Post by The Sandmen on Jan 3, 2014 13:04:25 GMT -5
ManMMA Middleweight Championship
Cung Le is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Thiago Alves glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Now Cung Le put his title in contention against Alves.
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 Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Le and Alves move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Cung Le throws a combo
Alves punches back but nobody connects.
Alves begins to launch a barrage of punches over Le
this is getting worse and worse for Le
Several good body shots
are evaded by Alves.
Alves tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Alves is holding Cung Le's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Cung Le shows great balance while pushing away Thiago Alves
Alves moves to shoot
but Cung Le delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Le is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Alves tries to show some ground skills
Thiago Alves put Le in half guard.
Cung Le is in half guard over Alves
Thiago Alves 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 half guard over Alves
Thiago Alves attempts to move to full guard
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in half guard over Alves
Thiago Alves tries to close the guard.
Alves put Cung Le in closed guard.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Alves
Le is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Cung Le!
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Cung Le
Cung Le launches a few punches to Alves's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Alves tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Cung Le
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Cung Le
Thiago Alves storms over Le with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Alves doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Le's face with his elbows!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Cung Le
Thiago Alves tries to better his position on the ground...
Cung Le tries to roll on the ground...
Cung Le is in closed guard over Alves
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.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in half guard over Alves
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in half guard over Alves
Le tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Alves from the side mount!
Cung Le is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Cung Le looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Alves tries to escape from the full mount...
Cung Le is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Cung Le is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Le throws a few hammer fists to the face of Thiago Alves
Blocked by Alves.
Cung Le gets sloppy and Thiago Alves tries to take advantage...
Alves launches a few weak punches
Le blocks them effectively.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Le decides to launch some tentative punches
Alves launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Le with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Cung Le attempts a sweep single...
Cung Le catches Thiago Alves's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Le.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Alves
Cung Le hovers above Alves
Thiago Alves stops him from throwing strikes.
Poorly executed technique. Thiago Alves looks to counter!
Alves 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 closed guard over Alves
Cung Le is cooling the fight on the ground
Cung Le is in closed guard over Alves
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Thiago Alves can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Le is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Cung Le uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in closed guard over Alves
Le tries to escape from closed guard...
Le struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
Cung Le is in half guard over Alves
Cung Le is cooling the fight on the ground
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Lightning fast low kick from Alves!
Le blocks that kick with his leg.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Alves steps forward
Cung Le catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Le launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Alves!
Alves ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Cung Le attempts a sweep single...
Thiago Alves was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Le.
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Round 2
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Thiago Alves 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
Thiago Alves is in open guard over Le
Alves moves on the ground...
He remains in open guard.
Alves clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to close his guard around Alves
He succeeds!
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Le cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Alves can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Alves use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Cung Le holds Thiago Alves and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Cung Le launches a few punches to Alves's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Alves tries to cover his face,
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Thiago Alves struggles to not give his opponent a chance to recover
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Le is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Thiago Alves tries to better his position on the ground...
Le holds Thiago Alves's head against his chin in the closed guard.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves is in closed guard over Le
Alves is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Thiago Alves!
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Le tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Cung Le controls the situation despite Thiago Alves efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Cung Le isolates Thiago Alves's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Thiago Alves is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
Le misses a step and Thiago Alves sees an opportunity to counter him!
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Cung Le aggressively and repeatedly punches Alves.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Alves has given his back to Cung Le who is trying to get one hook in!
Cung Le has one hook in!
Le is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Thiago Alves doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
Le is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Alves is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Le tries to use some of his tricky moves but Le's is smart enough to counter him.
Le is trying to counter now!
Le gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Thiago Alves! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Thiago Alves doesn't defend himself!
Le is in rear mount over Alves with one hook in
Thiago Alves doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Le's moves.
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.
Alves steps backwards away from Cung Le. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Cung Le charges at Alves throwing flurries left and right.
Not many punches are hitting, but the ones that land are huge shots! Alves is rocked!
Cung Le tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Alves is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Cung Le is in open guard over Alves
Alves tries to close his guard around Le
He is not able to do it
Cung Le is in open guard over Alves
Alves tries to close his guard around Le
He is not able to do it
Cung Le is in open guard over Alves
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Alves
Cung Le hovers above Alves
Good punches to Alves's body.
Cung Le is in open guard over Alves
Le tries to move to full mount
Le succeeds
Cung Le is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Cung Le in his guard...
Cung Le rolls him over and takes his back!
The clock says 4:25 in the 2 round
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Le tries to open up Thiago Alves's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Alves in the side of the head
Le is in rear mount over Alves
Cung Le isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
Alves locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Cung Le unil he can pull his arm free! Le lost his dominant position.
Alves is trying to counter now!
Alves has Le controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Le is unable to move under Alves control.
Cung Le is in closed guard over Alves
Thiago Alves 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.
Le is trying to counter now!
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Thiago Alves. 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 Ginásio Ibirapuera (São Paulo, Brazil) are cheering for the fighters.
Alves cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Le can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Incredible haymaker from Cung Le!
You can see Thiago Alves's head being snapped backwards!
Alves's Forehead is beginning to swell
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
The round is for Le, who walks calmly to his corner.
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Round 3
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High kick from Cung Le!
Alves seems to be done!
Cung Le turns out the lights for Alves! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Alves's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Cung Le by KO (Head kick) at 0:22 Round 3
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 6/12 (50%)
Kicks 3/3 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 20/30 (67%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 434 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 5/11 (45%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 6/17 (35%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 434 s
Cung Le defends the Middleweight title!
Didn't see that one coming. So, Le kicks, Le wins. Here, he was kinda losing, then he threw a kick, and ROCKED Alves, taking a third of his health and shaking his offensive rhythm. Then a bit later, he rocked him again with another kick, chopping off nearly another third of health. Alves fought back some, but still ended the round down. In the second, Le refused to kick, and instead used some GnP to try to soften Alves up for the third. Alves was able to get back into the fight a bit here, but he was still kind of off, due to the previous kicks. Le used that to his advantage, and came out fast in the 3rd. Tossed up a kick. Game over. Le kicks, he wins.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!