PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 4517 p4p, 515 weight class) and Gavin Muise (ranked 5073 p4p, 570 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Von Thronstahl - Dressed in black uniforms. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Lee
vs
Muise

183 cm
33
185 lbs
9 - 11 - 1

187 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 9 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gavin Muise!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Lee.
Muise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Muise.
Muise tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee looks to land a combination but Muise avoids it well.
Lee throws a right and a left that Muise avoids nicely.
Muise misses with a shot to the body
and Lee counters with a left and a right that stings Muise.
Muise throws a head kick that misses.
Muise has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muise throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Muise digs a good hook to Lee's body.
Some wild striking there from Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee slips under a jab.
Lee appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sloppy strikes from Lee. Those never looked like landing.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muise lands a jab to Lee's midsection.
Lee tries to bum rush Muise with a series of wild strikes but Muise uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A countering left hand to the body from Muise misses.
Lee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Muise slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Lee looks to land a combination but Muise avoids it well.
Muise misses with a low kick.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muise dodges the punch combination from Lee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee misses with a double jab.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Muise tries to counter with a clinch but Lee shakes him off and moves away.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Muise bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee misses with a wild combination.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Muise throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.

Muise gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lee working aggressively here.

Muise breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Lee. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Muise.
Muise avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muise looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bruce Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Muise pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muise tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muise slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muise is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lee with a body shot.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Muise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Muise swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Muise looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee throws a series of punches but Muise avoids them all with ease.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
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!
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee throws a series of punches but Muise avoids them all with ease.
Muise looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
Muise fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee looks to land a combination but Muise avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bruce Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Muise avoids a punch combination nicely.
Despite the aggression on Muise's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Muise dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
Muise doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruce Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muise lands with a good body shot.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Muise bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
A countering left hand to the body from Muise misses.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lee avoids the body shot from Muise.
Muise works Lee's body with a nice hook.
Muise swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Muise looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Muise wants to counter the offense by Lee and move into the clinch position.
Muise misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.
Muise looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Muise misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Muise misses.
Muise avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muise.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muise can do to turn this around?
Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
Muise is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A jab lands there for Muise.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muise looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee appears to be looking for a big counter.
Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
Muise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
A nice side step and Muise releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muise throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Muise appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muise dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Muise slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee scores with a one two! Muise had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Muise bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee misses with the combination.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Muise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Lee dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Muise slips a jab and a cross from Lee.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Muise bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lee backing away here, and Muise unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Muise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Muise is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Muise dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Muise let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Muise throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lee counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muise throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Muise throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee appears to be looking for a big counter.
Muise avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muise is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Muise bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muise takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Lee throws a right and a left that Muise avoids nicely.
Lee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Muise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice side step and Muise releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muise ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lee throws a right hand that Muise ducks under and follows up with a left that Muise also avoids with ease.
Muise now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee avoids the body shot from Muise.
Lee went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Muise tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Lee went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Muise moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muise is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lee lands with a light punch inside.
Muise misses with a punch to the body.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muise's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Muise blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muise 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.
Muise lands a body punch in the clinch.
Muise pushes Lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Muise scores with a nice hook to the head.
Muise tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Muise.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Muise digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Muise stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Muise presses Lee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Muise.
Muise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muise digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Muise stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Muise is leaning against Lee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Muise tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muise lands with a left to the head.
Muise misses with a body punch.
Muise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Muise - that landed with a thud.
Lee prevents a body shot from Muise.
Muise cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Muise.
Muise lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
A right hand to the body from Muise.
Muise tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Muise back against the cage.
Muise blocks an uppercut.
Muise tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Muise lands an uppercut.
Muise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee misses with some punches.
Muise is leaning against Lee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Muise misses with some punches.
Muise has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Muise.
Muise can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Gavin Muise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Muise - that landed with a thud.
Muise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gavin Muise comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!
Post fight, Bruce Lee stared into the camera and said 'I knew this one would be easy, and I don't respect any of my opponent at all, they just can't stand me. No one will stand in my path to glory and money! Ahaha, just kidding, no, I did really a hard work preparing to this fight, I don't underestimate anyone. Now I will go to celebrate and drink:) '.