PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Lee (ranked 17642 p4p, 22386 weight class) and Melankomas Caria (ranked 596 p4p, 581 weight class). Lee comes to the ring accompanied by Kickstart My Heart. The crowd seem to be enjoying Caria's choice of entrance music: Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lee
vs
Caria

186 cm
38
185
43 - 12 - 2

186 cm
36
162
39 - 18 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tommy Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria misses with a hook.
Lee moves forwards but Caria connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Lee forces Caria back against the ropes and clinches.
Caria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Caria controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Caria.
Lee lands with a left to the head.
Caria tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Caria managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Caria misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Caria fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caria's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caria.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Lee throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee pushes off an throws an elbow but Caria leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Caria blocking some punches.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Caria.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Caria lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Caria blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caria blocking some punches.
Caria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caria tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Caria back against the ropes.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
Caria 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 Caria can turn it around.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caria managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Caria lands a right hand.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Lee on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Caria blocks with his arms.
Caria has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caria tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lee lands a nice elbow.
Caria lands an uppercut.
Caria lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Lee as the two fighters clinch.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Caria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caria misses with a body punch.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Caria can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Caria blocks an elbow strike from Lee.
Caria scores a nice knee to the body.
Caria tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Caria lands an elbow just above Lee 's eye.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Caria controls the action.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caria's elbow.
Caria digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Caria tries to stall but Lee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Caria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to land a knee to the head but Caria blocks with his arms.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Caria is blocking nicely.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caria lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tommy Lee has been cut.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caria.
Caria scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Caria is leaning against Lee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lee is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Caria.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.
Caria pushes Lee back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Lee lands a nice shot to the body.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Caria blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee tries to work over Caria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caria gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Caria is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Caria stuns Lee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Caria gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lee tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Lee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lee takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lee lands a good knee to the midsection. Caria won't want to take too many of those.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Caria blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Caria.
A shot in the inside from Caria.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caria obliges.
Caria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caria is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lee blocks a body shot from Caria.
Caria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caria's elbow.
Caria blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Melankomas Caria dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Lee's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Lee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Caria walks into a stiff left hand from Lee.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Caria.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Caria blocks the low kick.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Caria flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Decent striking displayed by Caria there.
Caria throws a lazy body kick
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee cracks Caria with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Caria moves out of range easily.
Caria wants to clinch.
Tommy Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. Caria takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee catches Caria with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Caria throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caria looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lee misses with a leg kick.
Caria looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caria has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Caria's head.
Nice straight punches there by Caria. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Caria.
Caria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee tests Caria's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lee slips a jab from Caria.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Caria looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Caria paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Lee has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Caria misses with a straight right.
Lee moves forwards but Caria connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caria misses with a two punch combination.
Lee throwing a counter right hand but Caria manages to avoid it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Caria. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Lee throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Caria walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Caria's shoulder, as Caria tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Caria on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lee throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Caria under the eye.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee blocks a jab.
Lee scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria jabs Lee right on the nose. Lee blinks but takes it well.
Lee throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caria throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Lee wants to clinch.

Caria fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lee, pushing him back against the ropes.
Caria tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
Caria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Caria blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Caria.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Caria avoids it by throwing Lee back against the ropes.
Caria with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Lee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice uppercut there from Lee.
Caria moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Caria.
Caria connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lee lands with a straight right. Caria didn't see that one coming.
Lee lands a head kick. Caria smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Caria sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Caria misses the target.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Caria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Lee misses.
Caria throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Caria counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Caria's ribs.
Caria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Caria blocks a head kick by Lee.
Caria looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Caria misses the shot to the body.
Caria scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Caria slips under a jab.
Lee slips a straight right by Caria.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Caria has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tommy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Caria needs to keep his hands up - Lee had a free shot at his head there.

