PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Slone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slone has chosen In The Air Tonight as his entrance music. Cung Le had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Chad Slone is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Le
vs
Slone

183 cm
22
183 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

171 cm
18
173 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cung Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Slone!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Slone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Le - that will leave a mark!
Le throws a hook to the side of Slone's head but Slone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Slone misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Le misses.
Slone tries to bum rush Le with a series of wild strikes but Le uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Slone misses with a takedown attempt - Le sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Le has Slone up against the cage in a clinch.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Slone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le lands a shoulder strike.
Slone wants to get back to striking at distance but Le won't allow it.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Slone stalling in the clinch but Le improves position.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Slone looks gassed!
Slone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.

Slone is fighting off a takedown attempt but Le is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Slone to the mat. Slone regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le is pushing down on Slone's leg trying to pass to half guard. Slone is fighting to maintain full guard but Le has managed to sneak the leg through.
Slone holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Slone trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slone looks like he's trying to stand up.
Le prevents Slone from improving his position.
Slone trying to control from the bottom.
Slone is trying to stand.
Slone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Slone makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Slone.
Slone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slone tries to clinch there but Le circles away.
Slone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le moves in looking to clinch but Slone pushes him off.

Slone shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Slone showed some decent athleticism there.
Slone throwing shots but Le is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slone is keen to just control but Le is a slippery customer.
Le is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Slone decides to stand and escape the position.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slone is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cung Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Slone.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Le.

Slone pulls Le into guard.

Le gets to his feet - Slone follows without any prompting.

Le clinches with his opponent.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Slone trying to stall but Le improves his position.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Slone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Slone jumps guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Le wants to pass the guard but Slone is keeping the position.
Slone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Slone is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Le has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Le trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Slone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le wants to pass the guard but Slone is keeping the position.
Slone keeping moving, preventing Le from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slone stuffs the takedown.

Le has closed the distance and engaged Slone in a clinch.
Slone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Le just stands there and leans against the cage.

Slone pulls Le into guard.

Slone working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Le doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Le manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Slone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Slone is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Le has one foot on Slone's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cung Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le scores with a head kick.
Slone fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Le looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Slone!
Slone wants to control but Le is having none of it.
Slone has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Le will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Le landing with strikes.

Le is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Slone is defending well though. Le let's go of the attempt for now.

Slone is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Le gets his way!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slone tries to roll but Le sticks to his back.
Le is trying to stick to Slone's back but Slone is turning into Le. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Le's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Slone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Le dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Slone swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up but Slone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Le moves into range and clinches up with Slone.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Slone drags the fight down to the ground.
Slone tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Slone is trying to keep Le in close.
Le trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Le drops back looking for a leg! Slone is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Slone manages to kick Le off! Le jumps back into Slone's guard.
Le trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Slone manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Slone trying to stand up but can't free himself from Le's guard.

Slone gets to his feet. Le looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slone misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Le tries to clinch

and Slone counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Le's guard now.
Le looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slone is one step ahead there.
Le throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Le keeping full guard, as Slone tries to pass.

Le working for a triangle but Slone defends it easily.
Slone wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.

Slone gets to his feet. Le looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Slone throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.
Slone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le has a takedown stuffed.
Slone throws a right hand that Le ducks under and follows up with a left that Le also avoids with ease.

Slone feints and as Le raises his hands in defense, Slone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Le throws his legs up looking for a submission but Slone uses it to pass to side control.
Le is not content to let Slone control the position.
Le manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Le works his way into full mount!

Le stands up from mount. Strange move.
Le lands with a right hand.

Le shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Slone's guard.
Le content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slone lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Le!
Chad Slone has got the better of the ground game so far.
Le tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slone trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Slone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Slone get's back to his feet.
Le misses with a head kick.

Slone closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Slone advances to mount.
Slone wants to control the pace but Le is squirming around nicely.
Le is trying desperately to improve position.
Le manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Le punching from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le regains full guard. Nicely done.

Le kicks Slone off and gets to his feet.

Le clinches with his opponent.
Le lands an elbow inside that Slone shrugs off.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Slone takes an elbow to the temple.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Slone's face.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Slone's brow.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slone.
Le lands a knee to the body.

Slone pulls guard effortlessly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Slone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Slone working a defensive guard here.
Le pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slone is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slone controlling Le's posture.
Le wants to control from the top but Slone keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chad Slone will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Slone looks to land a combination but Le avoids it well.
Slone misses with a kick to the body.

Le clinches up with Slone and pushes him back against the cage.
Slone has had enough of the clinch but Le keeps him there for the moment.
Le prevents a takedown attempt there.
Slone goes for a takedown attempt but Le pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Le feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Le gets to his feet - Slone follows without any prompting.

Slone changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Le looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Slone cracks Le with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Le is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Slone off and has taken his back!

Le working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Slone is trying to break free.
Le doesn't have the hooks in and Slone manages to turn into his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Slone content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slone wanted to stand there but Le had control of the position.
Le throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Le looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Le is trying to control the position but Slone postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Le scores a takedown into full mount!
Le landing strikes from the mount and Slone is in trouble!

Le is working for a guillotine from mount but Slone frees his head quite easily.
Slone is working to get back to half guard.

Slone defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Le.
Slone is wriggling around trying to escape.

Le wants to finish this one by submission but Slone is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Le.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Le lands a nice shot to the head.
Slone regains half guard.
Slone has hold of Le's hands but Le slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Le lands a nice short elbow.
Slone is trying to maintain the position but Le is very close to passing his half guard.
Slone tries to get to full guard but Le has control of the leg.
Le thows a huge punch but Slone dodges it nicely.

Le decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Le fails with a takedown attempt.
Slone throws a nice looking combination but Le bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Slone is looking to clinch but Le is avoiding it.
Le throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Slone's waist but Slone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Le off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slone tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Slone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Slone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le with a poor takedown
and Slone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cung Le. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A nice combination there by Le.

Slone is rocked!

Le shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Le showed some decent athleticism there.
Slone is still in real trouble! Can Le finish him?
Slone trying to hold on to Le's head to control him but Le postures up.

Le is working for a kimura but Slone is defending it quite comfortably.
Slone seems to have recovered his senses.
Slone manages to get to full guard.
Le stopping the sweep attempt from Slone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slone has Le pulled in close to control his posture.

Le is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Slone keeping full guard, as Le tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slone keeping moving, preventing Le from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Le closes the distance and clinches up with Slone, looking for a takedown. Le pushes Slone against the cage but Slone circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cung Le showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Le has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cung Le!