Post by The Sandmen on Aug 20, 2017 3:55:43 GMT -5
Chris Leben raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Jason MacDonald glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
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 Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
MacDonald wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Chris Leben tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
MacDonald is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Chris Leben shoots and grab both of Jason MacDonald's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Jason MacDonald managed to pull back his leg from Chris Leben's grip and move away from him
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Leben fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
MacDonald sprawls and remains on his feet.
Chris Leben gets sloppy and Jason MacDonald tries to take advantage...
MacDonald tries to grapple
He puts Leben in a double underhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jason MacDonald postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Leben hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Hard blow to Leben's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Leben shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Leben tries to take Jason MacDonald down... MacDonald stumbles backwards and Chris Leben launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard MacDonald's jaw!
MacDonald's Chin is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to MacDonald's head
Those punches are hitting! MacDonald covers his head!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
MacDonald takes a break to breathe while holding Chris Leben.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Jason MacDonald tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Leben is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Jason MacDonald is in open guard over Leben
Leben tries to close his guard around MacDonald
He is not able to do it
Jason MacDonald is in open guard over Leben
Leben is moving on the ground...
MacDonald tries to counter Leben's moves on the ground.
MacDonald is trying to counter now!
MacDonald tries to move to full mount
MacDonald succeeds
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
MacDonald catch Chris Leben's left arm and tries a kimura
That kimura looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Chris Leben holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and trap Jason MacDonald in his guard...
Jason MacDonald keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Jason MacDonald rolls Chris Leben to his stomach and takes his back!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben
Jason MacDonald slides his arm under Chris Leben's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Chris Leben pushes up and slides Jason MacDonald's arm over his chin.
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben
Leben measures the resilience of MacDonald's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
MacDonald blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Leben clumsily fails here and it's time for Jason MacDonald to fight back!
MacDonald tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Leben! MacDonald has one hook in and keeps working!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
Leben measures the resilience of MacDonald's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in MacDonald's side.
Hard blow to MacDonald's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
Chris Leben launches a few punches to MacDonald's cheek from the guard.
Jason MacDonald uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
MacDonald 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.
MacDonald tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Jason MacDonald slides his arm under Chris Leben's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Chris Leben pushes up and slides Jason MacDonald's arm over his chin.
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
MacDonald has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Leben.
Nicely done! MacDonald now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
MacDonald is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Leben, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
MacDonald moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
MacDonald sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
MacDonald tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Leben!
MacDonald has one of his arm over Chris Leben's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
Deep breaths from Chris Leben who tries a hammer punch to MacDonald's ribs.
MacDonald blocks those punches
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
Jason MacDonald isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
That Armbar from Jason MacDonald appears to be unbreakable
MacDonald is locking that Armbar...
Leben Hyper-extended his arm
MacDonald is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar looks tight...
Leben locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Jason MacDonald unil he can pull his arm free! MacDonald lost his dominant position.
Chris Leben is in closed guard over MacDonald
Chris Leben throws down elbows...
MacDonald is not making himself an easy target.
Leben clumsily fails here and it's time for Jason MacDonald to fight back!
Leben is in closed guard... MacDonald tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chris Leben!
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and trap Jason MacDonald in his guard...
Jason MacDonald keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben launches a few punches to MacDonald's cheek from the guard.
Jason MacDonald uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Leben misses a step and Jason MacDonald sees an opportunity to counter him!
Jason MacDonald tries to better his position on the ground...
MacDonald is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
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 O2 World (Berlin, Germany) are cheering for the fighters.
Chris Leben launches a rapid series of punches
taking MacDonald from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
MacDonald's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Jason MacDonald's Right cheek
Chris Leben fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
MacDonald blocks and pushes his opponent.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is maybe for Jason MacDonald, but it's close.
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Round 2
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MacDonald launches a kick
but Chris Leben avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
MacDonald's Forehead is beginning to swell
Chris Leben has found an opening in the defense of MacDonald, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break MacDonald's ribs.
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Jason MacDonald fakes a punch and launches himself over Leben!
