Post by The Sandmen on Aug 5, 2013 12:08:49 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Leben while Steve Mazzagatti recites the rules.
Uriah Hall looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Leben and Hall move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Chris Leben tries a middle kick
Hall blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Chris Leben launches a rapid series of punches
taking Hall from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Not a desiderable position that Hall is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Chris Leben has found an opening in the defense of Hall, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Hall is wobbling!
Leben wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Leben moves forward and holds Hall
Uriah Hall 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 Uriah Hall
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to Hall's head
Nothing from this... Chris Leben seems frustrated.
Hall tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Hall is launching some bone breaking punches to Leben's ribs while in the clinch.
Leben blocks.
Uriah Hall 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 Uriah Hall
The fighters are clinching.
Leben tries to break the clinch... Uriah Hall launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Awesome impact! Leben stumbles backwards and Uriah Hall shoots an incredible takedown!
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Hall stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Chris Leben is coming in again!
Hall studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Chris Leben fakes a punch and launches himself over Hall!
Nice move by Leben who clinches and pushes Hall against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to Hall's head
Those punches are hitting! Hall covers his head!
Hall doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Chris Leben embrace and tries to move away...
Chris Leben pushes Hall forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Leben tries to break the clinch... Uriah Hall launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Leben breaks the clinch and the knee goes wide!
Leben is trying to counter now!
Pulverizing punch to Hall's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Hall's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Not a desiderable position that Hall is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Leben looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Uriah Hall's punches
Hall is on the receiving end of a great combo by Leben.
Chris Leben takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Uriah Hall tries a middle kick
Chris Leben blocks and steps away.
Leben launches a furious hook!
That hits Hall's chin like a wrecking ball! Hall loses balance and goes to the mat.
Leben is standing while Hall is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall launches an up-kick intended for Chris Leben's head...
Leben leans out of the way.
Leben is standing while Hall is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall kicks his legs trying to keep Chris Leben away.
No damage done by those kicks.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Leben is standing while Hall is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall kicks his legs trying to keep Chris Leben away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Uriah Hall. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Hall climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Chris Leben tries to bring the fight to the ground
Hall goes down.
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Hall tries to close his guard around Leben
He is not able to do it
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Hall tries to close his guard around Leben
He is not able to do it
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Leben gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Uriah Hall! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Uriah Hall doesn't defend himself!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Leben is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Chris Leben storms over Hall with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Leben doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Hall's face with his elbows!
Uriah Hall seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Chris Leben!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Chris Leben Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Uriah Hall!
Uriah Hall is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Hall's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Uriah Hall seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Chris Leben!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Chris Leben positions himself and tries to finish this!
Chris Leben storms Uriah Hall's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Steve Mazzagatti is asking Uriah Hall to defend himself!
There is a small laceration on Uriah Hall's Right cheek
That punishment by Chris Leben has left Hall staggered! Chris Leben should try push forward now and finish this!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Leben delivers a few accurate elbows!
Hall is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Hall seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Leben is in rear mount over Hall
Chris Leben positions himself and tries to finish this!
Chris Leben storms Uriah Hall's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Steve Mazzagatti is asking Uriah Hall to defend himself!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough! The fight is over! He feels Hall was not intelligently defending himself!
Uriah Hall protests. He thinks the stoppage was too soon. What controversy!
Winner is Chris Leben by TKO (GnP) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 16/18 (89%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 2/6 (33%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 19/28 (68%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 2/2 (100%)
Time on the ground 83 s
Statistics: Uriah Hall
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/5 (20%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 116 s
Ohh kaaay. So Hall is no where near aggressive enough to hang with Leben. And throwing 1 kick won;t get it done either, man. Disappointed in Hall.
Uriah Hall looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Leben and Hall move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Chris Leben tries a middle kick
Hall blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Chris Leben launches a rapid series of punches
taking Hall from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
Not a desiderable position that Hall is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Chris Leben has found an opening in the defense of Hall, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Hall is wobbling!
Leben wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Leben moves forward and holds Hall
Uriah Hall 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 Uriah Hall
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to Hall's head
Nothing from this... Chris Leben seems frustrated.
Hall tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Hall is launching some bone breaking punches to Leben's ribs while in the clinch.
Leben blocks.
Uriah Hall 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 Uriah Hall
The fighters are clinching.
Leben tries to break the clinch... Uriah Hall launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Awesome impact! Leben stumbles backwards and Uriah Hall shoots an incredible takedown!
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Hall stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Chris Leben is coming in again!
Hall studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Chris Leben fakes a punch and launches himself over Hall!
Nice move by Leben who clinches and pushes Hall against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Leben struggles and launches a few punches to Hall's head
Those punches are hitting! Hall covers his head!
Hall doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Chris Leben embrace and tries to move away...
Chris Leben pushes Hall forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Leben tries to break the clinch... Uriah Hall launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Leben breaks the clinch and the knee goes wide!
Leben is trying to counter now!
Pulverizing punch to Hall's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Hall's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Not a desiderable position that Hall is in now. Chris Leben is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Leben looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Uriah Hall's punches
Hall is on the receiving end of a great combo by Leben.
Chris Leben takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Uriah Hall tries a middle kick
Chris Leben blocks and steps away.
Leben launches a furious hook!
That hits Hall's chin like a wrecking ball! Hall loses balance and goes to the mat.
Leben is standing while Hall is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall launches an up-kick intended for Chris Leben's head...
Leben leans out of the way.
Leben is standing while Hall is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall kicks his legs trying to keep Chris Leben away.
No damage done by those kicks.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Leben is standing while Hall is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall kicks his legs trying to keep Chris Leben away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Steve Mazzagatti halts the fight to stand up Uriah Hall. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Hall climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Chris Leben tries to bring the fight to the ground
Hall goes down.
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Hall tries to close his guard around Leben
He is not able to do it
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Hall tries to close his guard around Leben
He is not able to do it
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Leben gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Uriah Hall! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Uriah Hall doesn't defend himself!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Leben is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Chris Leben storms over Hall with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Leben doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Hall's face with his elbows!
Uriah Hall seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Chris Leben!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Chris Leben Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Uriah Hall!
Uriah Hall is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Hall's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Uriah Hall seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Chris Leben!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Chris Leben positions himself and tries to finish this!
Chris Leben storms Uriah Hall's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Steve Mazzagatti is asking Uriah Hall to defend himself!
There is a small laceration on Uriah Hall's Right cheek
That punishment by Chris Leben has left Hall staggered! Chris Leben should try push forward now and finish this!
Chris Leben is in open guard over Hall
Leben delivers a few accurate elbows!
Hall is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Hall seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Leben is in rear mount over Hall
Chris Leben positions himself and tries to finish this!
Chris Leben storms Uriah Hall's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Steve Mazzagatti is asking Uriah Hall to defend himself!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough! The fight is over! He feels Hall was not intelligently defending himself!
Uriah Hall protests. He thinks the stoppage was too soon. What controversy!
Winner is Chris Leben by TKO (GnP) at 5:00 Round 1
Statistics: Chris Leben
Punches 16/18 (89%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 2/6 (33%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 19/28 (68%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 2/2 (100%)
Time on the ground 83 s
Statistics: Uriah Hall
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/5 (20%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 116 s
Ohh kaaay. So Hall is no where near aggressive enough to hang with Leben. And throwing 1 kick won;t get it done either, man. Disappointed in Hall.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!