrong shoots in but no luck this time.
Legstrong misses with a straight left.
Legstrong throws a right hand that misses
letting Lewis counter with a right hand.
Legstrong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lewis takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong wants to clinch but Lewis slips to the side
and Lewis counters with a good, hard body kick but Legstrong shrugs it off.
Legstrong will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A little jabbing left from Lewis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Legstrong throws a looping overhand right but Lewis ducks down to avoid it.
Legstrong moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLewis.
Lewis blocks a jab.
Lewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Legstrong.
Legstrong fails to land the takedown.
Lewis flicks out a counter leg kick but Legstrong steps away.

Legstrong shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Legstrong drops back looking for a leg! Lewis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lewis manages to kick Legstrong off! Legstrong jumps back into Lewis's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Legstrong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lewis wants to stand up but Legstrong is controlling him.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Legstrong controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lewis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Legstrong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lewis counters with a body kick.
Lewis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lance Legstrong is winning the standup battle so far.
Lewis stuffs the takedown attempt from Legstrong. Legstrong gets slowly back to his feet.
Lewis is trying to counter with his kicks.
Legstrong misses with a looping left.
Legstrong uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Legstrong is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legstrong misses with an uppercut.
Legstrong looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Lewis counters with a body kick.
Legstrong fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lance Legstrong.
I think Legstrong 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Legstrong!
Lance Legstrong bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.