Post by The Sandmen on Oct 7, 2020 9:44:20 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Le while John McCarthy recites the rules.
Ferocious staredown by Romero while John McCarthy recites the rules.
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 John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Cung Le and Romero engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Yoel Romero is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Romero's face!
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Romero ducks under.
Cung Le tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Yoel Romero jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Romero is trying to counter now!
Yoel Romero fakes a punch and launches himself over Le!
Nice move by Romero who clinches and pushes Le against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Yoel Romero tries a Foot Sweep takedown on Cung Le
Romero fails to take Le down and both man are still clinching
The fighters are clinching.
Yoel Romero slightly pushes Le into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Yoel Romero attempts a sweep single...
Cung Le was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Le launches a furious low kick!
Romero receives a hard blow on his right leg!
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Romero looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Cung Le's punches
Le is on the receiving end of a great combo by Romero.
Le is holding Yoel Romero's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yoel Romero loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Le's side.
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Romero has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Romero tries to show some ground skills
Le uses his strength to keep Le at a disadvantage
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Romero 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.
Le is trying to counter now!
Le tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Cung Le is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to Le's cheek from the guard.
Cung Le uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Cung Le is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero 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.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Romero struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Cung Le is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Yoel Romero gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Romero
Le moves on the ground
Le cannot take advantage in the ground
John McCarthy 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 Civic Centre (Ottawa, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Romero steps backwards away from Cung Le. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Some nice shots from Cung Le
that stun Romero.
Romero's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
A high kick from Cung Le
falls short of the mark.
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Yoel Romero to fight back!
Yoel Romero tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Le is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero tries to open up Le with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Le blocks a few elbows and now Yoel Romero will have to look for another option here.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Yoel Romero is cooling the fight on the ground
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Yoel Romero storms over Le with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Romero doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Le's face with his elbows!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Neither fighter's clearly ahead right now.
Romero works on the ground with his fingers over Le's face
Le shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to move on the ground and shows Yoel Romero a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Le uses his forearms to block the impact!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Romero clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He succeeds!
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Yoel Romero uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Yoel Romero looks to posture up and open Cung Le's guard...
Cung Le has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le won't budge, forcing Romero to pull guard.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Le tries to escape from the closed guard
Cung Le any adventage in the ground.
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Le use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Yoel Romero holds Cung Le and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Romero is getting frustrated here.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Le tries to escape from closed guard...
Romero waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Cung Le! He is reversed and nor Yoel Romero is on half guard!
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Yoel Romero throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Le's face with those brutal elbows! Le needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Le has a small cut in his Right cheek
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero delivers a few accurate elbows!
Cung Le blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Le is trying to counter now!
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
John McCarthy stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Civic Centre (Ottawa, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Le is holding Yoel Romero's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yoel Romero shows great balance while pushing away Cung Le
Cung Le attempts a sweep single...
Yoel Romero was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Le misses a step and Yoel Romero sees an opportunity to counter him!
Romero moves forward looking for some action
Cung Le struggles a bit before breaking Romero's attemp of grappling
Le goes for a low kick..
Romero avoids the deadly blow.
Romero is trying to counter now!
Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le goes down.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He succeeds!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Le breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Cung Le holds Yoel Romero and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Yoel Romero is looking to pass Cung Le's guard...
Cung Le has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Le leans and gets Yoel Romero's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Romero is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Yoel Romero uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
His opponent is elsewhere, looking to counter...
Cung Le gets sloppy and Yoel Romero tries to take advantage...
Romero fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Le sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 3:10 in the 2 round
Cung Le goes with a looping right hand while Yoel Romero jumps back and jabs
Le only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Le is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Romero clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He succeeds!
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Le leans and gets Yoel Romero's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
The clock says 3:45 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Yoel Romero uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Yoel Romero to fight back!
Yoel Romero moves to better his position on the ground...
Yoel Romero wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Cung Le looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Yoel Romero sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Le's side.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Le tries to get a side mount...
Romero wraps his leg around Cung Le leg and prevents him from moving.
Romero is trying to counter now!
Yoel Romero attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Cung Le tries to pass Yoel Romero's guard...
Yoel Romero's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Cung Le pushes Romero's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Romero wraps his legs while he holds Cung Le's head... Tight guard!
Cung Le gets sloppy and Yoel Romero tries to take advantage...
Romero 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.
John McCarthy has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Yoel Romero
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Yoel Romero pushes away Le trying to keep the fight at striking range
Le stumbles backwards and Yoel Romero circles to get the center of the cage
Romero pushes Cung Le and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is maybe for Yoel Romero, but it's close.
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Round 3
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Le spins around and tries a spinning back kick!
Romero blocks with his arms and leg
Solid low kick from Cung Le.
