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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le scores with a jab to the body.
Le uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Walters has time to react.
Le moves into range and clinches up with Walters.
Le crunches a lovely knee into Walters's ribcage.
Walters wants a takedown.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Walters blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walters lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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 tries a knee to the head but Walters blocks it.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Walters wants a takedown.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walters has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walters is breathing heavily.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walters takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Le.
Walters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Le pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Walters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le tries a knee to the head but Walters blocks it.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le lands an elbow inside that Walters shrugs off.
Walters tries to pull guard but Le won't allow it.
Le controlling the action here for a moment.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Walters won't want to take too many of those.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le prevents the takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Le.
Le lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le has Walters pushed against the ropes.
Walters has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Le is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Le.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walters lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Walters has Le pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Le manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Le is pushing Walters up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Walters takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walters as Le tries to tie him up.
Walters takes an elbow to the temple.
Walters blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Le stalling.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walters can't get the takedown.
Walters gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Le keeping moving, preventing Walters from controlling successfully.
Le pulls Walters in to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Le looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Le bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Walters's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters is working an open guard so Le takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Walters shoots in for a double leg but Le sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A cross from Le lands.
Le forces Walters back against the ropes and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Le working Walters over with knees to the body.
Le lands a damaging elbow.
Le gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Walters.
Le lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Le closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Johnny Walters has been cut.
Le crunches a lovely knee into Walters's ribcage.
Phan Tran Le seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Le lands an elbow inside that Walters shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Le obliges.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Le is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walters lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le working Walters over with knees to the body.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walters's defenses.
Walters tries to pull guard but Le forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le working Walters over with knees to the body.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le lands an elbow that stopped Walters in his tracks for a moment.
Walters has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le avoiding damage.
Le stops a takedown attempt from Walters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Walters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le has Walters pushed against the ropes.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le displaying some good clinch control by pressing Walters up against the ropes.
The crowd are getting on Le's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Le is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Walters takes an elbow to the temple.
Walters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Le pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Walters goes for a takedown in the clinch but Le prevents it.
Walters letting Le take a breather here.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walters's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le just leaning against Walters, taking a breather.
Le lands an elbow inside that Walters shrugs off.
Walters takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le working Walters over with knees to the body.
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walters blocks it with crossed arms.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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 gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Le avoiding damage.
Walters tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le lands a nice elbow.
Walters fails to pull guard.
Le lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Walters's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Le rushes Walters and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Walters is trying to drag Le to the mat but Le just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Le's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Walters being controlled against the ropes.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le lands a damaging elbow.
Le gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walters goes for a takedown attempt but Le pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le throws a solid leg kick but Walters takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Le.
Johnny Walters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Le throws out a leg kick but Walters moves out of range and Le only half commits.
Walters takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Le lands a slapping body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Walters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Walters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Le jabs at Walters's body.
Le looks to land a combination but Walters avoids it well.
Phan Tran Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Le.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le is looking to score with low kicks.
Le bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Walters's head.
Walters takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Le 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.
Walters dives in and grabs Le's left leg, looking for a takedown. Le pushes down on Walters's head and hops out.
Le lands with an overhand left.
Le throws the kick towards the body but Walters avoids it.
Le rushes Walters and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Walters takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le with a knee to the head.
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Le.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le working Walters over with knees to the body.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le lands a good knee to the midsection. Walters won't want to take too many of those.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Walters can't get the takedown.
Le lands an elbow just above Walters 's eye.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Le leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Walters takes an elbow to the forehead.
Phan Tran Le is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Le will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walters up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le lands an elbow just above Walters 's eye.
Walters is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Le gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walters tries for a takedown but Le manages to get underhooks.
Johnny Walters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walters takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phan Tran Le comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Le has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 25:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phan Tran Le!
Phan Tran Le bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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