PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Charcoal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes to the cage accompanied by Untouchable . Cung Le could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mr Charcoal's chin.

Le
vs
Charcoal

174 cm
31
167 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

182 cm
34
155 lbs
23 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mr Charcoal!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charcoal throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Le counters with a crisp one two that drops Charcoal! Le thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Charcoal to his feet! Charcoal is in big trouble!

Charcoal is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charcoal. Le does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charcoal is still on wobbly legs! Can Le finish him?
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charcoal.
Le throws a right and a left that both miss.
Charcoal scores with a nice body kick.
Le throws a head kick that misses
and Charcoal counters with a nice uppercut.
We've been told by Le's head coaches at GTi 888 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Le slips under a jab.
Charcoal seems to have recovered his senses.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cung Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charcoal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le.
Charcoal looks to score with a jab to the body but Le is just out of range.
Charcoal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Le throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charcoal has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Charcoal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Le misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Le.
Charcoal goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charcoal swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Charcoal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Charcoal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Charcoal connects with a leg kick. Le looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Charcoal looks to land a body kick but Le moved away.
Cung Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charcoal checks the leg kick.
Le has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Charcoal comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Le thumps Charcoal with a low kick.
Le's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Charcoal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Le scrambles back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Le looks to land a body kick but Charcoal moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le lands a nice leg kick that just misses Charcoal's sensitive parts.
Le ducks under a wild hook from Charcoal.
Le misses with a body shot.
Le throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charcoal misses with a body kick.

Le gets a clinch.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Charcoal misses with the head strike.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Charcoal stalling in the clinch but Le improves position.
Charcoal wants to break free but Le has control.
Le throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Charcoal is looking to control Le's arms but Le gets an underhook and turns him. Now Charcoal has his back to the cage.
A short left from Le.

Charcoal breaks from the clinch.
Charcoal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a sloppy head kick

and Charcoal counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Le wants to get back to full guard.

Le is defending against the submission attempts here by Charcoal.
Charcoal uses his free foot to push down on Le's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Le.
BOOM! Charcoal connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Charcoal breaks from Le's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Charcoal controlling from mount.
Charcoal wants to control the pace but Le is squirming around nicely.
Le keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Charcoal putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Le really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charcoal tries to control but Le wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mr Charcoal will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Charcoal fails with the takedown.
Le throws a nice outside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Charcoal, as that shot connected.
Le on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Le walks into a straight right hand from Charcoal.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charcoal.
Le misses with a leg kick.
Le wants to slow Charcoal down by chopping away at his legs.
Charcoal thows a body shot but no joy.
Le misses with a low kick as Charcoal jumps back.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws a leg kick
and Charcoal counters with a straight right hand.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Charcoal. That's going to slow Le down.
Charcoal scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Charcoal moves out of range of the body kick.
Charcoal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Charcoal lands a jab to the head.
Charcoal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Le.
A left lands for Charcoal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charcoal thows a body kick. Le tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Le throws a leg kick
and Le takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Charcoal connects with a nice looking jab.
Charcoal dips to his left and cracks Le with an uppercut!
Le misses with a head kick.
Le feints a jab promting Charcoal to slip. Le then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Charcoal slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Charcoal, as that shot connected.
Charcoal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le cracks the inside of Charcoal's front leg.
Le tries to score with a low kick but Charcoal moves his leg out of the way.
Le throws a lazy right hand but Charcoal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Charcoal throws a hook but Le avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Le needs to keep his hands up - Charcoal had a free shot at his head there.
Le moves out of range as Charcoal throws a body kick.
Le tries to clinch but Charcoal is having none of it.
Charcoal lands a right hook to the body.
Le throws a head kick but Charcoal moves out of range.
Le throws a leg kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Charcoal blocks the low kick.
Charcoal takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Charcoal just misses with a punch to the body.
Charcoal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Le stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Le wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Charcoal.
Le scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Le moves into range and clinches up with Charcoal.

Charcoal manages to break the clinch.
Charcoal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Le takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Le tries to clinch but Charcoal moves out of range.
Charcoal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charcoal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Charcoal blocks a head kick by Le.
Le moves to clinch but Charcoal breaks away
and Charcoal counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Charcoal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Le throws a leg kick but Charcoal checks it.
Charcoal lands a head shot.
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Le slips a jab and a cross from Charcoal.
Charcoal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Le throws out a loose jab but Charcoal uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Le.
Le moves into range and connects with a jab.

Le moves into the clinch successfully.
Le working aggressively here.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Charcoal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charcoal avoids the head kick by Le.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charcoal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Le. That one must have hurt.
Charcoal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charcoal connects with the punch.
Le tries to clinch but Charcoal moves out of range.
Charcoal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Le closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Le is looking to clinch but Charcoal is avoiding it.
Le swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Charcoal looks to land a left hand but Le moved out of range nicely.
Le stuns Charcoal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cung Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a wild body kick that Charcoal sees coming a mile off.
Charcoal slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A head kick misses from Le.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
Nice straight punches there by Charcoal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Charcoal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Le misses with a head kick.
Le throws a nice outside leg kick.
Le thows a leg kick but Charcoal checks it
and Charcoal counters with a leg kick.
Charcoal scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Le doesn't seem bothered though.
Le on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Charcoal. Charcoal obviously looking to wear him down.
Charcoal lands with a cross.
Decent striking displayed by Charcoal there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheers as Charcoal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Le doesn't seem phased though.
Charcoal lands a jab to Le's midsection.
Charcoal lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Le is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Charcoal.
Charcoal connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Charcoal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le to score with a decent uppercut.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Charcoal looks for a takedown but Le sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Charcoal as he connects with a hook.
Le throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Le on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Charcoal moves out of range of the leg kick from Le.
Charcoal thumps Le with a low kick.
Mr Charcoal is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Charcoal lands with an overhand left.

Charcoal scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charcoal trying to control the action but Le is working from the bottom.
Le tries to strike but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Charcoal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Charcoal winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Charcoal!
Our winner, Mr Charcoal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.