Romero deflects it.
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Yoel Romero to fight back!
A punch from Yoel Romero
gets blocked by Le.
The clock says 0:35 in the 3 round
Romero moves forward looking for some action
Yoel Romero shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yoel Romero grapple with Cung Le and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Le manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
John McCarthy separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:55 in the 3 round
Romero moves to shoot
but Cung Le delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Le goes for a low kick..
Romero avoids the deadly blow.
The clock says 1:15 in the 3 round
Cung Le leans forwards and tries to grapple with Romero
Le shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Yoel Romero 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 Yoel Romero
The fighters are clinching.
Romero shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Yoel Romero fakes a punch to Cung Le ribs and the tries to trip him
Cung Le loses balance and goes to the ground
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Yoel Romero fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
The clock says 1:40 in the 3 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero delivers a few accurate elbows!
Cung Le blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The clock says 2:10 in the 3 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Romero tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Le from the side mount!
John McCarthy has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Romero blocks and pushes his opponent.
Romero grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
John McCarthy didn't see that!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Yoel Romero tries to pass to half guard...
Cung Le can't prevent his opponent from passing. Romero looks to work from half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Le's Mouth is beginning to swell
John McCarthy didn't see that!
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Le is covering himself! Romero tries to force the situation and Le clumsily gives his back!
Romero is in rear mount over Le
Le has given his back to Yoel Romero who is trying to get one hook in!
Yoel Romero has one hook in!
Romero is in rear mount over Le with one hook in
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Le's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
John McCarthy didn't see that!
Romero is in rear mount over Le with one hook in
Romero tries to open up Le with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Le is trying to block them with his hands...
Yoel Romero turns out the lights for Le! What an astonishing KO by Romero!
Le's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Le has a small cut in his Right cheek
Winner is Yoel Romero by KO (Elbows) at 4:24 Round 3
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 4/10 (40%)
Kicks 2/12 (17%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/4 (25%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 534 s
Statistics: Yoel Romero
Punches 9/12 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/4 (75%)
Takedowns 5/9 (56%)
GnP strikes 15/48 (31%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 534 s
I...wasn't expecting this.
Ferocious staredown by Romero while John McCarthy recites the rules.
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 John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Cung Le and Romero engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Yoel Romero is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Romero's face!
Cung Le moves forward and launches a high kick!
Romero ducks under.
Cung Le tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Yoel Romero jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Romero is trying to counter now!
Yoel Romero fakes a punch and launches himself over Le!
Nice move by Romero who clinches and pushes Le against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Yoel Romero tries a Foot Sweep takedown on Cung Le
Romero fails to take Le down and both man are still clinching
The fighters are clinching.
Yoel Romero slightly pushes Le into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Yoel Romero attempts a sweep single...
Cung Le was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Le launches a furious low kick!
Romero receives a hard blow on his right leg!
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Romero looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Cung Le's punches
Le is on the receiving end of a great combo by Romero.
Le is holding Yoel Romero's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yoel Romero loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Le's side.
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Romero has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Romero tries to show some ground skills
Le uses his strength to keep Le at a disadvantage
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Romero 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.
Le is trying to counter now!
Le tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Cung Le is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to Le's cheek from the guard.
Cung Le uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Cung Le is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Romero 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.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Romero struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Cung Le is in full mount over Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Yoel Romero gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Cung Le is in open guard over Romero
Le moves on the ground
Le cannot take advantage in the ground
John McCarthy 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 Civic Centre (Ottawa, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Romero steps backwards away from Cung Le. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Some nice shots from Cung Le
that stun Romero.
Romero's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
A high kick from Cung Le
falls short of the mark.
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Yoel Romero to fight back!
Yoel Romero tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Le is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero tries to open up Le with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Le blocks a few elbows and now Yoel Romero will have to look for another option here.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Yoel Romero is cooling the fight on the ground
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Yoel Romero storms over Le with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Romero doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Le's face with his elbows!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Neither fighter's clearly ahead right now.
Romero works on the ground with his fingers over Le's face
Le shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to move on the ground and shows Yoel Romero a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Le uses his forearms to block the impact!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Romero clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He succeeds!
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Yoel Romero uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Yoel Romero looks to posture up and open Cung Le's guard...
Cung Le has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le won't budge, forcing Romero to pull guard.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Le tries to escape from the closed guard
Cung Le any adventage in the ground.
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Le use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Yoel Romero holds Cung Le and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Romero is getting frustrated here.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Romero
Le tries to escape from closed guard...
Romero waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Cung Le! He is reversed and nor Yoel Romero is on half guard!
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Yoel Romero throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Le's face with those brutal elbows! Le needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Le has a small cut in his Right cheek
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero delivers a few accurate elbows!