Nice move by MacDonald who clinches and pushes Leben against the cage
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Jason MacDonald can end the fight at any moment from the clinch. You can hear the crowd buzz with anticipation.
Jason MacDonald pushes away Leben trying to keep the fight at striking range
Leben doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Jason MacDonald
MacDonald misses a step and Chris Leben sees an opportunity to counter him!
Chris Leben locks up a guillotine with an arm in...
Jason MacDonald brings Chris Leben down to the ground and pulls his head out.
Jason MacDonald is in closed guard over Leben
Leben is moving on the ground...
MacDonald tries to counter Leben's moves on the ground.
Leben misses a step and Jason MacDonald sees an opportunity to counter him!
MacDonald tries to escape from the closed guard
MacDonald succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Jason MacDonald is in open guard over Leben
Leben tries to close his guard around MacDonald
He succeeds!
Jason MacDonald is in closed guard over Leben
Jason MacDonald tries to pass Chris Leben's guard...
Jason MacDonald manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Jason MacDonald is in half guard over Leben
MacDonald launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Chris Leben is not able to stop Leben ground skills and Jason MacDonald moves to side mount!
Jason MacDonald is in side mount over Chris Leben
MacDonald tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
The clock says 1:45 in the 2 round
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and trap Jason MacDonald in his guard...
Jason MacDonald keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Jason MacDonald sits high on Chris Leben's chest and pulls his leg underneath Leben's head. There's the triangle attempt!
Leben struggles to free himself
MacDonald is locking that Triangle from Mount...
That Triangle from Mount from Jason MacDonald appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Leben struggles to free himself
Herb Dean breaks Jason MacDonald's lock! This is over! Leben didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Jason MacDonald by Submission (Triangle from Mount) at 2:04 Round 2
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 11/12 (92%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/8 (38%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/16 (12%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Statistics: Jason MacDonald
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/5 (60%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Flash Sub win. Whatever that means…
Jason MacDonald glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
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 Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
MacDonald wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Chris Leben tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
MacDonald is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Chris Leben shoots and grab both of Jason MacDonald's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Jason MacDonald managed to pull back his leg from Chris Leben's grip and move away from him
Herb Dean separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Leben fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
MacDonald sprawls and remains on his feet.
Chris Leben gets sloppy and Jason MacDonald tries to take advantage...
MacDonald tries to grapple
He puts Leben in a double underhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jason MacDonald postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Leben hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Hard blow to Leben's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Leben shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Leben tries to take Jason MacDonald down... MacDonald stumbles backwards and Chris Leben launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard MacDonald's jaw!
MacDonald's Chin is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to MacDonald's head
Those punches are hitting! MacDonald covers his head!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
MacDonald takes a break to breathe while holding Chris Leben.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Jason MacDonald tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Leben is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Jason MacDonald is in open guard over Leben
Leben tries to close his guard around MacDonald
He is not able to do it
Jason MacDonald is in open guard over Leben
Leben is moving on the ground...
MacDonald tries to counter Leben's moves on the ground.
MacDonald is trying to counter now!
MacDonald tries to move to full mount
MacDonald succeeds
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
MacDonald catch Chris Leben's left arm and tries a kimura
That kimura looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Chris Leben holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and trap Jason MacDonald in his guard...
Jason MacDonald keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Jason MacDonald rolls Chris Leben to his stomach and takes his back!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben
Jason MacDonald slides his arm under Chris Leben's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Chris Leben pushes up and slides Jason MacDonald's arm over his chin.
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben
Leben measures the resilience of MacDonald's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
MacDonald blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Leben clumsily fails here and it's time for Jason MacDonald to fight back!
MacDonald tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Leben! MacDonald has one hook in and keeps working!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
Leben measures the resilience of MacDonald's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in MacDonald's side.
Hard blow to MacDonald's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
Chris Leben launches a few punches to MacDonald's cheek from the guard.
Jason MacDonald uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
MacDonald 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.
