Post by The Sandmen on May 10, 2013 10:46:18 GMT -5
Cung Le looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ferocious staredown by Henderson while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Henderson grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Le struggles... Dan Henderson is unable to take him down
Henderson misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cung Le tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
Dan Henderson's knows what to do here and blocks them
Bone shattering straight left hand from Cung Le!
Henderson is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Cung Le paws at Henderson.
Henderson answers with solid punches!
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Cung Le and Henderson engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Cung Le is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Cung Le launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Henderson's knee!
Henderson wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Le doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson shoots for a double leg takedown!
Cung Le sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
The two exchange wildly
Le is connecting with a few punches
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Henderson was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Henderson tries to grapple
Le moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Dan Henderson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Henderson's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
A left hook from Le
grazes the chin of Henderson.
Henderson's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The two exchange wildly
Le is connecting with a few punches
Henderson's Chin is beginning to swell
Good front kick from Le!
Henderson stumbles backwards after that one!
Crushing shot to Henderson's body! He's holding his side
Cung Le throws a punch
that finds an opening in the defense of Henderson.
Dan Henderson tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le won't budge, forcing Henderson to pull guard.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Henderson
Le is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Cung Le uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Cung Le is in closed guard over Henderson
Cung Le looks to posture up and open Dan Henderson's guard...
Cung Le forces Dan Henderson to open his guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Henderson
Le moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Henderson
Le launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Henderson is covering himself! Le tries to force the situation and Henderson clumsily gives his back!
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Henderson
Le tries to launch a few punches to Dan Henderson
Little effect. A lot of them are hitting Henderson's defense
Le is in rear mount over Henderson
Cung Le isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Henderson locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Cung Le unil he can pull his arm free! Le lost his dominant position.
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Dan Henderson 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.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Henderson
Henderson has given his back to Cung Le who is trying to get one hook in!
Cung Le has one hook in!
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with one hook in
Le has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Henderson.
Nicely done! Le now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Henderson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Henderson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Cung Le hovers above Henderson
Good punches to Henderson's body.
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Henderson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Cung Le has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Henderson counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson is launching some bone breaking punches to Le's ribs while in the clinch.
Le blocks.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Le launches a furious low kick!
Henderson receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Le is holding Dan Henderson's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dan Henderson loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Cung Le looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Terrible one sided match... Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Cung Le caliber.
Cung Le tries to better his position on the ground...
Le is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Le tries to launch a few punches to Dan Henderson
Little effect. A lot of them are hitting Henderson's defense
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Cung Le tries to better his position on the ground...
Le is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Dan Henderson efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson tries to escape from the full mount...
Cung Le is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson 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.
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Dan Henderson attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Cung Le keeps control and remains in side mount.
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
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 SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Henderson grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Le struggles... Dan Henderson is unable to take him down
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Henderson's face!
Henderson has a small cut in his Left cheek
Cung Le circles around Henderson
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Dan Henderson! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Hard blow to Henderson's mid-section, he seems hurt
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Dan Henderson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Dan Henderson launches a body shot
Le dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Dan Henderson postures up and launches another series of punches!
Le pushes his opponent forward and blocks most of Dan Henderson's offensive.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le grapple with Dan Henderson and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Dan Henderson falls hard on the mat with Cung Le on top of him
Cung Le is in half guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson 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.
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Dan Henderson. 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 goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Henderson can't see anything with that swollen right eye.
Henderson has a small cut in his Mouth
Winner is Cung Le by TKO (Swollen Eye) at 4:45 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 14/19 (74%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/9 (56%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 256 s
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 4/13 (31%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/8 (0%)
Takedowns 0/4 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/9 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 256 s
Henderson maintained his rep as a tough, tough bastard, where most normal people would have been out at the end of the first or the first few seconds of the 2nd. Even then, when it was stopped, it was a stoppage, not a finish.
Ferocious staredown by Henderson while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Henderson grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Le struggles... Dan Henderson is unable to take him down
Henderson misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cung Le tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
Dan Henderson's knows what to do here and blocks them
Bone shattering straight left hand from Cung Le!
Henderson is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Cung Le paws at Henderson.
Henderson answers with solid punches!
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Cung Le and Henderson engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Cung Le is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Cung Le launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Henderson's knee!
Henderson wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Le doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson shoots for a double leg takedown!
Cung Le sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
The two exchange wildly
Le is connecting with a few punches
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Henderson was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Henderson tries to grapple
Le moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Dan Henderson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Henderson's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
A left hook from Le
grazes the chin of Henderson.
Henderson's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The two exchange wildly
Le is connecting with a few punches
Henderson's Chin is beginning to swell
Good front kick from Le!
Henderson stumbles backwards after that one!
Crushing shot to Henderson's body! He's holding his side
Cung Le throws a punch
that finds an opening in the defense of Henderson.
Dan Henderson tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le won't budge, forcing Henderson to pull guard.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Henderson
Le is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Cung Le uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Cung Le is in closed guard over Henderson
Cung Le looks to posture up and open Dan Henderson's guard...
Cung Le forces Dan Henderson to open his guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Henderson
Le moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Henderson
Le launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Henderson is covering himself! Le tries to force the situation and Henderson clumsily gives his back!
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Henderson
Le tries to launch a few punches to Dan Henderson
Little effect. A lot of them are hitting Henderson's defense
Le is in rear mount over Henderson
Cung Le isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Henderson locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Cung Le unil he can pull his arm free! Le lost his dominant position.
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Dan Henderson 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.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Henderson
Henderson has given his back to Cung Le who is trying to get one hook in!
Cung Le has one hook in!
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with one hook in
Le has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Henderson.
Nicely done! Le now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Henderson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Henderson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Cung Le hovers above Henderson
Good punches to Henderson's body.
Le is in rear mount over Henderson with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Henderson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Cung Le has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
=========================================
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Henderson counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson is launching some bone breaking punches to Le's ribs while in the clinch.
Le blocks.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Le launches a furious low kick!
Henderson receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Le is holding Dan Henderson's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dan Henderson loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Cung Le looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Terrible one sided match... Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Cung Le caliber.
Cung Le tries to better his position on the ground...
Le is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson tries to stand up!
Le doesn't allow him!
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Le tries to launch a few punches to Dan Henderson
Little effect. A lot of them are hitting Henderson's defense
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Cung Le tries to better his position on the ground...
Le is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Dan Henderson efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
Cung Le is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson tries to escape from the full mount...
Cung Le is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson 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.
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Dan Henderson attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Cung Le keeps control and remains in side mount.
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
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 SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Henderson grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Le struggles... Dan Henderson is unable to take him down
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Henderson's face!
Henderson has a small cut in his Left cheek
Cung Le circles around Henderson
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Dan Henderson! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Hard blow to Henderson's mid-section, he seems hurt
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Dan Henderson takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Dan Henderson launches a body shot
Le dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Dan Henderson postures up and launches another series of punches!
Le pushes his opponent forward and blocks most of Dan Henderson's offensive.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le grapple with Dan Henderson and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Dan Henderson falls hard on the mat with Cung Le on top of him
Cung Le is in half guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson 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.
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Dan Henderson. 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 goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Henderson can't see anything with that swollen right eye.
Henderson has a small cut in his Mouth
Winner is Cung Le by TKO (Swollen Eye) at 4:45 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 14/19 (74%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/9 (56%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 256 s
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 4/13 (31%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/8 (0%)
Takedowns 0/4 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/9 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 256 s
Henderson maintained his rep as a tough, tough bastard, where most normal people would have been out at the end of the first or the first few seconds of the 2nd. Even then, when it was stopped, it was a stoppage, not a finish.