PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le has chosen Ave Maria as his entrance music. Victor Le has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Chan
vs
Le

178 cm
21
162 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
160 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Le!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le lands with a good body shot.
Le jabs Chan right on the nose. Chan blinks but takes it well.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Le throws a shot from downtown. Chan moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Le. Beautiful body shot.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chan.
Le lands a nice hook to Chan's body. Chan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Victor Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le.
Le fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chan was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Le looks to score with a jab to the body but Chan is just out of range.
Le thuds a left hand into Chan's body.
Le misses with a body shot.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le just misses with a punch to the body.
Le looks to land a combination but Chan avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Le throws a looping overhand right but Chan ducks down to avoid it.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Le throws the left hand but Chan avoids the punch easily.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Le circles away.
Le throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chan.
Le ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Le thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Chan wants to clinch up but Le keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Le darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A shot to the liver by Le. Beautiful body shot.
Le lands with a nice combination. Chan backs away looking to recover.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chan moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Chan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Le bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chan's head backwards.
Le throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Le connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to clinch up.

Chan forces Le back against the cage and clinches.
Chan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Le up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Chan.

It looks like Victor Le has been cut.
Le is trying to maintain a safe position but Chan gets an underhook and turns Le into the cage.
Le stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chan obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chan looking to throw knees to the head but Le is blocking nicely.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Le blocks it.
Chan crunches a lovely knee into Le's ribcage.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Le blocks it.
Chan lands a knee to the body.
Le looks gassed!
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Le blocks it with crossed arms.
A body shot lands from Le.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Le blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Le misses with a body punch.
Chan is pushing Le up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Le blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Victor Le will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Victor Le's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Chan tries to clinch up but Le circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan wants to clinch.
Le keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Le looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chan moves away from the strike by Le.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le throws a body punch but Chan moves out of range.
Chan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chan tries to clinch but Le moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Le just misses with a punch to the body.
Le misses with an uppercut. Chan saw that one coming.
Le lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Le just misses with a punch to the body.
Le scores with a jab to the jaw.
Chan avoids the body shot from Le.
Le misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A lazy left from Le finds it's target.
Le sizes up Chan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chan.
Chan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chan.
Le lands a nice looking body shot.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chan was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Le misses with a looping left.
Chan wants to clinch up but Le keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Le thows a body shot but no joy.
Chan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le throws out the jab.
Le looks to score with a jab to the body but Chan is just out of range.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le throws a jab when Chan was well out of range.
Le fails to land with a series of punches.
Le swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chan slips under a jab.
Chan tries to clinch but Le moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Le moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Le lands with an uppercut that bounces Chan off the cage and back into rage.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Le circles away.
Le throws a lazy right hand but Chan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Le lands a right hook to the body.
Le misses with a jab, cross combination.
Le is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chan rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Le throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Chan drives through and clinches with Le against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Victor Le's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Le fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
Chan avoids the body shot from Le.
Le misses with a hook. Chan ducked under it nicely.
Le scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Le throws a chopping leg kick but Chan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chan was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Le swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan defending well as Le loads up on a big left hand.
Chan tries to clinch up but Le circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Le.
Le thows a body shot but no joy.
Le misses with a body shot.
Le throws a series of strikes that have Chan backpedaling.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chan was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Victor Le seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Le misses the target.
Chan avoids the body shot from Le.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Le scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chan doesn't seem bothered though.
A big left from Le misses.
Chan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
Chan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Le scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chan doesn't seem bothered though.
Le throws out a loose jab but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chan was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Le looks to score with a jab to the body but Chan is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Le.
Victor Le is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Le. Le obviously looking to wear him down.
Chan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a body punch but Chan moves out of range.
Chan tries to clinch there but Le circles away.
Le looks to land a right hand but Chan moved out of range.
Le works Chan's body with a nice hook.
Le lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Chan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Le thuds a left hand into Chan's body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Le takes a swing at Chan's ribcage but misses.
Chan avoids the body shot from Le.
Michael Chan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le moves into range and connects with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Le comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Le winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Le!