Post by The Sandmen on Oct 24, 2012 16:42:36 GMT -5
Rich Franklin! Rich Franklin! This is what the people are chanting here.
Cung Le looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Rich Franklin raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Cung Le is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Le and Franklin move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Solid low kick from Rich Franklin.
Le deflects it.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Franklin attempts a shoot
but stops before running into Le's kick.
Rich Franklin is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Le avoids a dangerous strike from Franklin
and counters with a solid straight!
Rich Franklin launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Le's knee!
Franklin grabs Cung Le
He lifts him up and slams him hard to the mat!
Rich Franklin is in open guard over Le
Rich Franklin tries to pass to half guard...
Cung Le's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Rich Franklin is in closed guard over Le
Franklin is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rich Franklin!
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Cung Le is cooling the fight on the ground
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Rich Franklin efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Cung Le seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Cung Le fakes some punches
Franklin ties him up.
Franklin tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Le blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin tries to roll on the ground...
Le knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Rich Franklin efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Franklin launches a hook to the body
Cung Le moves aside looking for a counter...
Franklin leads with a punch
Cung Le avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Cung Le and Franklin engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Cung Le is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Inside leg kick from Le
that lands on Rich Franklin's leg.
Franklin hyper-extended his leg
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Franklin looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Cung Le's punches
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's chin with an uppercut while Le lands some great crosses.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
High kick from Rich Franklin!
He misses narrowly!
Incredible high kick!
Le deflects and sidesteps.
Le steps backwards away from Rich Franklin. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Rich Franklin fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Le blocks and pushes his opponent.
Le is trying to counter now!
Franklin steps forward
Cung Le catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Franklin has a small cut in his Nose
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Here comes Cung Le with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Franklin's ribs!
Franklin ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Franklin blocks that. He made it look easy!
Rich Franklin attempts a sweep single...
Rich Franklin catches Cung Le's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Franklin.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Rich Franklin is in closed guard over Le
Franklin is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rich Franklin!
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cung Le rolls Rich Franklin to his stomach and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Franklin
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Le blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Le is trying to counter now!
Le tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Franklin! Le has one hook in and keeps working!
Le is in rear mount over Franklin with one hook in
Franklin has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Rich Franklin uses his ground skills to free one of his legs while working on the ground.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Rich Franklin. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Le throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for Cung Le.
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Round 2
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A right hand from Rich Franklin
misses its target.
Le is holding Rich Franklin's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Rich Franklin loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Rich Franklin manages to switch to full guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Franklin
Cung Le pushes Rich Franklin against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Rich Franklin struggles not allowing Cung Le improve his position.
Cung Le gets sloppy and Rich Franklin tries to take advantage...
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Le's side.
Cung Le is in open guard over Franklin
Cung Le tries to pass to half guard...
Rich Franklin can't prevent his opponent from passing. Le looks to work from half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Franklin
Cung Le tries to free his leg...
Cung Le uses some of his skill by jumping out of Franklin's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Cung Le keeps control and remains in side mount.
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin launches a few punches to Le's cheek from the guard.
Cung Le uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Franklin misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Franklin tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Le studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Brutal-looking high kick from Cung Le!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Franklin's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rich Franklin!
Le ducks under...
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Rich Franklin's punches
Franklin is on the receiving end of a great combo by Le.
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Franklin pushes his opponent and keep the fight at striking range
The clock says 2:50 in the 2 round
Cung Le takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Rich Franklin takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cung Le attempts a sweep single...
Cung Le catches Rich Franklin's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Le.
Crushing shot to Franklin's body! He's holding his side
Cung Le is in closed guard over Franklin
Pitty-pat punches from Le
They're bothering Franklin even though they aren't hurting him.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Franklin
Cung Le looks to posture up and open Rich Franklin's guard...
Cung Le forces Rich Franklin to open his guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Franklin
Le works on the ground with his fingers over Franklin's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean has seen that!
Herb Dean allows Franklin time to recover... The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
There is a small laceration on Rich Franklin's Left cheek
Le tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Le is clinching with Franklin.
Franklin doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cung Le embrace and tries to move away...
Cung Le pushes Franklin forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Franklin launches a few hard punches to Cung Le's ribs!
Le struggles and protects himself.
Franklin misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Le pushes off of Rich Franklin and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Franklin stumbles backwards but Cung Le chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Franklin's Right eye is beginning to swell
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Rich Franklin launches a few punches towards Le's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Cung Le receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
The fighters are clinching.
Franklin struggles and launches a few punches to Le's head
Nothing from this... Rich Franklin seems frustrated.
Cung Le pushes away Franklin trying to keep the fight at striking range
Franklin stumbles backwards and Cung Le circles to get the center of the cage
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
The round is for Le, who walks calmly to his corner.
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Round 3
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Franklin shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Le leads with a punch
Rich Franklin evades but whiffs with a counter.
Franklin launches a furious low kick!
Cung Le blocks
Rich Franklin gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
An overhand right from Cung Le that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Franklin's stops that one with his face! How is Franklin standing?!
Franklin crumples to the mat and Le moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Franklin's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Rich Franklin's Nose
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punch) at 0:35 Round 3
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 12/16 (75%)
Kicks 5/6 (83%)
Clinch strikes 5/7 (71%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 208 s
Statistics: Rich Franklin
Punches 1/8 (12%)
Kicks 1/6 (17%)
Clinch strikes 2/11 (18%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/9 (22%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 208 s
And there goes my $100! What an upset! Cung Le is the winner!
Cung Le needed this one. Bad. He needs some more toughness to get back into the legit-game, though, cause he didn't take much damage, but he looked close to losing. Like a LOSER.
