Post by The Sandmen on Jul 14, 2015 13:20:20 GMT -5
Cung Le looks very relaxed.
Thiago Alves glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
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 John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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Cung Le and Thiago Alves touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
An overhand right from Thiago Alves that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Le moves forward and closes the distance while blocking the punch.
Thiago Alves gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
A furious flurry of punches from Cung Le
puts Alves in a world of hurt!
Le looks to be in very good shape.
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Thiago Alves
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le takes a break to breathe while holding Thiago Alves.
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
Alves launches a few hard punches to Cung Le's ribs!
Le struggles and protects himself.
Le doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Thiago Alves embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Le who put distance between them
Pulverizing punch to Alves's head!
Alves slips the punch.
Solid kick to the leg from Thiago Alves
Le checks it.
Le tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Cung Le wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Alves!
Alves's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Alves has a small cut in his Right eye
Alves seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Cung Le seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Alves stumbles backwards staggered and Cung Le launches aggressively over his opponent throwing some wild punches!
Alves is knocked down after a couple of punches, hitting the mat hard! Is he out?
That punishment by Cung Le has left Alves staggered! Cung Le should try push forward now and finish this!
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Alves tries to hit Cung Le with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Le dodges that
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Thiago Alves launches an up-kick intended for Cung Le's head...
Le leans out of the way.
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Thiago Alves launches an up-kick intended for Cung Le's head...
It lands flush with Cung Le's head snapping it backwards due to the impact!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le moves backwards and gestures for Thiago Alves to stand up.
Thiago Alves is on his feet again.
Thiago Alves attempts to cut off Le with punches
Le avoids getting cornered.
Alves misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Surprise roundhouse punch by Le.
It looks like Alves was hit by a bus!
Thiago Alves throws a combo
Cung Le ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Alves swings again, only to get countered once more! Alves is looking bad here!
Alves's Mouth is beginning to swell
Thiago Alves seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
Thiago Alves looks rattled! Cung Le sees his opportunity to finish the fight and launches an aggressive flurry of punches!
Thiago Alves is taking a brutal beating and falls to the mat! The ref could stop this fight at any moment.
That punishment by Cung Le has left Alves staggered! Cung Le should try push forward now and finish this!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Cung Le Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Thiago Alves!
Thiago Alves is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Thiago Alves seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Cung Le Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Thiago Alves!
Thiago Alves is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
That punishment by Cung Le has left Alves staggered! Cung Le should try push forward now and finish this!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Alves hyper-extended his left leg
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le moves backwards and gestures for Thiago Alves to stand up.
Alves climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Alves steps backwards away from Cung Le. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Alves pushes Cung Le and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le fakes a move and moves laterally.
Le moves forward looking for some action
Cung Le shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Le is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Le spins around and tries a spinning back kick!
Thiago Alves was not expecting something like that! It lands on his chin! Is this over?
Alves crumples to the mat and Le moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
There is a small laceration on Thiago Alves's Chin
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Spinning back kick) at 0:17 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 16/21 (76%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/10 (40%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 0/6 (0%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/4 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 134 s
Second straight amazing KO. Le kicked, and a lot, and took over fast.
Thiago Alves glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
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 John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Cung Le and Thiago Alves touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
An overhand right from Thiago Alves that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Le moves forward and closes the distance while blocking the punch.
Thiago Alves gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
A furious flurry of punches from Cung Le
puts Alves in a world of hurt!
Le looks to be in very good shape.
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Thiago Alves
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le takes a break to breathe while holding Thiago Alves.
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
Alves launches a few hard punches to Cung Le's ribs!
Le struggles and protects himself.
Le doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Thiago Alves embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Le who put distance between them
Pulverizing punch to Alves's head!
Alves slips the punch.
Solid kick to the leg from Thiago Alves
Le checks it.
Le tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Cung Le wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Alves!
Alves's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Alves has a small cut in his Right eye
Alves seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Cung Le seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Alves stumbles backwards staggered and Cung Le launches aggressively over his opponent throwing some wild punches!
Alves is knocked down after a couple of punches, hitting the mat hard! Is he out?
That punishment by Cung Le has left Alves staggered! Cung Le should try push forward now and finish this!
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Alves tries to hit Cung Le with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Le dodges that
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Thiago Alves launches an up-kick intended for Cung Le's head...
Le leans out of the way.
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Thiago Alves launches an up-kick intended for Cung Le's head...
It lands flush with Cung Le's head snapping it backwards due to the impact!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le moves backwards and gestures for Thiago Alves to stand up.
Thiago Alves is on his feet again.
Thiago Alves attempts to cut off Le with punches
Le avoids getting cornered.
Alves misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Surprise roundhouse punch by Le.
It looks like Alves was hit by a bus!
Thiago Alves throws a combo
Cung Le ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Alves swings again, only to get countered once more! Alves is looking bad here!
Alves's Mouth is beginning to swell
Thiago Alves seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
Thiago Alves looks rattled! Cung Le sees his opportunity to finish the fight and launches an aggressive flurry of punches!
Thiago Alves is taking a brutal beating and falls to the mat! The ref could stop this fight at any moment.
That punishment by Cung Le has left Alves staggered! Cung Le should try push forward now and finish this!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Cung Le Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Thiago Alves!
Thiago Alves is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Thiago Alves seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Cung Le Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Thiago Alves!
Thiago Alves is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
That punishment by Cung Le has left Alves staggered! Cung Le should try push forward now and finish this!
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Alves's thigh
Loud pop!
Alves hyper-extended his left leg
Le is standing while Alves is on the ground on his back
Le moves backwards and gestures for Thiago Alves to stand up.
Alves climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Alves steps backwards away from Cung Le. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Alves pushes Cung Le and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le fakes a move and moves laterally.
Le moves forward looking for some action
Cung Le shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Le is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Le spins around and tries a spinning back kick!
Thiago Alves was not expecting something like that! It lands on his chin! Is this over?
Alves crumples to the mat and Le moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
There is a small laceration on Thiago Alves's Chin
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Spinning back kick) at 0:17 Round 2
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 16/21 (76%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/10 (40%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 0/6 (0%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/4 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 134 s
Second straight amazing KO. Le kicked, and a lot, and took over fast.