MacDonald tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Jason MacDonald slides his arm under Chris Leben's chin and locks in a rear naked choke!
Chris Leben pushes up and slides Jason MacDonald's arm over his chin.
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with one hook in
MacDonald has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Leben.
Nicely done! MacDonald now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
MacDonald is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Leben, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
MacDonald moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
MacDonald sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
MacDonald tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Leben!
MacDonald has one of his arm over Chris Leben's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
Deep breaths from Chris Leben who tries a hammer punch to MacDonald's ribs.
MacDonald blocks those punches
MacDonald is in rear mount over Leben with two hooks in
Jason MacDonald isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
That Armbar from Jason MacDonald appears to be unbreakable
MacDonald is locking that Armbar...
Leben Hyper-extended his arm
MacDonald is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar looks tight...
Leben locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Jason MacDonald unil he can pull his arm free! MacDonald lost his dominant position.
Chris Leben is in closed guard over MacDonald
Chris Leben throws down elbows...
MacDonald is not making himself an easy target.
Leben clumsily fails here and it's time for Jason MacDonald to fight back!
Leben is in closed guard... MacDonald tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Chris Leben!
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and trap Jason MacDonald in his guard...
Jason MacDonald keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben launches a few punches to MacDonald's cheek from the guard.
Jason MacDonald uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Leben misses a step and Jason MacDonald sees an opportunity to counter him!
Jason MacDonald tries to better his position on the ground...
MacDonald is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
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 O2 World (Berlin, Germany) are cheering for the fighters.
Chris Leben launches a rapid series of punches
taking MacDonald from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
MacDonald's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Jason MacDonald's Right cheek
Chris Leben fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
MacDonald blocks and pushes his opponent.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is maybe for Jason MacDonald, but it's close.
=========================================
Round 2
=========================================
MacDonald launches a kick
but Chris Leben avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
MacDonald's Forehead is beginning to swell
Chris Leben has found an opening in the defense of MacDonald, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break MacDonald's ribs.
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Jason MacDonald fakes a punch and launches himself over Leben!
Nice move by MacDonald who clinches and pushes Leben against the cage
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Jason MacDonald can end the fight at any moment from the clinch. You can hear the crowd buzz with anticipation.
Jason MacDonald pushes away Leben trying to keep the fight at striking range
Leben doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Jason MacDonald
MacDonald misses a step and Chris Leben sees an opportunity to counter him!
Chris Leben locks up a guillotine with an arm in...
Jason MacDonald brings Chris Leben down to the ground and pulls his head out.
Jason MacDonald is in closed guard over Leben
Leben is moving on the ground...
MacDonald tries to counter Leben's moves on the ground.
Leben misses a step and Jason MacDonald sees an opportunity to counter him!
MacDonald tries to escape from the closed guard
MacDonald succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Jason MacDonald is in open guard over Leben
Leben tries to close his guard around MacDonald
He succeeds!
Jason MacDonald is in closed guard over Leben
Jason MacDonald tries to pass Chris Leben's guard...
Jason MacDonald manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Jason MacDonald is in half guard over Leben
MacDonald launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Chris Leben is not able to stop Leben ground skills and Jason MacDonald moves to side mount!
Jason MacDonald is in side mount over Chris Leben
MacDonald tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
The clock says 1:45 in the 2 round
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Chris Leben tries to roll to his side and trap Jason MacDonald in his guard...
Jason MacDonald keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Jason MacDonald is in full mount over Chris Leben
Jason MacDonald sits high on Chris Leben's chest and pulls his leg underneath Leben's head. There's the triangle attempt!
Leben struggles to free himself
MacDonald is locking that Triangle from Mount...
That Triangle from Mount from Jason MacDonald appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Leben struggles to free himself
Herb Dean breaks Jason MacDonald's lock! This is over! Leben didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Jason MacDonald by Submission (Triangle from Mount) at 2:04 Round 2
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 11/12 (92%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/8 (38%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/16 (12%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Statistics: Jason MacDonald
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/5 (60%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 264 s
Flash Sub win. Whatever that means…
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!