PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ping Lee (ranked 2634 p4p, 22965 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 261 p4p, 477 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Gracie

184 cm
27
145
8 - 3 - 0

175 cm
42
155
31 - 12 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

Conquer
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ping Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Lee misses.
Lee blocks the body kick.
Lee scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Lee blocks a jab.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Lee checks a leg kick nicely.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Lee throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gracie misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.
Gracie takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lee counters with a body kick that stops Gracie in his tracks momentarily.
Lee has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renato Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee lands with a hook. Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie throws a push kick but Lee slaps the foot to one side.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lee with a body shot.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Gracie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Gracie scores with a nice strike.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Lee misses the target.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Lee saw that one coming.
Lee is looking to counter punch.
Gracie cracks Lee with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee moves out of range of the body kick.
Lee lands with a right hand.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie gets tackled into the ropes by Lee. Lee maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gracie - that landed with a thud.
Lee tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Lee lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
Lee gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Still in the clinch, Lee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie scores with a body shot.
Gracie dips to his left and cracks Lee with an uppercut!
Lee looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee sizes up Gracie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gracie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lee scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Lee moves into the clinch.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Lee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Lee.
Gracie working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Lee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gracie.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie lands with a short shot to the head.
Lee prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Lee really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands with a left to the head.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gracie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lee.
Lee scores with a hook.
Lee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.

Gracie takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Lee.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
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 fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Gracie throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gracie.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Lee slips a jab from Gracie.
Lee throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie feints a counter leg kick.
Lee digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Gracie throws out a powerful jab.
Lee slips a straight right by Gracie.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lee throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Lee avoids the body shot from Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Lee lands a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.

Lee clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the ropes.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Lee avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lee throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Lee throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lee fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lee scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee throws a leg kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gracie punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
A leg kick checked by Lee.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Lee.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Lee pushes Gracie back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lee lands an uppercut.
Gracie scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee lands a body punch.
Lee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Gracie is trying to push Lee away but Lee has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Lee is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Lee back against the ropes.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Gracie.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Lee blocking some punches.
A short left from Lee.
Gracie scores with a shoulder strike.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Gracie tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee slips under a jab from Gracie.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gracie throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Lee tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Gracie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Lee counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee throws a sloppy body shot
and Gracie counters with a leg kick.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lee is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Gracie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lee. That one must have hurt.
Lee catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee throws a head kick that half lands.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Gracie tries to land a leg kick but Lee saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gracie punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee scores with a nice strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ping Lee dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lee with a nice cross.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lee cracks Gracie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lee tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lee slips a straight right by Gracie.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lee swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Donk. Gracie catches Lee right on the button with a cross.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gracie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Lee finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
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!
Gracie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Gracie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Gracie misses with a looping left.

Lee instigates a clinch.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gracie.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee prevents a body shot from Gracie.
A body shot lands from Gracie.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A left hand lands to the body for Lee.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gracie throws a push kick but Lee slaps the foot to one side.
Lee scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Lee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lee.
Lee thinks about countering with a body kick.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee scores with a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Lee is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Ping Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gracie if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Donk. Lee catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie keeps Lee at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gracie throws a push kick but Lee slaps the foot to one side.
Lee pushes Gracie away with a front kick.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
As Gracie backs away, Lee returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by Lee.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee scores with a jab.
Gracie motions for Lee to come forward. Gracie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gracie 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 Lee has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lee and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lee checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
Gracie throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Lee's head back.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Lee jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie misses with the body kick
and Lee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lee is able to avoid easily.
Lee throwing a counter right hand but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Lee as he connects with a hook.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Gracie works Lee's body with a nice hook.
Lee misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ping Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ping Lee!
Our winner, Ping Lee, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Renato Gracie had this to say: 'RIP'D by VIP... '.