Cung Le blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Le is trying to counter now!
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
John McCarthy stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Civic Centre (Ottawa, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Le is holding Yoel Romero's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yoel Romero shows great balance while pushing away Cung Le
Cung Le attempts a sweep single...
Yoel Romero was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Le misses a step and Yoel Romero sees an opportunity to counter him!
Romero moves forward looking for some action
Cung Le struggles a bit before breaking Romero's attemp of grappling
Le goes for a low kick..
Romero avoids the deadly blow.
Romero is trying to counter now!
Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
Le goes down.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He succeeds!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Le breaths deeply while on the ground
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Cung Le holds Yoel Romero and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Yoel Romero is looking to pass Cung Le's guard...
Cung Le has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Le leans and gets Yoel Romero's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Cung Le tries to take advantage...
Romero is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Yoel Romero uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
His opponent is elsewhere, looking to counter...
Cung Le gets sloppy and Yoel Romero tries to take advantage...
Romero fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Le sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 3:10 in the 2 round
Cung Le goes with a looping right hand while Yoel Romero jumps back and jabs
Le only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
The clock says 3:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Le is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Romero clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He succeeds!
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Le leans and gets Yoel Romero's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
The clock says 3:45 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Yoel Romero uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Yoel Romero to fight back!
Yoel Romero moves to better his position on the ground...
Yoel Romero wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
Cung Le is in side mount over Yoel Romero
Cung Le looks to mount Yoel Romero...
Yoel Romero sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Romero measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Le's side.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Le tries to get a side mount...
Romero wraps his leg around Cung Le leg and prevents him from moving.
Romero is trying to counter now!
Yoel Romero attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Cung Le tries to pass Yoel Romero's guard...
Yoel Romero's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Cung Le is in half guard over Romero
Cung Le pushes Romero's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Romero wraps his legs while he holds Cung Le's head... Tight guard!
Cung Le gets sloppy and Yoel Romero tries to take advantage...
Romero 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.
John McCarthy has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le fakes a punch and launches himself over Yoel Romero
Great move by Le who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Yoel Romero pushes away Le trying to keep the fight at striking range
Le stumbles backwards and Yoel Romero circles to get the center of the cage
Romero pushes Cung Le and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is maybe for Yoel Romero, but it's close.
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Round 3
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Le spins around and tries a spinning back kick!
Romero blocks with his arms and leg
Solid low kick from Cung Le.
Romero deflects it.
Le clumsily fails here and it's time for Yoel Romero to fight back!
A punch from Yoel Romero
gets blocked by Le.
The clock says 0:35 in the 3 round
Romero moves forward looking for some action
Yoel Romero shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yoel Romero grapple with Cung Le and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Le manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
John McCarthy separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:55 in the 3 round
Romero moves to shoot
but Cung Le delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Le goes for a low kick..
Romero avoids the deadly blow.
The clock says 1:15 in the 3 round
Cung Le leans forwards and tries to grapple with Romero
Le shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Yoel Romero 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 Yoel Romero
The fighters are clinching.
Romero shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Yoel Romero fakes a punch to Cung Le ribs and the tries to trip him
Cung Le loses balance and goes to the ground
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over Le
Romero tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Yoel Romero fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
The clock says 1:40 in the 3 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero delivers a few accurate elbows!
Cung Le blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The clock says 2:10 in the 3 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Cung Le tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Romero tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Le from the side mount!
John McCarthy has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Romero blocks and pushes his opponent.
Romero grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
John McCarthy didn't see that!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over Le
Yoel Romero tries to pass to half guard...
Cung Le can't prevent his opponent from passing. Romero looks to work from half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Le's Mouth is beginning to swell
John McCarthy didn't see that!
Yoel Romero is in half guard over Le
Romero launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Le is covering himself! Romero tries to force the situation and Le clumsily gives his back!
Romero is in rear mount over Le
Le has given his back to Yoel Romero who is trying to get one hook in!
Yoel Romero has one hook in!
Romero is in rear mount over Le with one hook in
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Le's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
John McCarthy didn't see that!
Romero is in rear mount over Le with one hook in
Romero tries to open up Le with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Le is trying to block them with his hands...
Yoel Romero turns out the lights for Le! What an astonishing KO by Romero!
Le's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Le has a small cut in his Right cheek
Winner is Yoel Romero by KO (Elbows) at 4:24 Round 3
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 4/10 (40%)
Kicks 2/12 (17%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/4 (25%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 534 s
Statistics: Yoel Romero
Punches 9/12 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/4 (75%)
Takedowns 5/9 (56%)
GnP strikes 15/48 (31%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 534 s
I...wasn't expecting this.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!