Post by The Sandmen on Jul 16, 2013 12:54:01 GMT -5
Cung Le looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Thiago Alves is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Alves moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Le's thigh!
Thiago Alves and Le engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Alves is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Alves fires low kicks
punishing Le's legs repeatedly.
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Le stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Thiago Alves is coming in again!
Le's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cung Le and Alves engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Thiago Alves is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Le launches a furious low kick!
Alves receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Thiago Alves fakes a punch and launches himself over Le!
Cung Le is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Alves and pushes him away!
Le fires low kicks
punishing Alves's legs repeatedly.
Alves hyper-extended his left leg
Alves fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Le sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Alves launches a solid middle kick
that whizzes past Le.
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Alves blocks. Wow, that could have finished this match.
Cung Le tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Cung Le who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Thiago Alves pushes away Le trying to keep the fight at striking range
Le doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Thiago Alves
The fighters are clinching.
Cung Le is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to Alves's face.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Thiago Alves is on his back after that attempt
Le is trying to counter now!
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Alves's face!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Cung Le!
Alves ducks under...
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Le steps backwards away from Thiago Alves. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Nice punch by Thiago Alves
that nearly tags Le.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Le is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cung Le is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Cung Le looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has Le controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Le is unable to move under Alves control.
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has Le controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Le is unable to move under Alves control.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le throws a flurry of punches at Alves...
A lot of them are hitting Alves's face
There is a small laceration on Thiago Alves's Right cheek
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Le tries to end this with a RNC!
Alves manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
Thiago Alves is in half guard over Le
Alves is looking to end this fight with strikes
Le anticipates his moves and avoids danger.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Le put Thiago Alves in closed guard.
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Alves is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Alves 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.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Le works on the ground with his fingers over Alves's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Le is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Good movement from Le
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
Alves cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Le can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Alves attempts a shoot
Cung Le hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Alves's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cung Le chases Alves and launches a few perfect strikes
Here we go! Alves steps backwards when those punches connect with his face
Alves crumples to the mat and Le moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Alves's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punches) at 0:40 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 6/7 (86%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/5 (80%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 4/9 (44%)
Kicks 4/5 (80%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/7 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
Drastically underestimated my team, apparently. If Le kicked this much and this well in his title fight, we'd have a new MW champ - jerk. Alves wasn't able to get into his groove in this one.
Thiago Alves is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Alves moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Le's thigh!
Thiago Alves and Le engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Alves is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Alves fires low kicks
punishing Le's legs repeatedly.
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Le stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Thiago Alves is coming in again!
Le's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cung Le and Alves engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Thiago Alves is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Le launches a furious low kick!
Alves receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Thiago Alves fakes a punch and launches himself over Le!
Cung Le is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Alves and pushes him away!
Le fires low kicks
punishing Alves's legs repeatedly.
Alves hyper-extended his left leg
Alves fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Le sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Alves launches a solid middle kick
that whizzes past Le.
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Alves blocks. Wow, that could have finished this match.
Cung Le tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Cung Le who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Thiago Alves pushes away Le trying to keep the fight at striking range
Le doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Thiago Alves
The fighters are clinching.
Cung Le is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to Alves's face.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Thiago Alves is on his back after that attempt
Le is trying to counter now!
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Alves's face!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Cung Le!
Alves ducks under...
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Le steps backwards away from Thiago Alves. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Nice punch by Thiago Alves
that nearly tags Le.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Le is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cung Le is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Cung Le looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has Le controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Le is unable to move under Alves control.
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has Le controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Le is unable to move under Alves control.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le throws a flurry of punches at Alves...
A lot of them are hitting Alves's face
There is a small laceration on Thiago Alves's Right cheek
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Le tries to end this with a RNC!
Alves manages to roll on the ground and break the lock
Thiago Alves is in half guard over Le
Alves is looking to end this fight with strikes
Le anticipates his moves and avoids danger.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Le put Thiago Alves in closed guard.
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Alves is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Alves 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.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Le works on the ground with his fingers over Alves's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Le is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Good movement from Le
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
Alves cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Le can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Alves attempts a shoot
Cung Le hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Alves's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cung Le chases Alves and launches a few perfect strikes
Here we go! Alves steps backwards when those punches connect with his face
Alves crumples to the mat and Le moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Alves's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punches) at 0:40 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 6/7 (86%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/5 (80%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 4/9 (44%)
Kicks 4/5 (80%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/7 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
Drastically underestimated my team, apparently. If Le kicked this much and this well in his title fight, we'd have a new MW champ - jerk. Alves wasn't able to get into his groove in this one.