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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taz Devil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes into the arena with Untouchable blaring out of the sound system. Devil is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Motorhead-Enter Sandman. Taz Devil has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cung Le's chin.
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167 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
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148 lbs
31 - 22 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
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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
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 22 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taz Devil!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Devil's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Le connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Devil scrambles back to his feet.
Le tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le throws a push kick but Devil slaps the foot to one side.
Devil throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Devil takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Devil throws a leg kick but Le checks it.
Le throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Devil stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Devil scores with a kick to the midsection.
Devil turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Devil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le avoids the head kick by Devil.
Le looks to throw a body kick
and Devil counters with a thumping low kick.
Le looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Devil checks a leg kick.
Le has taken the fight to the clinch.
Le doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Devil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Devil avoids the damage to the body.
Devil tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le avoids it.
Le is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Devil is keeping busy.
Devil is trying to push Le away but Le has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Devil tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Devil tries to break the clinch but Le is controlling the position.
Devil tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Devil is looking to control Le's arms but Le gets an underhook and turns him. Now Devil has his back to the cage.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Le lands an elbow just above Devil 's eye.
Devil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Devil wants to stall.
Devil can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Le as the two fighters clinch.
Devil manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Devil.
Devil avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Devil throws a low kick, looking for Le's leg but Le calmly moves out of range.
Devil throws a leg kick but Le sees it coming and moves out of range.
Le misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Le misses.
Le tries to clinch there but Devil circles away.
Devil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le manages to avoid it.
Le misses with a low kick.
Devil misses with a low kick.
Le throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le checks a low kick from Devil.
Devil misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Devil just misses with a punch to the body.
Devil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Le.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le checks a leg kick.
Le misses with a wild body shot.
Devil connects with a looping right hand.
Le blocks a head kick by Devil.
Le moves in looking to clinch but Devil pushes him off.
Le fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Devil checks it well.
Devil throws a sloppy head kick and Le moves out of range easily.
Devil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a low kick but Devil moves out of range easily.
Devil misses with a body shot.
Le wants to clinch up but Devil keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Le misses.
Le throws a sloppy head kick
and Devil counters with a low kick, right behind Le 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Devil lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Devil throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Devil throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Devil takes a jab right on the kisser.
Devil slips a jab and a cross from Le.
Cung Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Devil takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Taz Devil will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Devil swings for the body but Le moves out of range.
Le throws a head kick that half lands.
Le tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Devil is able to avoid easily.
Devil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taz Devil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Devil throws a push kick but Le slaps the foot to one side.
A shot to the liver by Le. Beautiful body shot.
Devil lands a nice leg kick that just misses Le's sensitive parts.
Devil tries to land a front kick but Le steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Devil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le manages to avoid it.
Le takes a swing at Devil's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Devil bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Le missing with a left hand there. Devil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Devil checks the leg kick nicely there.
Devil tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Le is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Devil fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Devil takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Le misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Devil. Le does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Devil lands a jab.
Devil blocks a leg kick.
Devil is looking to score with low kicks.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Devil in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Devil blocks a leg kick.
Le is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Le tries to clinch up but Devil circles away and keeps his distance.
Le tries to clinch up.
Devil cracks Le with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Devil manages to avoid it.
Le uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Devil.
Le clinches up against the cage.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Devil blocking some punches.
Le lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Devil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Devil is trying to break free.
Le lands with a short shot to the head.
Devil is looking to break free of the clinch but Le has double underhooks.
Devil breaks from the clinch.
Devil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Le.
Le is looking to wear down Devil with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good leg kick by Le there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Devil fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Le.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Devil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Le was well out of range. Poor timing from Devil.
A chopping leg kick lands by Devil.
Le tries to clinch but Devil moves out of range.
Devil is looking to chop away at Le's legs.
Le has Devil up against the cage in a clinch.
Devil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Devil misses with a looping left.
A combination from Devil does no damage.
Devil lands a body shot.
Devil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le.
Devil throws a wild body kick that Le sees coming a mile off.
Devil misses with a head kick.
Devil just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Le lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Devil has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Devil and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Devil throws a nice inside leg kick.
Le misses with a wild body shot.
Devil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le checks a leg kick nicely.
Le scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Devil throws a low kick, looking for Le's leg but Le calmly moves out of range.
Devil tries a head kick but it misses.
Devil takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Devil throws a low kick but Le avoids it.
Le wants to clinch
and Devil counters with a good low kick that Le was not able to check.
Le wants to clinch up but Devil keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Taz Devil will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Le lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Devil backs up against the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Le. Those never looked like landing.
Le cracks the inside of Devil's front leg.
Devil does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Le throws the kick towards the body but Devil avoids it.
Devil tries a head kick but it misses.
Devil fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Le is out of range.
Devil jabs at Le's body.
Le gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Devil.
Devil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Devil walks forward, straight into a front kick from Le.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Devil misses the shot to the body.
Le misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Devil throws a head kick that half lands.
Le buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Devil has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Le.
Le bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Devil's head backwards.
A cross from Devil lands.
Le tries to clinch up
and Devil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Le is looking to clinch.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Devil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Devil throws a hook but Le avoids it easily.
Le blocks a head kick by Devil.
Cung Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Devil.
Le tests Devil's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
Devil throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Le scores with a nice head shot.
Devil is rocked!
Le moves into the clinch.
Devil is still on wobbly legs! Can Le finish him?
Cung Le has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Le gets through Devil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Le lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Le as the two fighters clinch.
Devil has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Le seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Devil can turn it around.
Devil is pressed against the cage. Le pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Devil! Two more big strikes from Le and Devil crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cung Le!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Cung Le made sure he mentioned HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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