Cung Le looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Rich Franklin raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Cung Le is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
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Le and Franklin move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Solid low kick from Rich Franklin.
Le deflects it.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Franklin attempts a shoot
but stops before running into Le's kick.
Rich Franklin is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Le avoids a dangerous strike from Franklin
and counters with a solid straight!
Rich Franklin launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Le's knee!
Franklin grabs Cung Le
He lifts him up and slams him hard to the mat!
Rich Franklin is in open guard over Le
Rich Franklin tries to pass to half guard...
Cung Le's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Rich Franklin is in closed guard over Le
Franklin is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rich Franklin!
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Cung Le is cooling the fight on the ground
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Rich Franklin efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Cung Le seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Cung Le fakes some punches
Franklin ties him up.
Franklin tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Le blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin tries to roll on the ground...
Le knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Rich Franklin efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Franklin launches a hook to the body
Cung Le moves aside looking for a counter...
Franklin leads with a punch
Cung Le avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Cung Le and Franklin engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Cung Le is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Inside leg kick from Le
that lands on Rich Franklin's leg.
Franklin hyper-extended his leg
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Franklin looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Cung Le's punches
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's chin with an uppercut while Le lands some great crosses.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
High kick from Rich Franklin!
He misses narrowly!
Incredible high kick!
Le deflects and sidesteps.
Le steps backwards away from Rich Franklin. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Rich Franklin fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Le blocks and pushes his opponent.
Le is trying to counter now!
Franklin steps forward
Cung Le catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Franklin has a small cut in his Nose
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Here comes Cung Le with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Franklin's ribs!
Franklin ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Franklin blocks that. He made it look easy!
Rich Franklin attempts a sweep single...
Rich Franklin catches Cung Le's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Franklin.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Rich Franklin is in closed guard over Le
Franklin is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rich Franklin!
Cung Le is in full mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cung Le rolls Rich Franklin to his stomach and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Franklin
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Le blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Le is trying to counter now!
Le tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Franklin! Le has one hook in and keeps working!
Le is in rear mount over Franklin with one hook in
Franklin has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Rich Franklin uses his ground skills to free one of his legs while working on the ground.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Rich Franklin. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Le throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for Cung Le.
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Round 2
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A right hand from Rich Franklin
misses its target.
Le is holding Rich Franklin's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Rich Franklin loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Rich Franklin manages to switch to full guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Franklin
Cung Le pushes Rich Franklin against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Rich Franklin struggles not allowing Cung Le improve his position.
Cung Le gets sloppy and Rich Franklin tries to take advantage...
Franklin measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Le's side.
Cung Le is in open guard over Franklin
Cung Le tries to pass to half guard...
Rich Franklin can't prevent his opponent from passing. Le looks to work from half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Franklin
Cung Le tries to free his leg...
Cung Le uses some of his skill by jumping out of Franklin's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Cung Le keeps control and remains in side mount.
Cung Le is in side mount over Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin launches a few punches to Le's cheek from the guard.
Cung Le uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Franklin misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Franklin tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Le studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Brutal-looking high kick from Cung Le!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Franklin's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rich Franklin!
Le ducks under...
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Rich Franklin's punches
Franklin is on the receiving end of a great combo by Le.
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Franklin pushes his opponent and keep the fight at striking range
The clock says 2:50 in the 2 round
Cung Le takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Rich Franklin takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cung Le attempts a sweep single...
Cung Le catches Rich Franklin's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Le.
Crushing shot to Franklin's body! He's holding his side
Cung Le is in closed guard over Franklin
Pitty-pat punches from Le
They're bothering Franklin even though they aren't hurting him.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Franklin
Cung Le looks to posture up and open Rich Franklin's guard...
Cung Le forces Rich Franklin to open his guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Franklin
Le works on the ground with his fingers over Franklin's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean has seen that!
Herb Dean allows Franklin time to recover... The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
There is a small laceration on Rich Franklin's Left cheek
Le tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Le is clinching with Franklin.
Franklin doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cung Le embrace and tries to move away...
Cung Le pushes Franklin forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Franklin launches a few hard punches to Cung Le's ribs!
Le struggles and protects himself.
Franklin misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Le pushes off of Rich Franklin and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Franklin stumbles backwards but Cung Le chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Franklin's Right eye is beginning to swell
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Rich Franklin launches a few punches towards Le's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Cung Le receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
The fighters are clinching.
Franklin struggles and launches a few punches to Le's head
Nothing from this... Rich Franklin seems frustrated.
Cung Le pushes away Franklin trying to keep the fight at striking range
Franklin stumbles backwards and Cung Le circles to get the center of the cage
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
The round is for Le, who walks calmly to his corner.
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Round 3
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Franklin shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Le leads with a punch
Rich Franklin evades but whiffs with a counter.
Franklin launches a furious low kick!
Cung Le blocks
Rich Franklin gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
An overhand right from Cung Le that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Franklin's stops that one with his face! How is Franklin standing?!
Franklin crumples to the mat and Le moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Franklin's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Rich Franklin's Nose
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punch) at 0:35 Round 3
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 12/16 (75%)
Kicks 5/6 (83%)
Clinch strikes 5/7 (71%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 208 s
Statistics: Rich Franklin
Punches 1/8 (12%)
Kicks 1/6 (17%)
Clinch strikes 2/11 (18%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/9 (22%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 208 s
And there goes my $100! What an upset! Cung Le is the winner!
Cung Le needed this one. Bad. He needs some more toughness to get back into the legit-game, though, cause he didn't take much damage, but he looked close to losing. Like a LOSER.