Post by The Sandmen on Aug 9, 2013 13:46:16 GMT -5
Cung Le looks calm but knows he has a tough fight coming up.
Frank Shamrock looks at the ground while he does his calming exercises. He knows he can not fail this night.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Frank Shamrock comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
A right hand from Frank Shamrock
makes Le stumble back!
Frank Shamrock throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Cung Le!
Frank ducks under...
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Cung Le wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Frank!
Frank has a small cut in his Forehead
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Frank is swinging for the fences!
Le backpedals and creates space. Frank Shamrock is asking him if he is going to fight!
Frank Shamrock 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! Frank's stops that one with his face! How is Frank standing?!
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le struggles and launches a few punches to Frank's head
Those punches are hitting! Frank covers his head!
Frank's Left eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Frank Shamrock's Left eye
The fighters are clinching.
Frank Shamrock slightly pushes Le into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Steve Mazzagatti sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Cung Le circles around Frank
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Frank Shamrock's punches
Le is on the receiving end of a great combo by Frank.
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Frank Shamrock
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Le gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Le gets hold of a leg and trips Frank to the mat!
Cung Le is in closed guard over Frank
Le tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Cung Le fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Cung Le is in half guard over Frank
Le tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Stand up! This is what Le's cornermen are shouting. Frank Shamrock is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Frank Shamrock attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Frank Shamrock manages to switch to half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Frank
Cung Le tries to pass Frank Shamrock's guard...
Cung Le manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le looks to mount Frank Shamrock...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
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 Frank Shamrock
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 Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Le is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see that!
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cung Le rolls Frank Shamrock to his stomach and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Frank
Le tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Frank! Le has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Frank with one hook in
Le breaths deeply while on the ground
Le is in rear mount over Frank 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 Frank.
Nicely done! Le now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Frank!
Frank adopts the turtle defense and Le is ready to make his way to the victory with a round of punches!
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Body shots by Cung Le
Solid blows to Frank's abdomen.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Frank!
Le has one of his arm over Frank Shamrock's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le tries to open up Frank Shamrock's defense faking a few punches.
Frank Shamrock wraps his arms around Le's arms and counters the punches.
Le misses a step and Frank Shamrock sees an opportunity to counter him!
Frank is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Le tries to use some of his tricky moves but Le's is smart enough to counter him.
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Frank, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is clearly for Cung Le.
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Round 2
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Nice punches from Frank Shamrock.
Le staggers backwards. Frank wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Terrible one sided match... Frank was not ready to fight a fighter of Cung Le caliber.
Frank moves backwards and Cung Le is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Frank has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Frank Shamrock!
Le ducks under...
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Frank Shamrock's punches
Le measures the resilience of Frank's chin with an uppercut while Frank lands some great crosses.
Nice punch by Frank Shamrock
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Frank Shamrock can end the fight with his ground and pound.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Cung Le throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Frank's chin! That stops Frank in his tracks!
Frank Shamrock and Le engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Cung Le is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Here comes Cung Le with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Frank's ribs!
Le avoids a dangerous strike from Frank
and counters with a solid straight!
Le moves forward looking for some action
Cung Le shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Le gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Le gets hold of a leg and trips Frank to the mat!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Frank
Le use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Malmo Arena (Malmo, Sweden) is cheering him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le looks to pass to mount...
Le slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Frank Shamrock.
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock 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 Frank Shamrock
Cung Le throws a flurry of punches at Frank...
A lot of them are hitting Frank's face
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's abdomen
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
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 Frank Shamrock
Frank is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Cung Le pushes Frank Shamrock down and prevents his attempts to escape
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's abdomen
The clock says 3:25 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Cung Le pushes Frank Shamrock down and prevents his attempts to escape
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Frank Shamrock efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Frank Shamrock efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Frank
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's abdomen
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank 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 Frank Shamrock
Cung Le launches a few punches to Frank
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's ribs
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
That armbar looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Frank's eyes...
Frank Hyper-extended his arm
That armbar from Cung Le appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
That armbar from Cung Le appears to be unbreakable
The pain forces Frank to tap! This is over!
Winner is Cung Le by Submission (armbar) at 4:38 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 7/10 (70%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/4 (75%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 17/31 (55%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 316 s
Statistics: Frank Shamrock
Punches 13/20 (65%)
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 316 s
Submitting Frank Shamrock is huge. I wish Le would kick more.
Frank Shamrock looks at the ground while he does his calming exercises. He knows he can not fail this night.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Frank Shamrock comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
A right hand from Frank Shamrock
makes Le stumble back!
