Post by The Sandmen on Mar 30, 2012 16:47:59 GMT -5
Chris Leben looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ferocious staredown by Le while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Chris Leben and Cung Le touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Chris Leben!
Le is going to have a big headache after that blow!
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Le has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Le wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Le throws some knees to the thighs of Chris Leben while in the clinch
Those hits seems to be causing trouble to Chris Leben
Chris Leben 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 Chris Leben
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cung Le launches a knee while holding Leben's in a double underhooks...
That knee hits Leben in the abdomen
Le is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Le feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Leben has a small cut in his Chin
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Chris Leben's punches
Le measures the resilience of Leben's chin with an uppercut while Leben lands some great crosses.
Tremendous strikes from Leben!
Le blocks with confidence
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Brutal-looking high kick from Cung Le!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
There is a small laceration on Chris Leben's Left eye
Nice punches from Chris Leben.
Le staggers backwards. Leben wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Chris Leben moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Leben decides to launch some tentative punches
Le launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Leben with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Leben throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Le's defense muffles the blows.
Incredible high kick!
Leben is worried!
Crushing shot to Leben's body! He's holding his side
Cung Le and Leben engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Chris Leben takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Leben launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Le's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Dan Miragliotta didn't see the foul!
Le wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to Le's head
Nothing from this... Chris Leben seems frustrated.
Le is trying to counter now!
Cung Le fakes a few punches and tries a quick knee
Leben got hit in the abdomen, Leben was holding his adbomen in pain
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben and Cung Le are cliched up against the cage. Leben steps for a throw
Cung Le is flat on his back. great Judo technique shown!
Chris Leben is in side mount over Cung Le
Chris Leben looks to mount Cung Le...
Chris Leben slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cung Le creates enough space to control Chris Leben's leg.
Chris Leben is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le manages to switch to full guard.
Chris Leben is in closed guard over Le
Chris Leben aggressively and repeatedly punches Le.
Good job by Le blocking and slipping the blows.
Chris Leben is in closed guard over Le
Leben is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chris Leben!
Cung Le is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben 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 Chris Leben
Not a desiderable position that Le is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Leben tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Cung Le is in half guard over Leben
Leben 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.
Leben clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Leben is covering himself! Le tries to force the situation and Leben clumsily gives his back!
Le is in rear mount over Leben
Le tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Leben! Le has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
Leben 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 Leben with one hook in
Leben has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Leben is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Chris Leben gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Cung Le launches a few punches to Leben
Leben holds Cung Le's arms and blocks the punches!
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
Cung Le throws a combo
Chris Leben ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Le swings again, only to get countered once more! Le is looking bad here!
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Leben was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
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Incredible high kick!
Leben is worried!
Hard blow to Leben's mid-section, he seems hurt
Chris Leben seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
A wicked punch by Cung Le
rocks Leben!
Cung Le turns out the lights for Leben! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Leben's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Chris Leben's Right eye
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punch) at 0:37 Round 2
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 17/25 (68%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/4 (25%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/7 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 7/8 (88%)
Kicks 4/4 (100%)
Clinch strikes 4/5 (80%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/4 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
A decent performance by Chris Leben today. He read the fight well and wasn't afraid of enganging.
Superb display of technique and MMA knowledge by Cung Le. This man can sell the PPV all on his own.
I only can thank Cung Le and Chris Leben for an unforgettable fight!
Ferocious staredown by Le while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Chris Leben and Cung Le touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Chris Leben!
Le is going to have a big headache after that blow!
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Le has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Le wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Le throws some knees to the thighs of Chris Leben while in the clinch
Those hits seems to be causing trouble to Chris Leben
Chris Leben 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 Chris Leben
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cung Le launches a knee while holding Leben's in a double underhooks...
That knee hits Leben in the abdomen
Le is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Le feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Leben has a small cut in his Chin
Le looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Chris Leben's punches
Le measures the resilience of Leben's chin with an uppercut while Leben lands some great crosses.
Tremendous strikes from Leben!
Le blocks with confidence
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Brutal-looking high kick from Cung Le!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
There is a small laceration on Chris Leben's Left eye
Nice punches from Chris Leben.
Le staggers backwards. Leben wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Chris Leben moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Leben decides to launch some tentative punches
Le launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Leben with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Leben throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Le's defense muffles the blows.
Incredible high kick!
Leben is worried!
Crushing shot to Leben's body! He's holding his side
Cung Le and Leben engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Chris Leben takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Leben launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Le's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Dan Miragliotta didn't see the foul!
Le wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to Le's head
Nothing from this... Chris Leben seems frustrated.
Le is trying to counter now!
Cung Le fakes a few punches and tries a quick knee
Leben got hit in the abdomen, Leben was holding his adbomen in pain
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben and Cung Le are cliched up against the cage. Leben steps for a throw
Cung Le is flat on his back. great Judo technique shown!
Chris Leben is in side mount over Cung Le
Chris Leben looks to mount Cung Le...
Chris Leben slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Chris Leben is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Cung Le creates enough space to control Chris Leben's leg.
Chris Leben is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le manages to switch to full guard.
Chris Leben is in closed guard over Le
Chris Leben aggressively and repeatedly punches Le.
Good job by Le blocking and slipping the blows.
Chris Leben is in closed guard over Le
Leben is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chris Leben!
Cung Le is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben 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 Chris Leben
Not a desiderable position that Le is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Leben tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Cung Le is in half guard over Leben
Leben 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.
Leben clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Leben is covering himself! Le tries to force the situation and Leben clumsily gives his back!
Le is in rear mount over Leben
Le tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Leben! Le has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Le is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
Leben 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 Leben with one hook in
Leben has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Leben is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Chris Leben gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Cung Le launches a few punches to Leben
Leben holds Cung Le's arms and blocks the punches!
Dan Miragliotta has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia) are cheering for the fighters.
Cung Le throws a combo
Chris Leben ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Le swings again, only to get countered once more! Le is looking bad here!
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Leben was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Dan Miragliotta tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
=========================================
Incredible high kick!
Leben is worried!
Hard blow to Leben's mid-section, he seems hurt
Chris Leben seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
A wicked punch by Cung Le
rocks Leben!
Cung Le turns out the lights for Leben! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Leben's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Chris Leben's Right eye
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punch) at 0:37 Round 2
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 17/25 (68%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/4 (25%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/7 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 7/8 (88%)
Kicks 4/4 (100%)
Clinch strikes 4/5 (80%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/4 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 109 s
A decent performance by Chris Leben today. He read the fight well and wasn't afraid of enganging.
Superb display of technique and MMA knowledge by Cung Le. This man can sell the PPV all on his own.
I only can thank Cung Le and Chris Leben for an unforgettable fight!