Post by The Sandmen on Sept 15, 2014 17:15:05 GMT -5
Cung Le glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Matt Hughes raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Matt Hughes is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Hughes attempts a shoot
Cung Le hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Hughes has a small cut in his Right cheek
Hughes grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Hughes
He succeeds!
Matt Hughes is in closed guard over Le
Hughes is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Matt Hughes!
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Hughes is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Cung Le pushes Matt Hughes down and prevents his attempts to escape
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Hughes's ribs
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Hughes 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 full mount over Matt Hughes
Hughes tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Cung Le doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Hughes's ribs
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Cung Le doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Brutal-looking high kick from Cung Le!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Cung Le landed the knock out blow that he wanted! Hughes is down! Hughes has been absolutely destroyed here! A great victory for Cung Le!
Hughes's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Hughes has a small cut in his Right eye
Winner is Cung Le by KO (High kick) at 2:07 Round 1
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 88 s
Statistics: Matt Hughes
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/2 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 88 s
Welp, Le made unexpectedly short work of Hughes. Like Mirko, if Le kicks, Le wins. He kicked. Hughes was unable to get the takedown and clang chong borng, done.
Matt Hughes raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Matt Hughes is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Hughes attempts a shoot
Cung Le hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Hughes has a small cut in his Right cheek
Hughes grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes is in open guard over Le
Le tries to close his guard around Hughes
He succeeds!
Matt Hughes is in closed guard over Le
Hughes is in closed guard... Le tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Matt Hughes!
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Hughes is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Cung Le pushes Matt Hughes down and prevents his attempts to escape
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Hughes's ribs
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Hughes 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 full mount over Matt Hughes
Hughes tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Cung Le doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Cung Le is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard Hughes's ribs
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Cung Le doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Brutal-looking high kick from Cung Le!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Cung Le landed the knock out blow that he wanted! Hughes is down! Hughes has been absolutely destroyed here! A great victory for Cung Le!
Hughes's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Hughes has a small cut in his Right eye
Winner is Cung Le by KO (High kick) at 2:07 Round 1
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/8 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 88 s
Statistics: Matt Hughes
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/2 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 88 s
Welp, Le made unexpectedly short work of Hughes. Like Mirko, if Le kicks, Le wins. He kicked. Hughes was unable to get the takedown and clang chong borng, done.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!