Post by The Sandmen on Oct 31, 2012 9:38:07 GMT -5
Cung Le vs. Evan Tanner
Cung Le glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Evan Tanner 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 Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
A punch from Evan Tanner
gets blocked by Le.
Cung Le tries to bring the fight to the ground
Tanner goes down.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Tanner
Le moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in half guard over Tanner
Le tries to free his leg...
Tanner doesn't allow any movement here! He's cooling the fight on the ground.
Le misses a step and Evan Tanner sees an opportunity to counter him!
Tanner attempts a triangle from bottom! Cung Le slips out. Tanner quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Cung Le slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Back to the beginning! Cung Le is standing now.
Le is standing while Tanner is on the ground on his back
Le launches a kick to Tanner's thigh
Loud pop!
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Le is standing while Tanner is on the ground on his back
Le moves backwards and gestures for Evan Tanner to stand up.
Tanner climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Tanner is holding Cung Le's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Cung Le loses balance and goes to the ground.
Evan Tanner is in side mount over Cung Le
Tanner shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Le pushes Evan Tanner forward against his back and breaks the lock!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Tanner
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 Tanner
Evan Tanner attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Tanner
Le is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Tanner's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Herb Dean didn't see the foul!
Cung Le is in half guard over Tanner
Evan Tanner attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Tanner
Cung Le aggressively and repeatedly punches Tanner.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Cung Le is in half guard over Tanner
Evan Tanner attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Tanner
Evan Tanner gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Le spins out, but Evan Tanner was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Le is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Evan Tanner. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Le pushes Evan Tanner and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Tanner goes to the body...
his punches graze Le's arm.
Tanner misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Tanner attempts a shoot
Cung Le hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Tanner's Mouth is beginning to swell
Tanner has a small cut in his Mouth
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Cung Le can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Cung Le steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
There is a small laceration on Evan Tanner's Forehead
Evan Tanner seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Cung Le!
Tanner stumbles backwards staggered and Cung Le launches aggressively over his opponent throwing some wild punches!
Tanner is knocked down after a couple of punches, hitting the mat hard! Is he out?
This is over! That impact from Cung Le has left Tanner laying flat on the mat!
Tanner's Chin is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Evan Tanner's Chin
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Punches) at 3:21 Round 1
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 2/3 (67%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/5 (80%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 102 s
Statistics: Evan Tanner
Punches 0/3 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 122 s
So Le is back. Now let's stay back for damn sakes. Tanner needs work. KO resist, toughness. Plus some offensive work.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!