Frank Shamrock throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Bone shattering straight left hand from Cung Le!
Frank ducks under...
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Cung Le wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Frank!
Frank has a small cut in his Forehead
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Frank is swinging for the fences!
Le backpedals and creates space. Frank Shamrock is asking him if he is going to fight!
Frank Shamrock 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! Frank's stops that one with his face! How is Frank standing?!
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le struggles and launches a few punches to Frank's head
Those punches are hitting! Frank covers his head!
Frank's Left eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Frank Shamrock's Left eye
The fighters are clinching.
Frank Shamrock slightly pushes Le into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Steve Mazzagatti sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Cung Le circles around Frank
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Frank Shamrock's punches
Le is on the receiving end of a great combo by Frank.
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Frank Shamrock
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Le gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Le gets hold of a leg and trips Frank to the mat!
Cung Le is in closed guard over Frank
Le tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Cung Le fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Cung Le is in half guard over Frank
Le tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Stand up! This is what Le's cornermen are shouting. Frank Shamrock is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Frank Shamrock attempts to trap Cung Le in his guard.
Frank Shamrock manages to switch to half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Frank
Cung Le tries to pass Frank Shamrock's guard...
Cung Le manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le looks to mount Frank Shamrock...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
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 Frank Shamrock
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 Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Le is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see that!
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cung Le rolls Frank Shamrock to his stomach and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Frank
Le tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Frank! Le has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Frank with one hook in
Le breaths deeply while on the ground
Le is in rear mount over Frank 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 Frank.
Nicely done! Le now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Frank!
Frank adopts the turtle defense and Le is ready to make his way to the victory with a round of punches!
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Body shots by Cung Le
Solid blows to Frank's abdomen.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Frank!
Le has one of his arm over Frank Shamrock's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le tries to open up Frank Shamrock's defense faking a few punches.
Frank Shamrock wraps his arms around Le's arms and counters the punches.
Le misses a step and Frank Shamrock sees an opportunity to counter him!
Frank is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Le tries to use some of his tricky moves but Le's is smart enough to counter him.
Le is in rear mount over Frank with two hooks in
Le is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Frank, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Le moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is clearly for Cung Le.
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Round 2
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Nice punches from Frank Shamrock.
Le staggers backwards. Frank wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Terrible one sided match... Frank was not ready to fight a fighter of Cung Le caliber.
Frank moves backwards and Cung Le is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Frank has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Bone shattering straight right hand from Frank Shamrock!
Le ducks under...
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Frank Shamrock's punches
Le measures the resilience of Frank's chin with an uppercut while Frank lands some great crosses.
Nice punch by Frank Shamrock
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Frank Shamrock can end the fight with his ground and pound.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Cung Le throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Frank's chin! That stops Frank in his tracks!
Frank Shamrock and Le engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Cung Le is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Here comes Cung Le with a vicious middle kick!
That lands hard on Frank's ribs!
Le avoids a dangerous strike from Frank
and counters with a solid straight!
Le moves forward looking for some action
Cung Le shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Le gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Le gets hold of a leg and trips Frank to the mat!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Frank
Le use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Malmo Arena (Malmo, Sweden) is cheering him!
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le looks to pass to mount...
Le slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Frank Shamrock.
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock 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 Frank Shamrock
Cung Le throws a flurry of punches at Frank...
A lot of them are hitting Frank's face
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's abdomen
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
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 Frank Shamrock
Frank is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Cung Le pushes Frank Shamrock down and prevents his attempts to escape
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's abdomen
The clock says 3:25 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Cung Le pushes Frank Shamrock down and prevents his attempts to escape
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Frank Shamrock efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Frank Shamrock efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Frank
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's abdomen
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Frank 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 Frank Shamrock
Cung Le launches a few punches to Frank
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Cung Le is in side mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Frank's ribs
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Frank Shamrock
Cung Le tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
That armbar looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in Frank's eyes...
Frank Hyper-extended his arm
That armbar from Cung Le appears to be unbreakable
Crippling lock!
That armbar from Cung Le appears to be unbreakable
The pain forces Frank to tap! This is over!
Winner is Cung Le by Submission (armbar) at 4:38 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 7/10 (70%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/4 (75%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 17/31 (55%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 316 s
Statistics: Frank Shamrock
Punches 13/20 (65%)
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 316 s
Submitting Frank Shamrock is huge. I wish Le would kick more.