Caria moves into the clinch.
Caria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Caria scores with a nice short uppercut.
Caria misses with a knee to the head.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Caria.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria takes a jab right on the kisser.
Caria tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Caria's hands.
A nice leg kick from Caria, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caria swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Lee misses.
Caria swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Caria moves out of range of the body kick from Lee.
Jab, jab by Lee - just one landing.
Lee lands a nice looking body kick.
Caria is looking to clinch.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook but Caria blocks it.
Lee scores with a push kick.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caria looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caria missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caria swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lee jabs Caria right on the nose. Caria blinks but takes it well.
Lee on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Caria blocks a jab.
It seemed like Caria was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Caria throws a body shot but no joy.
Caria clobbers Lee with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Caria has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Caria scores with a nice strike.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
Lee takes a swing at Caria's ribcage but misses.
Lee goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Caria lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Caria on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caria takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Caria on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Caria on the side of the head.
A big left from Caria misses.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Caria throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Caria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Lee's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee tries to bum rush Caria with a series of wild strikes but Caria uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Caria closes the distance and clinches.
Caria trying to land knees to the body.
Caria blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caria lands a left hand.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Caria lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Lee.
Caria tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caria tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caria avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the ropes.
Lee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Caria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Caria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Donk. Lee catches Caria right on the button with a cross.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Caria is just out of range.
Caria tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria moves away from the strike by Lee.
A decent looking cross lands there for Caria.
Caria closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Caria takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee tries to clinch up but Caria circles away and keeps his distance.
Caria has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a leg kick
and Caria connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Caria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Caria misses with a body shot.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caria misses with a few strikes there.
Caria misses with a straight left.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lee cracks Caria with a right hand to the side of the head.
Caria tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
Lee misses with a head kick.
That kick from Lee tenderised Caria's leg. Caria is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee fakes the leg kick and cracks Caria in the body.
A big right from Lee misses.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Caria throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Caria avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee tries to land a leg kick but Caria saw it coming and moves away.
Caria blocks a jab.
Lee misses with a body shot.
A big left from Caria misses.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Caria's head but Caria sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee is looking to slow Caria down with leg kicks.
Caria's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Lee.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Caria ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Caria closes the distance and pushes Lee back into the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caria is pushing Lee up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Caria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caria scores with a knee to the head.
Lee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caria blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Lee throws an elbow but misses.
Caria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caria.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee had his way with Melankomas Caria in that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Lee's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Caria throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Caria has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Caria's head.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Caria was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lee. That's going to slow Caria down.
Caria misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caria throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.

Caria clinches up against the ropes.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caria misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caria's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Caria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Caria misses with a body punch.
Lee tries to break free but Caria pushes him back against the ropes.
Lee digs a right hand into Caria's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Caria's gas tank.
Caria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melankomas Caria seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Caria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee prevents a body shot from Caria.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Lee blocks an uppercut.
Lee gets through Caria's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caria is trying to maintain a safe position but Lee gets an underhook and turns Caria into the ropes.
Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Caria is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Caria blocks the elbow strike.
Lee lands an elbow inside that Caria shrugs off.
Melankomas Caria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee avoiding damage as Caria throws knees to the body.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lee.

Lee breaks from the clinch.
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lee scores with a crisp jab that stopped Caria in his tracks.
Lee looks for the body kick but Caria saw that one coming.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caria looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caria slips a jab from Lee.
Lee lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Caria. Lee shrugs it off though.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Lee scores with a nice body kick.
Caria with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lee to score with a decent uppercut.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Caria misses the shot to the body.
Lee throws a hook but Caria blocks it.
Good leg kick by Lee.
Caria misses with an uppercut.
Lee tried to counter with a leg kick but Caria avoided it.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Caria throws out a counter right but Lee avoids it with no problem.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Caria finds it's way through Lee's defenses.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caria.
Caria has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lee.
Caria slips a jab from Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Lee throws the kick towards the body but Caria avoids it.

Lee has managed to clinch.

Lee manages to break the clinch.

Caria instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lee lands a nice looking body kick.
Caria sizes up Lee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Caria with a hook.
Caria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caria misses with a wild body shot.
Lee throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
Tommy Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Caria misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Lee!
Tommy Lee is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Tommy Lee 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.