Post by The Sandmen on Sept 10, 2012 18:43:10 GMT -5
Royce Gracie is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Chris Leben is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Royce Gracie comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Some counter punches against Chris Leben
almost hit him as he moves away.
Royce Gracie moves forward looking for some grappling action
Royce has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
Chris Leben pushes away Royce trying to keep the fight at striking range
Royce stumbles backwards and Chris Leben circles to get the center of the cage
Royce moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Leben with a double overhooks!
Chris Leben tries a hook to the body
and hits Royce's ribs hard
Royce ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Chris Leben goes with a looping right hand while Royce Gracie jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Royce seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Crushing shot to Royce's body! He's holding his side
Not a desiderable position that Royce is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
A left hook from Royce
falls short.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Chris Leben tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Royce's face
Royce's Mouth is beginning to swell
Royce has a small cut in his Mouth
Leben is holding Royce Gracie's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Royce Gracie loses balance and goes to the ground.
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Royce tries to show some ground skills
Leben uses his strength to keep Leben at a disadvantage
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Good looking punches from Chris Leben on the ground
deflected by Royce.
Chris Leben gets sloppy and Royce Gracie tries to take advantage...
Royce Gracie attempts to trap Chris Leben in his guard.
Chris Leben keeps control and remains in side mount.
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Royce tries to show some ground skills
Royce Gracie put Leben in half guard.
Chris Leben is in half guard over Royce
Chris Leben tries to open Royce's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Chris Leben. Royce is unable to cover himself now!
Royce has a small cut in his Forehead
Chris Leben is in half guard over Royce
Chris Leben is cooling the fight on the ground
Chris Leben is in half guard over Royce
Chris Leben tries to pass Royce Gracie's guard...
Chris Leben manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Leben is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Royce Gracie, who is barely covering up!
Royce's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Chris Leben looks to mount Royce Gracie...
Chris Leben slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben catch Royce Gracie's right arm and tries a kimura
Royce Gracie holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Leben misses a step and Royce Gracie sees an opportunity to counter him!
Royce is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Chris Leben pushes Royce Gracie down and prevents his attempts to escape
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Chris Leben controls the situation despite Royce Gracie efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Royce Gracie work his BJJ game.
Royce tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Chris Leben doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben leans back...
He clobbers Royce Gracie's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Royce's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Chris Leben controls the situation despite Royce Gracie efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Royce is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Chris Leben pushes Royce Gracie down and prevents his attempts to escape
Royce clumsily fails here and it's time for Chris Leben to fight back!
Leben tries to open up Royce Gracie's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Royce in the side of the head
Royce's Forehead is beginning to swell
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Chris Leben rolls Royce Gracie to his stomach and takes his back!
Leben is in rear mount over Royce
Chris Leben throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Royce's face with those brutal elbows! Royce needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Royce's Right eye is beginning to swell
Royce has a small cut in his Right eye
Leben is in rear mount over Royce
Leben tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Royce! Leben has one hook in and keeps working!
Leben is in rear mount over Royce with one hook in
Chris Leben wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Leben drills Royce Gracie's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
The ref pulls off Chris Leben! Royce seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Royce's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Royce Gracie's Nose
Winner is Chris Leben by TKO (GnP) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Royce Gracie
Punches 5/10 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 183 s
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 8/10 (80%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 19/25 (76%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 183 s
I'd actually love to see this fight in real life. Royce needs better takedown if he is serious about this ju jitzu stuff. He should be NOT punching and more taking down. And submitting. Not getting GnPummelled. Big name win for Leben.
Chris Leben is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Royce Gracie comes with a 3 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Some counter punches against Chris Leben
almost hit him as he moves away.
Royce Gracie moves forward looking for some grappling action
Royce has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
Chris Leben pushes away Royce trying to keep the fight at striking range
Royce stumbles backwards and Chris Leben circles to get the center of the cage
Royce moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Leben with a double overhooks!
Chris Leben tries a hook to the body
and hits Royce's ribs hard
Royce ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Chris Leben goes with a looping right hand while Royce Gracie jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Royce seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Crushing shot to Royce's body! He's holding his side
Not a desiderable position that Royce is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
A left hook from Royce
falls short.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Chris Leben tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Royce's face
Royce's Mouth is beginning to swell
Royce has a small cut in his Mouth
Leben is holding Royce Gracie's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Royce Gracie loses balance and goes to the ground.
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Royce tries to show some ground skills
Leben uses his strength to keep Leben at a disadvantage
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Good looking punches from Chris Leben on the ground
deflected by Royce.
Chris Leben gets sloppy and Royce Gracie tries to take advantage...
Royce Gracie attempts to trap Chris Leben in his guard.
Chris Leben keeps control and remains in side mount.
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Royce tries to show some ground skills
Royce Gracie put Leben in half guard.
Chris Leben is in half guard over Royce
Chris Leben tries to open Royce's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Chris Leben. Royce is unable to cover himself now!
Royce has a small cut in his Forehead
Chris Leben is in half guard over Royce
Chris Leben is cooling the fight on the ground
Chris Leben is in half guard over Royce
Chris Leben tries to pass Royce Gracie's guard...
Chris Leben manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Leben is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Royce Gracie, who is barely covering up!
Royce's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Chris Leben is in side mount over Royce Gracie
Chris Leben looks to mount Royce Gracie...
Chris Leben slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben catch Royce Gracie's right arm and tries a kimura
Royce Gracie holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Leben misses a step and Royce Gracie sees an opportunity to counter him!
Royce is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Chris Leben pushes Royce Gracie down and prevents his attempts to escape
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Chris Leben controls the situation despite Royce Gracie efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Royce Gracie work his BJJ game.
Royce tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Chris Leben doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben leans back...
He clobbers Royce Gracie's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Royce's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Leben tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Chris Leben controls the situation despite Royce Gracie efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Royce is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Chris Leben pushes Royce Gracie down and prevents his attempts to escape
Royce clumsily fails here and it's time for Chris Leben to fight back!
Leben tries to open up Royce Gracie's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Royce in the side of the head
Royce's Forehead is beginning to swell
Chris Leben is in full mount over Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Chris Leben rolls Royce Gracie to his stomach and takes his back!
Leben is in rear mount over Royce
Chris Leben throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Royce's face with those brutal elbows! Royce needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Royce's Right eye is beginning to swell
Royce has a small cut in his Right eye
Leben is in rear mount over Royce
Leben tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Royce! Leben has one hook in and keeps working!
Leben is in rear mount over Royce with one hook in
Chris Leben wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Leben drills Royce Gracie's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
The ref pulls off Chris Leben! Royce seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Royce's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Royce Gracie's Nose
Winner is Chris Leben by TKO (GnP) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Royce Gracie
Punches 5/10 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 183 s
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 8/10 (80%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 19/25 (76%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 183 s
I'd actually love to see this fight in real life. Royce needs better takedown if he is serious about this ju jitzu stuff. He should be NOT punching and more taking down. And submitting. Not getting GnPummelled. Big name win for Leben.